December 2011
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Sleigh Bells Thrashing/All Around Me →
Yeah not those Christmas-y ones, the ones that make lots of noise. They’re back in 2012 with a new album. Here’s the track Born To Lose… if you fancy sticking a machine gun in your eardrum.
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A Z E A L I A / B A N K S →
New track from Azealia Banks is called Liquorice. And it makes Milkshake by Kelis sound like it’s about Yazoo.
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Love Letter To Drive
“Re-al human be-ing…” Off to see Drive? Get the bus. It’s the sort of pulp movie you strut out of like Steve McQueen. “And a re-al he-ro…” Gloves on, keys out, toothpick ready, the saccharine refrain from College’s A Real Hero circling round your head for hours like a racecar at Daytona. “Re-al human be-ing…” Forget the LA Storm Drain System, we’re all real human beings here with cars. Let’s be...
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“Whoever said that you should never meet your heroes obviously just has really...”
– Me
Everything died in… 1984
Often when working on a publishing house’s production hub, sound systems collide. Where I work it’s a battle of speakers between two titles. Rarely do these inspire mash-ups, they’re too unplanned. Today, however, the mash-up would have a themed title… Manchester Died In 1984. One magazine began playing New Order’s Blue Monday (it’s a daily occurrence) while the other pondered what to...
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But… What Will She LOOK Like?
That Madonna song, Gimme All Your Love, that “leaked” a few weeks ago… sounded like Toni Basil’s Mickey. Take from that what you will. But is Madonna going to go for the cheerleader look on her 2012 album? It remains to be seen. Let’s take some comfort in the GREAT looks she’s gone for thus far…
‘80 New Romantic/Tomboy Madge
Glam Madge
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*Tongue firmly in cheek*… It has recently come to...
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Marry The Night: Uncovered
Lady Gaga has today released a 14-minute mini movie that could potentially comprise the greatest pop video of all time. Yes, I just went there.
Giving the video my full attention and repeated death-by-Marry-The-Night viewings, I’ve discovered a great deal of reference points. Taking a dangerous leap into the mind of Gaga, I try to decipher exactly what was inspiring the aritiste...
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Subbing the The's in band names…
In my subbing role on MOJO Magazine, it is often debated as to whether a band known to the world as a “The” band is officially a “The” band. This usually involves checking sleeves of albums and discographies. Today’s challenge has concerned The Smashing Pumpkins. The debate about whether the article “the” is captialised in the name Smashing Pumpkins is, I...