Posted on April 20, 2010 by extremelisteningmode
The Government estimates we produce over 10 million tones of packaging waste each year. The Daily Mail have declared war on the simple plastic bag, declaring it a hazard up there with nuclear war, Labour and immigrants. Even asking for one in Marks and Spencer is now akin to saying ‘I would like you to [...]
Filed under: General Stuff | Tagged: R.E.M., albums, joy Division, Oasis, the stone roses, the ramones, the beatles, Nirvana, the strokes, art, definitely maybe, the band, richard hwaley, with the beatles, unknown pleasures, coles corner, nevermind, classic cover, helmets! | 13 Comments »
Posted on April 14, 2010 by extremelisteningmode
It was Glee what did it. The actually-quite-good American teen comedy has taken the world by storm, and in its wake, the radio is awash with songs from the glory days of American rock. Songs which were long-gone and, according to some, best-forgotten, have suddenly become cool again. Except, of course, they haven’t. Soft rock, [...]
Filed under: General Stuff | Tagged: arthur, christopher cross, don't stop believing, glee, journey, Oasis, rick springfield | 5 Comments »
Posted on April 6, 2010 by extremelisteningmode
Western ray of sunshine Bob Dylan has axed a series of dates in east Asia after being refused entry to perform in China. The veteran folk God had lined up dates in Shanghai, Beijing, Taiwan, South Korea and Hong Kong this month after finishing a string of dates in Japan.
Filed under: General Stuff | Tagged: bjork, bob dylan, China, Human Rights, kit kats, Oasis | Leave a Comment »
Posted on March 4, 2010 by extremelisteningmode
Without Luke Haines, there would have been no Britpop. He wouldn’t want your thanks for that. With The Auteurs debut album, he helped an angle-hungry UK Media find the British response to grunge which would eventually lead to Cool Britannia and all that. The ironic thing, of course, was that he bore absolutely no resemblence [...]
Filed under: General Stuff | Tagged: 21st century man, auteurs, basder meinhoff, black box recorder, blur, britpop, damon albarn, elastica, justine, kill the bastards, liam gallagher, luke haines bad vibes, lyuke haines, Noel Gallagher, Oasis, pop music, Pulp, rock music, suede, the guardian | 5 Comments »
Posted on February 18, 2010 by extremelisteningmode
The Brits are a bit like the monarchy – they seem to have fans but no-one you talk to can point you in the direction of one. What are they for? Lazy people. What’s that you say? ‘But ELM, surely they act as a facile excuse for industry people to get coked up and talk [...]
Filed under: General Stuff | Tagged: brits, jls, kasabian, lady gaga, Oasis, robbie williams | 8 Comments »
Posted on February 15, 2010 by extremelisteningmode
Way back in the days when you only owned music if you paid for it, and owning thousands of songs necessitated having a storage space sufficient to house a small elephant in, there was the flexi-disc. This was a, essentially, a seven inch single which hadn’t been to the gym and was floppy. Music magazines [...]
Filed under: General Stuff | Tagged: blur, flexi disc, hustle, NME, Oasis, Smiths, suede, tunng | 1 Comment »
Posted on February 1, 2010 by extremelisteningmode
He probably wouldn’t thank you for the comparison, but Noel Gallagher has been the Ryan Giggs of music for years now: although he played for someone you couldn’t stand, you always thought he seemed a good bloke personally. If you want to torture this one out further, you could say both of them started brilliantly, [...]
Filed under: General Stuff | Tagged: apple, Beatles, bros, definitely maybe, kasabian, lettuce, liam gallagher, noel gallager, Oasis, status quo, teenage cancer trust, vlad the impaler | 1 Comment »
Posted on December 15, 2009 by extremelisteningmode
Next in the crud countdown was the moment when Oasis decided, for reasons best known to themselves, to release what sounded like a tuning jam. It’s hard to overstate just how exciting it was to be a teenage indie fan in summer 1995. All those limited edition Kingmaker CD Single digipaks, the concerts in front [...]
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Posted on November 13, 2009 by extremelisteningmode
It happens to us all; ELM takes us on a personal trip to explain why one of his old favourites no longer do it for him. I don’t want to come over all Sophia from the Golden Girls – there’s one for the kids – but picture it; 1995, the summer of Britpop. It seems [...]
Filed under: General Stuff | Tagged: blur, britpop, new weezer album, Oasis, raditude, rivers cuomo, rock, Weezer | 9 Comments »
Posted on November 3, 2009 by extremelisteningmode
The decade where things could only get better brought the world cargo pants, Sunny Delight and Chris Evans. Musically, Grunge and Britpop could lay claim to being the defining movements of the era, though that’s to do a disservice to Jive Bunny. ELM suggests it wasn’t a band who could lay claim to the most [...]
Filed under: General Stuff | Tagged: blur, britpop, Grunge, loaded, Nirvana, Oasis, Primal Scream, the 90s | 4 Comments »
