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The Mercury

Posted on by nolankane706

So brothers, 

An intersting year for nominations for the mercury. A bit more commercial than other years. I like that Jon Hopkins has been included as it’s my stand out album of the last 12 months for sure. With that I’m not sure about my thoughts on Bowie being the odds on favorite to win. 

 

This year’s shortlist is:

Arctic Monkeys: AM
David Bowie: The Next Day
Disclosure: Settle
Foals: Holy Fire
Jake Bugg: Jake Bugg
James Blake: Overgrown
Jon Hopkins: Immunity
Laura Marling: Once I Was an Eagle
Laura Mvula: Sing to the Moon
Rudimental: Home
Savages: Silence Yourself
Villagers: Awayland

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What’s floating your boat?

Posted on by GuyHornsby

Kanye/Vampire weekend aside, what’s been on rotation lately? What’s been stuck in your headphones?

Things I’m loving at the moment: 

Jagwar Ma

Ms Mr

Phoenix

Chic (all 4 inspired by Glastonbury)

Daft Punk

Endless mixes from Andrew Weatherall and Sean Johnston (in their A Love From Outer Space guise)

Rumours

John Grant

 

What about you lot?

 

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That’s how it starts….

Posted on by GuyHornsby

I spent a few hours last night with a mate watching Shut Up And Play The Hits. Not the gig (yet) as that’s a 3-4 hour investment and I want to lay an afternoon away for that, but the features, and the film again. I wasn’t as teary as the first time I watched it in the cinema, but my god, it’s incredible. If you have the DVD watch the extras – mostly the full interview and also the fantastic mini doc on Keith a ‘year on’ from the gig. It was quite poignant and very funny. And it did feel like you were seeing people as wistful as we, the fans, were after the last shows.

 

I’ll watch the gig, maybe around Christmas. And probably blub. For now though, here’s one of their best moments:

 

uk.youtube.com/watch?v=i2V_ZT-nyOs