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Isabel Hitchings

Fri, 15 Mar 2013 14:15:51 +1300

Ironically the one reference point I can hear time and time again on this record is the first Decca album from 1967, both vocally and in the songs. He seems to have come full circle, and if this is it as it might be, it's a cool way to go…

George Darroch

Mon, 04 Mar 2013 14:47:35 +1300

I think he’s now at the same stage as, say, Neil Young or Leonard Cohen. A formidable reputation based on a long run of classics in his first 10 years or so, but now well into being patchy, quality-wise. There’ll be a good album or two, then a clunker.

Nothing…

Russell Brown

Mon, 04 Mar 2013 12:41:54 +1300

*cough* Pretty Lights *cough* ; )

Heh. But to be fair, he predates and transcends the whole E.D.M. thing

…which I enjoyed as much as you I think, and the extended “filthy break” in the middle of act two was I reckon just a thoughtful gesture for us old timers…

davesparks

Mon, 04 Mar 2013 10:22:40 +1300

Well, if they just keep their stadium E.D.M. out of my club, that’s fine …

*cough* Pretty Lights *cough* ; ) ...which I enjoyed as much as you I think, and the extended "filthy break" in the middle of act two was I reckon just a thoughtful gesture for us…

Caleb D'Anvers

Mon, 04 Mar 2013 03:17:35 +1300

In terms of the week's music, Esben and the Witch and Thoughtforms at Scala on Tuesday night were pretty hard to beat. Ears are still ringing. Four Tet on Thursday was OK as well ...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tLB1x4cmxuw

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g5fJp1Qa1hM

Simon Grigg

Sun, 03 Mar 2013 21:44:28 +1300

Going out on a limb here, but I'd say that Bowie has always been more about the songs than anything else...
I'd say it's both but the theatre has always been underpinned by extraordinary songwriting and song construction – or at least it was until about 1981 – with a…

JamesPL

Sun, 03 Mar 2013 07:42:47 +1300

Bowie has always been about theatre more than anything else
Going out on a limb here, but I'd say that Bowie has always been more about the songs than anything else...

Grant McDougall

Sat, 02 Mar 2013 12:23:54 +1300

I think the new Cave album is poor myself and I saw that as someone for whom they're my all-time favourite band.
The actual songs are ok at best. There just seems to be little focus and effort put in to them. they meander along and really fail to grip…

Shaun Lott

Sat, 02 Mar 2013 12:00:07 +1300

A thing that had struck me as remarkable was the completeness of Bowie's silence. The man had made a record every two years, pretty much constantly from 1967 to 2003... then a decade of silence. Given his mulling of mortality on Reality, and his brush with it on tour, I…

Isabel Hitchings

Sat, 02 Mar 2013 10:11:39 +1300

Oh it’s all thoroughly planned and staged and very, very canny. I am well aware that my emotions and perceptions are being manipulated by a master and I’m entirely good with that.

Isaac Freeman

Sat, 02 Mar 2013 07:23:24 +1300

That the song was evocative and contemplative seemed to indicate that he was not merely after the nostalgia dollar.

Unless there's money in the sensation of nostalgia itself, in which case he's made a very canny move.

Kumara Republic

Sat, 02 Mar 2013 02:51:07 +1300

Look at the Stones — they released their last moderately interesting album before I hit puberty, and I'll be damned if I know why they even bother touring anymore when they could just slap a greatest hit CD on the PA and fuck off back to the hotel. Who'd notice?…

Craig Ranapia

Fri, 01 Mar 2013 21:17:46 +1300

When you've been doing anything for forty-five years, odds are there's going to be a fair amount of not-that-great stuff on the c.v. but the one thing I've got to respect Bowie for (even if I don't like the results that much) is that he's got nothing to prove to…

Russell Brown

Fri, 01 Mar 2013 15:54:38 +1300

New Bowie now streaming on iTunes…

Here, to be precise.

Mark Cubey

Fri, 01 Mar 2013 15:41:31 +1300

I like this track-by-track take of The Next Day, from The Quietus.

Geoff Lealand

Fri, 01 Mar 2013 15:26:43 +1300

Because David B is one day older than me, I have been treading on his heels all my life. Where Are We Now? is great but could be longer,

Another remarkable return is Nick Cave's new album, which is currently top-seller in NZ,

Simon Bennett

Fri, 01 Mar 2013 14:42:56 +1300

New Bowie now streaming on iTunes...

Isabel Hitchings

Fri, 01 Mar 2013 13:46:36 +1300

Bowie has always been about theatre more than anything else and the way he's stage managed his reemergence is, possibly, his best effort yet. As a long time fan (and one who actually liked a lot of his 90s and 00s work) having the first single arrive so unexpectedly felt…

Richard Stewart

Fri, 01 Mar 2013 13:41:06 +1300

mmmm Tricky. Yummy.

Sean Webb

Fri, 01 Mar 2013 13:13:02 +1300

The Basement Tapes! Mean!

Lilith __

Fri, 01 Mar 2013 12:58:56 +1300

Also, Tricky! Thanks for the heads-up. :-)

Lilith __

Fri, 01 Mar 2013 12:56:51 +1300

Back in the day, I was as big a Bowie nut as your hair-man, Russell. But I was progressively alienated by Tin Machine , THAT interview with Susan Wood , the meh Black Tie White Noise and then the execrable Heathen . Since his best work seemed to be behind…

Alan Perrott

Fri, 01 Mar 2013 12:01:46 +1300

not connected to anything, but I wanted to share a clip – Real Groovy has priced down a lot of their old vinyl stock, so I picked this up for cheap.

anyway, the more I hear it, the more have to keep playing it...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XYHyrwlLsqE

apparently David Holmes has used…

Sacha

Fri, 01 Mar 2013 11:55:47 +1300

Sorry, I don't don't have a separate clip
We really need to work on that..

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Fri, 01 Mar 2013 11:55:47 +1300

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