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Earlier today I raved about the brilliant reviews by being published on @Discographies.

Tonight I find that the smarts behind that twitter feed have produced a mathematical explanation of Radiohead. Originally published in Rupert Murdoch's iPad only newspaper The Daily the infographic reveals what I have often suspected. Radiohead are 15% a nagging sense of unease and equal parts things that go "bleep" and things that go "skitterskitterskitter".

While I don't see a future in the iPad or newspapers published exclusively for it I do hope for a future in musical infographics. More please.

Get on Twitter, follow @Discographies

Are you sick of bloated album reviews written by bloggers with a first-rate thesaurus but nothing much to say?

Exhibit A:

Pitchfork's 19,995 word goodbye LCD Soundsystem review.

Maybe it is time to check out @Discographies. The largely anonymous micro-blogger summarises an artist's entire body of work in 140 characters or less: short to the point and hilariously accurate.

Exhibits B,C, D and E:

Katy Perry: 1 "Everyone ignored me at Karaoke Night...until I told them I was bi-curious." 2 "Then I bought a blue wig and push-up bra"

Radiohead: 1-7 "How could we ever grow weary of these timeless works of art?" 8 "Whatevs. We live-tweeted it three days ago. It's so over"

Metallica: 1-4 "Run! Run! A monstrous juggernaut is coming to kill us all!" 5 "It stopped! Why?" 6-9 "Choked to death on its own fumes"

Interpol: 1 Find an old photo of Joy Division. 2 Xerox the photo. 3 Draw the Xerox. 4 Stare at the drawing: you'll never get Closer.

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Live Review: Dan Kelly and Gareth Liddiard, ANU Bar, Canberra, 23/03/2011

Arriving at the ANU, I am surprised to find a dozen plastic cafe tables arranged around the front of the stage. It soon becomes obvious that the bar staff are not running late in converting the room from student eatery to gig venue but that tonight is to be an intimate, sit-down show.

The last of the tables fill up as Dan Kelly arrives on stage starting his wonderful set with I Will Release Myself (Unto You) a song that with its self deprecating lines (The Lord did not give me, the skills to aim high/I'm not like Delta Goodrem born to try, I'm an uncomplicated guy... Uh, I'm struggling hard to spell my name, and honey you're such a brain) and loveable characters is the near perfect example of a Dan Kelly song.

Playing solo gives Kelly time to talk with the audience, he explains where each of his songs came from and what they are about. Proving he has no lack of imagination, these chats cover controlling hordes of ice addicts with classical music, wooing a lesbian couple to be his polygamist wife(s) and running away to an undersea post-apocalypse world lorded over by Bindi Irwin.

It is not all silliness. Drunk on Election Night came from frustration with our politicians and is tonight dedicated to Tony Abbott. The intent of this tribute is not lost on this audience as we all heartily sing the song's Cock-suck'n, Mother-fuck'n chorus.

The set finishes with Dan Kelly's Dream, a thick cloud of smoke machine fog settling above a classic rock guitar solo and the sound of chickens. This trip into Dan Kelly's mind has been weird but thoroughly enjoyable.

The bar queue has barely moved when Gareth Liddiard comes on stage. Tonight the Drones front man is playing songs from his recently released solo album Strange Tourist.

Like Kelly before him, Liddiard spends a lot time explaining the motivations and meaning behind his songs. Opener Blondin Makes an Omelette is inspired by the famed Niagara Falls tight-rope walker while Strange Tourist is a depressing tale that takes the listener to popular Japanese suicide spot the Aokigahara forest.

The serious subject material and stripped back song delivery makes much of Liddiard's set an intense experience. It is only during the faster, fuller Drones songs Shark Fin Blues and I Don't Ever Want To Change that we get a chance to tap our feet and relax.

The set ends with The Radicalisation of D a near spoken word story commenting on western society and how an ordinary middle class boy 'D' (David Hicks?) was driven to become the home grown terrorist. The last lines of the 30 minute epic: But now we interrupt this broadcast/To bring you breaking news/There is a building in Manhattan/And it's burning.

..INnnntense..

Extra, Extra

The CD version of Radiohead's latest album King of Limbs will be in shops on Monday the 28th March (Tuesday 29th US and Canada?). To help celebrate this occasion Radiohead have produced one off lefty newspaper titled The Universal Sigh.

Even better The Universal Sigh will be available (for free) at your favourite record store from midday on Monday 28th March 2011.

Website theuniversalsigh.com has been stood up to provide like minded fans an avenue for expression while extending the paper's life beyond the fish and chips shop.

Check http://www.theuniversalsigh.com/locations/ for a list of record shops that will be giving out copies of the paper.

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.

What does it sound like? Nobody knows.....

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.

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 - Doubt

199 ( - ) The Holidays - Broken Bones

198 ( - ) The Subs - Mitsubitchi

197 ( - ) Weezer - Memories

196 ( - ) Clare Bowditch & The New Slang - Modern Day Addiction

195 ( - ) Dizzee Rascal - Dirtee Disco

194 ( 4 ) Arcade Fire - Sprawl II (Mountains Beyond Mountains)

193 ( - ) The Amity Affliction - Youngbloods

192 ( - ) Laura Marling - Devil's Spoke

191 ( - ) Deadmau5 & Wolfgang Gartner - Animal Rights

190 ( - ) Nicholas Roy - It's All My Fault

189 ( - ) Hungry Kids Of Hungary - Wristwatch

188 ( - ) Brandon Flowers - Crossfire

187 ( - ) Angus And Julia Stone - Black Crow

186 ( - ) Kanye West - Lost In The World {Ft. Bon Iver}

185 ( - ) The Cat Empire - Feeling's Gone

184 ( - ) Sally Seltmann - Harmony To My Heartbeat

183 ( - ) OK Go - This Too Shall Pass

182 ( - ) Miami Horror - Moon Theory

181 ( - ) Foals - This Orient

180 ( - ) Cee Lo Green - Bright Lights Bigger City

179 ( - ) Illy - The Chase {Ft. Olivier Daysoul}

178 ( - ) Regina Spektor - No Surprises {triple j Like A Version}

177 ( - ) Kanye West - Dark Fantasy

176 ( - ) Cold War Kids - Louder Than Ever

175 ( - ) Paul Kelly & Angus Stone - Four Seasons In One Day

174 ( - ) Bliss N Eso - Family Affair

173 ( 26 ) Janelle Monae - Tightrope {Ft. Big Boi}

172 ( - ) The Drums - Saddest Summer

171 ( - ) Bertie Blackman - Peek-A-Boo

170 ( 47 ) Yeasayer - Madder Red

169 ( 24 ) Cut Copy - Take Me Over

168 ( 9 ) Crystal Castles - Celestica

167 ( - ) Big Scary - Falling Away

166 ( - ) Local Natives - Airplanes

165 ( - ) Girl Talk - Down For The Count

164 ( - ) Wavves - King Of The Beach

163 ( - ) Lykke Li - Get Some

162 ( - ) Birds Of Tokyo - Circles

161 ( - ) Tame Impala - Alter Ego

160 ( - ) The Drums - Forever And Ever Amen

159 ( - ) 360 - Just Got Started {Ft. Pez}

158 ( - ) Daft Punk - Derezzed

157 ( - ) Sarah Blasko - Hold On My Heart {The Presets Remix}

156 ( - ) Marina & The Diamonds - Shampain

155 ( 78 ) The Gaslight Anthem - American Slang

154 ( - ) Band Of Skulls - Death By Diamonds And Pearls

153 ( - ) British India - Beneath The Satellites

152 ( - ) Miami Horror - I Look To You {Ft. Kimbra}

151 ( - ) Darren Hanlon - All These Things

150 ( - ) Two Door Cinema Club - Come Back Home

149 ( 14 ) LCD Soundsystem - Dance Yrself Clean

148 ( - ) Hilltop Hoods - Parade Of The Dead

147 ( - ) Dan Black - Symphonies {Ft. Kid Cudi}

146 ( - ) Gyroscope - Some Of The Places I Know

145 ( - ) Fyfe Dangerfield - When You Walk In The Room

144 ( - ) Bag Raiders - Snake Charmer

143 ( - ) Sia - Stop Trying

142 ( 30 ) Robyn - Dancing On My Own

141 ( - ) Gyroscope - What Do I Know About Pain?

140 ( 56 ) Cloud Control - Meditation Song #2 (Why, Oh Why)

139 ( - ) Angus And Julia Stone - For You

138 ( - ) Kanye West - All Of The Lights

137 ( - ) The Cat Empire - Falling

136 ( - ) My Chemical Romance - Na Na Na (Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na)

135 ( - ) Bluejuice - Work

134 ( - ) The Aston Shuffle - Your Love

133 ( - ) Lupe Fiasco - The Show Goes On

132 ( - ) LCD Soundsystem - Drunk Girls

131 ( - ) Sarah Blasko - Hey Ya! {triple j Like A Version}

130 ( - ) Ball Park Music - iFly

129 ( - ) The Amity Affliction - Anchors

128 ( - ) Best Coast - Boyfriend

127 ( - ) Gorillaz - Superfast Jellyfish {Ft. De La Soul & Gruff Rhys}

126 ( - ) Edward Sharpe & The Magnetic Zeros - 40 Day Dream

125 ( - ) Kimbra - Settle Down

124 ( - ) John Butler Trio - Close To You

123 ( - ) K-Os - I Wish I Knew Natalie Portman

122 ( 83 ) Band Of Horses - Laredo

121 ( 37 ) Kele - Everything You Wanted

120 ( - ) Stonefield - Through The Clover

119 ( - ) Grinderman - Palaces Of Montezuma

118 ( 5 ) LCD Soundsystem - Home

117 ( - ) Washington - I Believe You Liar

116 ( 41 ) Kele - Tenderoni

115 ( - ) Ben Folds & Nick Hornby - From Above

114 ( - ) Katy B - Katy On A Mission

113 ( - ) British India - Avalanche

112 ( 87 ) The Chemical Brothers - Swoon

111 ( - ) Kings Of Leon - Pyro

110 ( - ) Grouplove - Colours

109 ( - ) Marina & The Diamonds - Mowgli's Road

108 ( - ) Cassius - I Love U So

107 ( - ) Kid Cudi, Rostam Batmanglij from Vampire Weekend & Best Coast - All Summer

106 ( - ) Philadelphia Grand Jury - Save Our Town

105 ( - ) Kanye West - Power {Ft. Dwele}

104 ( - ) Caribou - Odessa

103 ( - ) Foals - Miami

102 ( - ) Sleigh Bells - Rill Rill

101 ( 98 ) M.I.A. - XXXO

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 ...

http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/quiz/2011/feb/03/lego-album-artwork

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/