Apropos of nothing, listening to Stars’s “Ageless Beauty” tonight got me wondering what on earth was going on around Toronto and Montreal in the early Naughties. What were they all drinking? One of the finest albums of the decade – hell, the finest, God damn my heathen soul if I am wrong – and this, [...]
All posts for the month March, 2011
We Will Always Be A Light
Posted by loftandlost on March 29, 2011
http://loftandlost.com/2011/03/29/we-will-always-be-a-light/
The Coming Of The End
Hearing that Bill Callahan has a new album out will always fill me with a quiet joy. I’ve been a big fan since the days of Knock Knock, a good decade and a bit ago. The new one – cheerily titled “Apocalypse” – is out on the 16th April, and he’s been good enough to [...]
Posted by loftandlost on March 26, 2011
http://loftandlost.com/2011/03/26/the-coming-of-the-end/
Let The River Roll On
Do you have a band that you feel are just stunning, incredible, amazing, and are stunned, incredulous and amazed that no-one else seems to have heard of them? A recent addition to my Fantastic Unknown Band list (alongside The Kingsbury Manx and Canyon, for starters) has been Cotton Jones, whose Tall Hours In The Glowstream [...]
Posted by loftandlost on March 21, 2011
http://loftandlost.com/2011/03/21/let-the-river-roll-on/
The Artistic Roll-Call
Reading an interview with attempted miserablist Swedish electro-poppet Lykke Li t’other day, I came across her justification for appearing as one of the “faces” of Levi’s new ad campaign. Having heard chunks of her new album “Wounded Rhymes”, having seen the ad at bus-stops on Putney Bridge, and having read comments from her about how [...]
Posted by loftandlost on March 20, 2011
http://loftandlost.com/2011/03/20/the-artistic-roll-call/
Swim x63
Dropping my kid off at school the other day, I decided on the drive home to treat myself to Frightened Rabbit’s “Swim Until You Can’t See Land”. Now, it’d been a while since I last listened to this song, which had comfortably been my favourite song of 2009. Indeed, looking back, even then I was [...]
Posted by loftandlost on March 14, 2011
http://loftandlost.com/2011/03/14/swim-x63/
The Big Guns Are Back
The last few weeks have seen new releases by some of the biggest names in what is still called Indie music. Radiohead, REM, PJ Harvey, Elbow and er, Bright Eyes, have all got offerings for us. Some of them are bound to be a disappointment, no matter what the press tells us. After all, how [...]
Posted by loftandlost on March 13, 2011
http://loftandlost.com/2011/03/13/the-big-guns-are-back/
Any Old Iron
Life is all about choices. Understanding your choices, and acting on them in a reasoned and well-thought out manner is the key to a happy and fulfilled life. The corollary being, if you get the choice wrong and make a million Arsenal fans around the world yell “Oh, Bendtner!” simultaneously, then, well, pain and misery [...]
Posted by loftandlost on March 9, 2011
http://loftandlost.com/2011/03/09/any-old-iron/
I’m A Slow Mover
I was going to post a jeremiad about Radiohead’s new record tonight, but it wasn’t quite ready, and I’m feeling knackered after the first day back after sickness. And with that astonishing news, I thought instead that I’d just post the new Robin Pecknold – he of the golden tonsils of Fleet Foxes – songs, [...]
Posted by loftandlost on March 7, 2011
http://loftandlost.com/2011/03/07/im-a-slow-mover/
The Noise! The Noise!
Ever wondered what would happen if Mastodon got together with Russian Circles, locked themselves in a deep, dark cellar with a bunch of guitars and amps and drums and effects pedals and bucketloads of PCP and mescaline? Yeah, you did. Well, your prayers have been answered, as this is exactly what The Psychic Paramount sound [...]
Posted by loftandlost on March 6, 2011
http://loftandlost.com/2011/03/06/the-noise-the-noise/
Get Up
Bleurgh. Uuurgh. Aaargh. I don’t feel at all well. Woke up yesterday and whilst fretting that I was going to struggle to walk to the Tube, realised that I was struggling to even get out of bed. Or move at all. Stupid bugs. So what I need is some woman named Kyla La Grange, singing [...]
Posted by loftandlost on March 4, 2011
http://loftandlost.com/2011/03/04/get-up/
Spread The Word
Feedburner
Loft And Lost
