https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VnwEFrZD3Vo
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Jools is a great man for alternative music, like this Hives tune & esp live.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XN-LzcJ2i3c
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He moved to New Ross when he was 4. Wexford made him the man he is today. Itâs a great album, I must say.
Michael Stafford doesnât really have the same ring to itâŚ
http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/2012/nov/07/my-bloody-valentine-new-album
Kevin Shields: New My Bloody Valentine album due next month
My Bloody Valentine will finally release their new album next month, to be followed by a further EP of new material next spring, Kevin Shields has told the NME. âWeâre halfway through mixing,â Shields said.
Although MBV watchers have long heard stories about a new album being all but completed, this is the first time Shields himself has commented. âBased on the very, very few people whoâve heard stuff, some people think itâs stranger than Loveless,â he said. âI donât.â He did, helpfully, describe the new songs as âdifferentish and sameish. Itâs warmer, and itâs a more emotionally connecting record than anything weâve done before.â
Shields dismissed the pressure of following up one of alternative musicâs most revered albums, 1991âs Loveless. âIâm expecting some trouble,â he said, âbut, you know what? I donât care about all of that. I know itâs a record thatâs going to mean something to a significant amount of people who really liked us. The rest, I donât really care about.â
The new album is based on recordings Shields began in 1996 and scrapped in 1997, which he described as âa quite conceptual thing because I purposefully didnât want to write songs in a linear fashionâ. He returned to them after discovering he âreally liked the guitar soundsâ while working on the remastering of the bandâs Creation-era back catalogue earlier this year.
There is however, no title and no artwork, and Shields managed to be perfectly contradictory when asked about the albumâs standout track, mentioning one âthatâs a real pop song, though the arrangement isnât very popâ, and which has an instrumental ending â âwith vocals from Bilinda [Butcher]â.
Just to be sure, the Guardian asked one of the bandâs publicists whether what Shields had told the NME was actually true. The reply? âI believe so, yes.â
Another Jools Holland find tonight.
The Staves - Facing West
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QnxJ7DYvVkc
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Love this heart-rending rendition of the old Misfits song by David Pajo
David Pajo version of Last Caress is fantastic! Seeing as we are on melancholic songsâŚ
Youâre mad on Jools Holland Harry, I got very fed up of him playing the same plinky plonky piano stuff all over everyoneâs songs, annoys the hell out of me.
What music isnât?
Couldnât give a toss for the man himself really glas, but he always has a great array of live music on his show. Usually a diverse selection to keep most happy really.
I agree on the great selection of music but the man himself pisses me off. If someone would smash his piano itâd be a great show altogether.
Donât like the man, but thereâs always good stuff on the show. Bill Fay was on a couple of weeks ago. Refused to perform in front of the crowd so he pre-recorded his song. Not sure thatâs ever happened before. Video+ it and skip the bits where Jools either speaks or plays that unspeakably shite boogie fucking woogie piano.
Long, meandering Krautrock.
NEU! - Negativland
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VHrpxuXNY1U VHrpxuXNY1U
cLOUDDEAD (thatâs how itâs written) - Dead Dogs Two
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BV7AF4q9N8U BV7AF4q9N8U
I have posted a number of Neu! tunes in the smashing tunes threads over the years. Personally I would consider them to be smashing rather than alternative, but thatâs just me.
It is interesting to listen to Neu!, Can and PIL in particular to see how many riffs U2 ripped off them. PIL are not bitter about it apparently.
This guyâs album is getting some big reviews
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hj1vdCDtxhA hj1vdCDtxhA
Who is it Phil, canât see vids on mobile.