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It’s not for the cock, it’s for the top 10 albums of 2009
Dec 29th
Pretty self explanatory really. Like everyone man and his dog has done, here’s my favourite albums of 2009. Little mentions should go out to: The XX, 5 Years of Hyperdub, Bombay Bicycle Club, Atlas Sound, Fanfarlo….your albums are very good. But not top ten good.
It’s not for the cock, it’s for a good sesh
Oct 13th
For some reason unbeknown to such peewee brains as my own, there is nothing quite like a good session by an artist you love. Whether it’s by a band whose album you know better than the way you subconsciously know the drunken stumble home when you go into autopilot at the end of a heavy night or a by a band you’ve never, ever heard of before- there’s definitely a lot of fun to be had by getting down with a session. A great session can provide a new, paradigm shifting perspective on old favourites as well as presenting a nice doorway to the realm of a particular, previously undiscovered band. Sessions can also make you go from pulling a face of mild contempt towards a song you think is just a  bit shit to looking like Augustus Gloop with a Wonka bar in his mouth because of the same- albeit differently recorded- song.
It’s not for the cock, it’s for the Offsetify
Sep 3rd
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Offset festival is happening this weekend in some sort of near London location. More importantly, the line up is much more worthy of creaming yourself over than many of the other gatherings of music this summer. Blah blah blah…anyway, here’s a playlist of bands playing and they’re almost all jostling for position to be the most exciting band this year.
http://open.spotify.com/user/g-town/playlist/1pfOqV83NSc1k2tXo6fNvG
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.