an ending fitting for the start

Amazing—The Libertines (minus John Hassel) reformed and played together last Friday in London for the first time since 2004... NME was there to catch all of it!

the last days without pete were tough

Carl Barat is featured on the cover of the new NME! Go here to see what's inside that issue.






Deadwood
Doctors And Dealers [wicked-cool song]
Bang Bang You're Dead [wicked-cool song]
Gin & Milk
You Fucking Love It [wicked-cool song]
Last Of The Small Town Playboys
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Buy Waterloo To Anywhere here.

sick of themselves and sick of their slums, give everybody a gun and put it on the television, that's reality tv i'd pay to see

The Japanese version of The Libertines' The Libertines contains a great b-side called "Cyclops".

The Libertines - Cyclops [wicked-cool song]

And just because I feel like it, here are two songs from the same album that I enjoy tremendously!

Music When The Lights Go Out [wicked-cool song]
What Katie Did [wicked-cool song]
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white kids talking like they're black

I watched my first movie at the new place the other night. It was a great documentary called Who The Hell Is Pete Doherty? I didn’t even know there was a film on P. Doherty... I was very excited when I discovered it at the video story. For those of you who don’t know who Pete Doherty is... WTF?!?!?! He only fronted one of the greatest bands of our generation: The Libertines! In my opinion, The Libertines’ self-titled disc is one of the greatest and most important records released in 2000s. If you are a fan of The Libertines or Babyshambles, I highly recommend this documentary, it is extremely fascinating... plus, you get to see some great live footages! If you are not a fan of Pete Doherty’s work, I don’t know if the film would interest you at all... maybe it will turn you on to The Libertines or Babyshambles... so maybe non-fans should watch it too... do whatever you want, but if you did/do not listen to The Libertines, you are missing some of the great music… and you are a loser!

from The Libertines' The Libertines (2004)
Can't Stand Me Now [wicked-cool song]
Last Post On The Bugle [wicked-cool song]
The Man Who Would Be King
Music When The Lights Go Out [wicked-cool song]
The Ha Ha Wall
Campaign Of Hate [super-wicked-cool song]
Tomblands
The Saga
What Became Of The Likely Lads [beyond-super-wicked-cool song]

from Babyshambles' Down In Albion (2005)
La Belle et la Bête
Fuck Forever [wicked-cool song]
The 32nd Of December
8 Dead Boys
In Love With A Feeling
Back From The Dead
Merry Go Round [wicked-cool song]

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buy The Libertines here
buy Down In Albion here

say no to arctic monkeys

So I have finally heard the new Arctic Monkeys album today. Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not set the record for the fastest-selling UK debut album of all time, no wonder why it is the most hyped album of 2006 so far! But wait... Why is this album so good? How the hell did it become the fastest-selling UK debut album of all time?? The title accurately describes how I feel about this album: Whatever People Say I Am: everyone’s saying this is THE album to get and that Arctic Monkeys is THE band of the year… well… That's What I'm Not: HA! Exactly! The band’s no good and the album’s no good! (there’re only like 3 or 4 okay songs on it… what a waste of my time!)

There are so many better British bands out there with similar sounds – The Libertines and Test Icicles just on top of my head. Speaking of Test Icicles, For Screening Purposes Only is an amazing album… definitely one of the better releases so far in 2006. The album combines the sound of hardcore and dancepunk, as a result, it is noisy and dancy all at the same time! Go check it out.

Test Icicles - What's In The Box
Test Icicles - Circle Square Triangle
Test Icicles - All You Need Is Blood