Monthly Archives: April 2011

103 – Fleet Foxes Helplessness Blues Review

Posted on April 28, 2011 by

103/262 Summer 2008 is remembered in a beautiful haze of Fleet Fox fuelled picnics and magical garden parties. Before Mumford and Sons made it official, Fleet Foxes were persuading us that yes, whether we thought it or not, folk was … Continue reading →

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102 – NME Slate Elbow’s Open Arms…

Posted on April 27, 2011 by

102/263 …Quite literally in every sense of the phrase. In this week’s singles reviewed, Gavin Haynes, a rather grotty and miserable writer for the NME reviews, amongst other songs, Elbow’s Open Arms. Now, anyone who knows me or this blog … Continue reading →

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101 – Austra – Lose It

Posted on April 22, 2011 by

101/264 Only yesterday I reviewed The Beat and the Pulse by Toronto three-piece Austra. Their sound has since been haunting me that much that I have been this morning obsessing over another track of theirs Lose It. I find in … Continue reading →

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100 – Austra, The beat and the pulse

Posted on April 21, 2011 by

100/265 Sitting and working today has been a physical chore that has taken the strength of all my being to play out. A super long weekend is coming, and with it cocktails with loved ones, delicious lemon curd cake and … Continue reading →

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99 – A head for hats

Posted on April 21, 2011 by

99/266 I am an avid hat lover. In fact it doesn’t just have to be a hat; a beautiful or bizarre band, fantastic fascinator, horrendous headpiece or even just hugely backcombed and ribbonned hair is good to me. A fantastic … Continue reading →

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98 – A disturbing dose of sun fever

Posted on April 19, 2011 by

98/267 One of my favourite poets, Angela Readman today tweeted to ask if anyone else, apart from her, was suffering from sun fever. My immediate reply was indication enough, that yes, I too was a fellow sufferer. I have the … Continue reading →

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97 – Warning: Do not resort to retail therapy for vintage sickness

Posted on April 18, 2011 by

97/268 I have always had a vintage bug, an addiction I feed happily with regular vintage market jaunts (heroin) and charity shop visits (methadone). However, due to unforeseen circumstances (serious words for serious times), I found myself out of new … Continue reading →

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96 – The Pains of Being Pure At Heart – Belong, the album review

Posted on April 15, 2011 by

96/269 A good few weeks back I had the pleasure of reviewing Belong the single by The Pains of Being Pure at Heart. In anticipation of their then forthcoming album, I concluded the review with: “I am looking forward to … Continue reading →

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95 – John Lennon never imagined a day when we didn’t write about women’s bodies!

Posted on April 14, 2011 by

95/270 When John Lennon wrote Imagine, he offered us plenty of food for thought, and lots to think about, and loads of other utopian style clichés that generally seem simultaneously both a really good idea and pretty much unattainable. You … Continue reading →

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94 – Magic Panda – Glass Mountain a review

Posted on April 14, 2011 by

94/271 A few years ago a friend of mine attempted to educate me in the ways of dance music. I am aware to those who regularly listen to dance (and its various randomly names sub-genres) that I will sound like … Continue reading →

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