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August 26 The war on Los Campesinos! and SwellsA couple of weeks ago Los Campesinos! announced the Shred Yr Face (annoying use of 'yr', hasn't this died out yet?) tour, in which they chose two bands that played ATP Vs Pitchfork out of a hat and got No Age and Times New Viking. Shame they didn't pick Les Savy Fav and Hot Chip huh? Anyhow, I was going to say something along the lines of 'pretty sick tour woo yeah' but then this tour became old news and people were more interested in other stories like Slipknot pulling out of Reading/Leeds. Then they came back onto the radar when Stephen 'Swells' Wells wrote a column about TWAT, The War Against Twee, in which he used clever and funny jokes like 'paedo pop' and threatens to place 'razor blades in the orifices of their suspiciously life-sized teddy bears.' While I like poking fun at bands and making sweeping statements about genres/musicians just for the sake of appearing smart and superior to them, sometimes it gets boring very quickly. In this case, he rambles, throws in some quotes, and ties the whole thing up without it actually being funny. And I'm not even a massive LC! fan, although I do like them and enjoy the songs about cherryade as much as any other smug middle class girl. But that's because they're not a journalist who's nearly 50 and thinks coming up with a mildly funny acronym makes an amusingly irreverent feature. Playlist: Boris, Sleater Kinney
August 23 You can tell a real music fan by his headphonesI've moaned about this before in various other capacities on the MSN Music site, but if there's one thing I really enjoy on my daily commute it's examining other people's MP3 players. More specifically, their headphones. The rise of the iPod made every man and his dog a big time music listener. Suddenly every single person on the train has something to listen to, although when you actually strain to look at their screen it can be disturbing. Recently I've seen a lot of the Bee Gees and Girls Aloud. GA I can allow but listening to 70's disco at half 8 in the morning is odd. People have the worst taste in music ever. Literally. People are the worst. But the thing which really grates, more than any amount of listening to turd lifeless music, is people who actually use those headphones that come with their iPods. Are they not actually paying attention to what comes out of them? Too busy flicking the dial eh?? Why not stop scrolling through your library and take a second to consider the sound quality? It's beyond abominable. They are the worst quality speakers/headphones ever to be created, probably something to do with the fact that they only half fit in your ears. The other half provides some nice tunes for the rest of your carriage, you get a tinny, rattly sound which has next to no bass and makes whatever rubbish you're listening to sound even worse. I don't think you need to go to extreme lengths and shell out for anything excessive; my black Sony's cost a tad more than my actual MP3 player, a £30 Creative Zen Stone Plus. But what's the point in flashing your swanky iPod touch on the tube when you've got those horrible white pieces of crap coming out your ears? Playlist: Billy Childish & The Musicians Of The British Empire
August 21 A Reading Festival preview. For Reading 2000This weekend Reading/Leeds Festivals take place. Well, it's kinda happening now, kids are already getting filthy in their tents and their probably on their 17th can of lager of the day (hopefully not of the festival sponsor's variety) and doing insane things with bonfires. While I might sound bitter and jaded (which I am), I'm just apathetic about this festival, mostly because I haven't been since 2002. While I could do the traditional thing and run down some of the bands I would like to catch this weekend, if I was going to attend, instead I'm gonna run through some of the bands that played 8 years ago, the first year I went. Disclaimer: I didn't watch all these bands, I wish I was that cool but I was a 16 year old out to get drunk and mosh to Rage Against The Machine. Which is actually what I would be doing this weekend too... You can see the full line-up here, but here are my would-be picks:
Playlist: Capricorns, US Christmas
August 19 The not-so-secret secret Gallows gig tonightGinger punk hero Frank Carter and his band of hardcore scallywags Gallows are playing at the Underworld tonight. Oh wait, I mean 'Black Heart Kings' are playing. You know, that band, it's not an invented name at all, the Gallows rumours are ALL LIES. Anyhow, who cares, as surely you're just going to watch Throats then run down the road to mosh and claw and take photos of you moshing and clawing at Bring Me The Horizon at the Barfly anyways? Playlist: More Vivian Girls
August 18 Vivian Girls: Dammit, why didn't I start this band?If I was to join a new band tomorrow it'd be Vivian Girls. The fact they're supporting Sonic Youth this month might have something to do with it, but it's more because they've been together for barely a year. And what have I achieved in the past year? Written some stuff in this blog, bought a car, put out some records... all pales in significance really doesn't it? Anyway, the band are pretty much putting the rest of the world to shame with their too cool but still instantly likeable lo-fi, shoe-gazey girl rock. It's so effortless and utterly appealing on every level (punk kids like them, indie kids like them, Sonic Youth like them) that world domination and success of an insane level can only follow. Vivian Girls:
UK December tour dates: 2 London Windmill Playlist: Micah P Hinson, Venetian Snares, Vivian Girls
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