December 2009
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ATP Nightmare Before Christmas - days 1 & 2
Short blog entry this time due to a busy weekend at ATP, but I’ve been ruminating on the bands I’ve seen so far: Primal Scream and Buzzcocks. Both cracking sets from venerable institutions, and both polished performances. I saw Primal Scream about 15 years ago in Leeds and Friday’s show was significantly more competently performed with less baseless bravado. I’ve never seen...
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Florence and The Machine: Lungs & Bat for Lashes:...
As a means of getting through the full set of Mercury nominees before the next lot are announced, I’m running a back to back review of Bat for Lashes and Florence & The Machine’s offerings. These acts are filed in the same mental pigeon hole in my brain - kooky women vocalists. I should mention at this point, that’s a good place. I’ve always thought that Florence was...