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Review: Control

Posted by: minifigpootles on: 28 April, 2008

I guess that Anton Corbijn’s control was never likely to be the cheeriest of films. Charting the brief rise and fall of Joy Division, and concentrating on the demise of their lead singer, Ian Curtis through suicide at 23 I guess that casting Adam Sandler and making it into a slapstick comedy probably wouldn’t have [...]

Review: Portishead @ Brixton Academy

Posted by: minifigpootles on: 18 April, 2008

Back in what I guess would have been 1995, I watched, on TV, a live performance of the band at Glastonbury, and ever since then I’ve always wanted to see them in person. Fate, however, was not on my side. First geography was my enemy as they rarely performed outside of the capital or Bristol [...]

Beirut Videos

Posted by: minifigpootles on: 27 March, 2008

Beirut are one of the best bands around. Fact. Zach Condon, who is bile-inducingly young, has the best voice in modern music. Fact. And, to add wonderful insult to beautiful injury they go and make the best videos too. If I was a professional musician I would shoot myself now.
Luckily for everyone, though, I’m not, [...]


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