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Irk The Purists: September 2013
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Monday, September 30, 2013. Has anyone told Este Haim that Derek Smalls of Spinal Tap was meant to be an object of ridicule, rather than emulation? Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). Subscribe to Irk The Purists. Everything Starts With an A. WHEN MATES MAKE BOOKS. Links for 2016-08-23 [del.icio.us]. New Order - Kevin Cummins @ Proud Camden. MEETING MARCO PIERRE WHITE. David Byrne - 3 Big Songs ep. Other blogs and sites. Let's Tear This Damn Place Up. 20 Jazz Funk Greats. Lost Bands of the New Wave Era.
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Irk The Purists: Kiss FM
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Thursday, July 31, 2014. Also rather good is this newie from Sheffield's Slow Club. I'm not entirely sure the video suits the song, but there's no denying that The Pieces. Is a pretty fine choon, and, if there were any justice in the world, it'd be a summer no. 1 hit. Incidentally, there isn't and it won't be. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). Subscribe to Irk The Purists. Everything Starts With an A. WHEN MATES MAKE BOOKS. Links for 2016-08-23 [del.icio.us]. New Order - Kevin Cummins @ Proud Camden.
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Irk The Purists: Heads You Win
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Friday, May 30, 2014. I recently got talking to a nice chap from a band called Stats. He said they were influenced by Talking Heads, which is something you don't hear very often. Like the Associates, like Sparks, they were a singular band who clearly had a devoted following, none of whom seem to have used them as a template for further musical exploration. A shame really. I can't quite see why. Perhaps if they'd have stopped after Remain In Light. But listen to Stats. Or Crosseyed and Painless. From Shak...
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Irk The Purists: April 2014
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Monday, April 28, 2014. There aren't enough pop songs based on the novels of Tom Wolfe, whom long-term readers will know takes up a large amount of shelf space chez ItP. In fact before today I could only recall one, and that was New Kids On The Block's 1988 classic You Got It (The Right Stuff). Which is clearly a homage. To Wolfe's description of the 1960s space race The Right Stuff. So it was exciting to hear Tom Vek's Sherman (Animals in the Jungle). As Vek himself has admitted. RIP DJ E-Z Rock.
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Irk The Purists: The Real McCoy
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Monday, April 28, 2014. There aren't enough pop songs based on the novels of Tom Wolfe, whom long-term readers will know takes up a large amount of shelf space chez ItP. In fact before today I could only recall one, and that was New Kids On The Block's 1988 classic You Got It (The Right Stuff). Which is clearly a homage. To Wolfe's description of the 1960s space race The Right Stuff. So it was exciting to hear Tom Vek's Sherman (Animals in the Jungle). As Vek himself has admitted. RIP DJ E-Z Rock .
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Irk The Purists: Seeing Double
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Sunday, March 09, 2014. We got to the Usher Hall a little too late to see Rock Action. S Remember Remember last night; they were one of the support acts for Mogwai, the other being The Pastels, who we did get to see. Is it possible to review Mogwai without alluding to that NME cliché "Cathedrals of Sound"? Probably not. So instead, in honour of the first support band, we proudly unveil the ItP rundown of the Top Ten Groups With Two Words Exactly The Same As Their Band Name. Subscribe to Irk The Purists.
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Irk The Purists: January 2014
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Friday, January 31, 2014. In my Albums of the Year last month, I was remiss in forgetting that Gramme had put out a (terrific) long player in 2013, and I'd like to correct that omission. Gramme. Chose to return to recording some 14 years after their initial, well-received punk-funk offering (see posts passim. Why they failed to capitalise on their moment at the start of the 21st century, just as Simon Reynolds was finishing writing Rip It Up. For Whom The Bells Toll. Should clinch it. As pretty much ...
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Irk The Purists: June 2013
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Wednesday, June 05, 2013. Things go better with coke. In Metro this morning. An ill-advised choice of words from the curiously-monikered Mike GLC, who along with N-Dubz' Tulisa, is facing charges related to an alleged class-A drug sting."We are innocent. Anyone can chop things together on video.". Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). Subscribe to Irk The Purists. Things go better with coke. Everything Starts With an A. WHEN MATES MAKE BOOKS. Links for 2016-08-23 [del.icio.us]. MEETING MARCO PIERRE WHITE.
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Irk The Purists: March 2014
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Sunday, March 09, 2014. We got to the Usher Hall a little too late to see Rock Action. S Remember Remember last night; they were one of the support acts for Mogwai, the other being The Pastels, who we did get to see. Is it possible to review Mogwai without alluding to that NME cliché "Cathedrals of Sound"? Probably not. So instead, in honour of the first support band, we proudly unveil the ItP rundown of the Top Ten Groups With Two Words Exactly The Same As Their Band Name. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom).
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Irk The Purists: February 2014
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Friday, February 28, 2014. All that exposure to Ravel's Bolero. Sent me back to one of my favourite albums of the last few years, Deutsche Grammophon Recomposed. As well as Mussorgsky's Pictures at an Exhibition. Which gives you a bit of a feel for how it builds over time. And it may also make you think of Jayne Torvill. Which is nice. Buy the CD here. Tuesday, February 18, 2014. RIP Bob Casale (1952-2014). Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). Subscribe to Irk The Purists. RIP Bob Casale (1952-2014). Lost Bands o...