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• NEWS ROUND-UP: Django Django, Morrissey, Elbow, Damon Albarn, Outkast, Embrace,...

  

  Django Django in 'lockdown' as work on second album beginsMorrissey to release new album in 2014Queen tease new track featuring Freddie Mercury vocalsElbow... Read more

  Posted on 17 January 2014 ENTERTAINMENT, MUSIC

• Track Of The Day: Breton - 'Envy'

  

  Following on from their 2012 debut 'Other People's Problems', the multimedia art/music collective Breton have issued a groovy new single, taken from their... Read more

  Posted on 16 January 2014 ENTERTAINMENT, MUSIC

• REWIND: Mansun - 'I Can Only Disappoint You'

  

  People often forget that Mansun's excellent debut 'Attack Of The Grey Lantern' was a number one album. A run of fantastic hit songs followed, along with some... Read more

  Posted on 16 January 2014 ENTERTAINMENT, MUSIC

• Track Of the Day: East India Youth - 'Dripping Down'

  

  A lot of longterm RW/FF readers will remember the wonderful Doyle And The Fourfathers, who were featured here a lot when this blog was known as 'Mr Scott:Music'. Read more

  Posted on 15 January 2014 ENTERTAINMENT, MUSIC

• REWIND: Alabama 3 - 'Woke Up This Morning'

  

  Another in the '1 To Z' series... I think I first heard of Alabama 3 when they supported Primal Scream on a tour in the late 90's. Read more

  Posted on 15 January 2014 ENTERTAINMENT, MUSIC

• Track Of The Day: Jimi Goodwin - 'Oh! Whiskey'

  

  Although some claimed it was a bad time for music, I really enjoyed the post-Britpop years of the late 90's. One if the finest bands to emerge from those times... Read more

  Posted on 14 January 2014 ENTERTAINMENT, MUSIC

• REWIND: Alabama Shakes - 'Hang Loose'

  

  By now many of you will be familiar with my '1 To Z' feature. I'm gradually building up an epic series of songs from every single band and artist in my... Read more

  Posted on 14 January 2014 ENTERTAINMENT, MUSIC

• RW/FF With Ben P Scott #40

  

  The first RW/FF column of 2014 features Sparks live, links to my 2014 preview plus new music from Pixies, Stephen Malkmus And The Jicks, The Bohicas and Courtne... Read more

  Posted on 10 January 2014 ENTERTAINMENT, MUSIC

• REWIND: Musical Memories from 1995 Part 2

  

  (continued from HERE)The summer of 1995 was something I still daydream about to this very day. A summer soundtracked by classic songs that were not only hit... Read more

  Posted on 10 January 2014 ENTERTAINMENT, MUSIC

• REWIND: Musical Memories from 1995 Part 1

  

  (continued from HERE)As 1994 turned into 1995, something exciting was coming to life within the music world as Blur, Oasis and lots of others were beginning to... Read more

  Posted on 10 January 2014 ENTERTAINMENT, MUSIC

• Track Of The Day: Courtney Barnett - 'History Eraser'

  

  A track that I heard weeks ago on BBC 6Music's brilliant weekend early morning show presented by Mary Anne Hobbs, and a song that has gathered enough... Read more

  Posted on 09 January 2014 ENTERTAINMENT, MUSIC

• REWIND: Black Rebel Motorcycle Club - 'Love Burns'

  

  When the NME and the British music press began hailing the arrival of 'the new rock n roll revolution' in 2001, it was The Strokes who received most of the hype. Read more

  Posted on 09 January 2014 ENTERTAINMENT, MUSIC

• REWIND: David Bowie - 'Moonage Daydream'

  

  Today is the 67th birthday of my hero David Bowie. It was exactly a year ago that Bowie broke his near-decade long silence to reveal the news that he was... Read more

  Posted on 08 January 2014 ENTERTAINMENT, MUSIC

• GIG REVIEW: Sparks - Bristol Academy, 27/11/2013

  

  On a cold November night, the Academy in Bristol plays host to one of the most innovative duos this world has ever seen. Russell and Ron take to the stage in... Read more

  Posted on 08 January 2014 ENTERTAINMENT, MUSIC

• 2014: the Year in Music Ahead - Part 2

  

  So here is the second part of RW/FF's 2014 preview. As I said in part one HERE, in the mainstream, the current rate of exposure for talentless corporate acts... Read more

  Posted on 07 January 2014 ENTERTAINMENT, MUSIC

• Track Of The Day: The Bohicas - 'XXX/Swarm'

  

  In terms of new bands to look out for this year, it's The Bohicas that are getting me rather excited. Banging out dark, adrenaline charged rock n roll is... Read more

  Posted on 07 January 2014 ENTERTAINMENT, MUSIC

• REWIND: The Everly Brothers - 'Bye Bye Love'

  

  Another track that was one of my Dad's favourites. I remember him singing to this in the car, even when the song wasn't playing... Read more

  Posted on 04 January 2014 ENTERTAINMENT, MUSIC

• Track Of The Day: Pixies - 'Blue Eyed Hexe'

  

  So the very first Track Of The Day of 2013. Not strictly true in some ways, since I featured some tracks due for a 2014 release at the tail end of last year, bu... Read more

  Posted on 03 January 2014 ENTERTAINMENT, MUSIC

• 2014: the Year in Music Ahead - Part 1

  

  So that was 2013, and if you were tuned into the musical offerings delivered by this humble website, then you will be aware that it was a year that produced a... Read more

  Posted on 03 January 2014 ENTERTAINMENT, MUSIC

• REWIND: LL Cool J - 'Mama Said Knock You Out'

  

  What a tune. From the days when hip hop was great, creative and had something to say. It's almost inevitable that when any genre becomes cool, the major labels... Read more

  Posted on 02 January 2014 ENTERTAINMENT, MUSIC