My Mercury's in Retrograde.

See what I did there? It's the [Barclycard] Mercury Prize tonight in case you've had your head in a bucket of water for the last week.
I'm not going to lie to you, I'm a rubbish muso, I've only listened to two of the nominated albums. You can guess which ones if you like. I should probably try to Spotify whoever wins.
Reckon Bat For Florence Roux are in with a good shot considering the current music scene. Speech Debelle seems like the good "outsider" guess too.

Personally I'd like the Horrors to win, like Klaxons two years ago they are considered somewhat of a scenester band. But the new album has gained them some sort of muso cred and now they're "ok to like". Yeah? I've always liked the Horrors, it was love at first listen (admittedly I tried not to listen to them for a while because they looked like twats). They are also fantastic live, although I feel the old material fares better than the more ambient stuff on the new album. It also seems that they're going for the look of a shoegaze band, rather than some emo pin ups (not that appearances should impair our judgement of them at all).
Still, Friendly Fires might win. Everyone likes them. Or Kasabian, though to be honest I think they should stick to their Oasis/Mondays sub-Madchester schpeil rather than growing long hair and trying to be "authentic" (take notes here Alex Turner).

Anyway, I'm babbling. Just pray that the Invisible don't win. Although maybe I'm being a little harsh. Being sandwiched between Future of the Left and Pulled Apart by Horses isn't going to fare well for anyone's live reputation.


Finally, it seems of late that this has become a music blog, although I would like to refrain from calling it that because the second I try and have a "music blog" it fails terribly. I did make all the band names BOLD like NME though, LOLZ!
And on a definite final note, none of the nominated albums are on my "albums of the year" list. More on that in a few months though, I guess.

Peace. Oh and I'll be back tomorrow because I promised a certain local band I'd review them here...

The Other Others.

There are at least 14 musical acts that go by the name the Others. Amazing really, considering what an average-at-best film it way. Hooo!

Afternoon. Evening. Today marks the second monthly Dubstep Saturday in my house. I have found over recent months that dubstep is perfect hangover music. You know those days where the thought of another drink or (metaphorical) cigarettes makes your stomach turn and you think "did I really throw ice/eat glowstick last night?".

Anyway enough about my life, I don't get the whole dubstep phenomenon. Skream is basically autechre with a donk on it (right?) and not supposed to appeal to anyone who doesn't read some po-faced muso magazine. Right?

Jesus I dunno. Everyone and his dog has heard THAT La Roux remix.



Don't get me wrong I love a womp womp bassline as much as the next bandwagon jumper. Just not the bits where it gets all chavvy and Guy Ritchie soundtrack-esque.


Ha. Anyway, I'm thinking of picking up the old 4 string (bass guitar, douche). You know, just to enforce that whole chicks in bands cliche (and not at all to get laid)
I'll keep you posted.

It Must Be Love

The other week I wrote about listening to MGMT's the Handshake.

Well, forget what I said because it might actually be the best song ever and you should definately listen to it all the way through.

Whilst in Paris (the most romantic city in the world), I had a really ludid dream about listening to this song. It was weird, usually I only dream about boys I fancy.

Anyway. Go wild.
http://www.last.fm/music/MGMT/_/The+Handshake

Masters of Puppets.

Today I had thhe misfortune of witnessing the new Coldplay video. According to a quick google, the song is called Life in Technicolour II and is possibly one of the worst things I've heard this year. Sitars? As if Chris Martin wasn't bad enough, now he's pillaging indian culture for ideas? Is this the 70's?



From the video you might belive it is actually the 70's, but we all know that no-one back then would have made such a knowing, slick piece of garbage as this.
Hang on a second though. Didn't Supergrass do the puppet thing? And what about Interpol's Evil?

My absolute favourite puppet video is British Sea Power's No Lucifer.

I was going to mention my ongoing theory on how Coldplay are stealing BSP's ideas (take the Violet Hill video, military uniforms? retro film stock?) but life's too short. And everyone knows Coldplay are shit anyway.


As a small note of interest, Hamilton from British Sea Power collects marrionettes. That's one for the pub quiz, clearlt

Yoghurt.

By far my favourites are Muller Light. That's not to say I don't love those Missisipi Mud Pie Muller Corners, but skinny jeans say otherwise.



The main issue I have with the genre on the whole is the tendancy to spurt on my when opened, thus leaving my clothes marked with suspicious white stains.

Just for added interest, I am currently enjoying Wild Beasts' Limbo, Panto once again after a brief period of non-interest. It really is one of the best albums of old 2008. This year I plan to listen to a lot more new bands, not to be cool or anything, I'm not 14 anymore, but because I realised that last year the Courteeners completely passed me by. And they are goddamn amazing.
http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=klR-9fHRnww

Like a Morrissey wi' some string

What Do I Get?

I think Pete Shelley described teenage life better than anyone else. Maybe it's a northern thing. Almost all of their early songs describe my life in some way.


And if that's not the most emo thing I've ever said, I'll eat my pretentious French style beret.