Heavy metal is full of daft ideas. From Iron Maiden singing songs about the genocide of the Native Americans whilst screaming like their bollocks are caught in a mangle, through Judas Priest’s superb “I’m not gay in all this leather and this mustache isn’t a coded message that I like a bit of the other, [...]
All posts for the month February, 2010
Mastodon Rock
Posted by loftandlost on February 28, 2010
http://loftandlost.com/2010/02/28/mastodon-rock/
Playin’ On The Radio
When you’re working 14 hour days, you need music that is easygoing, chilled out, and calming. Something that soothes your furrowed brow, but isn’t too soporific. Something relaxing, with a mellow tunefulness that seeps into your brain, and sends you to a happy place; beguiling music that keeps you interested without taxing your stressed synapses. [...]
Posted by loftandlost on February 25, 2010
http://loftandlost.com/2010/02/25/playin-on-the-radio/
The Week Of Mixed Gigs – Midlake, or Poor Band (Minor Key)
Many years ago, I went up to the eastern Highlands of Scotland with a bunch of friends, for a long weekend of walking and drinking. Mostly drinking. One sunny day, we took a walk up into the mountains to Loch Brandy, and (as tends to happen in Scotland) the weather turned. There we were, hunkering [...]
Posted by loftandlost on February 23, 2010
http://loftandlost.com/2010/02/23/the-week-of-mixed-gigs-midlake-or-poor-band-minor-key/
Melodica, Melody and Me, and Me and Them Over There Too
The other night at the Freelance Whales gig, we saw a bunch of youngsters called Melodica, Melody and Me making a lovely folky, skiffly sound not unlike early Gorky’s or The Coral (come to think of it). And I promised to put some songs up if they emailed them to me. And they did! So [...]
Posted by loftandlost on February 21, 2010
http://loftandlost.com/2010/02/21/melodica-melody-and-me-and-me-and-them-over-there-too/
The Week of Mixed Gigs – Beach House
I really like Bush Hall. A lovely old hall, replete with cherubs over the stage (shabby chic, the missus called it) a nice bar and a friendly clientele who generally shut up when the band are on. And in London, that’s unusual. So we were fully expecting a nice, pleasant evening watching a band I [...]
Posted by loftandlost on February 18, 2010
http://loftandlost.com/2010/02/18/the-week-of-mixed-gigs-beach-house/
The Week of Mixed Gigs – Freelance Whales
Fifteen seconds. That’s just about all it took into the first song of Freelance Whales‘ set at The Borderline before the hairs on my arms stood up. Must be a record. Still, it’s kind of what I expected. Their album “Weathervanes” (out March 16th in the US, and not at all in the UK yet) [...]
Posted by loftandlost on February 16, 2010
http://loftandlost.com/2010/02/16/the-week-of-mixed-gigs-freelance-whales/
Don’t Need No Valentines
Today is a special day for those romantics amongst us. Or those who like bitter-sweet love songs, in which the usual tropes of love songs get turned on their head. Miserable gits who like miserable songs, in other words. Josh Rouse’s “Sweetie” is one of his beautifully sung, gorgeously composed numbers that he seems able [...]
Posted by loftandlost on February 14, 2010
http://loftandlost.com/2010/02/14/dont-need-no-valentines/
Fix Me Some Mercury (Rev)
Whilst lazying around this morning, my son started playing music on my wife’s iPhone. He’s been playing Iggy Pop’s “The Passenger” rather a lot lately, but this time he led with a Mercury Rev track from 2004′s “The Secret Migration”. I’ve got to say that I was pretty disappointed with that album; far too much [...]
Posted by loftandlost on February 13, 2010
http://loftandlost.com/2010/02/13/fix-me-some-mercury-rev/
A Repeat Of All Working And No Playing
By jove, I’m a busy fellow right now. I’ve got work coming up out of my ears and a whole load of half-written blog posts cluttering up my WordPress dashboard (sorry, Steve), plus the mountain of unlistened-to music has built to Everest proportions. So, if you’ve sent me something recently, it’s buried under a massive [...]
Posted by loftandlost on February 12, 2010
http://loftandlost.com/2010/02/12/a-repeat-of-all-working-and-no-playing/
