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Tuesday, 15 February 2011
The King Of Limbs out on Saturday
Radiohead have done another 'In Rainbows' except, this time, without the 'pay what you like' thing. Their new album is available for download from Saturday here , before coming out in novelty 'CD-and bits-you-don't-really-need' format, which ships on May 9. Oh, and the plain old CD version will be out in shops at the end of March, too.
Thursday, 10 February 2011
Hottest 100 Numbers 101-200
Wondering where all the songs you voted for in the triple j hottest 100 went?
Richard Kingsmill has leaked numbers 101 - 200.
Richard Kingsmill has leaked numbers 101 - 200.
Sleigh Bells, LCD Soundsystem, Robyn, Grinderman, Janelle Monae this list is 101 times cooler than the top 100.
Here it is (Bawley 100 ranking in brackets):
200 ( 36 ) Delphic - Doubt199 ( - ) The Holidays - Broken Bones198 ( - ) The Subs - Mitsubitchi197 ( - ) Weezer - Memories196 ( - ) Clare Bowditch & The New Slang - Modern Day Addiction195 ( - ) Dizzee Rascal - Dirtee Disco194 ( 4 ) Arcade Fire - Sprawl II (Mountains Beyond Mountains)193 ( - ) The Amity Affliction - Youngbloods192 ( - ) Laura Marling - Devil's Spoke191 ( - ) Deadmau5 & Wolfgang Gartner - Animal Rights190 ( - ) Nicholas Roy - It's All My Fault189 ( - ) Hungry Kids Of Hungary - Wristwatch188 ( - ) Brandon Flowers - Crossfire187 ( - ) Angus And Julia Stone - Black Crow186 ( - ) Kanye West - Lost In The World {Ft. Bon Iver}185 ( - ) The Cat Empire - Feeling's Gone184 ( - ) Sally Seltmann - Harmony To My Heartbeat183 ( - ) OK Go - This Too Shall Pass182 ( - ) Miami Horror - Moon Theory181 ( - ) Foals - This Orient180 ( - ) Cee Lo Green - Bright Lights Bigger City179 ( - ) Illy - The Chase {Ft. Olivier Daysoul}178 ( - ) Regina Spektor - No Surprises {triple j Like A Version}177 ( - ) Kanye West - Dark Fantasy176 ( - ) Cold War Kids - Louder Than Ever175 ( - ) Paul Kelly & Angus Stone - Four Seasons In One Day174 ( - ) Bliss N Eso - Family Affair173 ( 26 ) Janelle Monae - Tightrope {Ft. Big Boi}172 ( - ) The Drums - Saddest Summer171 ( - ) Bertie Blackman - Peek-A-Boo170 ( 47 ) Yeasayer - Madder Red169 ( 24 ) Cut Copy - Take Me Over168 ( 9 ) Crystal Castles - Celestica167 ( - ) Big Scary - Falling Away166 ( - ) Local Natives - Airplanes165 ( - ) Girl Talk - Down For The Count164 ( - ) Wavves - King Of The Beach163 ( - ) Lykke Li - Get Some162 ( - ) Birds Of Tokyo - Circles161 ( - ) Tame Impala - Alter Ego160 ( - ) The Drums - Forever And Ever Amen159 ( - ) 360 - Just Got Started {Ft. Pez}158 ( - ) Daft Punk - Derezzed157 ( - ) Sarah Blasko - Hold On My Heart {The Presets Remix}156 ( - ) Marina & The Diamonds - Shampain155 ( 78 ) The Gaslight Anthem - American Slang154 ( - ) Band Of Skulls - Death By Diamonds And Pearls153 ( - ) British India - Beneath The Satellites152 ( - ) Miami Horror - I Look To You {Ft. Kimbra}151 ( - ) Darren Hanlon - All These Things150 ( - ) Two Door Cinema Club - Come Back Home149 ( 14 ) LCD Soundsystem - Dance Yrself Clean148 ( - ) Hilltop Hoods - Parade Of The Dead147 ( - ) Dan Black - Symphonies {Ft. Kid Cudi}146 ( - ) Gyroscope - Some Of The Places I Know145 ( - ) Fyfe Dangerfield - When You Walk In The Room144 ( - ) Bag Raiders - Snake Charmer143 ( - ) Sia - Stop Trying142 ( 30 ) Robyn - Dancing On My Own141 ( - ) Gyroscope - What Do I Know About Pain?140 ( 56 ) Cloud Control - Meditation Song #2 (Why, Oh Why)139 ( - ) Angus And Julia Stone - For You138 ( - ) Kanye West - All Of The Lights137 ( - ) The Cat Empire - Falling136 ( - ) My Chemical Romance - Na Na Na (Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na)135 ( - ) Bluejuice - Work134 ( - ) The Aston Shuffle - Your Love133 ( - ) Lupe Fiasco - The Show Goes On132 ( - ) LCD Soundsystem - Drunk Girls131 ( - ) Sarah Blasko - Hey Ya! {triple j Like A Version}130 ( - ) Ball Park Music - iFly129 ( - ) The Amity Affliction - Anchors128 ( - ) Best Coast - Boyfriend127 ( - ) Gorillaz - Superfast Jellyfish {Ft. De La Soul & Gruff Rhys}126 ( - ) Edward Sharpe & The Magnetic Zeros - 40 Day Dream125 ( - ) Kimbra - Settle Down124 ( - ) John Butler Trio - Close To You123 ( - ) K-Os - I Wish I Knew Natalie Portman122 ( 83 ) Band Of Horses - Laredo121 ( 37 ) Kele - Everything You Wanted120 ( - ) Stonefield - Through The Clover119 ( - ) Grinderman - Palaces Of Montezuma118 ( 5 ) LCD Soundsystem - Home117 ( - ) Washington - I Believe You Liar116 ( 41 ) Kele - Tenderoni115 ( - ) Ben Folds & Nick Hornby - From Above114 ( - ) Katy B - Katy On A Mission113 ( - ) British India - Avalanche112 ( 87 ) The Chemical Brothers - Swoon111 ( - ) Kings Of Leon - Pyro110 ( - ) Grouplove - Colours109 ( - ) Marina & The Diamonds - Mowgli's Road108 ( - ) Cassius - I Love U So107 ( - ) Kid Cudi, Rostam Batmanglij from Vampire Weekend & Best Coast - All Summer106 ( - ) Philadelphia Grand Jury - Save Our Town105 ( - ) Kanye West - Power {Ft. Dwele}104 ( - ) Caribou - Odessa103 ( - ) Foals - Miami102 ( - ) Sleigh Bells - Rill Rill101 ( 98 ) M.I.A. - XXXO
Wednesday, 9 February 2011
Quiz: Can you guess the Lego album artwork?
Armed with a fist full of Lego, 21-year-old Aaron Savage has recreated his favourite album covers. Can you guess which artworks have had a Lego-over?
Take the quiz on the Guardian site ...
A bonus for the Lego fans Michel Gondry's classic video for The White Stripes - Fell In Love With A Girl.
The making of is also neat (don't tell anyone but I think they cheated)
Non-Lego news you might have missed The White Stripes have called it a day full statement on http://www.whitestripes.com/
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Thursday, 3 February 2011
Live Review: Deftones, UNSW Roundhouse, Sydney, 28/01/2011
After catching up with old friends, sinking a few beers while getting a detailed run down of Tool's set from the previous night, I make my way to the UNSW Roundhouse.
I successfully negotiate security and enter the roundhouse, where I'm on The Drug (That Killed River Phoenix) is playing loud, really loud. No, T.I.S.M. have not made a comeback - support DJs The Only are spinning some big club beats mixed with classic shout-along tunes. The Only do seem a strange choice of opening act a metal show but the pair of DJs are successful keeping the under 18s occupied (while the 18+ crowd cram into the bar area at the back of the venue).
A long bar queue later and Deftones spring on to the stage, full of energy and anger. The largely chronological set starts with Adrenaline-era tracks Birthmark, Engine No. 9 and Nosebleed. In the time since I last time I saw Deftones (at Soundwave 2007) front man Chino Moreno has lost some serious kilos and gained a shock of energy - when not running around the stage he is scaling barriers and jumping from speaker stacks.
On bass, Sergio Vega is an adequate replacement for the still semi-comatose Chi Cheng. While Cheng is always missed, the only time I find Vega's performance lacking is when he tries to recreate Cheng's backing vocals (screams) on Be Quiet and Drive (Far Away) and My Own Summer (Shove It).
The band play a devastating version of Around The Fur before moving onto the more experimental sounds taken from their White Pony and self-titled albums. Hexagram and Bloody Cape set up the set's massive middle section with Minerva, Diamond Eyes, CMND/CTRL and Royal raising the roof.
Deftones have always swayed between beauty and brutality. Their ability to do this has much to do with Chino's vocals. The smooth Sextape is followed by the caustic Rocket Skates.
If the middle part of the set raised the roof, its climax - You've Seen The Butcher, Hole In The Earth, and Kimdracula - blow the roof right off.
The slower tracks Change (In The House of Flies) and Passenger give everyone a chance to catch breath before the set closes with Chino squealing like a pig on 7 Words.
Deftones have followed up their return to form album with a live show that is perhaps better than anything they have put together before.
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