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Don’t start me talking… Quality blog Sweeping The Nation is in the middle of ‘Songs To Learn And Sing’, a very admirable project in which every day of this month sees a single recommended to the readers of the blog. The remit was along the lines of ‘singles you think everyone should hear’ and, asContinue reading

sunnO))) & Boris – Altar (2006): Initial thoughts I received, and listened to, this new album last night. Inspired by the music I heard, here is what I jotted down, in an obsessed frenzy: The sound on the last track was immense. Too considered, and sophisticated, to merit the term ‘chaotic’, it was nevertheless aContinue reading

Extras: Series 2So, the series finished with quite the whimper last week, despite a brilliantly minimalist performance from Robert DeNiro. It seems to me that Ricky Gervais tends to watch Curb Your Enthusiasm to see what he can nick, and repackage for his own show. And I don’t mean that in a nasty way, justContinue reading

Live Review: My Morning Jacket, 23rd August 2006

Manchester Academy 2. Support: Richard Swift. So I finally went to another gig. It had been a while since I was last in Manchester, so I enjoyed the return to the Cornerhouse* café (I love that place, and there is nowhere that good in Leeds. Fact); brought back memories of my university days, when IContinue reading “Live Review: My Morning Jacket, 23rd August 2006”