Designed for casual listeners often only familiar with their singles, Midlife contains many of the hits whilst revealing what loyal fans will already know; Blur have many songs far removed from their radio-friendly formular.
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Graham Coxon – The Spinning Top
Seeming to be at peace with his former bandmates and life in general, Coxon delivers an eccentric album that manages to be loose and coherent in equal measures. Simon Rueben reviews.
Graham Coxon – The Soul Tree, Cambridge, 12/05/09
Graham Coxon plays an intimate live show in support of his newly released album The Spinning Top. It’s just a shame some of the crowd are here to see the Blur man, as his new material really goes shine in a live setting. Rich Hughes reviews.
A Word To The Wise Guy #2
Stay in a class of your own, ignore the imitators and you can do what the fuck you like. Get paid handsomely and be cooler, fiercer, more beautiful, and more enormous than ever. The gospel of reforming according to David Laurie.
Are you too old for Glastonbury?
Apparently Ash Akhtar is. After returning from Glastonbury last year, tired, stinking and looking rather like he’d just been shat out of a cow; Michael ‘ye olde King of Glastonbury’ Eavis started whining that too many older people were changing the ‘feel’ of the festival…
TLOBF Interview :: Kieron Gillen of Phonogram
“If I was decapitated by a precariously balanced piece of vinyl after I’d finished it, I’d be fine with it being my sole testament to the world.” Simon Tyers talks to Kieron Gillen about his cult comic creation Phonogram.
Blur confirm London show for 2009
Blur have confirmed a reunion date at London’s Hyde Park for next year…
