I don’t know if you guys in the UK have noticed but it has gotten a bit cold recently has it? I’ve been alive on this planet for twenty one and a half years and have never seen the temperatures get as low as they have done in the last couple of weeks or so. [...]

Posted on January 12th, 2010 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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We know you’re sick of Kings of Leon. We’re fucking sick of Kings of Leon too. So for all those who don’t give a fuck about us, I understand. But we’ve worked hard to be here. We’re the goddamn Kings of Leon, so fuck you.
Oh dear.
You know something, Caleb Followill, lead singer of Friday night [...]

Posted on September 1st, 2009 by Max
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In the first of three special posts previewing this month’s Reading & Leeds festivals, I start by looking at where the big hitters and potential surprises lie on the Kings Of Leon headlined day.
Most of the sell out crowds will probably be gathering around the Main Stage at around 10pm for the headlining set by [...]

Posted on August 12th, 2009 by Max
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Jay Reatard showed on Friday why Twitter can be so amusing by slagging off the entire of Brooklyn (and mainly The Pains Of Being Pure At Heart) based on its music scene. However, after his first tweet, which can be seen in full on the above picture, it got picked up by Stereogum and Pitchfork [...]

Posted on July 13th, 2009 by Max
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