Gorka

The official album chart isn't much better, the other day I found out ABBA's Greatest Hits has spent 1,000+ weeks in the chart.

Arsenal 1-0 Man Utd (Sat 12.30pm, BT)
Norwich 0-2 Newcastle (Sat 3pm)
Brighton 0-0 Southampton (Sun 2pm)
Burnley 1-2 Wolves (Sun 2pm)
Liverpool 4-0 Everton (Sun 4.30pm, Sky)

Tottenham 2-0 Brighton (Sat 12.30pm, BT)
Man Utd 1-0 Norwich (Sat 3pm)
Southampton 0-1 Arsenal (Sat 3pm)
Watford 0-2 Brentford (Sat 3pm)
Newcastle 2-1 Leicester (Sun 2.15pm, Sky)

Arsenal 2-0 Brighton (Sat 3pm)
Watford 1-1 Leeds (Sat 3pm)
Aston Villa 1-2 Tottenham (Sat 5.30pm, Sky)
Leicester 1-0 Crystal Palace (Sun 2pm, Sky)
Man City 0-0 Liverpool (Sun 4.30pm, Sky)

Less Covid delays for the Euros, and more teams were undecided in some groups because the play-offs hadn't happened yet.

King Crimson 
Joy Division 
Slowdive 
Snapped Ankles

Brighton 1-1 Norwich (Sat 3pm)
Burnley 0-3 Man City (Sat 3pm)
Chelsea 2-0 Brentford (Sat 3pm)
Man Utd 2-1 Leicester (Sat 5.30pm, Sky)
West Ham 2-0 Everton (Sun 2pm, Sky)
 

Wordle has been such a dick these last few days.

I don't think my heart can take another play-off!

What a weight off Bale's shoulders after some disgusting criticism lately.

Pretty nervous for the match tonight, not gonna lie.

Gorillaz.

I think they serve as a nice introduction to some genres when Albarn messes about in them, and Gorillaz put out a good single - but I'm not enticed with the 'mythology' of the band, nor do I think Albarn does much with his featured artists (like Mark E Smith, Lou Reed, Danny Brown etc).

25 minutes ago, RPS said:

It's interesting because I have revisited Neon Bible, the Suburbs and Reflektor and I have come to realize Arcade Fire are vastly overrated in my opinion. Some bands can do one thing extraordinary - production, song writing, innovation, etc. I think Arcade Fire just does everything really good but nothing spectacular. 

You know, I think Arcade Fire are one of those bands where it just has to click from the start - like, I don't hear many people that are Arcade Fire converts after some scepticism.

I think it's also a flaw with indie/alternative journalism that any band with a bit of hype behind them becomes this massively important 'oh you have to listen to this' act, and ultimately you're sort of left scratching your head when it's not to your tastes.

Still, I think Funeral is a beautiful album - and the Suburbs will always be one of the first albums that I fell in love with as a teenager, and just repeated over and over.

15 minutes ago, RPS said:

I didn't even recall Everything Now. Is it worth checking out? I saw Geoff from Portishead and one half of Daft Punk produced some of it. 

Well, the title track is a grower and 'Put Your Money On Me' is one of Arcade Fire's better tracks but it's an album that I haven't revisited because the lyrics are a bit wank, and a really rough first half.

New Arcade Fire album out in May with two songs released already. It's five years on since the panned Everything Now, could be an important release for them.

Brentford 1-0 Burnley (Sat 3pm)
Man Utd 2-1 Tottenham (Sat 5.30pm, Sky)
Southampton 2-0 Watford (Sun 2pm)
West Ham 1-0 Aston Villa (Sun 2pm)
Arsenal 2-1 Leicester (Sun 4.30pm, Sky)

Norwich 1-0 Brentford (Sat 3pm)
Wolves 2-0 Crystal Palace (Sat 3pm)
Liverpool 3-0 West Ham (Sat 5.30pm, Sky)
Watford 0-2 Arsenal (Sun 2pm, Sky)
Man City 3-0 Man Utd (Sun 4.30pm, Sky)

Leeds 0-3 Tottenham (Sat 12.30pm, BT)
Brentford 1-2 Newcastle (Sat 3pm)
Brighton 1-1 Aston Villa (Sat 3pm)
Everton 0-2 Man City (Sat 5.30pm, Sky)
West Ham 1-1 Wolves (Sun 2pm, Sky)

Wordle 245 3/6*

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Just the sixth time I've got a three. 

Arsenal 2-0 Brentford (Sat 3pm)
Brighton 1-0 Burnley (Sat 3pm)
Crystal Palace 0-1 Chelsea (Sat 3pm)
Southampton 1-1 Everton (Sat 3pm)
Man City 3-0 Tottenham (Sat 5.30pm, Sky)
 

Everton 2-1 Leeds (Sat 3pm)
Watford 0-1 Brighton (Sat 3pm)
Newcastle 1-1 Aston Villa (Sun 2pm, Sky)
Tottenham 1-0 Wolves (Sun 2pm)
Leicester 1-2 West Ham (Sun 4.30pm, Sky)

Wordle 234 X/6*

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fuck sake 

Big day for indie music with Black Country New Road, Animal Collective, Mitski and Cate Le Bon all out today.

Newcastle 0-0 Everton (Tue 7.45pm, BT)
West Ham 2-0 Watford (Tue 7.45pm, BT)
Burnley 0-1 Man Utd (Tue 8pm, BT)
Norwich 1-2 Crystal Palace (Wed 7.45pm, BT)
Aston Villa 1-0 Leeds (Wed 8pm, BT)

Wordle 229 3/6*

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Wordle 224 5/6*

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