I have icicles on my eyelids

Or at least that's what it feels like.

It’s stupidly cold in Bath today. The sort of low temperature that makes being outside physically painful. I love Winter, tis my favourite season of all, but this is just silly.



Anyhow, a new track from Liars. Alright, it’s been kicking around the net for a couple of weeks, but I’ve been lazy. As ever with these guys, it grows in the listening. Really, I’m jumping around the room as I type. Also, doesn’t that opening “hrrrrrrrmmmmm!” sound weirdly like the beginning of Children of the Stones?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_ZzjH8vWOfI

And you can download it for keeps here...

http://www.thesisterworld.com/


And a classic from that slightly patchy last album…

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s-r8HWri41s&feature=fvw

Had a first listen to the new Vampire Weekend album Contra today. Granted, they’re not really my kind of music, but I sorta liked parts of that first album. This time, I’m even less sure. I guess you’ve got to almost admire a band that tries their hand at cod-reggae. Don’t you?

Yeah, maybe not.



http://www.clashmusic.com/live-review/live-broadcasthttp://www.clashmusic.com/live-review/live-broadcast

My review of Broadcast’s show at the Bristol Cube last month. A really fantastic night by one of our most perennially underrated bands.

I wonder what's the latest acceptable date for wishing people a happy new year?

REASONS WHY PEOPLE FILE SHARE #479

Because "forward-thinking" labels like Warp make a gorgeous looking and sounding album by Broadcast and The Focus Group available to download today, but don’t release the physical version for another month.


Come on guys! I want the vinyl and I will be pre-ordering it, so how about throwing in a free download instead of making me wait an extra month for the privilege of paying twice as much. Now where's that Soulseek client gone?

http://futurecrayon.blogspot.com/