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Mogwai

Mogwai - Black Spider
Mogwai - 7:25
Yes, I know it’s the third fourth (?) time that I mention mogwai in a post. Yes, I know I’m being a little obsessive about them but:
1. They’re one of the best things that happened to music and
2. I have a good reason to talk about them now.
Remember a few […]

Rock ‘n’ Roll Queen

Aphex Twin - Avril 14th
Gang of Four - Natural’s Not in It
The Radio Dept. - Pulling Our Weight
Today, I decided to take my lazy ass to the movies to see Marie Antoinette. Despite its obvious flaws, I quite enjoyed the movie. Before seeing it, I had read that it was pretty but empty. I will […]

And now, for something completely different…

Sukhwinder Singh & Sapna Aswathi - Chal Chaiyya Chaiyya
I went to see the new Spike Lee film, “The Inside Man,” (better than your average Hollywood movie, btw), and to my great surprise, the opening song was none other than the afore-linked piece of music, originally part of the Bollywood movie “Dil Se,” a 3-hour-plus […]

Yann Tiersen &co

Yann Tiersen w/ Claire Pichet - Summer 78
Yann Tiersen & Shannon Wright - Callous Sun
Despite having been in the music business for quite a while - and being famous in France for a long time - Yann Tiersen was only thrust into the international limelight after the world got to see the movie “Le Fabuleux […]

Jarvis Cocker is back (sort of)

Weird Sisters - This Is The Night
Harry and the Potters - Save Ginny Weasley
I’ve been waiting for this for months. Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire is coming out soon! More than the movie, I was more excited to hear about Jarvis Cocker, Phil Selway and Johnny Greenwood joining the cast as the […]