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stop pretending art is hard: last year's mixes, 2012;

stop pretending art is hard: last year’s mixes, 2012;

January 3, 2013
by Lis Ferla
music, music: mixes

So, those monthly mixtapes of mine really didn’t happen in 2012, did they? Not that anybody seemed to notice, or at least if they did…

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JOY - Album of the Year

remember saying things like ‘we’ll sleep when we’re dead’: last year’s records, 2012;

December 31, 2012
by Lis Ferla
music, work & writing

It’s been a funny wee year. Sitting on the sofa earlier, surrounded by two days’ worth of flu-ridden tissues, I was feeling even more dispirited…

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i've been fumbling with your heartstrings: last year's festive fifty, 2012;

i’ve been fumbling with your heartstrings: last year’s festive fifty, 2012;

December 24, 2012
by Lis Ferla
music

These are nominally in order, but with very little to separate many of them it would be tough going to replicate it – plus, the…

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new music mondays: the taylor swift edition;

new music mondays: the taylor swift edition;

October 29, 2012
by Lis Ferla
music

A bit of a cheat this one, because country music starlet Taylor Swift’s new album Red was actually released last Monday; however, my review copy…

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new music mondays: the titus andronicus edition;

new music mondays: the titus andronicus edition;

October 22, 2012
by Lis Ferla
music, music: scottish

Choosing an album of the week is super easy last week, as I literally this weekend gave the third full-length from New Jersey punks Titus…

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taking the music to heart: the tom williams and the boat interview;

taking the music to heart: the tom williams and the boat interview;

May 8, 2012
by Lis Ferla
music

Crowd funding is very much the in thing for cash-strapped bands low on label backing and rich in fans and artistic independence at the moment,…

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why do we women give ourselves away;

why do we women give ourselves away;

October 27, 2011
by Lis Ferla
music

One of the best things about following Amanda Palmer on Twitter is that you can wake up in the morning to a fascinating debate that…

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it's hard to be a good girl listening to the drive-by truckers: last month's mix, august 2010;

it’s hard to be a good girl listening to the drive-by truckers: last month’s mix, august 2010;

August 31, 2010
by Lis Ferla
music

In which, even when she is being the world’s most rubbish and lazy music blogger, Lis puts together a selection of songs that have caught…

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it's okay to kill yr idols;

it’s okay to kill yr idols;

February 18, 2010
by Lis Ferla
music

I wasn’t going to write about Amanda Palmer and Jason Webley’s controversial Evelyn/Evelyn project, but I found myself making some notes in a new notebook…

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down, down, down from our youth to the ground: 2008 revisited;

down, down, down from our youth to the ground: 2008 revisited;

December 10, 2009
by Lis Ferla
music

Lists, lists, lists. Normally, I’m all over that shit but is anybody else becoming increasingly bored by the extra notch the end of the decade…

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child of the noughties: don't be sad;

child of the noughties: don’t be sad;

November 19, 2009
by Lis Ferla
music

Surprisingly to nobody, in the end I couldn’t steer clear of the “best of the decade” chat that is dominating the blogosphere at the moment….

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no more music, thank you and goodnight;

no more music, thank you and goodnight;

August 25, 2009
by Lis Ferla
music, photography

I’ve got bookmarked links and emails to myself going back about six months now, from when I first planned a post about Who Killed Amanda…

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Lis: Writer - Photographer - Muso - Traveller - Waffler. Baked goods, Springteen and excellent shoes. Famous on the internet since 1999. Last Year's Girl is not a music blog, although you wouldn't believe that from the way I carry on. So if you've got something you think I should hear, get in touch!

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Calendar

23/05 Woodenbox album launch @ Grand Ole Opry, Glasgow [tickets]
25/05 Scottish Fiction Presents Aye Tunes vs Peenko: The Spook School, Garden of Elks, Colin's Godson @ Broadcast, Glasgow [tickets]
28/05 Fucked Up, Titus Andronicus @ SWG3, Glasgow [tickets]
28/05 Deap Vally @ Oran Mor, Glasgow [tickets]
29/05 Turning Plates, Sarah Hayes @ The Old Hairdressers, Glasgow
31/05 Quickbeam album launch with Fake Major @ Govanhill Baths, Glasgow [tickets]
01/06 Jeffrey Lewis and Peter Stampfel @ Mono, Glasgow [tickets]
02/06 Marnie Stern, Sky Larkin @ Broadcast, Glasgow [tickets]
05/06 Ben Marwood, Dave Hughes, Mark McCabe @ Pivo, Edinburgh
06/06 Fair Ohs @ Mono, Glasgow
07/06 Dave Hughes & the Renegade Folk Punk Band @ O2 ABC2, Glasgow [tickets]
07/06 Half Man Half Biscuit @ O2 ABC, Glasgow [tickets]
09/06 Tegan and Sara @ O2 ABC, Glasgow [tickets]
13/06 Algernon Doll album launch with Where We Lay Our Heads, Lovers Turn to Monsters, Now Wakes The Sea @ 13th Note, Glasgow [tickets]
14/06 Chris Devotion & the Expectations (opening for Ultrasound) @ King Tut's, Glasgow [tickets]
17/06 The Breeders @ O2 ABC, Glasgow [tickets]
18/06 BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN & THE E-STREET BAND @ Hampden Park, Glasgow
21/06 Scout Niblett @ Broadcast, Glasgow [tickets]
23/06 The Twilight Sad, Meursault @ Oran Mor, Glasgow [tickets]
29/06 Scottish Fiction Presents Aye Tunes vs Peenko: Jo Mango, Siobhan Wilson, Julia & the Doogans @ The Roxy 171, Glasgow [tickets]
01/07 Blondie @ Clyde Auditorium, Glasgow [tickets]
05/07 The Gothenburg Address @ Sneaky Pete's, Edinburgh [tickets]
10/08 Kid Canaveral, Ballboy @ Liquid Rooms, Edinburgh [tickets]
12/08 Patti Smith & Tony Shanahan @ Oran Mor, Glasgow [tickets]
20/08 Regina Spektor @ O2 Academy, Glasgow [tickets]
12/09 Heartless Bastards @ O2 ABC2, Glasgow [tickets]
23/09 Jim Lockey & the Solemn Sun @ King Tut's, Glasgow [tickets]
13/10 Tunng @ Broadcast, Glasgow [tickets]
18/11 Ane Brun @ Oran Mor, Glasgow [tickets]

NB: This is not a "listings" column - rather it combines details of events I am attending with those of Scottish events I would attend had I boundless energy and time. Everything posted comes with my personal stamp of FUNTIMES APPROVAL.

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