For all the talk of the new music business model and paradigm shifts and other such flimflammery, it’s lovely to see the business pulling out the old tricks to sell a new record. Namely, a band consisting of two attractive ladies, sisters no less, being sold apparently entirely on their attractiveness. They’ve been knocking around [...]
All posts for the month May, 2011
Same Old Same Old
Posted by loftandlost on May 30, 2011
http://loftandlost.com/2011/05/30/same-old-same-old/
RIP Gil Scott-Heron
The sad news was announced today of Gil Scott-Heron, the famed and grizzled jazz-poet, after a short illness. He was a hugely influential musician, with everyone from Public Enemy to Kanye West via Usher singing his praises over the years. His magnificent voice, whether singing on “The Bottle” or darkly intoning his rage on “The [...]
Posted by loftandlost on May 28, 2011
http://loftandlost.com/2011/05/28/rip-gil-scott-heron/
Only In Dreams
Last night, I had a very strange dream. In amongst a night out in my hometown wearing a Star Trek t-shirt, driving through a crowd of tourists in my car, and a fridge full of bacon, was a video for Drake’s new song, “Dreams Money Can Buy”, in which he dances wearing women’s clothes (a [...]
Posted by loftandlost on May 24, 2011
http://loftandlost.com/2011/05/24/only-in-dreams/
Everything’s Getting Older
Ah, Aidan Moffat. He’s not just there for the miserable parts of life. Oh ok, yes he is. His dry, laconic, sodding miserable style has the perverse effect of making you feel quite perky. No idea why. What do you want from me, insight? He’s back with Bill Wells, with a charming new record called [...]
Posted by loftandlost on May 21, 2011
http://loftandlost.com/2011/05/21/everythings-getting-older/
TWOAG Part Two – Sufjan Stevens
“So how was the gig?” “I don’t know” “What, you mean you didn’t go?” “No, I just don’t know what to make of it. I’m confused” “But it was three days ago!” Such is the problem with trying to review a Sufjan Stevens gig these days. Years ago, it was easy. You’d just say “It [...]
Posted by loftandlost on May 17, 2011
http://loftandlost.com/2011/05/17/twoag-part-two-sufjan-stevens/
For Searsy, Long Ago
I can’t say that I particularly liked Bon Iver’s debut album. Gave it a good few goes, but something in the conceit of Mr Iver1 holing himself up in a remote shack to get over his oh-so-broken heart got on my nerves. But, on the flip side, I rather liked Volcano Choir, especially “Island, IS”. [...]
Posted by loftandlost on May 17, 2011
http://loftandlost.com/2011/05/17/for-searsy-long-ago/
TWOAG Part One – Bill Callahan at The Barbican
I think I’ve seen Bill Callahan, in one guise or another, play live more than anyone else. Whilst this may mark me out as some kind of strange stalker type figure (and indeed, I did once drive from Zurich to Strasbourg, via Luxembourg, to see him play, during his “Rain On Lens” phase), you do [...]
Posted by loftandlost on May 15, 2011
http://loftandlost.com/2011/05/15/twoag-part-one-bill-callahan-at-the-barbican/
The Role Of Hangovers And Social Media In Discovering New Music
Pootling around the web first thing this morning, whilst having a quick break from work (working from home is wonderful from time to time), and nursing the sort of hangover you get when you go drinking with some good work buddies and a vendor who who decided that alcohol poisoning was a perfectly valid sales [...]
Posted by loftandlost on May 12, 2011
http://loftandlost.com/2011/05/12/the-role-of-hangovers-and-social-media-in-discovering-new-music/
Beastly
Cumbria’s Wild Beasts made quite a splash a few years back, variously described as “Epic”, “Proggy”, or “Epically Proggy”. Much was made of singer Hayden Thorpe’s challenging vocals, the kind of effortful falsetto that makes you think that he’s trying just that little bit too hard to Emote. Jeff Buckley or Andrew Montgomery he’s not. [...]
Posted by loftandlost on May 7, 2011
http://loftandlost.com/2011/05/07/beastly/
Feed Them To The Dogs Again
There’s been talk of a Twilight Sad acoustic EP for some time now. Assorted videos have popped up (on Drowned In Sound and elsewhere), and originally “The Wrong Car” EP was to feature a bunch of acoustic songs, but didn’t. Now, thankfully, the band have released a free EP, cunningly entitled “Acoustic EP”, which is [...]
Posted by loftandlost on May 4, 2011
http://loftandlost.com/2011/05/04/feed-them-to-the-dogs-again/



