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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Part 4 of the 50 for 2009 rundown! 20. Antony & The Johnsons – The Crying Light (see original review here) – Four years after his Mercury-winning I Am A Bird Now, The Crying Light is another fine showcase for Antony Hegarty. The arrangements, which were assisted on this album by Nico Muhly, are utterly [...]

Posted on December 15th, 2009 by Max
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At one point during Placebo‘s show at the O2 Arena – their biggest headlining show in the UK to date – Brian Molko simply said ‘less bullshit, more music’. It seemed to be the theme of the evening he and his band stormed their way through a solid ninety-minute set. Many question whether or not [...]

Posted on December 10th, 2009 by Max
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It’s that time of year where the folks that write about music have to look back over the past year. I’m sure you’ve already seen a ton of lists explaining what the year’s best music was and some nostalgic features (fear not, if you like that sort of thing then you’re in luck as The [...]

Posted on November 27th, 2009 by Max
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Since the release of In Rainbows as a ‘discbox’, most of the major acts in the world have been offering collectable boxset versions of their albums with a ton of goodies. I’d like to think most people who read this have been tempted by some tempting bundle offer that a band has offered them, or [...]

Posted on October 7th, 2009 by Max
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