I’ll keep this as brief as I can, since I reviewed exactly the same band at exactly the same venue four months ago. This, the second Death Cab For Cutie show of the year for me, was meant to be at Alexandra Palace but last week they decided to move it altogether to Brixton Academy, [...]

Posted on November 20th, 2008 by Max
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To start with, a vain piece of news about The Musical Chairs. This coming week, don’t be surprised to see not as much posts as the last few weeks. This is purely down to a hectic schedule that, amongst other things, involves three gigs (maybe four if I feel lucky). I’m also extremely excited to [...]

Posted on November 16th, 2008 by Max
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The picture above is of the scorpion who tried to grab a piece of Death Cab For Cutie frontman Ben Gibbard last Thursday. In what can only be described as something that could only happen on a rock tour, the bizzare incident took place as the band were warming up for a show in San [...]

Posted on November 4th, 2008 by Max
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This was one of those gigs that I was looking forward to in a way that I was hoping for a band to really impress me. I haven’t really heard much Death Cab For Cutie, but my girlfriend was wanting to go the second the date was announced, so we bought a pair of tickets. [...]

Posted on July 18th, 2008 by Max
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I’ve listened to a good chunk of new stuff recently, so here are some brief reviews of four new songs that have been recently released to the music consuming public: Coldplay – Violet Hill The first single off Coldplay’s fourth album, Viva La Vida Or Death To All His Friends, is nowhere near first single [...]

Posted on April 30th, 2008 by Max
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