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Friday, May 10, 2013

Carrie Underwood slowly seeping through the week

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May 7th: May 9th: Be worried, Monday Night Football. You're next.

RIAA attempt to embrace Spotify

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The decision by the RIAA to include streaming in gold and platinum certification is interesting, but not for the reasons the RIAA think. ...
Thursday, May 09, 2013

Steve Brookstein: Surely candidate for a column in the relaunched Spare Rib

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Steve Brookstein, who you'll remember as a handy punchline from The X Factors (I think he was the one with the dancing dog act), has dec...
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Gordon in the morning: The rich man in his castle, the poor man at his gate

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Liam Gallagher has got a problem : Liam said: “This tramp kept hassling me at my house. “I know he’s been a problem for other people roun...
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Little Miss

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Daybreak trumpeted the "takeover" of their Twitter feed this morning. Little Mix were coming, and they were going to answer questi...
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Wednesday, May 08, 2013

Spotify stormed: plug-in opens back door

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Although Google have rushed to remove it from the Chrome store, for a while there, you could grab a tool which would allow you to download m...
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Venue Cymru introduces pop quiz to gain entry

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Strange times at Venue Cymru, as Andy Bellis turns up, hands his tickets in, and... doesn't get to see the band. Here's what happe...
Tuesday, May 07, 2013

Rising damp

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It turns out that ITV's Vicious isn't the most tragic flatshare sitcom currently in progress. There's this one, too : Macaulay ...

Bookmarks: Abba

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There's a great post on Richard Williams' blog about his role in Abba's rise to world domination. It even has a walk-on part fo...

Oversharing

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Sorry, what was that, ContactMusic ? Nick Cannon and Mariah Carey renewed their vows in Disneyland because they like to ''dress up...
Sunday, May 05, 2013

Justin Bieber: A warning from history

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Perhaps leaving people standing around like chumps for two hours is just now a standard part of the Justin Bieber show ?

Embed and breakfast man: Tame Impala

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Yes, Tame Impala. Yes, at Triple J. Yes, covering Outkast:

This week just gone

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The most-read stories from across No Rock this week: 1. The Stone Roses tire of Liam Gallagher 2. Music writers get paid: Uncool 3. Thom...
Saturday, May 04, 2013

Festivals: All yesterday's parties

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A quick note on the passing of the holiday camp iteration of All Tomorrow's Parties, and two perspectives on it. Catriona Gray in the ...

Festivals: Hop off

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The spirits which kicked in to start a die-back on the UK's overloaded festival circuit are back again this year, with not even the pros...

Metalobit: Jeff Hanneman

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Jeff Hanneman, one of the founders of Slayer, has died. CBC has gathered a collection of fellow rockers reactions . Interestingly, most ...
Friday, May 03, 2013

Embed and breakfast man: Pins

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This is Pins, playing yesterday (I think it was yesterday) in the Parr Street Studios for Bidolito :
Thursday, May 02, 2013

Daft Punk: Hold the front page

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Contact Music has breaking news :

Just be thankful the Meerkats don't have a song...

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The 20 most-played tracks on TV commercials last year? It's a chart : Position Work Title Writer Advert Perf...

Gordon in the morning: Liam threatens to quit

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Liam Gallagher. Well known for writing verbal cheques that bounce, and I fear this one will prove equally valueless , but he's threateni...
Wednesday, May 01, 2013

Liam Gallagher's kids are, it turns out, typical kids

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Here's some heartwarming news: Liam Gallagher's children are like other children : He said: ''It's got to the stage whe...
Tuesday, April 30, 2013

I know you'll have been worrying...

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"How has Peter Andre out of ITV2's Peter Andre Walks Around A Bit reacted to the news that JLS are splitting?" That's th...
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Gordon in the morning: Unlikely claims

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Caroline McGuire meets Little Mix : Leigh-Anne: A lot of girls tell us we’re their inspiration and role models and that is just from us bei...
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Monday, April 29, 2013

You might like: Uncool

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A new music magazine? In 2013? That pays its contributors ? Can it really be? Yes, it can: introducing Uncool : Here’s what you’ll find i...

Gordon in the morning: Gallagher wears out his welcome

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For the first time since their cashback, sorry, comeback, it's possible to feel sorry for The Stone Roses: They've got Liam Gallaghe...
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Sunday, April 28, 2013

Ministry ends, and this time it's final

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Sure, Ministry have wound up operations before - they stopped work towards the end of the last decade, picking up again in this - but this t...

Harry Styles: The Sunday Mirror would quite like to apologise

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Hey, Sunday Mirror. Haven't you got something to say to Harry Styles ? Go on. Two weeks ago we published an article about Harry Style...

This week just gone

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10 things from the archive that were read just once this week: 1. Listen with No Rock: Dead Can Dance 2. Gary Barlow closes his record la...
Saturday, April 27, 2013

Gordon in the morning: R Kelly is grounded

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As ever, credit where it's due. The headline on Gordon's story about R Kelly being too scared to get into a plane is good: I Belie...
Friday, April 26, 2013

Countryobit: George Jones

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George Jones, dead at 81
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