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Alanis Morissette JAGGED LITTLE PILL 10 YEAR COMMEMORATIVE ACOUSTIC EDITION. Maverick When I received this particular CD I immediately thought, ‘Oh No!’ Why would anyone try to replicate an album that sold millions ten years ago? And especially since several of the songs from JAGGED LITTLE PILL have been previously released in unplugged versions. It seems I was not alone amongst reviewers in thinking this was a brash, young marketing exec’s stupid idea. Well, after listening to the album several times I’ve decided I was wrong to jump to such critical assertions. Read more
Nancy Wilson Sings Songs Of Lost Love and Great Blues Ballads Nancy Wilson GUESS WHO I SAW TODAY - WILSON SINGS SONGS OF LOST LOVE. Capitol Read more
Co-Exist SURGICAL REMOVAL OF TEETH… Undergroove SURGICAL REMOVAL OF TEETH, TOENAILS AND THE DRILLING OF THE KNEECAPS Read more
V Festival Weston Park. 20-21 August 2005
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Sonic Youth GOO - DELUXE EDITION. Geffen A few years ago I covered the Witnness music festival in Dublin. As I trekked through churned mud to the next performance Glen Hansard of top Irish band the Frames flew past me. Trying to grab an opportunity to poke a few questions at him, I shouted if he could pause for a minute. He replied, “sorry mate, Sonic Youth is about to perform. Gotta see ‘em.” Taking his lead, I hastily changed direction and followed in his muddy wake to catch my first Sonic Youth live performance. I was pretty well blown away by a band that performed in near-darkness to a capacity Irish audience. When I returned to the UK I immediately started to fill this gaping void in my music collection with GOO being my first (and ultimately most prized) acquisition. Read more
Stephen Fretwell MAGPIE. Polydor It must be over two years ago when I caught a Fretwell live performance in Liverpool or Manchester. He was second support to I can’t remember who, but I liked the performance, and remember having to hurriedly extricate my camera from a zipped bag to take a few pictures. He then disappeared as mysteriously as he had arrived, and has now reappeared with a large label contract and a pretty fair new album. Read more
Jazz The Best Of The Best: New Blue Note Releases It’s been a strange year for rock releases. There have been some exceptional albums but I cannot remember a year when the vast majority have been so poor. And a year when even Coldplay couldn’t light my fire. It’s at times like these that I look to modern jazz for inspiration, along with some serious table-thumping and carpet-tapping. And right now I’m surrounded by the contents of one treasure chest of a padded postal packet. Read more
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