June 2010
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M.I.A.'s Third Album Leaks
In August of 2008, M.I.A.’s “Paper Planes” became a massive hit, appearing in Slumdog Millionaire, the trailer for Pineapple Express, and reaching the US top 5. Then, not a month later, the song inadvertently became the soundtrack for the near-implosion of capitalism, the lines ‘all I want to do is take your money’ taking on a new layer of meaning the British...
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Starter Guide: Super Furry Animals
Super Furry Animals have been a very important band for me, especially because they had a large influence on the rest of my music taste, [Radiator was one of the first albums I bought, but so was Embrace’s Fireworks and Coldplay’s Parachutes. hmm.] Arguably one of Wales’ finest, they are certainly a band who’s commercial and critical success have never really been on the same levels. [Even...
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Boy Cried Wolf: Manic Street Preachers Collab. "No...
Amidst a flurry of Manic Street Preachers-related news, live rhythm guitarist for the band for several years (beginning with an invite to accompany James Dean Bradfield on his 2006 solo tour), Wayne Murray, has been cooking up a project of his own: Boy Cried Wolf. Previously a member of Thirteen:13 and The Honeymoon, Murray is a passionate vocalist, guitarist, and songwriter coming into his own...
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Mission of Burma / Wire : A Little Bit Of History...
I guess she asked for this. Marilyn has been asking me to pop in and do a guest spot for A Future In Noise for some time now, and I thought that now would be as good a time as any for it. There’s a certain synchronicity to it - Marilyn is back in the states after a nice long layoff of listening to post-whatever and eating terrible beef in the United Kingdom (hey, I’m a vegetarian - and...
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Manic Street Preachers Announce New Album...
After a suspenseful and cryptic band Facebook status of a “big Tuesday announcement” coming, today the news has come: Postcards From A Young Man, release in September 2010, will be the 10th studio release from the Manic Street Preachers (following up Journal For Plague Lovers, reviewed favorably here in 2009). To celebrate, they’ll be embarking on “their most extensive UK...