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It’s not for the cock, it’s for Spotted Dick round two
Aug 6th
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Spotted Dick Week 2
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Like a boomerang, a tramp that you once gave money to and Freddy Flintoff’s injury woes, Spotted Dick keeps coming back for more and will continue to do so. So here’s this week’s playlist of songs; some new, some old and some emo.Â
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http://open.spotify.com/user/g-town/playlist/6tf3lscqc8r0afvGnf3d9O
It’s not for the cock, it’s for the spotted dick
Jul 29th
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Spotted Dick: Week 1
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With the invention of innovative, new technology comes the invention of innovative, classy little blog posts. One Ms. Lauren Evett has had the brilliant idea of creating a weekly spotify playlist on It’s Not For The Cock and calling it Spotted Dick! Best feature name ever?
The idea is to make a playlist of new bands/music we’ve discovered/band’s who have recently been in the news/songs we just like/what we’ve been listening to/whatever the hell we wanna put in it.
It’s not for the cock, it’s for a beautiful mess and chaotic success
Jul 9th
Glastonbury Festival 2009
Spotify this bad boy while you read!
http://open.spotify.com/user/g-town/playlist/6ApR9k7FLFzGkJA7Va15He
After a Thursday night spent tragically missing East 17, wondering from field to field in the rain, catching great sets my Kap Bambino and Metronomy and having the news of the King of Pop’s ™ death gradually filtering through from “blatant festival rumour†status to a full on “Oh Shit!†reaction (through the haze, I somehow remember sitting at the Stone Circle at about 5am adamant that it is actually a fake death by MJ to escape the crippling debt, child molestation accusations and massive workload of the O2 residency…seriously, mull it over! Well, it sounded ok at the time….)….ANYWAY, after all that and much more besides, it’s time for the festival proper to kick off with the full music schedule.
It’s not for the cock, it’s for the tip of the Kap.
Jul 5th
Kap Bambino Album Launch, Cargo, 16.06.09
Kap Bambino are an electronic French duo who’ve been releasing and touring independently since 2002 up until recently signing with Because records, sharing a rosta with the likes of Klaxons, Late Of The Pier and Justice. Its with this collaboration that the pair have released new album Blacklist which is seeing them finally making the waves they are capable of. Tonight’s UK album launch a Cargo is only proof of this. More >
It’s not for the cock, it’s for white hot denim
Jun 12th
White Denim Fits (Full Time Hobby)
Where am I and what  in God’s name is happening? These are the thoughts that swim wildly around your mind by the time Fits has reached its third song, ‘Say What You Want’. The song starts with a riff that’s dirtier than sewer rat on crack before a stomping drum beat catches up and pulsates the song forwards in some sort of crazed voodoo groove. That’s all well and good. But when the song breaks down into a sweet, bluesy arpeggio before giving way to a fidgety sitar pinnacle with the drums sounding like they’re collapsing around you, you start to wonder how the fuck is this so enjoyable?
It’s not for the cock, it’s for the life affirming kick
May 18th
The Mae Shi/ Abe Vigoda/ Tubelord @ Barden’s Boudoir 12/5/2009
Although from the outside Barden’s Boudoir looks like a crack den that even crack heads find too disgusting, inside this is a cosy little venue and perfect for such a stellar line up.
It’s not for the cock, it’s for a victorious wall of arms
May 8th
The Maccabees @ Camden Electric Ballroom, 05/05/2009
After the, perhaps slightly unexpected, brilliance of free download “No Kind Words†back in February and a handful of subsequent live dates dotted here and there, The Maccabees have finally released there second album, “Wall of Armsâ€, and return properly to the live setting a day later in their own glorious right.
It’s not for the cock, it’s for something Big and Pink.
Apr 29th
The Big Pink-Velvet (4AD)
One of the latest signings to wonder label 4AD, Velvet, is The Big Pink’s first release for the people that last year brought us the likes of Deerhunter and TV on the Radio. More >
It’s not for the cock, it’s for the exciting shapes
Apr 1st
Micachu and The Shapes @ The Bodega Social, Nottingham 30/3/2009
The recently released debut album, “Jewelleryâ€, by Micachu is a tumbling, busy piece of work bursting with great ideas and creativity and, tonight, it’s put to the test whether this gem will stand up in a live setting.
It’s not for the cock, it’s for the skinny White boy.
Mar 27th
Whitest Boy Alive – Rules
‘Rules’ is, Berlin based four piece, Whitest Boy Alive’s second album since their debut ‘Dreams’ was released in 2006. This record sees their Royksopp-esque laid back electro develop into a much more individual style. More >