Happy new decade! The Musical Chairs is back, recharged and refreshed for 2010 with lots of exciting things to happen throughout the year. They’ll be known to year when the time is right but for today I want to focus on the albums that I’m looking forward to in 2010. Last year provided us with [...]
Posted on January 4th, 2010 by Max
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The post-rock kings of Sheffield, 65daysofstatic, are set to return next year with their fourth album, which has just recently been finished and looks set to be with us in the first few months of 2010. The good news for us is that this means another batch of live dates as the songs they’ve road-tested [...]
Posted on December 9th, 2009 by Max
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It seems that right now everyone is going collaboration crazy. In this week’s NME there’s a joint interview with Ian Brown and Jay-Z, which possibly outweirds Jay-Z’s friendship with Coldplay’s Chris Martin. There’s also the news that Brown and multi-band guitarist Johnny Marr are making a soundtrack for a TV show, and Radiohead’s Thom Yorke [...]
Posted on September 30th, 2009 by Max
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There really isn’t much you do on site after witnessing something like Them Crooked Vultures. I sat on the ground, still speechless, outside the NME/Radio 1 Stage and watched all of the You Me At Six set on the screens and, whilst I don’t care much for their music, were hard working and clearly enjoying [...]
Posted on September 2nd, 2009 by Max
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In the second of three special posts previewing this month’s Reading & Leeds festivals (if you missed Part 1 it can be found here), I start by looking at where the big hitters and potential surprises lie on the Arctic Monkey headlined day.
The big rumour as we enter the final stretch of preparation for the [...]
Posted on August 19th, 2009 by Max
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