I enjoyed The Maccabees debut record, Colour It In, but there was an underlying sense that things could go awry in the future. Sort of like when you see someone with fat potential; might look alright now, but you know that two Thanksgivings later things will have likely taken a turn for the worse. For […]

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Thanks, AJW.

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Something about a band from Hong Kong covering “Modern Rock” classics by The Cure, The Smiths and even The Ocean Blue makes me smile.

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While we’re waxing nostalgic…

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Spinner posted the official video for this Land of Talk song as its video of the day today, but I couldn’t figure out how to embed anything from their site, so I checked YouTube. No dice, but this live version from CBC Q’s Friday Live session is better anyway. I first heard “Some Are Lakes” […]

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The Guradian’s Dave Simpson ponders why 80’s British art pop icon Danielle Dax remains so obscure to this day, while Bat for Lashes is garnering so much praise as the freak du jour. Simpson concludes it’s because Dax was ahead of her time. By twenty years or so: I’ve absolutely no idea how many people […]

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Peter Gabriel’s string-laden cover of one of The Magnetic Fields’ 69 Love Songs served as the climax of the series finale of Scrubs last night. His take on it is a little less dry than Stephin Merritt’s, showcasing the inherent drama of the song. It’s a simple song with simple lyrics, but it makes a […]

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