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The Death of Rock Music, Part 193
Today's comments about the end of rock as a force in the charts sounded like the pontifications of old men. The UK singles charts are dominated by r &b artists and "Pop" stars - since when has it ever been anything other than that situation? We know that when the Beatles first began to annexe our consciousness exactly the same things were said about an obsession with delivering music for thirteen year old girls, and yet they remain principally remembered for creating the far hipper psychedelia. The charts are the charts. We would argue that rock has grown flabby, corporate and uninteresting to young imaginations, which is the real reason why the likes of Coldplay, U2 et al can't get arrested these days. Meh.
RP
Date posted: Tuesday, 07 Sep 2010 - 08:16 PM | Comments( 0 )
Mir No
Lana Mir - remember the name - has had the audacity to cover "I wanna be adored", turning the wispy psychedelic strands of genius into some espresso bar bossonova nonsense in the style of Bebel Gilberto. We say - get back in your box, lady. And take your bare face cheek with you.
RP
Date posted: Saturday, 04 Sep 2010 - 06:55 PM | Comments( 0 )
The Guns...
OK, so you'd have had to have been on Mars to know that Axl Rose (who of course these days IS) Guns N' Roses) is something of a prima donna. But being pelted by bottles of piss in return for YET another delayed start to a gig, this time in Ireland, is a fair exchange we reckon. It's a shame they weren't filled instead with something a bit more flammable...
RP
Date posted: Thursday, 02 Sep 2010 - 09:30 PM | Comments( 0 )
Bored Yet?
Yet more rumours of new Boards of Canada projects. Recent posts on the duo's official/semi-official message board Turquoise Hexagon Sun have now gone as far as saying disciples should be hearing news of new projects "Sooner rather than later". In the meantime, here's some stuff we wrote about them here and here.
Rich
Date posted: Monday, 30 Aug 2010 - 08:37 PM | Comments( 0 )
All Systems Go..
Even the weather seems to be smiling on us now here in god's own country, and our itinerary is now written, copied and circulated for this weeks Festival. See you there..
RP
Date posted: Wednesday, 25 Aug 2010 - 10:11 PM | Comments( 0 )
V Good
God bless Kasabian eh. Kings of Leon divide opinion at AR (By which we mean our tiny number of staff and hangers on either think their toss or god like magiii) so Tom Meighan's less than subtle "Fucking Kings of Leon" comments had us either sniggering or recoiling in shock. Let's see now if Win Butler goes "Fucking Guns & Roses" this Friday night.
RP
Date posted: Tuesday, 24 Aug 2010 - 07:47 AM | Comments( 0 )
Getting Festive
We've got our festival gear ready: Everything Everything, Trash Talk, Cribs, Libs, Bad Religion and Cancer Bats in our sights. Weather forecast? well...
RP
Date posted: Saturday, 21 Aug 2010 - 10:49 AM | Comments( 0 )
Tardy...
We apologise that it's been over a week since the blog was updated; this is mainly due to some fucker hacking our stuff and generally causing disruption. We'll be at Steve Mason's gig on Thursday night, if the perpetrators would like to come and hang with us. Bring your friends.
RP
Date posted: Tuesday, 17 Aug 2010 - 09:28 PM | Comments( 0 )
Let's Be Frank
An evenign of nostalgia awaits (Again) on Friday, as we head to a gig by Irish indie mavericks The Frank & Walters, an outfit not heard of in these parts since c. 1993. An attempt to relocate our copy of their debut album has so far come up fruitless. Oh well..
RP
Date posted: Monday, 09 Aug 2010 - 10:56 PM | Comments( 0 )
Bono Glasto Bounce Back
Not so fast, W(w)orthy Farmers - We learn that U2 have been invited back to headline Glasto next year. You may remember that the "Diminutive" oirishman and his erstwhile crew of similarly pompous mates were due in Somerset to bore the arse of hundreds of thousands of people. Thankfully the full fish supper on yer man's shoulders laid him low this year, however such an excellent state of affairs couldn't last forever. Begorrah.
RP
Date posted: Saturday, 07 Aug 2010 - 11:18 AM | Comments( 0 )