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Selection of articles written between 2005 and today.
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Nine Inch Nails, new album free
It’s probably news to no one but me at this point, but the Nine Inch Nails have followed in the footsteps of Radiohead and Saul Williams, in offering their latest release ‘Ghosts‘ for free download. When you hit the order page of their site, your options include a free download, a very reasonable $5 dollar… Read more
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Pitchfork to launch online TV Channel
Yesterday, Pitchfork, the leading online independent music outlet announced it’s intention to launch Pitchfork TV, a 24 hour online music independent music channel. We’ve had high hopes in the past with the launch of MTV2, and even homegrown shows like ‘No Disco’, but Pitchfork are one outlet that look like they have the passion, accesses,… Read more
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Once Sweded Twice Shy
Lunatic French savant director Michel Gondry is about to release his latest film ‘Be Kind Rewind‘, starring Jack Black and Mos Def. The film’s premise is that a pair of foolish but creative video store employees manage to accidentally erase their entire stock of tapes, and are forced to re-enact or ‘swede’ them; in the… Read more
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Every which way but lose
Well we came home empty handed from this years Irish Blog Awards. Analogue had been shortlisted for best group blog, and ultimately lost out to the girls from Beaut.ie. It was great for such a new blog to get so far in any case, and to be honest, we didn’t deserve a win based on… Read more
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These kids will listen to anything
This is kind of old, but so god damn awful it bares repeating. If you’ve ever wondered why the record industry hasn’t tapped into dissonant outsider punk and folk, excreting thin attractive Daniel and Calvin Johnston clones to mime angst free pop noize, you haven’t been looking hard enough. The prosecution presents item 1. ‘Black… Read more
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Prozac
When did you become a lie? When did we stop being friends? When did you start killing? We’re looking round for someone to blame for not stopping you sooner, and to be honest there’s too much money being made to see an effective halt anytime soon. Was it the men in white coats, white faced… Read more
