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It’s not for the cock, it’s for the rebirth of Spotted Dick
Jul 18th
Let’s not concern ourselves with how’s the weather, nice see you. No formalities and preambling. Here’s a playlist:
It’s not for the cock, it’s for a Glastonbury preamble
Jun 16th
Wet your pants, it’s Glastonbury soon
It’s nearly that time again when a healthy portion of the British population decamps to a big farm in Pilton for a few days and everyone who doesn’t crosses their fingers for rain. When the BBC and the Guardian tend to forget anything else is going on in the world. When bona fide dreams are made, chemical excesses reached and body clocks pulverized.
It’s Glastonbury soon, logic suggests it is likely to be very, very good and so here’s a playlist of stuff what is going on at the festival.
It’s not for the cock, it’s for Nottingham’s best
Jun 11th
Dot to Dot Festival 2010, Nottingham
You know the score: lots of bands, lots of venues, one city, one wristband, chaos ensues and so on. Let me tell you this though: Nottingham was one of the first to initiate the now very popular phenomenon of the one day city festival. Just think about that when you’re queueing for you Gaymers in Camden next year next to some fucking trilby wearing div with a Libertines fetish so hard he’s forgotten it’s not 2004. Yeah…
It’s not for the cock, it’s for a variety
Mar 19th
This is some of the music I’ve been grabbing at like a chubby fingered kid at the pic ‘n’ mix stand:
I’m late to the Fool’s Gold party, but fuck it; being late, being fashionable- it still means something in this mixed up world right? Anyway, this is a great collective who are really quite impressive purveyors of the sacred art of having slightly intellectualised, but  no less pleasurable, fun.
It’s not for the cock, it’s for being Illuminaired.
Mar 16th
Xiu Xiu/The Luminaire/26.02.10
Although The Luminaire is probably too small to meet the demands for tonight’s show, which sold out months in advance, its aesthetics reflect the ethos of both the band and tonight’s promoter, Upset The Rhythm, they’re both here for your entertainment but they take what they do very seriously. More >
It’s not for the cock, its for howling through the night
Mar 11th
Wild Beasts- Koko, Camden- 4/03/2010
Girls. Boys. Drinking. Love. Fighting. Crying over that lost love again. Shocking me like an electric eel. Turning me on with your electric feel. I’m not saying the current crop of bands aren’t up to much, but these are maybe some of the common themes which they like to sing about that ties them loosely together. It would be hard to put Wild Beasts, the best-and probably only- thing of note to come out of the Lake District, in that category though. With the charm of an eccentric intellectual uncle who checked his sanity out years ago, Wild Beasts casually sing of such things as extra-sensory perception, flaccid cocks and Freudian slips.
It’s not for the cock, it’s for the Final Fantasy.
Feb 16th
Owen Pallett, Lightspeed Champion/ Union Chapel/ 25.01.10
Tonight is a big night for Domino. As well as These New Puritans giving their new album it’s first live outing while backed by an orchestra somewhere in Shepherd’s Bush, two of their solo artists who are releasing sophomore and debut albums for the label this year are here at Union Chapel. More >
It’s not for the cock, it’s for album of the decade #10
Jan 10th
Although now quite comfortably (actually, is anyone comfortable during The Great Freeze of 2010?) into the next decade, it’s still cool to talk about the last decade of music. And if it’s not cool, then hopefully we get away with being so uncool that we’re actually quite cool. And if that doesn’t happen, then I don’t want to be cool anyway. Where am I? Yes. Albums of the decade. The latest one is written by Morgan Meaker and her choice is Fur and Gold by Bat For Lashes. What follows are her lovely thoughts and words on said album:
It’s not for the cock, it’s for albums of the decade 9.
Jan 5th
Another late one here, which I’d like to point out is through no fault of out very prompt guest writer but because I ate so much over the festive period my lap was too round to balance a laptop on. Dom Gourlay, who pens for sites like drownedinsound and contactmusic has been a great help and inspiration to the cock team over our few short years and we’re very pleased to finally be displaying some of his work. So without further ado I’d like to present his top ten records of the decade.
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It’s not for the cock, it’s for album of the decade #8
Jan 3rd
Despite having now turned over to another decade, I don’t think talking about the best albums of the last decade is any less relevant. Here is the latest post in our awe inspiring, earth shattering, truly ground breaking series of posts by guest writers. The album: Panic Prevention. The wonky toothed hero: Jamie T. The writer: Martin Willis.