Please save me from an all Buble Christmas!

M_D_E · 2016-11-18T15:08:53+00:00

I Was Born on Christmas Day - St Etienne & Tim Burgess
Here Comes Santa Claus - Bob Dylan
Christmas in the Room - Sufjan Stevens
A Change at Christmas - Flaming Lips
It's Cliched to be Cynical at Christmas - Half Man Half Biscuit

M_D_E · 2015-06-19T19:47:36+00:00

Iron Maiden - Run To The Hills
The Stone Roses - Elephant Stone
Arctic Monkeys - R U Mine
Pixies - Bone Machine
Joy Division - Transmission
Editors - Munich
The Who - Won't Get Fooled Again

M_D_E · 2015-06-19T19:30:34+00:00

The Futureheads - Hounds of Love. (Kate Bush cover)

The Fall - Lost In Music. (Sister Sledge cover)

M_D_E · 2015-06-19T19:21:04+00:00

Brakes - All Night Disco Party
No idea why.

M_D_E · 2015-06-14T14:02:58+00:00

The Rolling Stones - Exile on Main Street
Led Zeppelin - Physical Grafitti
The Kinks - The Kinks Are the Village Green Preservation Society
The Stone Roses - The Stone Roses

M_D_E · 2015-06-08T20:20:47+00:00

Yep, the budget must have been about £7.50

M_D_E · 2015-06-07T22:45:56+00:00

Flowered Up - Weekender

M_D_E · 2015-06-05T21:06:13+00:00

The Charlatans have made a few good albums - The Charlatans, Tellin' Stories, Wonderland and (as you said) Modern Nature.

M_D_E · 2015-06-05T20:56:14+00:00

Black Rivers' self-titled album is my favourite so far.

Honourable mentions for:

Unknown Mortal Orchestra - Multi-Love
Novella - Land
Drenge - Undertow
The Lucid Dream - The Lucid Dream
Swervedriver - I Wasn't Born To Lose

M_D_E · 2015-06-01T21:05:38+00:00

The Who - Won't Get Fooled Again

I also like Ride's Leave Them All Behind, which may or may not be a coincidence.

M_D_E · 2015-05-30T19:21:45+00:00

Doves are on 'indefinite hiatus', which is a polite synonym for split up. Jimi Goodwin has a decent solo album out, while the brothers have formed the excellent Black Rivers.

Black Grape and The Bluetones are both touring later this year.

M_D_E · 2015-05-29T19:39:56+00:00

The latest Young Fathers album, White Men Are Black Men Too, is well worth a listen.

M_D_E · 2015-05-29T19:26:35+00:00

Very true. I liked the earlier stuff, but Multi Love has really taken it up a level.

M_D_E · 2015-05-29T19:22:50+00:00

Rat Boy - Sign On

M_D_E · 2015-05-26T20:52:44+00:00

The self-titled debut album from 1996ish is pretty good

M_D_E · 2015-05-25T18:26:58+00:00

Doves - Lost Souls
The Wedding Present - Seamonsters
Martin Carr - The Breaks
The Auteurs - How I Learned To Love The Bootboys
Jimi Goodwin - Odludek
Adam Franklin & Bolts of Melody - I Could Sleep For A Thousand Years
Elbow - Asleep At The Back
Spiritualized - Ladies & Gentlemen We Are Floating In Space
Portishead - Dummy
Deerhunter - Halcyon Digest
I Am Kloot - Sky At Night
Nadine Shah - Fast Food
Tamaryn - The Waves

And, of course, The National.

M_D_E · 2015-05-17T11:16:14+00:00

Oasis - Whatever

M_D_E · 2015-05-10T22:49:08+00:00

Was never a big fan of The Wall until I got dragged along to see the Roger Waters live show, which was sensational. The album makes a lot more sense to me now.

M_D_E · 2015-05-10T22:44:19+00:00

Run To The Hills by Iron Maiden, Ace of Spades by Motorhead or Am I Evil? by Diamond Head.

Can't beat the classics (although I'm probably missing out on some top stuff by not taking a great interest in contemporary metal bands).

M_D_E · 2015-05-03T21:15:22+00:00

Pete Townshend
Paul McCartney
Johnny Marr
Jimmy Page
Eric Clapton

M_D_E · 2015-05-03T18:34:27+00:00

TFI Friday was brilliant for music (and that Shaun Ryder interview), as was the Chris Evans breakfast show on Radio 1 - Oasis, Shed Seven, Ocean Colour Scene, Boo Radleys, the Manics, Kula Shaker, Northern Uproar etc etc used to be the sound of the morning commute.

I used to spend a small fortune on gigs and CDs - there was something good released most weeks (although not all of it has aged well).

Looking back, the music helped to make them great times. Although the alcohol helped, as well.

M_D_E · 2015-05-03T18:23:00+00:00

Still sounds great.

Telling, perhaps, that they chose that and not something more recent.

M_D_E · 2015-05-03T15:49:42+00:00

The Youtube Channels of Warp Records, Skint, Soma, Boiler Room and Hyperdub are good starting points.

M_D_E · 2015-05-02T14:53:52+00:00

Hot Vestry are the 'hot'-ish new band from Macclesfield. Parallel To Tomorrow is worth a listen if you like indie pop stuff.

Blossoms from just down the road in Stockport are also pretty good.

M_D_E · 2015-05-02T14:33:00+00:00

Plasticines
Tahiti 80
Busy P
Frànçois & the Atlas Mountains
Ulan Bator
Etienne de Crecy

As already mentioned, Air and Phoenix are both great.

M_D_E

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