Empire Of The Kop (Free subscription) | yesterday
I received the following from LFCNY: We are proudly announcing the inaugural LFCNY Cup! This will be a knockout competition, pitting a selected list of 256 music artists/bands to “square off” against each other, so that means there will be 128 matchups to start-randomly determined in each round. Here’s examples of how the matchups will appear: PJ harvey vs [...]
Speed of Dark (Free subscription) | 19/11/2009
I posted the beautiful and somber “Pharaoh’s Chariot” from Soulsaver’s third album, Broken, in my Creepy Halloween Mix and liked it so much I decided to look up more songs. I ended up with all of it and a brand-new respect for this joint project of Rich Machin (above, right) and Mark Lanegan (left, [...]
Punknews.org (Free subscription) | 18/11/2009
It's November and the end of the decade, so the "Best of a Decade" lists are starting to come in. The first comes from the hype-masters at NME who have named The Strokes ' Is This It? The Libertines ' Up the Bracket and Primal Scream's XTRMNTR as the first, second and third best of the decade. The list was chosen by bands such as Radiohead and Arctic Monkeys, plus record producers and label...
Largehearted Boy (Free subscription) | 18/11/2009
The Guardian examines the shortlist for the 2009 edition of the Bad Sex in Fiction Award. The shortlist: Paul Theroux for A Dead Hand Nick Cave for The Death of Bunny Munro Philip Roth for The Humbling Jonathan Littell for...
Pedestrian.tv (Free subscription) | 18/11/2009
Music brag NME has crowned The Strokes’ debut album ‘This is It’ as the best album of the decade. If that isn't enough encouragement for the boys to get cracking with their next album release then I don't know what is. As the naughties come to a close NME (and a long list of music experts) voted for what they thought are the best 100 albums of the decade. With the concluding list...
The Panic Manual (Free subscription) | 17/11/2009
Toronto – Seeing how it’s the end of the year AND the end of decade, you will see a whole lotta best of lists coming out. The blog Largehearted Boy has kept track of many blogs so far, so you can take a look at that. Everyone’s favorite British hype magazine NME has already declared the [...] Related posts: Concert Review: Yeah Yeah Yeahs, August 5, Kool Haus Toronto – Touring...
Alter The Press! (Free subscription) | 17/11/2009
The Strokes' 2001 debut album 'Is This It' has been called 'Album of the Decade' by NME. The top 50 can be seen by clicking read more. Check back soon to Alter The Press! where will be giving our Top 25 albums of the decade. 1. The Strokes – 'Is This It' 2. The Libertines – 'Up The Bracket' 3. Primal Scream – 'XTRMNTR' 4. Arctic Monkeys – 'Whatever People Say I Am, That's What...
Toronto Hot Events (Free subscription) | 17/11/2009
Imogen Heap 's debut album I Megaphone : is both an anagram of Imogen's name and an allusion to her often uncompromising stance on life. Heap's angst-filled songs tend to emulate the styles popularized by PJ Harvey , Kate Bush and Annie Lennox . I Megaphone was a mixture of self-penned and self-produced tracks, alongside tracks co-written and produced with established producers such as David Kahne...
Consequence of Sound (Free subscription) | 17/11/2009
Meet and watch James McCartney's new band.
Contactmusic Ltd (Free subscription) | 17/11/2009
THE STROKES' hit record IS THIS IT has been named the best album of the last decade in a new magazine poll.A panel of musicians, producers, writers and record label...
prefixmag (Free subscription) | 17/11/2009
Pitchfork may have usurped everyone with their best-of-the-decade list, but the floodgates are open now and many other publications are printing their nominations. Today (Nov. 17), the NME has produced a list of the albums they consider to be the best of the decade, and there are very few surprises. The paper was one of the earliest champions of the Strokes when they emerged at the beginning of the...
musings (Free subscription) | 17/11/2009
I'd agree with most of the choices, maybe not the order. 1. The Strokes - Is This It 2. The Libertines - Up the Bracket 3. Primal Scream - xtrmntr 4. Arctic Monkeys - Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not 5. Yeah Yeah Yeahs - Fever to Tell 6. PJ Harvey - Stories from the City, Stories from the Sea 7. Arcade Fire - Funeral 8. Interpol - Turn On the Bright Lights 9. The Streets - Original Pirate...
Assistant Blog (Free subscription) | 17/11/2009
The NME has published its 50 Greatest Albums of the 2000s. It's such a boring, predictable list. Would any of my readers care to better it? I might give this some thought over the next few days. To make things easier, shall we say Top Ten, rather than 50, in the comments box below? Alright then. Here's the NME list 1. The Strokes - Is This It 2. The Libertines - Up The Bracket 3. Primal Scream - xtrmntr...
Contactmusic Ltd (Free subscription) | 17/11/2009
The Strokes' 'Is This It' has been named album of the decade.The American rockers' 2001 debut LP topped a list compiled by British music magazine NME made up of...
Word Magazine blogs (Free subscription) | 17/11/2009
1. The Strokes - Is This It 2. The Libertines - Up The Bracket 3. Primal Scream - xtrmntr 4. Arctic Monkeys - Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not 5. Yeah Yeah Yeahs - Fever To Tell 6. PJ Harvey - Stories From the City, Stories From the Sea 7. Arcade Fire - Funeral 8. Interpol - Turn On The Bright Lights 9. The Streets - Original Pirate Material 10. Radiohead - In Rainbows 11. At The Drive...
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