That is the end. For this year at least. The Musical Chairs is now going to undergo a two week break to wind down. In that time I shall be wondering about things. Things like what Christmas presents I might get, why years now go by really quickly and what it feels like to be [...]

Posted on December 19th, 2008 by Max
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The Courteeners have somehow won an award. The Manchester quintet who, unlike Morrissey likes to believe, have nothing interesting about them whatsoever, picked up The Guardian First Album award, which is voted for by readers and Guardian critics equally. It makes you wonder why the fanbase for these guys is so big.
Hallelujah could be number [...]

Posted on December 19th, 2008 by Max
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Razorlight and Guns N’ Roses brought out similarly terrible albums. Slipway Fires by Razorlight is the final downward spiral for a band that four years ago had promise. Now they’re settled into the mundane surroundings Radio 2 with ease. Chinese Democracy took Guns N’ Roses took 17 years to make. That’s why it is the worst [...]

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It’s only recently that I’ve stumbled across a set of videos called Last.FM Presents. These are a set of videos comprising of live performances mostly from artists that they feel deserve your attention, as recommended by the popular social networking website itself. Their most recent one is of Icelandic singer songwriter Mugison. He is a [...]

Posted on December 19th, 2008 by Max
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This was a quick and hectic album to make for the members of Sigur Rós. For a band so used to toiling over their own work, they and producer Flood changed their work patterns entirely and recorded their album in New York, London and Havana instead of their peaceful hometown of Reykjavík, Iceland. The result [...]

Posted on December 19th, 2008 by Max
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