Blog: Torr

http://www.morrissey-solo.com/ article.pl?sid=10/06/13/145223 4 The Mozipedia book tells a different version of the "Spencer fax" story. In this version of events Spencer is with his wife when the fax arrives (not a boyfriend.) I've taken the liberty to type it up, here's what the book says: Morrissey was angered enough by Cobrin's financial grievances against him to send the drummer an abusive fax message. "The fax came through and my wife, at the time, picked it up first,' says Cobrin. "She said "I don't think you should read this." When [...]

Well geez, I did not expect this level of goodwill from you all. Thanks a lot, i appreciate it. I think I'm gonna try to keep up with a tumblr thing: http://torr80.tumblr.com

The end of the decade seems like a good time to put this blog to bed. Updates have become few and far between for a couple reasons: There are less and less new artists that excite me. I believe this is due to the fact that the sound/style/genre I like is less popular than ever in the UK. Every month that goes by less and less singles are getting a physical release. Most are now just 7" and/or downloads which doesn't interest me. And lastly, I simply don't have time to blog [...]

Here's the notable stuff that entered or moved up on the UK charts on Sun Nov 1st... Albums : #55 Morrissey - Swords [Compilation of b-sides from the past 3 albums.] #59 Miike Snow - self-titled [ Vid . Debut from Andrew Wyatt and two Swedish dudes.] #68 REM - Live At The Olympia In Dublin [ Trailer [...]

Here's the notable stuff that entered or moved up on the UK charts on Sun Oct 25th... Albums : #69 Kings Of Convenience - Declaration Of Dependence [ Vid . Their sadly dull 3rd album.] #71 Arctic Monkeys - Humbug [ Vid . Their 3rd album.] Indie-label album chart : [...]

Here's the notable stuff that entered or moved up on the UK charts on Sun Oct 18th... Albums : #1 Editors - In This Light.. . [ Vid . Their 2nd #1 album in a row.] #63 Echo & The Bunnymen - The Fountain [ Vid . Their 2nd-lowest charting album ever.] #70 Bad Lieutenant - [...]

Here's the notable stuff that's out in the UK on Mon Oct 19th... Albums: Kings Of Convenience - Declaration Of Dependence [ Vid . Their 3rd album.] Puressence - Sharpen Up the Knives [ Vid . I loved this band but this is a embarrassingly pointless compilation. Hang it up or move to Greece already, geez.] [...]

Here's the notable stuff that entered or moved up on the UK charts on Sun Oct 11th... Albums : #11 Mumford & Sons - Sigh No More [ Vid . Debut from London 4-piece .] #26 The Temper Trap - Conditions [ Vid . Their debut album.] #36 Air - Love 2 [...]

Here's the notable stuff that entered or moved up on the UK charts on Sun Oct 4th... Albums : #8 Ian Brown - My Way [ Vid . His 6th album and it's surprisingly great.] #33 Hockey - Mind Chaos [ Vid . Debut from Portland 4-piece.] #93 The XX - self-titled [ Vid . Debut from London [...]

Here's the notable stuff that entered the UK charts on Sun Sept 27th... Albums : #17 Richard Hawley - Truelover's Gutter [ Vid . His 6th album.] #43 Monsters Of Folk - self-titled [ Vid . Debut from super-group.] #48 The Temper Trap - Conditions [ Vid . Their debut album.] [...]

Here's the notable stuff that entered the UK charts on Sun Sept 20th... Albums : #1 Muse - The Resistance [ Vid . Their 3rd #1 album in a row.] #5 David Gray - Draw The Line [ Vid . His 4th top-5 album.] #56 The Big Pink - A Brief History Of Love [...]

Here's the notable stuff that entered the UK charts on Sun Sept 13th... Albums : #8 The Cribs - Ignore The Ignorant [ Vid . Their 3rd album.] Indie-label album chart : nothing of interest Singles : #9 Muse - "Uprising" [ [...]

Here's the notable stuff that entered the UK charts on Sun Sept 6th... Albums : #16 Noah And The Whale - The First Days Of Spring [ Vid . Their 2nd album.] #22 Just Jack - All Night Cinema [ Vid . His 3rd album.] #90 Brendan Benson - My Old, Familiar Friend [ Letterman vid [...]

Here's the notable stuff that entered the UK charts on Sun Aug 30th... Albums : #1 Arctic Monkeys - Humbug [ Vid . 3rd album and their 3rd to get #1.] #18 Athlete - Black Swan [ Vid . 4th album and their 4th to get top 20.] Indie-label album chart : [...]

Here's the notable stuff that entered the UK charts on Sun Aug 23rd... Singles : #11 Just Jack - "The Day I Died" [ Vid . 2nd single from his 3rd album .] #23 Lily Allen - "22" [ Vid . 4th single from her 2nd album .] #30 Kasabian - "Where Did All The Love Go?" [ Vid . 3rd single from their 3rd album .] [...]

Here's the notable stuff that entered the UK charts on Sun Aug 17th... Albums : #5 The Stone Roses - self-titled [ Advert . 10th anniversary re-release (in a ton of formats) .] #32 The Temper Trap - Conditions [ Vid . Their debut album.] Indie-label album chart : nothing of [...]

Here's the notable stuff that's out in the UK on Mon Aug 17th... Albums: Theoretical Girl - Divided [ Vid . Debut from Southend-On-Sea girl.] Singles: Athlete - "Superman Touch" [ Vid . 1st single from their 4th album .] [...]

Here's the notable stuff that's out in the UK on Mon Aug 10th... Albums: The Stone Roses - self-titled [ Advert . 10th anniversary re-release (in a thousand versions) of one of the great debut albums ever.] Singles: Miike Snow - "Animal" [ Vid . 1st single from their debut album .] [...]

Here's the notable stuff that entered the UK charts on Sun Aug 9th... Albums : #20 The Twang - Jewellery Quarter [ Vid . Their very good 2nd album.] #68 Wild Beasts - Two Dancers [ Vid . Their 2nd album.] Indie-label album chart : #18 Julian [...]

Here's the notable stuff that's out in the UK on Mon Aug 3rd... Albums: The Twang - Jewellery Quarter [ Vid . Their 2nd album, looking forward to hearing it as I love the songs I've heard so far.] Singles: The Twilight Sad - "I Became A Prostitute" [ Vid . [...]