Tangerine Dream

Got to disagree with most people here on this release I'm afraid. In my opinion a really dull and inspid selection of songs performed in the blandest possible fashion. The only tracks that stand out are the Model for being laughably bad and the first one and that's only 'cos I've never heard it befo...

Best show for me.... TD at The Royal Albert Hall. ...so no surprises there. Very special night. Going to be with me for many long years. OOOOPS! How did I miss that one off the list? How embarrassing! Would be No 3 for me I guess after the National who have just blown me away this year and Depeche ...

My top 10 gigs of 2010:- The National - Warwick Arts Centre Depeche Mode - O2 London Crystal Castles - Roundhouse OMD - Symphony Hall B'ham Delphic - O2 Acedemy B'ham Moseley Folk Festival (Donovan/ Low Anthem) Heaven 17 - HMV Institute B'ham Scissor Sisters/ Hurts - LG Arena B'ham Local Natives - O...

Here are mine:-

High Violet - the National
Acolyte - Delphic
The Endless Season - TD
Barking - Underworld
In Praise of More - Engineers
Odd Blood - Yeasayer
History of Modern - OMD
Total Life Forever - Foals
Second - Crystal Castles
Falcon- The Courteeners

Although not TD, You may be interested to know that Harmonia's "Watussi" (from Musik Von Harmonia) was briefly played tonight on the Top Gear Christmas Special (about 30 min in) http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b00x31wf/Top_Gear_Specials_2010_Middle_East_Special/ I wouldn't swear to i...

Darklands - Jesus and Mary Chain

I heard White Egle before start the "music for the masses" (Depeche Mode) concert. Daniel Miller and Alan Wilder are big TD fans - Alan took a huge sample of Rubycon for one of the tracks (the best one) on his last Recoil album. TD get name checked a few times in the DM biography "St...

was watching Supernanny US on Discovery this morning, I know, I'm not proud (although there is something about Jo Jo) when who did I see wrote the music? Yes, you guessed it - CF! Oh dear, are there no depths he won't plunge for the mighty dollar?

Also playing Supersonic Festival in Brum in October:-

http://www.capsule.org.uk/supersonic/

I'm going to see Paul McCartney at the Millenium Stadium on Saturday supported by the Manic Street Preachers and thanks to the US of A sneaking a last minute winner won't miss England's next game either - what joy!

Fantastic show on Thursday, probably my favourite performance since the 86 tour. The guitar, sax and percussion (which I'm not normally too keen on) were kept at just the right level to complement rather than dominate the tracks. The balance of old and new was just right and what a selection of clas...

Recently bought Nonsense in the Dark by Filthy Dukes, was going to describe it but I thought I'd just quote them from their myspace page - "Our album, like most personal art forms is a result of our influences, these range from Tangerine Dream to cold Chip, Can to SMD, Roxy Music to Soulwax, Hi...

Royksopp are brilliant live, seen them a couple of times and Alpha Male is the one that really lifts the roof off - you're in for a treat!

- Rubycon 2010 (6:32) / Pretty good but not as memorable as the original track. Here, it is just the most famous part, with modern sounds added (but not too much). - Zulu (8:29) / Not bad, but I think it's too long to stay really interesting... - Order of the ginger guild 2010 (4:00) / Dynamic, wit...

Downloaded this last week and listened to it pretty much solidly since. It's obvious this is really a Jerome project with a token Edgar track (perhaps a leftover from Chandra?) tacked on at the end and your view of the album will be dependent on how you feel about that. Personally I can take or leav...