If yesterday was stupendously warm, Saturday felt like an epic battle against the elements. Temperatures soared to nearly thirty degrees Celsius. I know you can never really have enough good weather in the summer but you have to question how much sun is a good thing when your arms start to burn intensely. Most people [...]

Posted on July 1st, 2010 by Max
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Here’s some stuff that happened! Glastonbury have been busy adding some new names to their line-up. This week has been a mixed bag. To counter the news on Monday that Jack Johnson will play the Pyramid Stage, Michael Eavis went out of his way to announce the remaining two headliners. He said that booking Muse [...]

Posted on February 4th, 2010 by Max
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In recent days, YouTube has become the latest internet service to provide users a service that allows them to discover new music. The YouTube Music Discovery Project and Playlist Creation Tool, or better known perhaps as YouTube Disco (I’m presuming that ‘disco’ is meant as the short term for ‘discovery’ as opposed to paying tribute [...]

Posted on January 28th, 2010 by Max
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This year is the 40th anniversary of the world’s most well-known music festival, Glastonbury. Organisers are hoping to make this festival the best in its illustrious (and, on occasion, not so illustrious) history by putting a together a bill that would make jaws drop. Anything less than big names for the headlining slots won’t do [...]

Posted on January 15th, 2010 by Max
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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 [...]

Posted on December 14th, 2009 by Max
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