This is a trickier category for me to nail down as I do have a problem with overexposure. Sure, like every person I’ll inevitably come across a tune that’ll be on repeat some nights (Recent examples include “Anything Could Happen” by Rialto, “Rhythm of Yourself” by the Molotovs, and “Up in Suze’s Room” by PaulContinue reading “Thirty Days of Music, Day Eleven”
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Thirty Days of Music, Day Six
Day 6: A song that makes you want to dance 2020: “DARE”, Gorillaz 2025: “Stop the Rock”, Apollo 440 How good am I at dancing, you and I may both wonder. Erm…I either half heartedly go along with it and look uncomfortable, or throw myself into it fully and make a night at the WiganContinue reading “Thirty Days of Music, Day Six”
Thirty Days of Music, Day Two
Here we go again. We’ve done a colour, now we need a number with a number in it. Day 2: A song you like with a number in the title 2020: “Song 2”, Blur 2025: “Monday Morning 5:19”, Rialto Last time I did this, I ended up using a few songs from the same fewContinue reading “Thirty Days of Music, Day Two”
Entry #41 – The Ballad of Darren (a.k.a ‘Life’)
It’s fine. It’s a fine album. Nothing groundbreaking, no new Parklife or anything like that. But then again it doesn’t really need to be. Blur had already accomplished what they set out to do decades ago. Anything we get these days we should consider ourselves lucky for. And I’m glad we got them back justContinue reading “Entry #41 – The Ballad of Darren (a.k.a ‘Life’)”
Entry #25 – Blur (a.k.a Fame’s a Bitch part 2.5)
Not too long ago I finished reading the Blur biography 3862 Days, written up by Stuart Maconie at the time of the release of 13 in the dying months of the 20th century. Most Blur fans already know the cliffnotes of the band’s 90s output but this book really fills in the gaps and expandsContinue reading “Entry #25 – Blur (a.k.a Fame’s a Bitch part 2.5)”
A-Side Glance 