Some bands don’t need to do a lot to be continually adored by their fans and critics alike. If their style is so good and catchy then why bother changing things dramatically as long as you can continue to write good songs? The Futureheads are a band who have been masters of the British post-punk [...]

Posted on February 26th, 2010 by Max
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Woking is not a great place to live, truth be told. I live between there and Guildford and whilst the latter is quite pretty and full of wonderful things to look and at, the former isn’t really much of those things. The recession has, admittedly, wrecked a lot of business in the area and [...]

Posted on February 24th, 2010 by Max
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The release date of the third Gorillaz album, Plastic Beach, is approaching ever nearer and I imagine a lot of Gorillaz fans might be starting to become a bit inpatient (with reason though). So, to tide you over until the 8th March here are a couple of pretty stellar remixes of lead single Stylo. The [...]

Posted on February 18th, 2010 by Max
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Everyone says to me ‘you should check out The Drums, they’re this year’s most amazing new band ever!’ By everyone, I, of course, mean the music press who have filled many a tips list for 2010 with this band. They tick all of the boxes. They’re from Brooklyn, New York, where you turn round a [...]

Posted on February 12th, 2010 by Max
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One must wonder how big Damon Albarn’s contacts list is, and also how varied. Consider the list of guest stars for the upcoming highly-anticipated (at least on this blog anyway) third Gorillaz album, Plastic Beach: Snoop Dogg, the Hypnotic Brass Ensemble, Kano, Bashy, The National Orchestra For Arabic Music, Gruff Rhys, De La Soul, Little [...]

Posted on February 2nd, 2010 by Max
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