My favourite tune of the moment…
M.I.A. ‘Paper Planes.’
…making major inroads in the U.S. too.
Surely her time is now…loving that Clash sample as well…
17 SECONDS
…A MEASURE OF LIFE
ABOUT ME
ED
The rantings and ravings of a thirty-something music fan, from Edinburgh, Scotland. I've been writing this blog since July 2006. I also write for Is This Music?. I've had my own show on Fresh Air radio, DJed in Edinburgh and Glasgow, and in 2008 set up 17 Seconds Records.17 seconds records
Find all about it here or over at our myspace pageWant to get in touch?
The best way is by this blog's own email address: seventeensecondsblog@hotmail.co.uk I'm always up for featuring bands or artists on here, so get in touch. And if you represent one of the artists involved and would like me to remove the track, that's fine too (you will just lose some free publicity, as well as looking like Goliath picking on David). The mp3s posted here are for a short time only, a maximum of two weeks and are intended for people to evaluate the music, and not as a replacement for buying music. If you like what you hear, support the artists involved by buying the music, and going to shows, buying T-shirts etc. Please note: I receive a lot of emails every day encouraging me to check out new bands, but it does take a while to get through them all. Please do not send follow-up emails, it makes an already difficult job impossible.Some music I love – and think you should check out too
- !!!
- ...And You Will Know Us By The Trail Of Dead
- Aberfeldy
- All About Eve
- Arab Strap
- Arcade Fire
- Aretha Franklin
- Ash
- Babyshambles
- Ballboy
- Be Your Own Pet
- Beach Boys
- Bjork
- Black Rebel Motorcycle Club
- Bloc Party
- Blondie
- Blur
- Boards Of Canada
- Bonnie 'Prince' Billy
- Camera Obscura
- Charlatans
- Chemical Brothers
- Chicks On Speed
- Clearlake
- Cobra Killer
- Cocteau Twins
- CSS
- David Bowie
- DJ Shadow
- Doves
- Duke Spirit
- Echo and the Bunnymen
- Editors
- Edwyn Collins
- Elbow
- Elvis Costello
- Emma Pollock
- Escape Act
- Everything But The Girl
- Fear Of Music
- Future Pilot AKA
- Gorillaz
- Graham Coxon
- Hives
- Hot Hot Heat
- Idlewild
- Interpol
- Isaac Hayes
- Isobel Campbell
- James Dean Bradfield
- Josef K
- Julian Cope
- Jurassic 5
- Kate Bush
- Kelis
- Kraftwerk
- Lambchop
- LCD Soundsystem
- Long Blondes
- Love
- Love Is All
- Low
- Luke Haines
- Madonna
- Magic Numbers
- Manic Street Preachers
- Massive Attack
- Maximo Park
- Mercury Rev
- Milburn
- Missy Elliott
- Mogwai
- Morrissey
- Mull Historical Society
- Mumm-ra
- Muse
- My Chemical Romance
- My Latest Novel
- Mylo
- Mystery Jets
- New Model Army
- Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds
- Peter Bjorn and John
- Postal Service
- Preston School Of Industry
- Primal Scream
- Public Enemy
- Radio 4
- Razorlight
- REM
- Richard Thompson
- Roddy Frame
- Scritti Politti
- Shitdisco
- Sigur Ros
- Silicone Soul
- Siouxsie
- Sleater Kinney
- Sleepy Jackson
- Snow Patrol
- Sonic Youth
- Spinto Band
- Spiritualized
- Super Furry Animals
- Tanya Donelly
- Teenage Fanclub
- The Boyfriends
- The Charlatans
- The Concretes
- The Cooper Temple Clause
- The Coral
- The Cramps
- The Cure
- The Dead 60s
- The Dears
- The Delays
- The Delgados
- The Fall
- The Fratellis
- The Futureheads
- The Good The Bad And The Queen
- The Kills
- The Libertines
- The Pipettes
- The Rakes
- The Rapture
- The Shins
- The Slits
- The Stills
- The Streets
- The Strokes
- The View
- The Waterboys
- Throwing Muses
- U2
- Vinny Peculiar
- We Are Scientists
- Wedding Present
- White Stripes
- X Lion Tamer
- Yeah Yeah Yeahs
- Yo La Tengo
some links I think you should check out
- 20 Jazz Funk Greats
- An Aquarium Drunkard
- An Idiot's Guide To Dreaming
- Analog Giant
- Another form of relief
- Armagideon Time
- Avenues and Alleyways Blog Scary Monsters
- Bushwick Is Beautiful
- Bynar's Indie Disco Can You See the Sunset
- Coast Is Clear
- Condemned To Rock 'n' Roll
- Deaf Indie Elephants
- Digestible Trax
- Echoed Myron
- Everybody Cares, Everybody Understands
- Fabulist!
- Fades In Slowly
- Fire Escape Talking
- Fits and Starts
- Fluokids
- Geez Back Ma Heid
- Getanzte Lebenszeit
- Gimme Tinnitus
- Girls Sold Out
- Give Me Back My Black Tweed Shirt
- Hate something beautiful
- Have You Heard
- Headphone Sex
- Here Comes The Flood
- Highway Five
- Hits in the car
- I am fuel, you are friends
- I Correct Myself, I Mean All The Time
- I guess I'm Floating
- I Rock Cleveland
- I'm So Sorry For This
- Indie Don't dance
- Indie for dummies
- Indie girl and pop boy
- Indie Laundry
- indie-mp3-keeping C86 alive!
- Just for a day
- Jocknroll
- Kissatlanta
- Kwaya Na kisser
- Let's kiss and make up
- Like flies on sherbert
- Local Vertical
- Lonesome Music
- Lost bands of the new wave era
- Lost in the 80s
- Lost In Your Inbox
- Manic Pop Thrills
- Mars needs guitars
- Mine For Life
- Mocking Music
- Moistworks
- Mooka Motel
- More Than Milk
- mp3 hugger
- Music for kids who can't read good
- Music Is Art
- Music Like dirt
- Mute and Tender
- My Old Kentucky Blog
- New Wave Tunes
- Obscure Sound
- Ooh! So Famous
- Open Your Eyes
- Osteado
- Paddy K
- Panda Toes
- Pogo A Go-Go
- Pop 'N' Cherries
- Pop Cultureddd
- Post Punk Progressive Pop Party
- Postpunk Junk
- Pretending Life Is Like A Song
- Rare Indie
- rbally
- Recidivism
- Red Threat
- Roaring machine
- Said the gramophone
- Scottish Fiction
- Sell Your Landspeeder
- Shallow Rewards
- Silence is a rhythm too
- Skatterbrain
- Slave To The Details
- So Much Silence
- Some Velvet Blog
- Somewhere between heaven and hell
- Song, by Toad
- Songs: Illinois
- Sounds from my garage
- Southcoasting
- Spoilt Victorian Child
- Star Maker Machine
- Stereogum
- Stop Loving Everything
- Swedes Please
- Sweeping the nation
- Teenage Kicks
- The Art Of Noise
- The Best Songs Will Never Get Sung...
- The BM Rant
- The Daily Growl
- The Devil Has the Best Tuna
- The Devil-Tips
- The DIY Rockstar
- The Face Of Today
- The Ghost Of Electricity
- The Last Pop Song
- The Merry Muses Of Caledonia
- The Number One Songs In Heaven
- The Pop Cop
- The Scattermish Bloooog
- The smudge of ashen fluff
- The Sound Of Indie
- The Tartan Podcast
- The Torture Garden
- The Vinyl District
- The Vinyl Villain
- Von Pip Musical Express
- The White Noise Revisited
- The World Won't Listen
- Timedoor
- To die by your side
- Too Much Apple Pie
- Tower Of Song
- TUNING
- Turquoise Days
- Untouched By Work Or Duty
- Veritas Lux Mea
- Versions Galore
- Water Cooler Gossip
- Who Needs Radio
- Wolf Lullaby
- xPQwRtz
- Yellow Stereo
- You ain't no Picasso
- Your moment of Zen
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