en http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.0/uk/ Thu, 1 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000 Thu, 1 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000 60 http://www.audioscrobbler.net/data/webservices http://www.last.fm/user/indy-kid/journal The Last.fm journal for indy-kid. Last.fm journals are a place to talk about all things music. http://www.last.fm/user/indy-kid/journal/2008/04/23/1ayyt_2_years_of_last.fm Wed, 23 Apr 2008 22:36:48 +0000 http://www.last.fm/user/indy-kid/journal/2008/04/23/1ayyt_2_years_of_last.fm Primarily to see how my music taste changes.
Tracks Played: 40,526

1. The Magnetic Fields 1515 Plays
2. The Libertines 1440
3. The Arcade Fire 1193
4. Muse 758
5. Bright Eyes 575
6. Rufus Wainwright 572
7. The Smiths 567
8. Manic Street Preachers 547
9. Beirut 482
10. Bob Dylan 462
11. Neil Young 417
12. Johnny Cash 416
13. Arctic Monkeys 392
14. Good Shoes 357
15. Cat Stevens 347
16. The White Stripes 334
17. Joy Division 328
18. Babyshambles 319
19. Late of the Pier 315
20. The Pipettes 308
21. The Flaming Lips 304
22. The Fall of Troy 290
23. The Beatles 285
24. Little Man Tate 280
25. Final Fantasy 262
26. Pixies 260
27. Radiohead 253
28. The Streets 252
28. Blur 252
30. Milburn 248
31. The Strokes 246
32. Neutral Milk Hotel 243
33. Interpol 233
34. Klaxons 230
35. Lightspeed Champion 224
36. The Hold Steady 213
37. The Mountain Goats 206
38. My Chemical Romance 205
39. iForward, Russia! 203
40. The Indelicates 202
41. Maxïmo Park 201
42. Regina Spektor 199
42. Get Cape. Wear Cape. Fly 199
44. colonopenbracket 198
45. Pavement 195
46. Kimya Dawson 194
46. Patrick Wolf 194
48. Dirty Pretty Things 192
48. The Fratellis 192
48. The Ordinary Boys 192
48. The Long Blondes 192
52. Eels 191
53. The Go! Team 186
54. The Rakes 185
54. The Dresden Dolls 185
56. Bromheads Jacket 182
57. Green Day 176
58. Crystal Castles 172
59. The Futureheads 170
60. The Cribs 169
60. Franz Ferdinand 169
62. Enter Shikari 165
63. Bloc Party 163
64. Tokyo Police Club 160
65. We Are Scientists 154
66. The Pigeon Detectives 153
67. The Maccabees 150
68. Modest Mouse 146
68. Jamie T 146
70. Pink Floyd 142
70. New Order 142
72. Kanye West 141
73. Belle and Sebastian 138
74. The Moldy Peaches 135
74. R.E.M. 135
76. The Feeling 133
77. Dead Kennedys 130
77. The Beautiful South 130
77. The Rolling Stones 130
77. The Stone Roses 130
81. The Hours 129
81. Amy Winehouse 129
83. Less Than Jake 128
83. Death From Above 1979 128
85. The Teenagers 126
86. Motion City Soundtrack 124
87. Oasis 123
88. The Sunshine Underground 122
89. Foals 119
90. David Bowie 118
90. Graham Coxon 118
90. M.I.A. 118
93. Lily Allen 116
93. Serge Gainsbourg 116
95. Cold War Kids 114
95. Blink-182 114
95. Morrissey 114
98. Supergrass 111
99. Albert Hammond, Jr. 108
99. The Automatic 108
101. Los Campesinos! 106]]> http://www.last.fm/user/indy-kid/journal/2007/12/23/1ayvl_be_negative_about_your_top_20 Sun, 23 Dec 2007 21:22:22 +0000 http://www.last.fm/user/indy-kid/journal/2007/12/23/1ayvl_be_negative_about_your_top_20 Spread the Christmas joy.

1. The Libertines
Their inability to reform and play live/write new music.

2.Arcade Fire
They have never ever played anywhere near me, not even before they were famous.

3.Muse
The song "Starlight".

4.The Magnetic Fields
They never tour. Well, not the UK anyway.

5.The Smiths
Morrissey can really be an arse sometimes.

6.Manic Street Preachers
We all miss the "The Holy Bible" era.

7.Rufus Wainwright
I was disappointed in "Poses".

8.Johnny Cash
A lot of his recent stuff was covers.

9.Beirut
I didn't think they were very good on Jools Holland the other night....

10.Arctic Monkeys
The general mass hype that surrounds everything they do.

11.Good Shoes
They don't have that many songs.

12.Cat Stevens
He had a 20 year stint of not making any music at all.

13.Joy Division
Their alleged right wing tendencies.

14.Babyshambles
Where do I start?

15.The White Stripes
Their albums have got worse since "Elephant".

16.The Pipettes
Are they still around?

17.The Flaming Lips
When I saw them, Wayne Coyne spoke about his wife's missing camera more than he sang.

18.Little Man Tate
I can't believe I ever listened to this band.

19.Bob Dylan
Some of his songs really are needlessly long.

20.Neil Young
"Harvest" was a let down.]]> http://www.last.fm/user/indy-kid/journal/2007/12/14/1aysw_my_top_10_albums_of_2007 Fri, 14 Dec 2007 21:49:39 +0000 http://www.last.fm/user/indy-kid/journal/2007/12/14/1aysw_my_top_10_albums_of_2007 1.Beirut- The Flying Club Cup
2.The Hours- Narcissus Road
3.The Hold Steady- Boys and Girls in America
4.Arcade Fire- Neon Bible
5.Patrick Wolf- The Magic Position
6.Rufus Wainwright- Release The Stars
7.Jamie T- Panic Prevention
8.Manic Street Preachers- Send Away The Tigers
9.The White Stripes- Icky Thump
10.Enter Shikari- Take To The Skies

Other worthy mentions-
M.I.A.- Kala
Arctic Monkeys- Favourite Worst Nightmare
Babyshambles- Shotter's Nation
Lethal Bizzle- Back to Bizznizz

Some disappointments-
Klaxons- Myths of the Near Future
Bloc Party- A Weekend In The City
The View- Hats Off to the Buskers

Looking forward to new albums in 2008 from:
Franz Ferdinand(said that last year)
Green Day(said that last year too...)
The Magnetic Fields
Los Campesinos!
The Streets
Late of the Pier
Get Cape. Wear Cape. Fly]]> http://www.last.fm/user/indy-kid/journal/2007/08/27/1ayq0_seen_live Mon, 27 Aug 2007 20:41:31 +0000 http://www.last.fm/user/indy-kid/journal/2007/08/27/1ayq0_seen_live I was gonna make one of these pretentious lists at the end of the year but I'm gonna do it now instead, as I'm bored, and I'm losing track of the bands I've seen...


27
65daysofstatic x2
1990s
Aberfeldy
Aiden
Albert Hammond, Jr.
The All-American Rejects
Angus & Julia Stone
Animal Collective
Anti Flag
Arcade Fire
Arctic Monkeys
Au Revoir Simone
The Automatic
B.B. King
Babyshambles
Beach House
The Beautiful South
The Beep Seals
Beggars x2
Beirut x2
Belle and Sebastian
Ben Harper & Relentless7
Beth Rowley
Billy the Kid
Bloc Party x2
Blondie
Bloodsimple
Blur
Bombay Bicycle Club
The Bookhouse Boys
Boy Kill Boy
Boys Night Out
Breed 77
British Sea Power
Bromheads Jacket
Bullets to Broadway
Cajun Dance Party x2
Cancer Bats
Cherry Ghost
Claude VonStroke
The Clientele
Coki
Conor Oberst and The Mystic Valley Band x2
The Coral
The Courteeners x2
The Cribs
Crystal Castles x4
CSS
Dan Le Sac vs. Scroobius Pip x3
Darren Hanlon
Daughters
Death Cab For Cutie
Deerhunter
DJ Yoda
Diplo
Dirty Pretty Things x2
Dizzee Rascal x2
Drive By
Duels
The Dykeenies
Editors
Elbow
The Enemy
The Envy Corps
Euros Childs
Every Time I Die
Explosions in the Sky
Factory Floor
The Fall of Troy
Feeder x2
The Feeling x2
The Flaming Lips x3
Fleet Foxes x3
Flogging Molly
Foals x3
Forward Russia x2
Frank Turner
Franz Ferdinand x2
The Fratellis
Fuck Buttons
The Futureheads x2
Gallows
Gary Moore
Gay For Johnny Depp
Get Cape. Wear Cape. Fly x4
The Ghost of a Thousand
Glasvegas
The Go! Team
God Forbid
Golden Silvers x2
Goldie Lookin' Chain
Good Shoes x3
Gospel Retribution Choir
Grand Volume
Green Day
Guillemots
Hadouken!
Hard Fi
The Hold Steady x2
Holy Fuck
The Horrors x3
Hot Chip
The Hours
Hypnotic Brass Ensemble
I Was A Cub Scout
Interpol
Jack Penate
James
James Blake
Janelle Monaé
Jeffrey Lewis
Jeremy Warmsley
Jimmy Eat World
Joe Lean & The Jing Jang Jong x2
The Joy Formidable
Kid Harpoon
The Killers
The King Blues
Kitty, Daisy and Lewis
Kings of Leon
Klaxons
Kraftwerk
Kurt Vile
La Roux
The Last Shadow Puppets
Last Stop Chinatown
Late of the Pier x3
Less Than Jake
Lethal Bizzle x2
Lightning Bolt
The Like
Lily Allen x2
Little Man Tate
The Lodger
The Long Blondes x2
Luke Leighfield
M83
The Maccabees x2
The Magnetic Fields x2
Male Bonding
Manic Street Preachers
The Mark Inside
Massive Attack
The Matches
Mates of State
Maximo Park
MGMT x2
Micah P. Hinson x3
Michael Nyman x2
Mika
Milburn
Minus The Bear
Mono
Motion City Soundtrack x2
Mr. Scruff x2
The Mules
Mumford & Sons x2
Muse x3
My Chemical Romance
Mystery Jets
The National
Neils Children
Neil Young
New Young Pony Club x2
Nine Black Alps x2
No Age
Noisettes
Ok Go
Okkervil River
The On Offs x2
The Ordinary Boys
The Oxfam Glamour Models
The Pains of Being Pure At Heart
Palladium
Pama International
Patrick Wolf
Paul Heaton x2
Pete and the Pirates
The Pigeon Detectives x2
Pilgrim Fathers
The Pipettes
Portico Quartet
Queens of the Stone Age
Rage Against The Machine
The Rakes x2
Red Hot Chili Peppers
Richard Hawley
Rodrigo y Gabriela
Rolf Harris
Roxy Music
Rufus Wainwright
Sam Isaac
The Scare
Sean Na Na
Seasick Steve x2
Secondsmile
Sigur Ros
Simian Mobile Disco
Skream
The Sonic Hearts
Soulwax
Squarepusher
The Steers
The Streets x2
The Sunshine Underground
Supergrass
The Svengalis
Switches
Taking Back Sunday
Their Hearts Were Full of Spring
Theoretical Girl
Thomas Tantrum x2
Tinchy Stryder
Tinseltown
Tiny Dancers
Tokyo Police Club
Towers of London
Trivium
Tunng
The Twilight Sad
Twisted Wheel
The Upwelling
Vampire Weekend
Video Nasties
The Voluntary Butler Scheme x2
The Wailers
Wallis Bird
Walter Schreifels
We Are Scientists x2
The Whip x2
White Lies x2
White Rose Movement
White Williams
Wild Beasts
Wolfmother
Yeasayer
The Young Knives
The Young Playthings
Youthmovies
The Zutons]]> http://www.last.fm/user/indy-kid/journal/2007/06/17/1ayk8_muse_-_wembley_stadium,_16th_june_2007 Sun, 17 Jun 2007 19:17:34 +0000 http://www.last.fm/user/indy-kid/journal/2007/06/17/1ayk8_muse_-_wembley_stadium,_16th_june_2007 Sat 16 Jun – Muse

There are sure to be many, many reviews for this event. Maybe some will be negative, but I can assure you that the majority will be journals by people who have realised that on Saturday 16th June 2007 they saw the best musical spectacle of their lives.

It's mid-afternoon, and the drenched but fairly upbeat crowd are clapping along to the Hispanic strummings of Rodrigo y Gabriela. This two-piece ooze talent as they slip a couple of covers into their set of flamenco pieces. Obviously delighted by the opportunity to play to such a huge crowd, their happiness was echoed by the fans; who were pretty much amazed by their ability and the fact that the wall of sound entering their ears was coming from just two guitars.

Dirty Pretty Things were up next, and unfortunately didn't live up to the sound of their 2006 debut album. They seemed at times distracted and not sure of what to think of the crowd in front of them. The stadium sound was not in favour of a band like them, the lead guitar often being drowned out by the drums and other instruments. Things perked up for their last two songs, but other than that it was a performance to forget for Carl Barat's band. Oh and the three new songs they played didn't sound particularly good either.

To set us up for Muse was Mike Skinner, AKA The Streets. It was difficult beforehand to see this being a success, but he pulled it off brilliantly. His charm and humour won the crowd and got them moving quite a bit to his summery tunes. Ending their set with their most famous song, Fit But You Know It, was a good move, as it was probably the song that most of the people in the stadium knew, and gave the night a party atmosphere. As The Streets left the stage the crowd were in full expectation for the band they had come to see.

At about quarter to nine the stadium lights dimmed and dramatic music was played over the loudspeakers. All eyes were on the stage as the crowd surged forward, and suddenly a mass of lights and confetti exploded from just outside of the golden circle and it was Muse! The three of them strode down a path running through the pitch and launched into a awe-inspiring rendition of Knights of Cydonia. The crowd were jumping up and down as one as the screen behind the band and the "satellite" style strobe lights jumped into life, as Muse stormed through Hysteria, Supermassive Black Hole, Map of the Problematique and City of Delusion. The pace slowed a bit for Butterflies and Hurricanes (just the piano bit, mind) and this led into one of the high points of the night: Citizen Erased. This epic 7 minute long song had the crowd's eyes fixed on the stage, amazed at what they were seeing. Matt Bellamy then took to the piano, and the band played Hoodoo, Feeling Good and Sunburn, which Bellamy introduced as "the first track from our first album".

The high point of the night was, surprisingly for a Muse show, when they played a couple of slow songs. Matt Bellamy said of Soldier's Poem, "this is for all the un sung heroes". This was followed by Unintended, which delighted the majority of fans, as it is a rarely played song from their debut album, Showbiz. Blackout was the next song, and for the first time in the night, fan's eyes were not directed at the stage. Two balloons, from which a "Cirque du Soleil" style acrobat was suspended, seemingly floated down the sides of the golden circle. This led to the song having another dimension, the crowd were transfixed by the silver women in harnesses gracefully doing slow rotations in the air. Muse then left the stage, but returned quite soon for a four song encore which consisted of Plug In Baby, Micro Cuts, Stockholm Syndrome and Take A Bow. The opener of Black Holes and Revelations is undecided by Muse fans on whether it should be the opener or closer of the band's live shows, but as the song built up into a fantastic climax, no one really cared, because, it worked.

We left feeling glad that we didn't have to get the train back via the packed Wembley Park tube, and knowing, sadly, that we had just seen the show of our lives.



Muse played-
Knights of Cydonia
Hysteria
Supermassive Black Hole
Map of the Problematique
City Of Delusion
Butterflies And Hurricanes
Citizen Erased
Hoodoo
Feeling Good
Sunburn
Invincible
Starlight
Man of Mystery
Time Is Running Out
New Born
Soldier's Poem
Unintended
Blackout

Plug In Baby
Micro Cuts
Stockholm Syndrome
Take a Bow]]> http://www.last.fm/user/indy-kid/journal/2007/04/23/1ayca_a_year_of_last.fm Mon, 23 Apr 2007 22:16:55 +0000 http://www.last.fm/user/indy-kid/journal/2007/04/23/1ayca_a_year_of_last.fm I am obliged to write a new journal entry to celebrate this obviously monumental occasion.

Tracks played: 20,011

Primarily so that, in a year's time, I can see how shit my music taste used to be, here's my top 100:

1. The Libertines - 1,281 plays
2. Muse - 601
3. The Smiths - 481
4. Arcade Fire - 445
5. Manic Street Preachers - 376
6. Johnny Cash - 323
7. Good Shoes - 322
8. The Pipettes - 283
9. Little Man Tate - 280
10. Cat Stevens - 276
11. The Flaming Lips - 258
11. Joy Division - 258
13. Arctic Monkeys - 235
14. Klaxons - 210
15. Blur - 200
16. Forward Russia - 192
17. The Fratellis - 190
17. The Ordinary Boys - 190
19. Babyshambles - 189
20. Radiohead - 188
21. The Long Blondes - 186
22. colonopenbracket - 181
23. Bromheads Jacket - 179
24. My Chemical Romance - 177
25. Dirty Pretty Things - 174
26. Milburn - 173
27. The Streets - 170
28. The Futureheads - 168
29. The Strokes - 160
30. The Beatles - 154
31. Get Cape. Wear Cape. Fly - 152
32. The Cribs - 145
33. We Are Scientists - 138
34. Franz Ferdinand - 135
35. The Rakes - 134
35. The Pigeon Detectives - 134
37. Green Day - 129
38. Jamie T - 126
39. Interpol - 125
40. The Stone Roses - 122
41. Modest Mouse - 121
42. Less Than Jake - 120
42. Pink Floyd - 120
42. The Rolling Stones - 120
45. Motion City Soundtrack - 113
46. Oasis - 112
46. Morrissey - 112
46. Lily Allen - 112
49. Maximo Park - 110
50. The Sunshine Underground - 108
50. The Automatic - 108
50. Belle and Sebastian - 108
53. late of the pier - 107
54. Bloc Party - 106
55. Supergrass - 105
55. The Fall of Troy - 105
57. The Hours - 99
58. Blink 182 - 97
59. New Order - 94
59. The Zutons - 94
59. Enter Shikari - 94
62. The Beautiful South - 91
63. Boy Kill Boy - 85
64. Led Zeppelin - 84
65. Rise Against - 82
66. Bright Eyes - 81
66. David Bowie - 81
68. Fall Out Boy - 80
69. The Maccabees - 79
69. Graham Coxon - 79
71. Ian Dury and The Blockheads - 77
71. Nine Inch Nails - 77
73. Dead Kennedys - 76
73. The Good, The Bad and The Queen - 76
75. +44 - 75
75. Razorlight - 75
77. The White Stripes - 73
77. NOFX - 73
79. Pulp - 71
80. The Horrors - 69
81. Cansei de Ser Sexy - 66
81. Duels - 66
81. Death From Above 1979 - 66
81. The Coral - 66
81. Alkaline Trio - 66
86. Mates of State - 64
86. The Go! Team - 64
88. Hadouken! - 63
89. The Killers - 61
90. R.E.M. - 60
91. Rage Against The Machine - 59
91. The Like - 59
93. Stalin! - 57
93. Wolfmother - 57
95. Red Hot Chili Peppers - 56
95. The Jam - 56
97. Gorillaz - 55
98. Peter Gabriel - 54
98. Sufjan Stevens - 54
100. Hot Hot Heat - 53
100. Paul Weller - 53]]> http://www.last.fm/user/indy-kid/journal/2007/03/15/1ayay_the_hours-_narcissus_road Thu, 15 Mar 2007 16:48:15 +0000 http://www.last.fm/user/indy-kid/journal/2007/03/15/1ayay_the_hours-_narcissus_road If experience was everything, then The Hours would be quickly on their way to world domination. Having worked with Jarvis Cocker and Joe Strummer among others, Anthony Genn and musical partner Martin Slattery are in a better position than most “new” bands to release their debut album. As we all know, experience isn’t everything. But bloody hell do they have talent too.

Narcissus Road is an album of elegance and beauty, and at the same time one of thumping drum beats and vocals that cut into your ears like a razorblade. The songs become imprinted into your mind from the first listen, stand out tracks “Narcissus Road” and “Back When You Were Good”, to be honest, are chart material. Meanwhile the more moving tracks, such as “I Miss You” and “People Say” (both deal with the subject of Genn’s father) make this 35 year old singer and guitarist’s problems and experiences seem like your own.

The band wouldn’t be complete without Slattery’s timeless piano playing, often changing pace midway through songs, “Love You More” being a prime example of this. Narcissus Road is a fantastic debut from maybe the oldest new band in the country, and is deserving of a place in anyone who calls themself a music fan’s record collection. And lastly, if you get the chance to see them live, boy is it an experience you’ll remember.

9/10]]> http://www.last.fm/user/indy-kid/journal/2006/12/04/1ayac_my_top_10_albums_of_2006 Mon, 4 Dec 2006 16:43:52 +0000 http://www.last.fm/user/indy-kid/journal/2006/12/04/1ayac_my_top_10_albums_of_2006 It's getting to towards the end of the year so I thought I'd compile my top 10 favourite albums of 2006. I've probably left some obvious ones out of the list and half of them probably didn't come out in 2006 so feel free to tell/recommend me anything.

1.Arctic Monkeys- Whatever People Say I am, that's What I'm Not

2.Muse- Black Holes and Revelations

3.The Pipettes- We Are The Pipettes

4.The Flaming Lips- At War With The Mystics

5.¡Forward, Russia!- Give Me A Wall

6.Lily Allen- Alright Still

7.The Streets- The Hardest Way To Make an easy living.

8.Dirty Pretty Things- Waterloo To Anywhere

9.The Fratellis- Costello Music

10.Morrissey- Ringleader Of The Tormentors


And some other good ones-

Duels- The Bright Lights and What I Should Have Learned

Graham Coxon- Love Travels At Illegal Speeds

Less Than Jake- In With The Out Crowd

Razorlight- Razorlight

The Futureheads- News & Tributes


And some disappointments-

The Raconteurs- Broken Boy Soldiers

Boy Kill Boy- Civilian


And finally, some of the artists I'm looking forward to hearing new albums from in 2007-

Klaxons
The Maccabees
Good Shoes
The View

Albums from Green Day, Radiohead and Franz Ferdinand would be nice too.]]> http://www.last.fm/user/indy-kid/journal/2006/08/08/1ayab_up_the_bracket_vs._the_libertines Tue, 8 Aug 2006 19:11:56 +0000 http://www.last.fm/user/indy-kid/journal/2006/08/08/1ayab_up_the_bracket_vs._the_libertines Lots of people consider The Libertines first album "Up The Bracket" to be better than their second, the self-titled one. I however, think the 2nd is better, and find songs like Time for heroes and I Get Along not as good as some people make out. Sure, they're good, but not as good as the likes of Can't Stand Me Now and What Katie Did in my opinion. It maybe down to what album you heard first, I heard the 2nd album first and this might be why I prefer it to Up The Bracket. Can anyone who prefers Up The Bracket (and there's a few of you) please tell me why?]]> http://www.last.fm/user/indy-kid/journal/2006/08/06/1ayaa_arctic_monkeys_falling_apart%3F Sun, 6 Aug 2006 17:13:41 +0000 http://www.last.fm/user/indy-kid/journal/2006/08/06/1ayaa_arctic_monkeys_falling_apart%3F Arctic Monkeys debut album is fantastic and I think they are a very good band. However, I think the Ep/single Who the fuck are Arctic Monkeys? was nowhere near as good and neither is the new single Leave before the lights come on, added to this that the bassist has left, is the band's stint in the limelight fading? They're out of their "honeymoon period" and now only their follow up album will decide if they are a truly great band or not. I hope this isn't the case but I fear they maybe a one-album-wonder. Any thoughts?

Radiohead Muse Red Hot Chili Peppers]]>