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The Brother Man Dude or former Moonies man Tom Smith sent me a link to myspace for his new band Old Order. Am truely loving the sound (yeah, it has a Moonie feel) and Tom sounds in full flight.

www.myspace.com/oldorder

Liam Lynch… I love this song. I didn’t realise it was the shortest song to be in the top 10 in Australia and the UK…. YEAh, WhatEVa!

This guy is legend. Designed ficticiuos record covers, hundreds of them, went AWOL to avoid the draft and becomes a collectable recording artist without actually recording anything. Brilliant! Reminded me of my childhood dreaming of being in a band. Read the full story on the Guardian.

In the spirit of the Grey Album comes cracked pepper. Only had one listen but it’s got some brilliant mashes from Englands glorious rock history propping up the Beatles. For a full listing of elements used check this.

Cheers to Ben (Luther) for the heads up.

My good buddy Nat bought me a ticket to see Shellac last week at Koko in Camden. We went and saw them last about three years ago (was it that long ago Nat… can’t be?) at Scala and managed to get up the front right in front of Todd Trainer where Nat could drool and have an ear ringing for the next few days from his kick drum. Tonight was no different.

Shellac are always entertaining, sound pristine and solid. Ever reliable. Old songs were played slower which twarted the small but somewhat annoying mosh pit that assembled. Choice tracks of the night were “Squirrel Song”, “Prayer to God” and a new one from the imminent album… the main lyricical hook went something like, “This is the World Service, are you receiving me?”. Simmering!