Would you go out tonight if you only had a stitch to wear? Well, the world of music wants to help. There’s no shortage of sartorial options available. From the outlandish to the plain, we’re bound to found something which suits you, sir. Let’s have a look:
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It’s taken a while for The Naked and Famous to get some ‘traction’, as the marketing people have it. They seem to be poised now at the take-off stage. Will new single ‘Girls Like You’ propel them upwards? Let us know what you think.
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Howlin’ Whippet smells the faint but unmistakable whiff of marketing cynicism from one of the year’s big releases… I’m sure you dear readers are all aware that Lady Gaga has a new album out. Born This Way is the latest from the meat-wearing would-be pop Queen. Mrs Whippet is a big fan as is my [...]
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Well, that was 2010. The year began with people not doing what Simon Cowell told them and ended with, erm, people doing what Simon Cowell told them. Matt Cardle covered a Biffy Clyro song and made X Factor credible. Apparently. So what of 2011? What new things will excite us, drive us insane with musical [...]
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Tango in the Attic release their second single ‘Sketch by Quentin Blake’ this week. Those of us who were once in thrall to the sort of effervescent guitar pop that made Johnny Marr the King of Indie guitarists will find a lot to like here. Great title, too.
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Yep, a day late. But worth waiting for, we feel. Black Mountain’s new single is called ‘The Hair Song’ and is redolent of when all the cool kids did indeed have long hair. And plaid shirts. And heroin habits. The 80′s revival is dead, is the grunge revival starting now? Look out the german jackets [...]
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Psychedelic music, when done well, is astonishing. Piper at the Gates of Dawn, Moby Grape, Spiritualized Electric Mainline…wonderful, life-affirming pieces of astral magnificence. You neither needed to be there or on drugs to enjoy them. But it’s become an abused term, as so many bands lacking both talent and discipline have decided – usually when [...]
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Rock stars these days are, not to put too fine a point on it, dull. They come from nice homes and do Business Studies at the local ex-poly before getting on the Radio 2 playlist and starting to pretend to care about Fair Trade farmers. Their uniform blandness is offensive. Thankfully, the odd few still [...]
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We don’t need to look far for our next entrants in the hall of shame – step forward Clydebank’s own Wet Wet Wet. You want controversy? Here’s some; Wet Wet Wet weren’t always bad. No, really. Their first single ‘Wishing I Was Lucky’ said as much about dole culture under Thatcher as anything Billy Bragg [...]
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In the final part of our look at decade-defining works, we shift gears slightly and look at what the current era will be remembered for musically. Frankly, we’re gutted John and Edward won’t release a record before the qualifying period ends. So, the 00s, or the noughties, or whatever you chose to call them. What [...]
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