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Part five of my alphabetical retrospective of interview features I wrote for Playmusic last year continues with the return - in a collective sense - of Field Music. The brothers Brewis are essentially Field Music. Andrew Moore may play drums, but it seems the trio format was always dispensable. The second self-titled album was entirely written and recorded by the Sunderland pair after they...
Another late one here, which I’d like to point out is through no fault of out very prompt guest writer but because I ate so much over the festive period my lap was too round to balance a laptop on. Dom Gourlay, who pens for sites like drownedinsound and contactmusic has been a great help and inspiration to the cock team over our few short years and we’re very pleased to finally be...
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On Tuesday 16th June 2009, Tubelord played a gig at a venue called The Cellars - a lovely little pub in Eastney, Portsmouth. Ed, Tom and their counterpart/assistant Leam had the pleasure of interviewing Tubelord before their epic gig. The meeting was arranged for 6, however both parties were late due to us getting lost and Tubelord fixing their bank payments, which set everything back a bit....
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review: Stuart London Yeah we’re called Bad Guys. I guess it just stuck. This is a sort of special night for me because my old friend Babak organised it and my old friend Matt is visiting from abroad and he’s DJing. We used to be in a band together in Bournemouth, Babak, Matt and I, when we were about sixteen. We only ever played to Matt’s brother, dog and Mum. Matt went...
Venue: Alexandra Palace Teaser: Trouble is afoot as Bloc Party take to the Enormo-Domes and the venue staff turn grizzly. Don Blandford scares the students (words) and Sally Saveall gets escorted from the premesis (photography)… Pull quote 2: This gig is definitely winter training for next year’s festival newbies… First para: Bad tidings I bring....
Band name: singles for week beginning 9th July Label: Various labels of various repute Teaser: Rob Hastings brings us this entertaining review of the weeks singles, with tunes from Bloc Party, Arctic Monkeys, The Electric Soft Parade and more Pull quote 2: Luke Pettipoole begins this song sounding like Thom Yorke on horse tranquilisers. First para: SINGLE OF...
Band name: Shitdisco, Lupen Crook, Trout and more Label: various indie schmindies Teaser: The weekend is done, let us now hang our heads in shame at the memory of our sinful behaviour, and get back to work like good little monkeys. Hang on.. what’s this? It’s the singles, as reviewed by Rory Carroll! Screw it, let’s party again! YEEE HAA! Pull quote 2:...
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