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Saturday, October 12, 2013

Full Disclosure

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Just to be clear, Disclosure releasing a video full of people taking drugs , and then pulling the video later because they realised it featu...

False FLAG case dropped

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Hey, nothing says hardcore punk like running to the lawyers to sort out a spat over trademark ownership, right? The battle between two zom...

One from the "that's like getting a telly that only shows Russell Harty" file

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There's an elaborate reissue to mark twenty years since Lenny Kravitz released Are You Going To Go My Way . Apart from trying to make ...

Tricky channels Morrissey

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Tricky has been doing his bit to give the impression British acts never turn up in the States. Brooklyn Vegan has been keeping score : Tric...

Robin Thicke attempts to rig Amazon's 'other fans of this artist might like' recommendations

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Robin Thicke has decided who he should best be compared to . Surprisingly, it's not Paul Raymond and Peter Stringfellow: ''A ...
Friday, October 11, 2013

One good reason why Penguin shouldn't have released the Morrissey book as a Classic

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Surely the thing that unites the Penguin Classics list is that they are works which reveal essential, universal truths. Morrissey, on the ...

Dreadful Spice Girls musical killed off by people telling others it was dreadful - official

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Jennifer Saunders, who helped to create Viva For Seven Months Before The Empty Theatres Forced Closure, the Spice Girls jukebox musical, fee...

Robbie sobby, undone by One

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Apparently Radio One has taken a bite out of Robbie Williams' arsenal : "I'm very ambitious," he told BBC Radio 4's M...
Thursday, October 10, 2013

Gordon in the gloaming: Smart career move

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Bad news for fans of Kasabian minutiae, odd promotions for golf computer games and the overuse of the word "bangers": Gordon Smart...
Wednesday, October 09, 2013

What the pop papers say: The rinky-dinky Express

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I was going to do a quick review of the new-look NME, but it doesn't appear to have arrived yet. Hang on... what's this, underneat...

Bookmarks: Frankie And The Heartstrings

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Riley-endorsed band Frankie And The Heartstrings have opened a record shop (which is a bit like a cow getting a job on the cheesecounter). B...

Formatwatch: Pure Audio

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In an attempt to squeak out a few more years from the physical format, Universal are pinning their hopes on Pure Audio , which is basically ...
Monday, October 07, 2013

NME announces new look (assuming you never saw The Face)

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Here's a sneaky peak at the new-look NME which goes on sale this week: Oh, hang on, that's not quite it... Yeah, that's it. Pr...

Gary Barlow: How deep is your self-love

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Gary Barlow really isn't bothered how many copies his solo album sells : ‘This is going to sound wrong, but I couldn’t care less (if it...

Elton John is a bad influence, says imam

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Elton John's decision to play Russia not exactly going down well with everyone there. Seidzhagfar Lutfullin isn't a fan : Denouncin...
Sunday, October 06, 2013

Glastonbury 2014: Ticket sale screw-up time

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Seetickets & the festival hit refresh again, hoping this time it'll work: [ View the story "Glastonbury Ticket Sales: Have the...
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This week just gone

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The most-read stories across No Rock for the last week: 1. Lostprophets call it a day 2. Surprise: Miley Cyrus admits that the VMA perfor...
Saturday, October 05, 2013

Man quits job to go on game show

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Apparently someone called Ryan Mathie is on the X Factor this year, and he's quit his job to be part of ITV's improved profit foreca...

Nothing Compares 2 Feud: Apparently the O'Connor-Cyrus thing is going to roll on a while

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While most of the attention has been on Miliband v Dacre, the musical differences between Miley Cyrus and Sinead O'Connor have been bubb...
Friday, October 04, 2013

Little Voice, What Now: Horrocks covers Manchester indie classics

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If you didn't already love Jane Horrocks, her low-key project covering tracks by Manchester's indie heroes is surely going to win yo...
Thursday, October 03, 2013

Lostprophets call it a day

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It's surprising that they've managed to drag on for a year, what with their singer Ian Watkins being accused of raping a baby, but f...

Michael Jackson: AEG cleared

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The procession following the death of Michael Jackson continues to march grimly forward, yesterday reaching a key point where a jury decided...
Wednesday, October 02, 2013

Bookmarks: Lauren Mayberry

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Last week, Chvrches' Lauren Mayberry shared this: Over on The Guardian's music blog , she shares what happened next. It's not e...

Miley Cyrus: something about her performance was choreographed

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Here's a surprise. You might want to sit down. That Miley Cyrus performance at the VMAs? It was intentionally attention grabbing : ‘I...
Tuesday, October 01, 2013

Gordon in the morning: Praise for Gordon

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There's a big campaign - designed to promote the idea of newspapers' role in a digital era - which is keen for the people who make p...
Saturday, September 28, 2013

Alanis Morissette sued; 'How soon can I use the word?'

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So, Alanis Morissette is being sued by her ex-nanny. It's a news story, it features Alanis Morissette. So, around the newsrooms of the w...
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Friday, September 27, 2013

NME experiments with micropayments, possibly

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So we know from the ABC figures that take-up of NME's digital edition is a little slow, which appears to have spurred the magazine to tr...
Thursday, September 26, 2013

Kurt Cobain's house on the block now on the block

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Oh, Sarah Beeney. Oh, Martin off of Homes Under The Hammer. You think you know how to add value to property, but have you ever managed to m...
Wednesday, September 25, 2013

Engineerobit: Mike Robinson

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Andy Kershaw has mentioned on Facebook that Mike Robinson, who engineered shedloads of Peel Sessions down the years, has died. Helen McCo...

Gordon in the morning: Hair piece

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Behind Gordon Smart's paywall this morning, those readers who have dipped into their pockets to get in will discover that Lady GaGa has ...
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