Cheery miserablists The Twilight Sad have been one of the high points of the musical world in the last few years. Unlike friends and compatriots Frightened Rabbit they aren’t for everyone – in that, if someone tells you they don’t like Frightened Rabbit you know for a fact they are cloth-eared buffoons, whereas you can [...]
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The Morning Kills Us All
Posted by loftandlost on September 21, 2011
http://loftandlost.com/2011/09/21/the-morning-kills-us-all/
It’s Not Too Late To Just Turn Back
Fanfarlo’s “Fire Escape” is one of those songs that sits on my iPod, and once in a while, as I’m idly scrolling around looking for something to play, makes me go “Ooooh, now that’s a good song, I might listen to that”. And I do, enjoying it greatly. From the opening Grandaddy-style keyboard arpeggios to [...]
Posted by loftandlost on September 13, 2011
http://loftandlost.com/2011/09/13/its-not-too-late-to-just-turn-back/
Being Boring
There’s much to be said of music that isn’t too exciting. Apropos of The Word’s recent review of Jonathan Wilson’s Gentle Spirit, sometimes all you want from music is a nice mid-tempo, easy-rock Laurel Canyon sound to sooth those frazzled neurons trounced by a day of deadlines, interpersonal crises, political shenanigans and people just being, [...]
Posted by loftandlost on September 12, 2011
http://loftandlost.com/2011/09/12/being-boring/
The Songs That Win Awards
Congratulations to PJ Harvey, who tonight won the 2011 Something Something Mercury Award, the most important music award in the UK. It’s the second time she’s been the winner; first time round, in 2001, announced on that fateful day, for an album that was a love letter to New York. This time, she’s won for [...]
Posted by loftandlost on September 6, 2011
http://loftandlost.com/2011/09/06/the-songs-that-win-awards/
Where Have You Been All My Life?
Once in a while you get one of those Barney Gumble moments, where you listen to a song and exhort: “Where have you been all my life?”. Last night, I’m catching up on all those Later…With Jools “Boogie Fucking Woogie” Holland1 I have recorded. There I am, thinking to myself “Ah, Ron Sexsmith, heard of [...]
Posted by loftandlost on August 26, 2011
http://loftandlost.com/2011/08/26/where-have-you-been-all-my-life/
Catchup Verify
After many months of being too busy, tired or otherwise unavailable to write my usual well-thought out, pertinent and damn witty posts, I have a huge backlog of albums, songs, and random oddities to pontificate about. I realised the other day that some of my favourite records of the year have been totally unposted about, [...]
Posted by loftandlost on August 24, 2011
http://loftandlost.com/2011/08/24/catchup-verify/
Blg Pst
My word, is Torontonian Abel Tesfaye hawt right now. A day or so after posting his new mixtape (ha! tape!) as The Weeknd, entitled Thursday, the music blog world is all bejiggered with excitement. Just head over to Hype Machine and look at those hearts. Look at them! So who am I to say any [...]
Posted by loftandlost on August 20, 2011
http://loftandlost.com/2011/08/20/blg-pst/
Black, Black! (or WSTISNAITMB Part Two)
Readers of a more, shall we say, greater number of years on this sweet Earth may recall a dapper chap with the voice of a particularly morose angel named Black (or, to give him his proper name, Colin Verncombe), who released a pair of singles in the late ’80′s. The best known was “Wonderful Life” [...]
Posted by loftandlost on August 17, 2011
http://loftandlost.com/2011/08/17/black-black-or-wstisnaitmb-part-two/
Let’s Go There
Come the glorious revolution, not liking Feist would get you put up against the wall and shot quicker than you could say “But Sea-Lion Woman is incredibly annoying!”. How can you not love her wonderfully warm, smoky voice, her marvellous way with words, and her superb let’s-all-dance-right-here videos? What’s more, she’s a captivating live performer, [...]
Posted by loftandlost on August 12, 2011
http://loftandlost.com/2011/08/12/lets-go-there/
Do You Remember The Good Old Days?
Living in a city currently wracked by rioting driven more by wanting a nice new telly than any overriding political motive is something of an odd experience. The fires and looting haven’t touched my part of the city (yet), but the police sirens and helicopters were going well into the early hours. Stories coming out [...]
Posted by loftandlost on August 9, 2011
http://loftandlost.com/2011/08/09/do-you-remember-the-good-old-days/
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