December 2010
5 posts
Those Dancing Days - Fuckarias
Photo by Simon Fernandez.
Those Dancing Days are releasing a second album, so they decided to give away their first single from the album, and it’s a brilliant one called Fuckarias. I’m not exactly sure what Fuckarias means, or if the four-letter profanity in it is significant. But the drumming here is insane.
Here’s the music video:
The free download is available at...
Top 10 EPs of 2010
I’ve written about my top 50 albums, but what about the less celebrated EP format? Shorter records, usually with 4-6 tracks, it’s doesn’t just act as a mini album or as a way to temporarily satisfy fans before a band’s next album comes out. Some of this year’s best releases have been on the extended play format. I had to make the list because many on here are...
RIP Elephants
2010 has seen some great bands call it a day, notably Blakfish, Outcry Collective, Youthmovies, Grammatics and a whole bunch of others. Sadly today we can add another to that list: Elephants.
Elephants is one of those bands who seemed destined for bigger things, with their debut EP Lions having that rare combination of anthemic indie pop and heartstrings-tugging lyrics. Pretty much every...
A Week's Review
Here are some things I found on the interwebs I thought are worth sharing here:
Tubelord - Ratchet (Acoustic)
This was recorded at the Monto Water Rats in London near Kings Cross either before or after the gig with Tall Ships (which was the last Tubelord I went to). As you can see, it’s Alan Welsh from Tangled Hair (ex-Colour) doing the vocals, because this was during the time Joe...
Top 50 Albums of 2010
For the past few years, I’ve been sharing my top 10 albums of the year. This year I decided to do the same, but somehow ended up with a shortlist of about 65 albums. This was quite unusual, you see. Usually I’d end up with 20 or less in my shortlist.
So what’s different this year then? Well, there’s a few reasons that can explain that. First is Spotify.
Well, not just...