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This is a music blog. Words propelled by records – vinyl, obviously – and the sheer intoxication that the listening process provides.
Of featured bands, they’re many. Think delicious slabs of jangly guitar. Intricate electronica, stuff from the left-field and from Mrs Morrissey’s loins. Think Cornershop, King Creosote, and bands with first-hand knowledge of the shoegaze gravity well. Think Magnetic Fields, Luke Haines, and (of course), the band who gifted this blog its name. There’s a search option, top right; use and abuse.
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Recent Posts:
Bob Mould / Glasgow Oran Mor, 18 May 2013
No Pun Intended: ‘Catful Of Wallow’ Reviewed
Yearning To Be A Banshee / North Atlantic Oscillation Tour
This Heart-Shaped Box – ‘Sweet Dreams (Are Made Of This)’ Revisited
Mum – Can I Go And Buy That Cassette Now?
A Hand Up The Nightshirt: ‘Actually’, By Pet Shop Boys, Revisited
Notes On ‘Sound Of Silver’- LGM’s ‘Must-Have’ Album Of 2007
Wanna Be In My Gang? The Most Significant Albums Of 2007
Remind Me – Why Are We Watching Another 1978 Episode Of Top Of The Pops, Again?
Nostalgia, In A Different Hue: The Most Significant Albums Of 2006
A Father Scuptor Gig. And A Mary Onettes Album
Yes! We Have Sound: The Most Significant Albums Of 2005
Because Misanthropy And Weller Fandom Don’t Mix
It’s The Records That Make Us Who We Are: The Most Significant Albums Of 2004
The Bill Grundy/Sex Pistols Interview. If The Pistols Were Amish
Today’s Half Forgotten Record: The Oohlas / Small Parts
Feedback! Dissonance! Adjective! The Most Significant Albums Of 2003, Part Three
Today’s Half-Forgotten Record: Win / You’ve Got The Power
Short And Sweet To The Soul: The Most Significant Albums Of 2003, Part Two
Obscure Record Of The Week: Angel Corpus Christi / Me And My Beretta
Quick And Dirty Notes On The New Suede Album
Jump-Starting Our Serotonin: The Most Significant Albums Of 2003, Part One
For What We Lack In Immediacy, We Gain In Texture: The Most Significant Albums Of 2002
My Bloody Valentine, Glasgow Barrowland, 9 March 2013
Sandie Shaw > Dusty Springfield. Discuss.
Vivian Stanshall / Strange Tongues
Ladytron: 604 Reasons For Loving 604
From Swamp Guitar To Synth-Pop Savvy: The Most Significant Albums Of 2001, Part Two
Attracted To All Things Uncertain: The Most Significant Albums Of 2001, Part One
Fuzzy Logic: Why LGM Is Wrong About Super Furry Animals
People Should Be Continuing To Make Noise: The Most Significant Albums Of 2000, Part Two
Yes, We Have Jetpacks: The Most Significant Albums Of 2000, Part One
Presenting A Pop Star Memoir Based Almost Entirely On Early Bis Records
From Sleazy To The Stratosphere: The Most Significant Albums Of 1999
Cue Conflicting Emotions: Nine Inch Nails – The Fragile, Revisited
The New Follakzoid Album, And How Not To Review It
The Sound Of Young Scotland – The Most Significant Albums of 1998, Part Two
We Won’t Be Reviewing The MBV Album
Lit By Neon – The Most Significant Albums Of 1998, Part One
Reporting From The Front-line Of An Album’s Worth Of Covers
The Most Significant Albums Of 1997 - Ladies And Gentlemen We Are Floating In Space, Revered
The Most Significant Albums Of 1997 – Maladjusted, Revisited
The Most Significant Albums Of 1997 – OK Computer, Revisited
The Impact Of The Vinyl Stash: The Most Significant Albums Of 1997, Part One
David Bowie: After The Norma Desmond Years
Tunes On The Edge Of Seat: The Most Significant Albums Of 1996, Part Two
Shared Voltage: The Most Significant Albums Of 1996, Part One
From Russian Post-Rock To American Standards
An Unfestive Misanthrope Plays Christmas Albums
The Best Records Of 2012: #1 – Human Don’t Be Angry
Lazer Guided Melody’s Best Albums Of 2012: #10 – #2
Solar System Shoegaze: deardarkhead
A Stereo Full Of Wasps And Wow: The Most Significant Albums Of 1995, Part Two
Gigawatts And Fuzzy Logic: The Most Significant Albums Of 1995, Part One
Did The Stars Shine Down In ’95? (Dubstar)
The Ardent Fan-Boy Who Should Know Better: The Most Significant Albums Of 1994
November, Spawning A Monster / Baltic Fleet
The Urgency Of Audio – And Then The Thrill: The Most Significant Albums Of 1993, Part Two.
Snakebite And Black: The Most Significant Albums Of 1993, Part One.
Hips, Lips, Plants, Rags: Rippled Thoughts On Dry By PJ Harvey
Turntable Tenement Highs: The Most Significant Albums Of 1992, Part Two
At The Behest Of The Record Gods: The Most Significant Albums Of 1992, Part One
What Should You Do With 200 Copies Of the Same LP, Found In A Cupboard?
And A Swoon, Gladly: The Most Significant Albums Of 1991, Part Two
Record Racks On Fire: The Most Significant Albums Of 1991, Part One
Self Portrait With Pram Record
A House Full Of Leaves: The Most Significant Albums Of 1990
From Velouria To The Apex Of Summer: A Sideways Glance At The Legacy Of Pixies
The Deliberate Omission Of The Stone Roses: The Most Significant Albums Of 1989
Certain Songs, Never Far From The surface Of Things
Now That the Leaves Have Fallen: The Last Broadcast By Doves, Revisited
Going Down To Alphabet Street: The Most Significant Albums Of 1988
Because Pop Music Is Not A Four Letter Word (+ The Wonder Villains)
The Very Definition Of Swoon: The Most Significant Albums Of 1987 – Part Two
Ambition And Love Wearing Boxing Gloves: The Most Significant Albums Of 1987 – Part One
The False Friendship Of Autumnal Colour: The Most Significant Albums Of 1986
Reviewing Records In Swimming Trunks (+ShiShi)
Ultraviolet Evenings, And A Smiths Demo: The Most Significant Albums Of 1985
Modern Life Severance Package (+ Michel Polnareff)
Live From The Chestnut Tree Café: The Most Significant Albums Of 1984
A Drunk Actor’s Playlist: The Most Significant Albums Of 1983
Stramash!: The Most Significant Albums Of 1982
From Peepshow To TV Show: The Most Significant Albums Of 1981
From Moscow To Pared-Back, Retro-Futurism: The Most Significant Albums Of 1980
Years Of Atonal Whistling Stretch Out Ahead Of Me (Tim Friese-Greene)
The Weariness Of The Long Distance Listener (+ Beach House)
A Veiled Apology To A Record Store Area Manager (+ Chris T-T)
Gold Gather Rust: Carved In Sand By The Mission Revisited
Tangents: Vaudeville, The Alien Franchise, And ‘Tainted Love’
A Colour Of Spring: Talk Talk, Autism, And Me
I Am An Architect: Manic Street Preachers’ The Holy Bible Revisited
Zombie Drummers; Run!: The New Band’s Guide To Your Forthcoming Career Trajectory
Five Distinct Uses For Your Hëavy Metal Umlaut
On The Floorboards, Hitting The Headphones (+ Fuck Buttons)
And You Thought That We Were Faking: Never Mind The Bollocks Revisited
The Exitmusic Record: Hipster Jut And The Yawn Of A Cynic, Writing
Woke Up In The Rain: The Cure’s Japanese Whispers Revisited
Beneath The Bebop Moon: Electric Warrior by T. Rex Revisited
And All Throughout The Years: Sugar’s Copper Blue Revisited
Liberace Reviews The Week’s New Releases
Words Come Crashing In: Depeche Mode’s Violator Revisited
Dreaming Of Wires: The Rise And Fall Of Our New Electro-Pop Overlords
Recent Adventures In The Chemikal Underground (+ Miaoux Miaoux, Human Don’t Be Angry)
Lost In Translation: A Boy’s Adventures In Records (+ Intastella)
FuckedUpFestiveFifty #51: Spiritualized
FuckedUpFestiveFifty #50: Pulp
FuckedUpFestiveFifty #49: The Rolling Stones
FuckedUpFestiveFifty #48: TV On The Radio
Remember When Music Got The 6am Visit From The Goon Squad? (+ Bow Wow Wow)
FuckedUpFestiveFifty #47: Stereolab
I Am Drunk. I Am Listening To Records
Stuff And Wonder – Vent 414 And A Slug Of Memory
FuckedUpFestiveFifty #46: Clinic
Live: Human Don’t Be Angry / King Tuts, Glasgow, June 16 2012
Meanwhile: Here’s The Trailer For The New Luke Haines Film
Gavin Bryars: The Photogenic Grace Of ‘Jesus’ Blood Never Failed Me Yet’
Confessions Of A Soundtrack Girl (+ Cinerama)
FuckedUpFestiveFifty #45: Scott Walker
Soundtrack to 2012: The History Of Colour TV
From Venus To East Hastings (Godspeed You! Black Emperor)
FuckedUpFestiveFifty #44: The Magnetic Fields
Envelopes: Make Things Happen! Provoke Them!
Dance To That, Fuckers: Katy Perry And The Virtues Of Pop (+ The Third Eye Foundation)
FuckedUpFestiveFifty #43: My Bloody Valentine
Lazer Guided Melody’s Eurovision Live Blog
And Then I Dreamt That Avant-Garde German Bands Were Playing For The Queen
Soundtrack to 2012: Apple Rabbits
FuckedUpFestiveFifty #42: The Shortwave Set
Reinventing The Joy Division Original (June Tabor And Oysterband)
FuckedUpFestiveFifty #41: Dawn Of The Replicants
Record Store Memories (+ Moonbell)
Wafting Lazily In The Mummified Grip Of An Ancient Steve Jobs Equivalent (+ Josef K)
FuckedUpFestiveFifty #40: Lush
Alcohol. Travel. Records (+ Hooded Fang)
From Prussia With Love: Krautrock Records That Hold So Tight
What Ensues Should You Write A Music Blog Drunk (+ Battles Remix)
FuckedUpFestiveFifty #38: Add N To (X)
The Nearly Record Store Day Edition: Win A Moonbell CD (+ the Pre New)
Announcing The “Great” Lazer Guided Melody Music Blog Collaboration Experiment (plus Warlocks)
Louder than Bombs: Eulogy For A Record Store (Bronze Radio Return)
FuckedUpFestiveFifty #37: The Pastels
And The Most Alluring Album Of 2011 Is: Beirut / The Rip Tide
