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29 April 2008

Reading/Leeds and Glastonbury line up additions

A couple of festival line-up updates have been announced.

First up, the Reading and Leeds festivals. British Sea Power somehow have managed to nab themselves a spot on the Main Stage on the 23rd at Reading and the 24th at Leeds. Across all other stages, notable additions include Mystery Jets, The Music and Seasick Steve. The Dance Stage (hitting Leeds on Friday before heading to Reading on Sunday) is looking like one of the places to be. In addition to CSS headlining, Simian Mobile Disco, Chromeo and Lethal Bizzle (I'd like to find out how he passes off as a dance artist) are part of a pretty solid line-up.

Glastonbury
has also finally revealed their full-line up. Obviously, because of its humongous size, I won't put the whole thing on this post (you can take a look for yourself if you so wish on The Guardian's website), but instead some of my thoughts on the line up. First off, it does seem to be incredibly diverse, as Emily Eavis pointed out. The main two Saturday night headliners prove this point - you have a choice of the mainstream hip-hop of Jay-Z or the rather brilliant and atmospheric trip-hop sounds of Massive Attack. Other hidden delights include My Morning Jacket headlining The Park on Sunday night and the John Peel Stage, which is 90% full of brilliant artists.

Out of the two, I'd still make the trip to Reading/Leeds but I'm surprised at how decent Glastonbury looks.

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25 January 2008

Overdue tracks of 2007

When I did my look back of my albums of 2007, I was thinking about the possibility of adding a seperate Tracks of 2007 list. In the end I decided against it and instead just named a key track under each of my choices in the albums list.

I've now had a change of heart.

Albeit a month late, the reason why I've done is mainly because there were many other good albums of last year. So one to highlight these albums is by doing this. If you like the tracks, go and get the album.

The list, in no particular order:

Nine Inch Nails - My Violent Heart
Klaxons - It's Not Over Yet
Radiohead - All I Need
Dizzee Rascal - Sirens
The Bees - Who Cares What The Question Is?
Saul Williams - Scared Money
Arcade Fire - My Body Is A Cage
LCD Soundsystem - New York, I Love You But You're Bringing Me Down
Simian Mobile Disco - Sleep Deprivation
Arctic Monkeys - 505
Jonquil - Lily
Kaiser Chiefs - I Can Do It Without You
Kings Of Leon - Fans
Patrick Wolf - The Stars

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