Part 3 of the 50 for 2009 rundown!
30. Nancy Wallace – Old Stories – A surprise of the year for me as this came from almost nowhere. The young Nancy Wallace produced a record that would warm the cockles of anyone’s heart, especially during the cold and short days of winter. Her collection of songs, [...]

Posted on December 14th, 2009 by Max
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It’s only been three months since the Arctic Monkeys unleashed Humbug on the general public but there may already be plans to record a follow-up very soon. Matt Helders, the band’s drummer, has said that talk of recording sessions have begun but it’ll be a bit of time before they eventually commit to tape as [...]

Posted on November 19th, 2009 by Max
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The new NME is out tomorrow and in it you will see its inevitable albums of the decade feature. The winning album in their poll, conducted with votes not just from their writers but other industry folk, is The Strokes‘ debut album, Is This It. It’s unsurprising, as are other entries in the top 10, [...]

Posted on November 17th, 2009 by Max
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The Arctic Monkeys are about to embark on a nationwide arena tour. I wasn’t that impressed by their performance at Reading but I think they’d be better in an arena setting, especially after they revealed how they’ve been getting inspiration to the NME:
I’d never been to a gig in an arena. But recently, knowing we’ve [...]

Posted on November 6th, 2009 by Max
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As the festival ended, I thought it was time to honour some of the winners and the losers from this year’s Reading Festival:
Best band of the festival – It’s probably a tie between the hard-hitting Them Crooked Vultures and sure-fire winning headline slot by Radiohead.
Worst band of the festival – The stropy tantrums of Kings [...]

Posted on September 4th, 2009 by Max
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