For many people, especially outside the UK, Pulp = Common People. No real shock there; “Common People” is a truly magnificent song, with absolute forensic clarity in stripping down its rich-kid-playing-with-the-poor target to a few pithy lines. But Pulp had a long history before this song; even their breakthrough LP His’N’Hers came after about 15 [...]
All posts for the month November, 2010
Do You Remember The Sadly Predictable Blog Post Title?
Posted by loftandlost on November 8, 2010
http://loftandlost.com/2010/11/08/do-you-remember-the-sadly-predictable-blog-post-title/
A Quick Repost
Last month I posted a lovely track by a lady named Lucy Jane. Very good it is too, but due to a Soundcloud posting cock-up (my fault entirely) it didn’t appear in Hype Machine. So I’m taking this opportunity to post it again, partly because I want to get it on Hype Machine, and partly [...]
Posted by loftandlost on November 7, 2010
http://loftandlost.com/2010/11/07/a-quick-repost/
Obsessions (Two)
The other song that’s really been swirling round my head recently is by James Blackshaw. He’s the kind of artist best experienced live, so you can get the full WTF!-edness of his music. Listening on record, part of your brain is saying to you “He’s not really doing this, you know. He’s got pedals and [...]
Posted by loftandlost on November 6, 2010
http://loftandlost.com/2010/11/06/obsessions-two/
Obsessions (One)
There are two kinds of people in the world. There are those who love music, and those that don’t. Those for whom music is a massive part of their lives, making them complete, and those for whom music is simply a background noise to their lives. And if you love music1 you’ll get obsessed with [...]
Posted by loftandlost on November 5, 2010
http://loftandlost.com/2010/11/05/obsessions-one/
Special Benny
Special Benny. What a name. What. A. Name. I’m only posting this because of their name. Ok, maybe if it was rubbish, I wouldn’t post it, but you know what? “Air Filter”, the track available for download from their website (here) is a pleasant, jittery affair, with all sorts of stuff going on. Lovely lilting [...]
Posted by loftandlost on November 4, 2010
http://loftandlost.com/2010/11/04/special-benny/
Swans Live – Koko, London
Nothing, but nothing can prepare you for standing at the front at a Swans gig. Being locked inside a blast furnace might help, or standing on the rim of an exploding volcano could do it, to some extent, but there is nothing to compare with the experience of the thundering, rampaging NOISE that this band [...]
Posted by loftandlost on November 3, 2010
http://loftandlost.com/2010/11/03/swans-live-koko-london/
Are Eggs Funny? No.
Regular readers will know I am a huge fan of Danish prog-pop-rockers Mew. Why? Well, because they are great, that’s why. If you’re not so sure about their brand of hugely tuneful and equally hugely complex Scandi-psych-pop then they’ve made your life easy by releasing a compilation, cunningly entitled “Eggs Are Funny”. Look, at least [...]
Posted by loftandlost on November 2, 2010
http://loftandlost.com/2010/11/02/are-eggs-funny-no/
Foolish Thoughts
Do you ever get an idea at the dead of night and think “Ooh, maybe that’s a bit stupid, I’ll think about it again in the morning”? And then on waking, you think to yourself that maybe it’s not such a bad idea and that you should go ahead. Because something that’s been bothering me [...]
Posted by loftandlost on November 1, 2010
http://loftandlost.com/2010/11/01/foolish-thoughts/
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