Don't call it a comeback, call it a vacation. Some of us are in finals, some of us are reading the new Thomas Pynchon, which weighs only slightly more than a toaster. As such, here's something for today: Manic Street Preachers: Last Christmas I'm always amazed at a) how fucking GOOD this is b) the number of times I can listen to this on repeat. "Happy Christmas I wrapped it up and sent it with a note saying 'I love you', [...]
Hey! Another Manics review and you didn't have to wait two months! I must be getting good at this stuff. After the very big success of This Is My Truth... , the Manics were really able to do whatever the hell they liked with their next record, and due to some of the criticism of that album being rather lackadaisical, thats almost what they did. Know Your Enemy may have had the most boring run of singles of any Manics album to date, but the rest of its tracklisting is sprawling, expansive and really rather odd. It's [...]
That's right, I finally got around to it. This Is My Truth was a difficult album for the Manics. They'd managed to gain a hell of a lot of success on the back of their very very good comeback, Everything Must Go , but Truth sees them in a more transitive, thoughtful mood. The politics of yesteryear are still obvious, and yet the force behind them doesn't seem so strong or dedicated. Maybe a combination of moving on from the Richey years and the fact that the band were getting older, but its definitely there [...]
Seems like our Manic boys are out to save some music! More from NME: Manic Street Preachers have added their weight to a campaign to save the world's oldest record shop. Spillers in Cardiff has been trading since 1894, but is set to fall victim to a substantial rise in rent. A petition has been created, calling for the landowners to recognise Spillers' contribution to Cardiff's musical heritage and keep the rent at a more realistic level. A statement signed by James Dean Bradfield, Nicky [...]
First of all, my apologies for taking so long to get this next review done. I had good excuses, but as i've detailed them below there's no need for a recap. After The Holy Bible , the Manics had to take a very big rethink. There were obviously questions asked as to how the band could continue without the lyrical and ideological contributions of the vanished Richey Edwards, but after a while the band decided that they would continue. From this point, Nicky would take over with 100% of the lyrics (although EMG did feature five songs written by/with [...]
Just read the comments by some of Senator George Allen's ex-college teammates on Salon.com including a Doctor who've accused the foolhardy blowhard who reps Virginia of being an overt racist back in the 1970's. George was actually raised in CA, but quickly developed a fondness for the ways of the Neo-Con-federacy. One story circulating has him leaving a bloody deer head in a black family's mailbox as a college student...and not surprisigly frequent & fluent use of the "N" Bomb. In fact if one believes the sadly silly stories, George threw around more "Niggaz" [...]
Manic Street Preachers julkaisi kaksi vuotta sitten The Holy Bible -levystään näyttävän 10-vuotisjuhlaversion. Nyt saman kohtelun saa vuonna 1996 julkaistu Everything Must Go , jonka erikoisversio ilmestyy kauppoihin 9. marraskuuta. Alkuperäisten kappaleiden lisäksi kahden cd:n ja yhden dvd:n pakettiin on kerätty sekä levyltä julkaistujen sinkkujen b-puolet että kourallinen demoja ja livevetoja. Dvd:ltä löytyy videot singlekappaleista, live- ja televisioesiintymisiä, dokumentti sekä kaksi lyhytelokuvaa, jotka on tehnyt Nicky Wiren veli Patrick Jones. Tarkemmat tiedot julkaisusta [...]
If you're curious about the truthiness (i've been wanting to use that word) of the new avalanches album, here's an excerpt from their web site: "exploration into sampled inner space continues, and is sounding damn exciting from all reports. the band would like to thank everyone for their patience and ongoing support. "sorry its not done sooner but theres no point in putting out an insane half
Much like Lucas did before, I have decided to wait an unreasonable amount of time before finishing this double-post. Also like Lucas, I have built up anticipation for what will end up being a disappointing finish. After being spun around in space in his modified TIE Fighter, Darth Vader got a little pissed. He needed some ways to relieve his stress. First he took out his anger on Chad , his younger brother. After that he tried his hand at conducting . Eventually though, he decided it would be best if he shifted his [...]
Here we go then. Much delayed due to my uselessness, but it's finally here. There are a number of reasons why The Holy Bible is as notorious as it is. Most big music fans, even if they think the rest of the band's catalogue isn't up to much, will still hold up the album as proving that the Manics, despite their bullshitting and the hyperbole, were still a band capable of greatness. It's their
Brittiläisestä musiikkista ansiokkaasti kirjoittava The Runout Groove on kaivanut arkistoistaan Pulpin viimeiseksi jääneen John Peel -session vuodelta 2001. Kolme session neljstä biiseistä päätyi myöhemmin julkaistulle uranpäätöslevylle We Love Life . Neljäs kappale Duck Diving on edelleen vailla virallista julkaisua. Pulp: Last John Peel Session 2001 Tämän kirjoituksen ohella kannattaa lukea The Runout Grooven kattava ja moniosainen Manic Street Preachers -historiikki, joka on neljännessä osassaan edennyt vuoteen 1993 ja Gold Against The Soul -levyyn [...]
This post has taken a little while to come, and the main reason is really tied into the nature of the album itself. It's just so bloody big. 18 tracks, 6/7 of which were released as singles. I guess it tied into the audacious and contradictory nature of the Manics in 1991/1992 that their first album should be a double. At this point, as i've already mentioned, they claimed that it would be their only album, would reach #1 in the American and British charts, only for them to split. That didn't happen, and I think some of it can [...]
Black Leotard Front, "Casual Friday" - Sigh; it looks like the dream may well be dead . You really can't imagine how much I was looking forward to Delia & Gavin 's first album (hopefully of many) as Black Leotard Front - posting "Casual Friday" may be as superfluous a gesture at this point since everyone with even the littlest lick of sense in their heads already has DFA Compilation #2 by now, but I'll be damned if I have another gesture of any worth at my disposal for the task at hand, [...]
We've re-traced our steps in terms of what happened to Richey so many times and at the end of the day Richey was surrounded by people who cared about him and who were quite sensible and still we couldn't help. The Manic Street Preachers were always one of "those bands" for me. Growing up as a teenager, I did it all Manic style... the eyeliner and the combat wear (at the Friday night dance in Portree that was a bit on the... well, daft side), and letting Nicky Wire convince me that [...]
#1 in a series of musical difficulties... What do you consider difficult music? Is it music that's hard to listen to? Music that needs repeated listens before it "clicks?" Maybe it's the opposite of pop music, which is nearly always catchy and easily accepted by the masses. Either way, I always find it satisfying to finally "get" and enjoy music that didn't at first seem inviting at all. It's like becoming good friends with the antisocial cool rebel kid in high school, I suppose. All the trials [...]
Sometimes I wish I was named Roland. Y'know, just because. The Pipettes - "Sex": mp3 I know I just posted on them, but I've been listening to this record two or three times a day all week. It's unbelievably catchy - like the Magic Numbers album from last year with even shorter songs and roughly the same ratio of great tracks to decent ones. I compared The Pipettes to "Art Brut for girls" the other day, and I think that analogy holds true, except that where Art Brut [...]
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