Back from Morocco (which was ace btw) and back to putting stuff online. Current favourite song Broken Wing by Leeds based Grammatics appears to be lacking any lyrics on the interweb. I’m pretty sure I can fix that:

Every mistake that you watched me make
I made again.
Sat up wide awake, a coma sounds great
and sit me down.
And if you are unhappy well
you know the worst isn’t here.
You’ll fall into another’s arms
before I reappear here.

Out in the sticks the sun called in sick
for weeks on end.
And there’s passport controls and oceans of road between us now.
Through countryside to the industry
the routine it’s full swing.
I’m taking to the stage tonight
with a broken wing.

Things that I lose are final with me
once I know they’re gone.
Oh, that can’t be you
’cause what we’ve been through
is valuable.

I’m a broken wing
broken wing
broken wing

I’m a broken wing
broken
broken wing

Clear my lungs,
set my breathing right.
The valiant, the blood sport, the bias, the difference.
The codec for love at first sight
kills the money, worries,
sets the bias, the difference.

Clear my lungs,
set my breathing right.
The valiant, the blood sport, the bias, the difference.
The codec for love at first sight
kills the money, worries
sets the bias, the difference.

It’s all that is seen
all that is seen
Broken wing.

Grammatics really are something quite special, the entire album is a wonderfully melancholic piece of beauty. Buy, listen, enjoy, share.

Seattle based Natalie Portman’s Shaved Head are one of my current favs. Blending just the right amount of insanity and cool to produce an album “Glistening Pleasure” that is just so much fun to listen to.

Holding Hands In The Shower

L.A. Noir

It would seem that muxtape.com has finally succumbed to the might of the RIAA. Shame that, I kinda liked it’s simple, no frills approach.

Oh well, time to find the next interesting thing (or just use last.fm playlists).

We got our answerphones on, What are you worried about?
I think I liked you more when you were worse.

How hanging out of the 15th storey window has never felt so relaxing.
Bring out the real fun. Turn on the real drums.

July has been filled with so many things. Gigs, Partying, Geekery. At some point I’ll get it all down here (well maybe not all) but until then just make do with this month’s Muxtape which pretty much describes my July in chronological order.

“That was the one.”

Caught Black Kids doing an instore at HMV today totally by accident while trying to get some of this week’s vinyl quota. Pretty good band if you can get past all the hype they’ve been getting, which will probably destroy them. A short set of course but it was most enjoyable despite it interfering with my retail therapy which included a lovely 12″ of insanely good We Are Scientists electro remixes, a Dead Kennedys 7″ and Blank & Jones/Bernard Sumner 7″ (more on these guys in another post i think)

Currently enjoying Frankmusik very much at the moment, cheesy 80’s style electro but I love it. Have a tune :

Frankmusik – Made Her Smile

I know a girl that dressed like you,
She drank too much, Like you do
It made her smile, For a while
But it made her smile, For a while

This book is interesting me a great deal at the moment. That and I’m also re-reading Michael_Azerrad’s excellent “Our Band Could Be Your Life: Scenes from the American Indie Underground, 1981-1991“.

also

So I managed to turn up to Johnny Foreigner and Dananananaykroyd last night at The Proud Galleries, Camden (unlike Monday and The Weakerthans, oops). We got there a bit late and missed Tubelord, who were very good so I’m told. Awesome gig, plenty of energy from both bands and some cracking music. Good stuff. Shame the crowd was a little on the static side. But never mind I had a great old time dancing like an idiot and buying some lovely merch.

My Eee-PC 900 turned up yesterday as well, I’ve been trying it out at work this morning and i’m very impressed. I think i’ll give it a full review at the weekend. It’s so dinky and cute… ahh.

Here’s a very cool video for you to enjoy (it really kicks in around the one minute mark).