slapped by that slapper

Anyone who knows me knows that Peter Doherty is something of a god to me so thank goodness he never fails to disappoint. The amazingly beautiful solo album Grace/Wastelands came out this year and to be honest he surprised me with just how good it is. To be fair a lot of the songs have been kicking around for quite some time but who cares when they're as brilliant as they are. There's no real reason for this post. Simply the fact that i was watching the clip for last of the english roses on the tube and decided to share it on here.

Sell Out or Get Out (?)

I'll never understand how bands with such promise can fail so drastically. I remember way back in 2004 when this incredible new band hit the scene. They were quirky, they had energy. They were what i'd been waiting for. The excitment was uncontainable. They were The Killers back in the days of Hot Fuss. Still one of the great debut albums of our time.
Unfortunatly their music has since been on a gradual decline. The once great group are now nothing more then pretencious wank. It pains me to even think about what they could have been.
I know it may seem controversial to have such opinions on these popular giants of the music world but pass me the shot gun, these working ponies have gone lame.

*apologies for the rant but one of their new and impossibly dull tracks just came on the radio and I felt the need to comment*

The Crunch

Just watched the new Kasabian film clip for Vlad The Impaler
SO FREAKIN' GOOD!

It stars Noel Fielding and is directed by Richard Ayoade. Brilliant.

losing my head to hollywood

I am a huge Patrick Wolf fan. Have been for quite some time now. His first three albums are just magic in my opinion but I've been listening to his latest single, Vulture and i'm not sure that I really dig it so much...
I don't know, it's just so different and usually I love when artists mix it up a bit and do something they've never done before but I just don't know with this. It could still grow on me but for now i'm just not loving it.
I have hope that Vulture won't neccesarily be representitive of the rest of the album but even if it is I can't bring myself to dismiss it just yet. It's Patrick afterall and he hasn't let me down yet...
I know I just sound like a whinging fan but... actually no buts that pretty much is what i'm doing...
*le sigh*
Still can't wait to hear The Bachelor in it's entirety.

For anyone interesting in checking out the clip for Vulture...

go right ahead.

Wasted and Ready

It's been some time since I've regularly updated this here blog but i'm hoping for 2009 to be a little more productive when it comes to a lot of things really including this space.

My main reason for wanting to write at this exact minute is 1.) I'm at work and therefore have internet access and 2.) I just found out that the lovely Benny Kweller is heading back to Oz for a tour which will not so coincidentally coincide with the release of his brand new Album Changing Horses (due out on Jan 31st).
I must see Mr Kweller live again. I saw him in 2007 and he was magnificent!