Posts Tagged ‘[ratings]’

The Kinks – Village Green Preservation Society

Some months ago I wrote on this very website about those albums you buy, that you listen to once or twice

through, don’t really get, and then discard telling everyone who’ll listen that they are terrible. Later though, you are forced to eat your words over a massive six course banquet that you can barely consume, [...]

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Christmas Number 1s

Now that the dust has settled on another Christmas, enough time has elapsed for us to discuss the accusation made by many, that the X-Factor has ruined or in some way devalued the haloed battle for the United Kingdoms Christmas number 1. 
The argument runs thus, that by having the Television show reach its end in [...]

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TV On The Radio

TV on the Radio’s previous output was perhaps easier to admire than to like or love. With genre labels like experimental rock, post rock or even art rock thrown at them, they were unlikely ever to find a mainstream audience with their at times almost aloof sound.
While hardly making a leap for the Kaiser Chief, David Siteks Brooklyn based [...]

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Kings Of Leon – Only By The Night

Is it worth criticising Kings of Leon?
Certainly not within the walls of a Mojo. In my nine year stay/sentence I’ve never seen a collection of records unite both worker and drinker quite like the quartet produced by the followhills.
With no real hit singles to speak of their unerring rise from poor cousin southern Strokes to [...]

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