Music Stuff and All That

That's a very low bar joke.

Yes I found them pretentious because they went out of their way to be obnoxious pricks. It seemed definitely Maybe put on for selling themselves... Which is a bit crap because Morning Glory whilst a little derivative of the Beatles was still a startlingly great album.

Chicago: Authentic.

Still recovering from Manchester Psych Fest. Loads of great bands that can loosely be described as psychedelic. Saw some 60s style French stuff; some west coast psyche pop, straight out grunge and a surprising amount of dance music. Not my usual thing but I was somewhat off my tits.

I think Russ might like James Holden Common Land

And La Luz certainly stuck in my mind Strange World Definitely one for you indie kids.

£35 and I was out from mid day till 3am.
Fuck you Oasis

Good value smack.

Bit noodly acid electro for my taste.

Trance Nation II back in my rotation.

Most of you won't care, but after a couple of weeks of trailing it Linkin Park are livestreaming a secret show right now to introduce their new singer. It's a woman called Emily Armstrong and she's pretty good, I'm excited for them to tour. Looks like they also have a new album coming November 15th.

No, not at all. More like when AC/DC replaced Bon Scott with Brian Johnson.

Meanwhile I saw Melt Banana again. As usual fucking odd and blisteringly loud.

I was listening to their new song this morning, pretty determined not to like her (because, like a lot of people I adore Chester Bennington and feel like he saved me when I was a teen) however I thought she did a pretty good job!
Apparently on the live her voice was cracking a bit though so I'm not sure how she'll cope with the tour if that's the case. But I thought she sounded good.

Latest is..
Gem/Bonehead supposedly signed on. Andy Bell says he is available (despite being in the midst of a tour with Ride at the moment - guessing Ride won't be lining up any festivals next year).
Starkey expected on drums.

Refused are doing a final farewell tour, and I'm very sure they actually mean it this time. Will be making the effort to see that.

I was expecting Sharrock on drums. Bonehead /Archer/ Bell isn't a surprise, obviously.

Dave Grohl has announced on his social media that he's got another woman pregnant, is seeking forgiveness from his wife and family, plans to be a loving and supportive parent to his new daughter, etc.

Cue plenty of 'I've got another confession to make' and 'There goes my hero' lines in response...

This could take all night....