The first week in January is rarely fun. No matter how much you may profess to hate Christmas, there’s lots to do. People to see, places to go and presents. The telly is better, the pubs are warmer, the drink more plentiful. Work is calmer, people are nicer. And then it’s finished. And you have [...]
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There is often a very thin line between being extremely cool and an enduring cocksocket, and it seems that it’s one Ian McCulloch has crossed lately. Echo and the Bunnymen were in town to play a greatest hits set and their supposedly seminal 80s album Ocean Rain. It was, in the parlance, a shambles.
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Most people who love music have a little bit of music snobbery in them. They like things small, exclusive, a little elitist and, most of all, things that no-one else knows about.
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Ah, the French. Has there ever been a nationality so derided and admired at the same time? From the jokes about surrender and garlic to amusing ‘comedy’ accents, they are lampooned in every corner of the globe. However, secretly, we all aspire to that level of almost-terminal coolness that only they can affect. Even the [...]
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The Monday Meh! Is a section where we look at a critically acclaimed artist who is, in fact, average. You may have noticed that we designated this section a specific day of the week. We aren’t going to lie, alliteration played a pretty big role in the scheduling, but still, the Monday Meh! it was [...]
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While one can’t deny that there’s a wondrous spectacle about foot-on-the-monitor, balls-out, amps-turned-to-11 rock, it’s occasionally uplifting to hear music which comes from the other end of the spectrum. It’s probably, hand on heart, the more difficult skill; soft, gentle music lilting out, their fragility at once their biggest strength and most obvious weakness. You [...]
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Just a quick note to remind you all that Stag and Dagger takes place this Saturday, May 23rd. As well as ELM faves Cold War Kids, Black Lips, White Denim (pictured) The Aliens and the Phantom Band, there’s a whole host of interesting stuff on the bill underneath, the real joy of this festival being [...]
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Like a defender after a series of fouls, The View were on the verge of a second yellow with ELM. Yes, we’d seen them in the first, euphoric rush of joy emanating from the early singles and triumphant debut album ‘Hats Off to the Buskers’. Yes, we’d been caught up in just how great their [...]
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After doing a passable impression of Bunk and McNulty the night before, a tender ELM team have spent the day interviewing bands and now just want to hear some live music. We’ve heard good things about Y’all is Fantasy Island who open up at the Arches. Again, a strong post-rock theme emerges, with dandruff-displacing riffs [...]
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