May 2013
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Shape the Rise of Shotgun Risk!! →
Shotgun Risk are releasing their second EP and are looking for backers to come along for the ride!
My brother and his band are trying to get hard copies of an EP funded. Maybe you’d like to be involved, maybe you wouldn’t. It’s all the same to me.
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February 2013
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This made me laugh. →
This is exactly how it feels to return to work after 2-3 weeks away.
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Waterhouse
So I moved out of my flat yesterday. Normally that wouldn’t mean much, but it was a little special, because it was the first place I’ve lived and been truly on my own and living within my own means.
I’m surprised by how little I care though. That little one bedroom place in a shitty area of Cambridge represented so much promise. So many hopes and optimistic dreams. It was the...
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Free Listening Times →
January 2013
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Post its, monitors and fractals. Can't lose. →
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Slip Into Your Shoes, Quietly Out The Door
So I was having a fairly silly conversation with a friend of mine in preparation for a fairly significant night out. I came up with a scenario which cracked us both, so I thought I’d share.
Here we go:
So the night starts off in inauspicious fashion. You’re standing in front of the mirror, feeling a little nervous, feeling quite a bit excited, wondering whether you look the part or...
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Broadway Calls Nervous Energies Session
nosleeprecords:
Head on over to NervousEnergies.com now and check out the new Broadway Calls session!
Like it. Like it. Like it.
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What I've Been Listening To: The 2012 Edition
So I’ve had my ramble about how my year went, which wasn’t a lot of fun. This post should be more enjoyable for all concerned. I’ve done this a couple of years running now and 2012 has produced some real favourites.
I think I have an absolute favourite for the year (it claims both best album and song in one swoop), but the others aren’t in any particular order.
So...
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Ender
It’s been a strange year. Arguably a bad year. Honestly, it’s been a terrible year. The Mayans weren’t right about the end of the world, but you can see where I’m going with that.
It all started out so well. I was living in a nice place, in a pretty nice flat (albeit genital damagingly cold) and with a job I was quite happy to do. Things were looking pretty rosy on top of that as...
December 2012
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November 2012
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Sillyness is Warmer Than The Cold. →
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Saosin are in the studio...
…According to ATP. I really hope they stay there and never come out.
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Title Fight
Have a new album. It’s called Floral Green. It’s on Spotify. It’s quite good. If you like it, you should buy it. I think I might.
I think, with this post, I may win an award for in-eloquence. Next time you’re drunk, try saying in-eloquence. Almost guaranteed to be hours of fun*.
*This is not a guarantee.
October 2012
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This is the only piece of good news this summer. →
I cannot wait until they fly back over the pond. COME BACK TO MEEEEEE!
September 2012
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Oh Noes
I just realised that I’m the same age as the reference in the song Van Rides and High Tides. I really am 24 and I don’t know where the info is either. Shit.
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Love Bridge 9 Records
I had a problem with their download site. They replied to my request within 15 minutes.
Now I have a digital copy of Live At The Montage to go with my signed copy. :D
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Polar Bear Club at The Borderline
Has to be one of the most special shows I’ve been at.
Polar Bear Club took the stage and opened with Screams In Caves, which is now a massive crowd favourite. They got as far as the bridge and seemed to stop to let the crowd sing. The whole crowd sang. The band looked confused, The crowd kept singing. Eventually we ran out of bridge to sing. It turned out that it wasn’t some antic by...
August 2012
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What I've Been Listening To This Week
It’s been a while since I wrote one of these and I’ve been continually growing the stack of CDs on my desk, so I should have something to talk about.
There are a couple of things which have been getting some serious play out of me recently. One of my new favourite bands Make Do And Mend, recently turned out Everything You Ever Loved.
This thing has been thumping out of my stereo...
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The Last Time I Buy Something By EA
I think this is the first time I have ever written anything about a game. I hope it’s the only time, but I quite simply have to vent after this one. The game in question happens to be EA’s Battlefield 3, specifically the single player mode.
I’ll prefix by saying that I did not expect it to be good. I did not buy a Battlefield game to play the single player. Under those...
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June 2012
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WatchI’ve posted a load of videos recently. So here’s another. It doesn’t really matter what the video for this is. The song is so good that they could have just spent four minutes filming a big toe trying to perform the nutcracker.
Enjoy.
polarbearclub:
Screams in Caves Official Video!
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May 2012
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Dehydrated and Deaf
So this past Sunday was Slamdunk Festival South. I’ve been once before and was impressed and the line up this year was calling me like a musical safety beacon.
However, it actually went worse in some respects than two years ago. The organisers said that they would be running shuttle buses between Hatfield station and the university. We arrived at the station an hour and forty minutes before...
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Pure Love →
This is so much better than the last song, which sounded way too much like the Darkness. Still not sure about this lot.
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What I'll be doing tomorrow.
Zebrahead 2:35 3:20
Make Do And Mend 4:10 4:40
No Trigger 5:00 5:35
Motion City Soundtrack 6:00 6:45
Cancer Bats 7:15 8:00
Every Time I Die 8:20 9:10
Gallows 10:00 10:55
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April 2012
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This made me laugh. →
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March 2012
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This one caught me by surprise. →
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Going to see The Chariot tonight in Sheffield. I expect this will be short, loud and anything but sweet.
February 2012
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Every Time I Die are streaming their new album for... →
And I won’t be listening, because I bought the vinyl on pre-order. Come on German post. Bring me my goodies.
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Yay. Free! →
New No Trigger album is streaming. It’s sounding pretty smart. Give it a listen.
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Bad things, good news.
So I locked myself out of my flat the other day, which was a massive fail. Fortunately my lovely girlfriend came to the rescue, with the only demands being that I pay for her train ticket, some ice cream and a pizza. All very fair terms. On top of this I bought her a CD as a little present for saving me in a big way. I got her this:
Fortunately for me she’s lovely and let me rip a copy onto...
January 2012
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Picked This Up for Just £5 Yesterday.
And I’m pretty pleased about it. Nothing quite as good as Quenie, but still, very enjoyable.
Also quite pleased about the news that Turner is trying to form a band with a heavier edge.
I presume being a folk singer was an elaborate ploy. Million Dead were swamped by a wave of flippy haired emos and perished. Obviously Frank knew that he could recreate himself with an acoustic styling, do...
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