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Johnny Borrell, no doubt, still believes he is the songwriter of his generation . . . even if the rest of us remain unconvinced. After all, it’s hard to trust a man whose career constantly teeters between guitar pop class and collapse. Since the last T in the Park, for example, we have only heard one new single, which just happened to be in the shape of gritty, piano-driven ballad ‘Somewhere Else’, easily one of the band’s finest efforts to date. It shot straight to number two in the UK singles charts and hinted at a more musically diverse and mature direction, while still keeping the thrilling tension and spirit of the earlier material. Yet, weeks before its release, the band seemed about to crumble as we were bombarded weekly with stories of on-tour breakdowns and gig cancellations. It seemed that, just as with the peoples’ beloved Libertines, we were going to lose yet another of the iconic, loose canon-led, East London hopefuls who had promised to save our rock’n’roll. But the foursome bravely battled on and now seem stronger than ever, recently - ’ Into one . joining in the charity rock circus that is Live8 and promising to ‘expand the '7 automated mus“: blueprint’ for their second album, which they will be writing and recording over ' u _, the summer and hope to have out some time next year. Whether it is the great In the past we have " modern masterpiece that Borrell has promised remains to be seen, of course, from some “the be“ I- H and if he wants to better top three debut Up All Night, they’ll certainly have a homegmwn tam Who tough job on their hands, even if the hyperbole-happy frontman’s penchant for the Park in over a ' .
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World-renowned duo Stuart McMillan and Orde Meikle have been at the beating heart of the Glasgow underground club scene for years. And as well as earning their stripes as top notch record spinners, the Slam chaps are also responsible for being part of the crew who set up the pioneering record label Soma as well as recording their own tracks and collaborating on others. But to T in the Park revellers they have been providing beat-driven, banging tracks for the up-for-it masses for years now and what better way to celebrate their contribution to dance music than to see the DJ duo in the tent that has made them a household name among festival-going club kids? Either way, this pair know better than
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Latest LP In Your Honour may show a more introspective side to these US rockers, but for every tranquil Norah Jones element there’s a Josh Homme contribution — proof then, that the Foo Fighters haven’t lost any of the upbeat, sunny scream-along appeal or sense of humour which makes them such a thrilling and downright rock’n’roll- fun live proposition. If anything, this new foray into acoustic territory, when combined with past metal side-project Probot and several high profile guest spots just goes to show how much of a talent the Foos have in Dave Grohl. To think the rather goofy—looking drummer of one of the 903’ most influential bands could have stepped out of Kurt Cobain’s shadow and come this far is frankly astounding. So go worship him like you should.
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