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Posts tagged The Maccabees
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 Weekly chat
Sep 28th
I recently did a phone interview with Orlando Weeks from The Maccabees and while he literally couldn’t have been nicer, it was slightly frustrating to see the interview printed in The Nottingham Evening Post as a very edited, fragmented and watered down version of the original. So here is the interview with him in all its original, more music geeky form. It is pretty Nottingham-centric but suck it up and deal if you’re not from the lovely city Robin Hood and Brian Clough and other such duckehs.
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 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 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 a triumphant return.
Feb 23rd
The Maccabees/Matter London/20.02.09
Two buses, half the circumference of the 02 Arena, one metal detector and a search that stops just short of your various cavities and you’re ready to see The Maccabees first UK date in nine months. And that’s if you happen live near the venue. More >