The official nominations announcement isn’t for another month but bookmakers are already drawing up their predictions as to how might win this year’s Mercury Prize. The joint favourites hoping to follow the success of last year’s deserving winners Elbow are Little Boots and Doves. The former is a new contender to the ‘pop queen of [...]

Posted on June 23rd, 2009 by Max
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Monday. A day that signals the start of the week and a day that is very soul-destroying for people who have to work. That’s possibly why songs by The Smiths resonated in the sense that Morrissey was representing them in his outpours of misery. Either way, imagine my surprise when I found out that fellow [...]

Posted on June 15th, 2009 by Max
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You may mock Glastonbury for reverting back to the old-timers after wanting to get down with the youth so much last year but on the basis of the lineup that was officially unveiled yesterday, there may well be some massive clashes to content with. On Friday, Neil Young will headline the Pyramid Stage and is [...]

Posted on May 26th, 2009 by Max
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Birds Flew Backwards is one of the more intriguing tracks from the current Doves LP, Kingdom Of Rust. With its sitar-based intro and harmonised vocals it is definitely one of the highlights and you can imagine the delight of Doves fans everywhere with the surprise announcement of an alternative version of the song available as [...]

Posted on May 8th, 2009 by Max
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How the hell did it come to this? Just…how? The Pigeon Detectives, are actually booked to headline a festival – the Hop Farm Festival. The band will play a main stage set on the Saturday night of the event, which runs from the 4th-5th July. The good news is that this piece of bad news [...]

Posted on April 15th, 2009 by Max
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