British Steel – The legacy of UK Metal

Posted on August 17, 2011 by extremelisteningmode

E-Streeter pays a fond tribute to the metal behemoths, and invokes a few names from back in the day as well. British metal once ruled the roost, you know…  You’re unlikely to find Judas Priest’s 1980 record British Steel in many top 20 record lists, but it is high in the metal pantheon. British Steel was [...]

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The Friday 5 – Great Guitar Work

Posted on August 1, 2008 by extremelisteningmode

“I’ve got Friday on my mind” sand The Easybeats in 1966, and how right they were. Yes, it has rolled round again, all bells and whistles and here we go for the weekend. Here at ELM we do enjoy these little Friday chats we have, it somehow seems more relaxed. Bad news dominated the headlines [...]

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What Were You Thinking? Ten Terrible Albums by Ten Terrific Artists

Posted on July 10, 2008 by extremelisteningmode

If ever you could argue a concept is universal, then surely ‘a bad day at the office’ has a strong case. We’ve all had them – late bus, pissing rain, boss on the warpath, deadline missed, no time for lunch, bollocking from MD, work late, miss train, home at 8pm freezing, pissed off and borderline [...]

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Metallica to Embrace The Digital Age

Posted on June 2, 2008 by extremelisteningmode

To much mirth, Metallica announced this week that they had joined the rest of us in the 21st Century and would be making some new product available online as a taster for their new album. Don’t be fooled this was a Radiohead-style bonanza for their loyal fans, who stuck with them through the Napster debacle, [...]

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The Friday 5 – The Five Worst Ideas by Established Stars

Posted on May 2, 2008 by extremelisteningmode

Welcome to a regular feature, shamelessly stolen from High Fidelity than assigned a regular day for alliterative reasons. To kick off, we look at when the rock demi-God displays the same intuition and foresight as any normal demi-wit. When the ego took fought off any resistance from common sense, and they went careering off with [...]

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Band You Love Releasing New Album Dilemma

Posted on April 11, 2008 by extremelisteningmode

Do you remember when you were a kid, when you didn’t just like a band, you absolutely loved them? You weren’t just a fan of the music, you liked them as people? Hanging on their every utterance plastering your bedroom wall with their posters, finding out who their influences were and buying their albums, knowing [...]

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Can you make too much music?

Posted on April 9, 2008 by extremelisteningmode

Was thinking about Kim Deal and Frank Black after the Breeders gig (see reviews) and was comparing their respective solo outputs. The Breeders have made four albums in 20 years. In all his guises, FB is well into double figures. In terms of who has the stronger cannon, I’d plump for Deal. It’s not that [...]

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