bear in heaven

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Bear In Heaven deserve to be massive and they will be I expect. Lovely chaps from Brooklyn making magic music.

*Brooklyn is in America where, I'm told, people are fat & backward. I live in Scotland and, in my experience, many of the people here are fat & backward also. Isn't the world a funny place...

withered hand

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Withered Hand's album Good News is out now. You can buy it by clicking on the click. I recommend you do because I love it but your taste in music might be different to mine.

I also recommend you don't get involved in the whole lo-fi/polished production debate because a lot of people will find it tedious & you probably don't know as much about music as you think you do.

Enjoy the songs, or don't enjoy them but try not to belittle the great work that's gone into them with your cuntery. Or do, if that's what you're into.


*Withered Hand sing quite a lot about Jesus. Jesus went on a lot about how good his dad was. Kinda like Nizlopi, but Nizlopi's dad was definitely real and rumour has it Jesus was illigitimate. A bastard if you'll pardon my French. A bastard in the real sense though and not in the Robbie Williams sense.

**No Cigarettes is probably my favourite single of the year so far. At least take a couple of minutes to let it into your life.

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the soundcarriers

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The Soundcarriers are a 4-piece from Nottingham. They blend influence from psychedelia, tropicalia & soundtrack music. Find out all you need to know by clicking on the click. I can't recommend you doing this highly enough. It's a beautiful sound they muster and you will know details of their album (Harmonium) & free downloads if you do. The album arrived by post today & it's excellent...Buy it.


*Listening to The Soundcarriers will make you automatically better at hanky panky.

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the voluntary butler scheme

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The Voluntary Butler Scheme are a one man beat group from Stourbridge with a bit of 60's pop and a hint of Motown about him/them. You can find out all you need to know by clicking on the click. I recommend you do so for album details, free downloads & gigs.

Some people would describe him as quirky. Anyone using the word quirky can drink my skitters as far as I'm concerned. Goodbye

hexicon

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Mentalist Asociation cohorts Hexicon are a 6-piece from London and their song Narissa I Won't is as good a song as you might hear today. (unless of course you click on every click on this majestic page of curio)

ivan campo

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Simple little pop songs from the North of England. Lovely stuff. Lend it your ears & you might not get them back.

*Ivan Campo are named after famous Spaniard Pedro Almodóvar.
** The Ivan Campo boys are so good with the ladies their van runs on fanny batter.

jen jeniro

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Welsh psychedelia from Wales. I've no idea what they're singing of but I like how it sounds. If you speak Welsh you can find out all you need to know by clicking on the click. If not, just listen. As my old Gran used to say - You don't need a weatherman to know which way the wind blows.
You may well ask - Is Bob Dylan my Gran?
No... she's Donovan.

cate le bon

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Cate Le Bon needs no introduction (she's the mother of 80's fatty Simon Says - lead singer of the band Cock Fun). Click on the click to hear the title track from her imminent debut album (October 5th to be exact).

sophie madeleine

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If you're not entirely sure you like this music don't feel bad. Sophie Madeleine looks a bit like Francoise Hardy. Looking like Francoise Hardy, she'll do better than us.

man man

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Genius

shugo tokumaru

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I absolutely love everything I've heard from this guy. Fans of Air and Cornelius should really enjoy Shugo Takumaru. If you're in possession of one or two ears you might enjoy him too.

*If you're lucky enough to have one ear you'll hear this stuff in mono which is how it was intended to be listened to.

john southworth

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John Southworth is a Canadian chap with an album out on October 13th. Click on the click. See if it's up your street, or don't bother, it doesn't really matter to me.

*Like John, I also have a cat - Cosmo Catpus. Catpus claims to have invented Tipp-ex but Mike Nesmith's mum used the correction fluid to alter the patent.

the junipers

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The Junipers are the best band in Britain except for Ambulances. So technically, the second best band in Britain & the best band in England. Certainly worth a listen at any rate. Psychedelic pop from the Midlands. Buy their album, buy Ambulances album, & sneer at people for being not as brilliant at liking music as you are.

eitha tal ffranco

eitha tal ffranco

The best music coming out of Wales right now comes from this lot. Most days I might say Euros Childs or SFA or Cate Le Bon or Alun Tan Lan or Race Horses or Sweet Baboo but today I'm saying Eitha Tal Ffranco. I heard a rumour they've split up so today...

In actual fact I know nothing about the best music coming out of Wales. I don't know much of many things but I like Eitha Tal Ffranco


listen here...

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some favourites from the last year or so

no one does it like you by department of eagles



heart of chambers by beach house



i sing, i swim by seabear



blue ridge mountains by fleet foxes



strange overtones by brian eno & david byrne



this summer night by robert wyatt & bertrand burgalat



seahorse by devendra banhart



parachute by shugo tokumaru



lost & found by taken by trees



an old gruff rhys live performance



heike makatsch

the dice man by luke rhinehart

A brilliant read. Funny as fuck - unless you are completely wrong about everything and an all round pitiful excuse of a person.

a letter of complaint to a moron

Hello Barry

In response to your email regarding the £15.99 LOVEFILM has removed from my bank account uninvited, can i say your explanation is unsatisfactory.

You say i have an active account &, due to a FREE trial which has just elapsed,your terms & conditions apply.

As explained, i was turned down a FREE trial due to my partner having had one at the same address. therefore, as i am not a customer, i don't believe your terms & conditions apply to me.
In actual fact, i believe the unsolicited removal of funds from my account to be an act of theft. I gave you my bank details in good faith of services pending and, as no service was rendered, i would suggest you have no right to the aforementioned £15.99.

Stealing is wrong Barry. Reimburse me immediately. If a human contacts you at any time in the future, please don't suggest they are mistaken as a matter of protocol. Take the time to investigate the circumstances of their grievance and respond accordingly.

Your arrogance with regards this matter astounds me.
I look forward to your witless response

Best regards
Stephen

david shrigley

kurt vonnegut

Some great books by a great man - he'll be missed

once upon a time in the west

The best film ever made. You might say "Citizen Kane" or "Vertigo" or something else wrong. Let's move on