This is almost certainly the wrong time to be doing this. I’m sure most of us are otherwise engaged with pre-festive period activities such as shopping, cooking, visiting aged relatives or getting slaughtered at the office party and thus ensuring that the New Year’s resolution has a ‘never again’ theme to it. But I’ve chosen [...]
Archive for the ‘2010s’ Category
Elbow – the spillOVER!
Posted in 1990s, 2000s, 2010s, Indie, Rock, tagged 1990s, 2000s, spillover on December 23, 2011 | 61 Comments »
Blimpy’s Best Albums of 2011
Posted in 2010s on December 22, 2011 | 18 Comments »
Okey Pokey lovely ‘Spillers, I’m going to keep this short and sweet, just to fill in a wee gap before the awesome ‘Festive ‘Spill Number Ones appear tomorrow. Music was a funny beast in 2011, what with being kept busy with baby Kit and getting my video production company off the ground there really wasn’t [...]
The Ballot-Box Stuffing Starts Here!
Posted in 2010s, Film, Randomness, TV, tagged Spill Awards 2011 on December 15, 2011 | 29 Comments »
Nominations for this year’s Spill Awards have been scrutinised and evaluated, and – as is the way with all such processes – all the unique and eclectic suggestions have been weeded out in favour of bland consensus. Or at any rate a shortlist of those albums, films and tv shows that at least two of [...]
Q: So tfd, how many times did you say you’d seen Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers?
Posted in 1950s, 1960s, 1970s, 1980s, 1990s, 2000s, 2010s, Rock, tagged Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers on December 14, 2011 | 9 Comments »
A: No times Q: So how many times do you plan to see them in 2012? A: At least three and probably 4 times… Because Too Much Ain’t Enough
UK Punk – Limping On To 2012 – Part 2
Posted in 2010s, Punk on December 10, 2011 | 16 Comments »
Time for the second and final part of my round up of a few of the punk releases of the last 12 months …and the odd thing from 2010, as things move a bit slowly these days. As I was saying last time there are still punk bands old and new releasing good stuff all [...]
UK Punk – Limping On To 2012 – Part 1
Posted in 2010s, Punk on December 3, 2011 | 17 Comments »
You know me by now, I find it hard to resist getting involved in a silly debate about punk. One which keeps coming back round, which I always end up sticking my nose into is the vexed question “When did punk die?” Strange really because I usually find the argument quite tedious – it nearly [...]
Anyone for another lot of Spill Awards?
Posted in 2010s, Randomness on November 24, 2011 | 9 Comments »
The end of the year is approaching with alarming velocity (hence a seasonal picture that’s only slightly premature). Do we want to have another annual awards ceremony for Album of the Year, Film of the Year etc.? If so, would anyone like to host it, as I’ve done it for the last two years and [...]
O Sample, Man
Posted in 2010s, Rock on November 17, 2011 | 9 Comments »
I think you ‘Spillers know by now that I like listening to The Big Pink. On their new song they’ve chosen to sample a song that was zedded for the Spoken Word topic back in the day: “O Superman” by Laurie Anderson. Now, if this song got voted into the RR Canon, would that be [...]
Yes at the Colston Hall 16th November 2011
Posted in 1970s, 2010s, Prog, Rock, tagged bristol, CaroleBristol, colston hall, prog, yes on November 16, 2011 | 6 Comments »
So, when was the last time I saw Yes? Well, it was in 1975 actually, at the Reading Festival when they were one of the biggest acts on the planet. Since then, they have shed and regained members in a kind of revolving door policy, released a slew of increasingly less proggy and less artistically [...]
Liberal Baiting with Azealia Banks & Germaine Greer (NSFW)
Posted in 2010s, Hip Hop, Profound on November 10, 2011 | 40 Comments »
They still say “fuck you” as a venomous insult; they still find “cunt” the most degrading epithet outside the dictionary Germaine Greer, 1970. Forty-one years on, and Azealia Banks has defused the power of the word, reclaiming it from the language of hate by placing it firmly at the forefront of a hip hop house [...]
No words
Posted in 2010s on November 1, 2011 | 22 Comments »
Re-visitation and re-evaluation
Posted in 1990s, 2000s, 2010s, Electronica, Experimental, Musing, Rock, tagged CaroleBristol, Kid A, King of Limbs, OK Computer, Radiohead, The Bends on October 31, 2011 | 17 Comments »
I’ve not posted anything much on The ‘Spill for ages, apart from a few comments here and there, work has been taking up lots of time and I am conscious that although I am listening to lots of music, I am not really writing about it. So, I thought that I’d better do something about [...]
Why I’m not buying any of those Pink Floyd box sets
Posted in 1970s, 2010s, Prog, Rock, tagged Pink Floyd on October 9, 2011 | 21 Comments »
I see there’s a shock-and-awe advertising campaign for the reissues of the classic 70s albums by Pink Floyd. Prominent position in HMV, staff wearing t-shirts bearing Storm Thorgenson’s iconic artwork, the works. And I’m not buying. Yes, an album like Dark Side of the Moon is all-time classic which has stood the test of time [...]
I Need Your Bedroom Eyes
Posted in 2010s, Indie, Totty, tagged Dum Dum Girls on September 27, 2011 | 7 Comments »
I have had “Bedroom Eyes” by Dum Dum Girls stuck on repeat for the last few weeks, and now there’s a fab video to go with it. Press play if you like 60s girl groups, The Raveonettes, The Bangles, Fleetwood Mac, The Pretenders or any good music really. Catchy as hell chorus, sublime bridge and [...]
New The Big Pink – ‘Stay Gold’
Posted in 2010s, Indie, tagged Stay Gold, The Big Pink on September 13, 2011 | 30 Comments »
The Big Pink’s debut album was played to death by me, so I’m super excited that new material has begun to emerge. “Stay Gold” seems to have kept their anthemic noise intact, so far so good on first listen. Second listen reveals some ropey lyrics, which I’m just going to ignore because the chorus gets [...]
The Oates Field – Wild Oates
Posted in 2010s, Folk, Indie, Rock, Scots, Uncategorized on September 3, 2011 | 7 Comments »
I hadn’t heard of The Oates Field and still wouldn’t know of them were it not for a lil’ serendipity. I was due to review another act playing at the Edinburgh Fringe, which unfortunately had to cancel due to illness. The other musicians booked to perform included Alan Oates, and this is his newly released [...]
Photosynthesise this!
Posted in 2010s, Scots on September 2, 2011 | 3 Comments »
Jonnie Common could probably make the sun come out at night.
New Brett Anderson “Brittle Heart”
Posted in 1990s, 2010s, Indie, tagged Brett Anderson, Suede on August 17, 2011 | 10 Comments »
It’s always good to keep an eye on what Mr Anderson is up to, and after a couple of albums of slow piano musings, we’re back to a bit of the old rock, and it’s pretty good on the second listen. Eagle eyed ‘Spillers can spot a. Akiko from Comanechi/The Big Pink and b. That [...]
Why Did No-one Tell Me….
Posted in 2010s, Folk, Indie, Totty on August 5, 2011 | 6 Comments »
…..that there’s been a new Laura Marling song in the world for ten days? WHY DID NO ONE TELL ME!! That’s ten whole days I coulda been obsessively listening to it! It’s hidden after the jump, and is an utter corker! New album in 5 weeks, whoop whoop!
A Fright At The Museum
Posted in 2010s, Architecture, Design, Scots, Technology, Uncategorized on August 3, 2011 | 16 Comments »
A visitor returning to the newly refurbished National Museum of Scotland would certainly be taken aback: how the hell do I get in and why are there so many people in here on such a beautiful day? I used to walk past it on my way home from work. They had late opening on a [...]
Yeah yeah ooh yeah yeah
Posted in 2010s, Profound on August 3, 2011 | 38 Comments »
I’ve just sold my house, for less than I wanted but I’m sure I can manage. So Ivan, Ellis and their parents will be moving to a new house and I’ll be moving to theirs. (Poor Ivan’s not very happy about it at the moment I’m afraid.) It’ll be all round to mine for the [...]
Tin Croc
Posted in 2010s, Indie, Scots on August 2, 2011 | 11 Comments »
Aiden & Malcolm make new music, but don’t call it Arab Strap – it’s just a Slow Club cover. Meanwhile Scott & Tracyanne have a shot at making Frightened Camera, or Obscurabbits, if you please. I realise that this doesn’t make much sense to most ‘Spillers, but I have about a billion new ‘Spill posts [...]
Well done Kenny!
Posted in 2010s, Experimental, Folk, Scots on July 19, 2011 | 12 Comments »
I’m sure that all of ‘Spilldom knows that King Creosote is one of my utter favourite singers, so I’m exceedingly pleased he’s been nominated for this year’s Mercury Music prize for his “Diamond Mine” album, a collaboration with Jon Hopkins. The last time I saw Kenny he was singing by the creels at Crail harbour, [...]
