Why the moshpit is no place for the bespectacled
I went to Death From Above 1979 at the Academy on Friday night. The band kicked off their European tour with this Dublin date, and the gig did not disappoint. Granted, some of the songs were a bit rough around the edges, especially from their second album The Physical World. In fact, the monstrous Trainwreck 1979 was indeed a bit of a trainwreck. Thankfully the songs from their debut, You’re a Woman I’m a Machine, more than made up for this. In particular, the performance of
"When I look back I think what a pair of jackasses we were"
My colleague Claire Beck very thoughtfully got me Lost In The Dream on vinyl for my birthday a couple of months back. I’ve made my feelings clear about how much I love that record. I’m not neurotic about protecting vinyl but this is a real beauty. It’s a gatefold LP with two discs and it’s produced to an extremely high standard. Let me put it this way: it’s the kind of vinyl that you could very easily get over-protective about. So naturally enough when my eight year old son d
