http://17seconds.co.uk/blog ...A MEASURE OF LIFE Wed, 10 Mar 2010 22:36:26 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Six By Seven were frequently on or near my stereo when I was at university and I bought many of their releases, singles and albums, around the turn of the last decade. I even saw them play on a bill with The Delgados at the Union Chapel in London, a ... http://17seconds.co.uk/blog/2010/03/10/some-unusual-covers-for-wednesday/ MGMT will release their second album, Congratulations on April 12. It's the follow-up to their 2008 album Oracular Spectacular and features them collaborating with both Sonic Boom and Jennifer Herrema. Sonic Boom produced the album and Dave Fridmann mixed it. This bodes extremely well. The album's nine tracks are: "It's Working," ... http://17seconds.co.uk/blog/2010/03/09/the-return-of-mgmt/ ...sleep.* Back working after ten months off, and I'm feeling shattered, if upbeat. Right now, this hits the spot more than anything. Whitacre's music is awesome, to the point of there being a facebook group called 'Whitacre gives me chordgasms.' Or so I'm told. I should post more classical music here. Let me ... http://17seconds.co.uk/blog/2010/03/09/im-so-tired-all-i-wanna-do-is/ Gutted to hear about Mark Linkous' death from suicide. I'm not an authority on his music, but it touched me, and it's clear that a lot of people will be coming to terms with the loss of a hugely talented singer-songwriter for a long time to come. I played this song ... http://17seconds.co.uk/blog/2010/03/08/rest-in-peace-mark-linkous/ Punch and the Apostles -'Punch and the Apostles' (Repellent) This album appears to have just snuck out, quietly, under the radar and even many blogs that seem to be well and truly on the money don't appear to have reviewed it yet (though bluesbunny ), Kowalskiy and Is This Music? have done). This ... http://17seconds.co.uk/blog/2010/03/07/album-review-punch-and-the-apostles/ The Last Battle are currently making major waves in the Edinburgh music scene. The Edinburgh six-piece have already performed sessions for Leith FM and for Song, By Toad's show on Fresh FM. Both of which were fantastic -and continue to show just how helathy the scottish music scene is at ... http://17seconds.co.uk/blog/2010/03/06/presentingthe-last-battle/ Edinburgh band Midas Fall are taking the template for moody ethereal scottish indie and going some serious places with it, if the songs that make up their debut album Eleven. Return and Revert are anything to go by. And yes, that full stop is meant to be there. The five piece ... http://17seconds.co.uk/blog/2010/03/05/presentingmidas-fall/ Viv Albertine - 'Flesh EP' (Ecstatic Peace) Viv Albertine's EP is her first release in twenty-five years. Whatever she has been up to in that time (the press release doesn't say - and the reputation of the Slits is one that you would always be respectful to one of its' members), ... http://17seconds.co.uk/blog/2010/03/03/ep-review-viv-albertine/ Just how different would the music scene in Britain be without the likes of DJs like Steve Lamacq? Thoroughly annoyed at the news about 6Music looking likely to be closed down by the BBC. This has been blogged about by many other people far more eloquently than I I feel I ... http://17seconds.co.uk/blog/2010/03/02/why/ It's been pleasing to see how many shops have got the Dirty cuts' single in now, so if you haven't seen them live yet...check out this cover of 'Atomic' by Blondie. Recorded on an mobile, it nevertheless captures the sheer energy of their shows. It also manages not to capture me ... http://17seconds.co.uk/blog/2010/03/01/the-dirty-cuts-cover-blondie/