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No Music Day?
2007-11-21 13:17:00
Creative wise guy Bill Drummond has declared today "No Music Day". Taking a quick glance at the Hype Machine popular list, he just might be on to something. Would you rather hear the new Bloc Party single, or nothing at all? Discuss it in comments. I feel shit. It has just gone 6.30am and this is when I usually feel my best, when my mind is at its sharpest, when the ideas start tumbling into

Morrissey: Sunny
2007-11-21 03:19:00
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Ride: Twisterella (Acoustic)
2007-11-21 03:04:00
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Thom and Ed on BBC Radio 1
2007-11-21 02:49:00
Listen to the interview: [Download the MP3 Here] [Download or Order the Discbox for "In Rainbows"] (Thanks again to 'A' on the AtEase Forum)
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Thom and Ed on BBC 6
2007-11-20 14:53:00
Listen to the interview: [Download the MP3 Here] [Download or Order the Discbox for "In Rainbows"] (Thanks to 'A' on the AtEase Forum)
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Thoughts OnThe Raveonettes: Lust Lust Lust
2007-11-19 15:00:00
When keeping an eye out for bands that are going to make a lasting impact, quantity can be as important as quantity. Take The Strokes and Interpol, for example. Both released lauded debut albums, yet when it came time to collect the b-sides for the singles from those records, there was one new track per band and a unwanted batch of 'exclusive live tracks'. Both bands went on to put out tired
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Overweight Debutante Labels Radiohead "Arrogant"
2007-11-14 18:46:00
Everybody's favorite pudgy posho, Lily Allen, had this to say about Radiohead : Lily Allen has branded Radiohead “arrogant” for giving fans the chance to download their new album, ‘In Rainbows’, for free. The singer reportedly said that she thinks it is unfair for the millionaires to devalue recorded music and survive on touring money when new artists can’t. “It’s arrogant for them to give
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The Man Who Sold The World
2007-11-14 15:19:00
The Guardian has a nice piece up on Nirvana's high-water mark: Opinion on Nirvana's MTV Unplugged performance at Sony Music Studios in New York on November 18, 1993, is divided into two camps. Some people consider it to be Kurt Cobain, the tortured genius, stripping both his songs, and himself, to the bone in a brilliant, painfully raw performance that amounts to a kind of suicide note. Others
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Buckley Rarity Smorgasbord
2007-11-14 14:52:00
Pretty much every Buckley rarity ever can found by clicking the link below: [Buckleyesque] Very nice...shame it's all on Rapidshare, but beggars can't be choosers.Listen to "All Flowers in Time Bend Towards the Sun" (with Liz Fraser): [Download the MP3 Here] [Artist Website] [Artist Wiki] Buy it: Amazon MP3 Amazon CD Amazon CD

Primal Scream: We're Gonna Boogie
2007-11-13 14:15:00
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If You Want Me To, I Won't
2007-11-13 13:57:00
Ol' Thom has turned down a collaboration with McCartney. Do you think he would've said no to Lennon? AtEase reports: Paul McCartney was turned down by Thom Yorke when he asked for a collaboration with Radiohead. According to The Sun former Beatle Paul McCartney approached Thom Yorke with a view to collaborating, but his request was turned down. Paul McCartney, who recorded with longtime

The Tears: Refugees
2007-11-12 13:47:00
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The Rolling Stones: Child of the Moon
2007-11-12 13:34:00
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Entrance: Grim Reaper Blues
2007-11-11 15:13:00
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Radiohead: Headmaster Ritual (Smiths Cover)
2007-11-10 13:55:00
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Radiohead: Ceremony (New Order Cover)
2007-11-10 02:41:00
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One Year of Dead Flowers
2007-11-07 17:17:00
Let me thank all the people that have visited Dead Flowers this past year--I've had a lot of fun with the site. It started out as merely a vehicle for youtubes--I thought I had had enough of rock journalism after my last site, Glamorama. Much to my surprise, as the site has developed, I have rediscovered my love for writing about music. Hopefully that's coming through in the reviews and other
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French Kicks: Trial of the Century
2007-10-27 15:15:00
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The Libertines are just Dandy
2007-10-27 14:55:00
Finally someone in the press gets it. This from The Guardian:The Libertine s rule, OK? Released five years ago this month, the Libertines' debut album Up the Bracket remains the most influential and important British album since its release. Maybe of the decade, even. It's not the best, but in terms of cultural impact it has yet to be surpassed. Which is surprising, but not that surprising
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Sigur Ros: Hljomalind (Myspace Rip)
2007-10-26 13:26:00
Listen: [Download the MP3 Here] [Band Website] [Band Myspace ] [Watch the band's recent Electric Proms performance with Amiina] "Heima" Trailer:
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And This Little Piggy Went...
2007-10-24 13:45:00
Oink has gotten the treatment that Dead Flowers will probably get someday. You have to love the record industry--can't have people enjoying music, can we? This from The Guardian:British police have closed down what they claim is one of the world's largest music piracy websites after a two-year pan-European operation. A series of raids in Middlesbrough and Amsterdam resulted in the arrest of a
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Never Lose That Feeling
2007-10-24 13:19:00
Swervedriver are on the comeback trail: Swervedriver Returning To Duty For 2008 Tour Adam Franklin October 19, 2007, 1:20 PM ET Jonathan Cohen, N.Y. U.K. rock act Swervedriver will reunite for a worldwide 2008 tour after a nearly decade-long hiatus. Dates and other details have yet to be announced. The group (vocalist/guitarist Adam Franklin, guitarist Jimmy Hartridge, bassist Steve George and
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Why's This Bus Taking Me Back Again?
2007-10-23 12:06:00
Writing in The Guardian, Alan McGee thinks we should give Ride their due:With the resurgence of shoegaze - or nu-gaze - and Panda Bear, Animal Collective, Deerhunter and No Age all referencing them as an influence in interviews, I feel it's time to look back at one of the all-time underrated Creation bands, Ride. In '91, Ride had the critical and commercial world at their feet. Their full-length
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Babyshambles: Cuckoo (Demo, from the "Doghouse Sessions")
2007-10-19 14:10:00
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Vessels: Two Words and a Gesture
2007-10-19 14:00:00
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The Raveonettes: Sleepwalking
2007-05-10 14:34:00
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Sonic Youth: Chapel Hill
2007-05-10 12:54:00
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Mortgage Rock
2007-05-10 12:49:00
Alexis Petridis writes in the Guardian:What has been the predominant musical sound during Tony Blair's premiership? You might disagree, but I'd plump for what one critic recently dubbed mortgage rock: the portentous, wistful, stadium-filling, ballad-heavy, post-Britpop genre that gets played in the background when an English team gets knocked out of an international sporting tournament, or an unsuccessful X-Factor hopeful collapses weeping into the arms of Kate Thornton. In fairness, it wasn't really around when Blair took office, although the records that influenced it were: Wonderwall, OK Computer, The Drugs Don't Work. For the entirety of this decade it's been, for better or worse, the sine qua non of British rock: you would think the record-buying public would be sick of it by now, seven years after Coldplay's debut, but no. They keep buying it: it was Snow Patrol, not the Arctic Monkeys, who made the best-selling album of last year.What does its predominance tell you abou...
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"Heinrich Maneuver" Now on iTunes
2007-05-10 02:26:00
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A Silver Mt Zion: Sit in the Middle of Three Galloping Dogs
2007-05-09 14:33:00
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