Well, after nearly five months of being out of work I started a new job last week. It came somewhat out of the blue, but is hugely welcome and has more than a touch of irony about it, given that I worked at the same firm until just over a year ago. Which means I’ll [...]
All posts for the month April, 2009
News – Wye Oak, And Stuff
Posted by loftandlost on April 27, 2009
http://loftandlost.com/2009/04/27/news-wye-oak-and-stuff/
The Pitchfork 500 The Brits Are Coming Part 4 – New Order to The Beat
So, the last part of The Brits Are Coming starts with the 100th song on the list, and the most important band of the Brits series. Who they? New Order, of course. New Order – Temptation The Jam – Town Called Malice Duran Duran – The Chauffeur The English Beat – Save It for Later [...]
Posted by loftandlost on April 21, 2009
http://loftandlost.com/2009/04/21/the-pitchfork-500-the-brits-are-coming-part-4-new-order-to-the-beat/
The Pitchfork 500 The Brits Are Coming Part 3 – Human League to ABC
The early 80′s saw an explosion in electronic pop music from the UK. All around the UK, bands were messing around with primitive synthesisers, sequencers and drum machines. With a good ear for a tune and the ability to fiddle around with these new bits of technology, you could create something unique. These bands, along [...]
Posted by loftandlost on April 19, 2009
http://loftandlost.com/2009/04/19/the-pitchfork-500-the-brits-are-coming-part-3-human-league-to-abc/
The Pitchfork 500 The Brits Are Coming Part 2 – Wyatt to Scritti Politti
Robert Wyatt – Shipbuilding Bauhaus – Third Uncle Adam and the Ants – Kings of the Wild Frontier Scritti Politti – The ‘Sweetest Girl’ Robert Wyatt’s one of Britain’s great cult musicians, having influenced everyone from Billy Bragg to Bjork. But till now I don’t think I’ve ever really sat down and properly listened to [...]
Posted by loftandlost on April 16, 2009
http://loftandlost.com/2009/04/16/the-pitchfork-500-the-brits-are-coming-part-2-wyatt-to-scritti-politti/
The Pitchfork 500 Missing List – Part One
When anyone looks through the Pitchfork 500 list, they are bound to go “Yeah, but what about xxx?”, where xxx = the name of favourite band, song, or horrible personal favourite. Of course, choosing 500 songs and calling them the “best 500 songs” is bound to cause trouble. Of course, people are going to disagree. [...]
Posted by loftandlost on April 15, 2009
http://loftandlost.com/2009/04/15/the-pitchfork-500-missing-list-part-one/
News – An Evening with Lanegan and Dulli, The Twilight Sad
Mark Lanegan and Greg Dulli, who recently recorded as The Gutter Twins, are doing another one-off show in London at the South Bank Centre. Having managed to miss the show at the Union Chapel, I must say I’m rather thrilled at this. I’ve seen Mark Lanegan play live many times, mostly with Queens Of The [...]
Posted by loftandlost on April 9, 2009
http://loftandlost.com/2009/04/09/news-an-evening-with-lanegan-and-dulli-the-twilight-sad/
The Pitchfork 500 The Brits Are Coming Part 1 – Dexys to Specials
Dexys Midnight Runners – There There My Dear Young Marble Giants – Final Day Altered Images – Happy Birthday The Specials – Ghost Town This is the first of a four-part series of Pitchfork 500 posts, as the next 16 tracks are all from Great Britain. This was thanks to an amazing outpouring of pop [...]
Posted by loftandlost on April 8, 2009
http://loftandlost.com/2009/04/08/the-pitchfork-500-the-brits-are-coming-part-1-dexys-to-specials/
The Pitchfork 500 Odds and Ends – Costello to B52′s
Elvis Costello and the Attractions – Beyond Belief The Pretenders – Back on the Chain Gang The B-52’s – Private Idaho Elvis Costello’s “Beyond Belief” was the opening song of his 1982 album “Imperial Bedroom”. The Pitchfork book discussed how he was feeling too old for rock, and tired of the scene he was in. [...]
Posted by loftandlost on April 7, 2009
http://loftandlost.com/2009/04/07/the-pitchfork-500-odds-and-ends-costello-to-b52s/
Bill Callahan/Smog/(Smog), A Quick Retrospective
Bill Callahan’s got a new album out today. As the man behind Smog, and (Smog), he’s been one of my favourite musicians for over a decade now, since the release of “Knock Knock” got my attention back in 1998. Thanks to my (hopefully) temporarily straightened circumstances, I haven’t pre-ordered the new one, but I spent [...]
Posted by loftandlost on April 6, 2009
http://loftandlost.com/2009/04/06/bill-callahansmogsmog-a-quick-retrospective/
The Pitchfork 500 Oddness Hour – Branca to The Fall
Glenn Branca – Lesson No. 1 for Electric Guitar Laurie Anderson – O Superman (For Massenet) Joy Division – Atmosphere The Fall – Totally Wired A veteran of New York No Wave band Theoretical Girls, Glenn Branca wanted to merge classical music with rock. Rather than taking the ELO route and laying strings over Beethoven-inspired [...]
Posted by loftandlost on April 5, 2009
http://loftandlost.com/2009/04/05/the-pitchfork-500-oddness-hour-branca-to-the-fall/
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