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Compact Disco 21/02/07

Here’s a list of the music reviewed on Compact Disco This Week (the songs in bold were elected as single of the half):

1st Hour

The Fray – How To Save A Life
Sugababes vs Girls Aloud – Walk This Way
Third World War – Cast the First Stone
The Maccabees – X-Ray
Polytechnic – Cold Hearted Business
Mastodon – Colony of Birchmen
Jackson Analogue – Come On
The Rakes – We Danced Together

2nd Hour

The Twang – Wide Awake
The Fratellis – Baby Fratelli
New Young Pony Club – The Bomb
Scott Matthews – Passing Stranger
Air – Once Upon A Time
Jet – Shine On
Robbie Williams ft. Pet Shop Boys – She’s Madonna
Five O’Clock Heroes – Skin Deep

Ultimately The Rakes – We Danced Together was voted single of the week.

In RaW’s Music Hall of Fame The Strokes – Is This It was voted album of 2001 beating Muse – Origin of Symmetry and Hear’Say – Popstars.

: 23 Feb 2007 15:20 |  Tags: Chart Music Music Hall Of Fame New Music Playlists RaW |  Comments (0) |  Close comments |  Report a problem

RaW Chart – 21/02/07

10. View – Same Jeans
9. The Good The Bad and the Queen – Kingdom of Doom
8. LCD Soundsystem – North American Scum
7. Long Blondes – Giddy Stratospheres
6. Bloc Party – The Prayer
5. The Shins – Phantom Limb
4. Mika – Grace Kelly
3. Just Jack – Starz in their Eyes
2. Kaiser Chiefs – Ruby
1. Klaxons – Golden Skans

: 20 Feb 2007 22:22 |  Tags: Chart New Music Radio RaW |  Comments (0) |  Close comments |  Report a problem

RaW Playlist – 19/02/07

The A-List

The Gossip – Standing in the Way of Control
Joss Stone – Tell Me ‘Bout it
The Bees – Who Cares What the Question is
Brig Bruvaz – Big Bro Thang
Enter Shikari – Anything Can Happen in the Next Half Hour

Maximo Park – Our Velocity
The Decemberists – O Valencia
Willy Mason – Save Myself
Badly Drawn Boy – A Journey From A to B
Kaiser Chiefs – Ruby

The Killers – Read My Mind
Snow Patrol – Open Your Eyes
Idlewild – No Emotion
Gwen Stefani ft Akon – The Sweet Escape
The Good The Bad and The Queen – Kingdom of Doom

Klaxons – Golden Skans
Mika – Grace Kelly
The Shins – Phantom Limb
The Long Blondes – Giddy Stratospheres
Bloc Party – The Prayer

The B-List

Damien Rice – Rootless Tree
Keane – A Bad Dream
Switches – Drama Queen
The Feeling – Rosé
Nas – Hip-Hop is Dead

Billy Talent – Fallen Leaves
Brakes – Cease & Desist
Biffy CLyro – Saturday Superhouse
CSS – Off the Hook
Lily Allen – Shame For You

The Horrors – Gloves
Nelly Furtado – Say it Right
Get Cape. Wear Cape. Fly – I Spy
+44 – When Your Heart Stops Beating
Harrisons – Monday’s Arms

LCD Soundsystem – North American Scum
Ludacris ft Pharell – Money Maker
My chemical romance – Famous Last Words
The Magic Numbers – This is a Song
Union of Knives – Evil Has Never
30 Seconds to Mars – Attack

Gym Class Heroes – Cupid’s Chokehold
Patrick Wolf – Bluebells
Grinderman – No Pussy Blues
Mr Hudson and the Library – Too Late
Cold War Kids – Hang Me Up To Dry
Fall Out Boy – This Ain’t a Scene, It’s an Arms Race

Album of the Week

The Shins – Wincing the Night Away

: 20 Feb 2007 22:19 |  Tags: Music New Music Playlists Radio RaW |  Comments (5) |  Close comments |  Report a problem

Talk Taxis / GoodBooks / The Maccabees – Live gig review by Rob Lowe

The Maccabees are a band that are, well… down right cool. Playing to a sold out crowd of crazy 16 year olds, and with anthems as big as “Latchmere”, a song completely written about a new wave machine at the aforementioned place, the night at the Carling Academy 2 was going to be all about fun.

I always feel sorry for support bands at gigs as they are usually ignored and just play out their set for the fun of it. ‘Talk Taxis’ had a different idea and certainly show signs of promise. Their lead singer has a voice that is quite distinct and made even the annoying 16 year old girls take notice. The music seems derived from a ska nature and certainly isn’t lost against the singers vocals. Next up were Goodbooks who have been strenuously touring the country, previously with Hot Club De Paris. These boys are pop, simply put; they play funky keyboard driven indie which is pleasant and enjoyable. The band played a flawless set and even verse into one of The Maccabees songs mid way through which the crowd seem to enjoy.

Then came the main event and with the entrance of the band came the quick rush forward of people and the general over excitement that this band can muster in you. The music is so catchy and upbeat that you just simply cannot stand still, and straight away the whole crowd was bouncing, to such an extent that it made the floor move. If the crowd weren’t excited enough the band played “Latchmere” early on and even they seemed surprised by the response from the crowd. Playing a variety of new songs mixed in with well known singles of “X-ray”, “Precious Time” and “Bicycles”, the tempo never stopped right the way through to the end. The lead singer then announced that they would be going off stage to get a drink and rest before returning to finish off. Apparently they weren’t being arrogant they were just really tired. Either way they returned to finish “First Love”, again to more stomping 16 year olds. Overall the night was pretty awesome and The Maccabees live are impressive. With a faithful crowd of, yep you guessed it, 16 year olds, I am sure they will go far.

: 20 Feb 2007 22:15 |  Tags: Gig Reviews Goodbooks Maccabees Music New Music Radio RaW |  Comments (4) |  Close comments |  Report a problem