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The surreal land of the Riot Grrrls “Let us arm ourselves. Let us show the men that we are not their inferiors in courage or virtue.

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The Lebanese Charm

I was listening to BBC radio 6 recently and was enjoying Cerys Matthews Sunday showwhilst attending to the delicate procedure of an eggs benedict, when I had to stop what I was doing. The incredible voice belonging to a Lebanese-French singer floated across the airwaves. It was startling; their was an ode to gypsy jazz singers from a long-forgotten france but the music was arabic and orchestral…

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Two Year Anniversary

Here at Tearswe were shocked and surprised to discover that two years have passed since we launched. Since that time we have enjoyed a plethora of tunes; we have indulged in the highly erratic and trigger-happy lifestyles of music journalists – especially in regards to the late Tornado Rodgekums, of whom we still don’t know the exact details of his death, but we will say that he was a truly…

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Mercury Award

The most controversial Music Award in the world has received its fair share of the media spotlight recently. Calls from critics to abandon the award as a hopelessly pretentious and essentially meaningless accolade have been echoed from many voices, with Vice’s music writer Sam Wolfson stating the award needs to be “locked in a room with a shotgun and bullet”, in a particular scathing but…

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Songs that have been shaking the walls of the staff building

Songs that have been shaking the walls of the staff building

Just a quick post, all music, no words. Let the music do the talking and such and such cliches.

Here’s a round-up of some decent new songs that have been playing in our HQ recently, our fav’s,

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Ode to Cutting

Dig the best albums of 2015 according to a scholar of the unknown...

We’ve been a big fan of Uncut here at Musical Tears for awhile; good band bio’s, interviews, wide breadth of reviews and a passion for uncovering forgotten gems.

John Mulveyis one of their writers. He works intrepidly hard to find esoteric, little-known nuggets of joy, that we have appreciated greatly. He truly is one of the old school – no doubt devouring endless record stores for those rare…

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Espanyol

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Cookery books deliver some of the best literature in the world. This is true. From a good cookery book one can get a sense of a whole new culture. A cookery book on the Mediterranean cuisine, for example, will give you a splash of that culture, little known insights, habits of the locals and of course, hopefully a good recipe or two.

It was from a cookery book I learnt Ras el Hanout, a popular…

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Epilogue

Here is a post about poetry, complimented by music. The poetry was not written by me, that talent is a rare thing. These are songs that either relate or do not relate to the poetry; more than that they are songs worthy of a listen.

I took a break from writing about the dead and drinking from writing about the dead to walk around my…

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The Felice Brothers Live at Kentish Town

Underneath the murky swell of smoke and musk at Kentish Towns’ The Forum, what appeared to be a rogue band of traveller-musicians shambled on stage. Dressed in raggedy clothes and oversized t-shirts, they wouldn’t have looked out of place at a street production of Steinbeck’s Of Mice and Men. Armed with a fantastic array of instruments; violins, accordions, an organ and a huge, looming drum-kit;…

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Keith Richards; The tracks of Life

Keith Richards; The tracks of Life

Part 1: Dartford

Some of the most endearing parts of Keith Richard’s autobiography are his reminiscences about his childhood in Dartford. Here we learn the experiences that shaped the man and how music seeped into his consciousness from an early age.

Chief among his musical heroes is his grandfather Gus, of whom Keith says “I owe so much of my love of music to him.”

Without divulging too much of…

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On the Jukebox

Here’s a post which fits melodies to your mood; a mood melody then. We’ve been listening to these little numbers lately so we decided to share. Remember the categories aren’t watertight, perhaps The Morning track works better for some in the evening? Or The Sunshine & Tequila song works better to some with a vodka? However you like to enjoy these songs, here they are.

The Wake up with a jolt one[…

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Review Round-up: 12/05

New albums still flock out at us at an unprecedented scale, some bloom, some flop, some are great but are never appreciated and some build slowly – word of mouth ensuring that the record will see the light of day, only years too late.

Still the music press have been busy as ever, with new records out from the formidable Brian Jonestwon Massacre, Metronomy and Elbow.

A new release winning plaudits…

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Happy Belated Record Store Day

Happy Belated Record Store Day

The easter weekend has been upon us, and there has been much to celebrate. Here at Musical Tears, its been a festival of music, and what day can be celebrated more wholeheartedly by music fans the country over; Record Store Day.

Record Store Day, a much needed antidote to the online download/stream/spotify/youtube-every-song empire which has effectively killed off HMV among others, is back this…

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SXSW

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This year’s SXSW in Austin, Texas has attracted some of the best music from across the globe, previews of a new glossier version of Godzilla, if that was possible, and crowds on an unprecedented scale, which have been spilling out across the hills and nearby wall-marts in fashions which we have only ever seen at the epochal heights of 1969′s Woodstock.

This reporter was dropped off in a…

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New Music and the best of the rest

New Music and the best of the rest

So Musical Tears has been enjoying light listening treats recently, gentle melodies make for a good antidote to the winter blues. At times though the opposite seems true, a good antidote can in fact be the blues. That’s right, occasionally we wallow in the sadness, in a self-flagellating  act of guilty pleasure, where all we need to hear is the stripped back sound of a man with a booming voice –…

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Daily Prompt: Talking in Your Sleep

Daily Prompt: Talking in Your Sleep

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Makes for interesting coffee talk…

Originally posted on The Daily Post:

Have you ever eavesdropped on a conversation you weren’t supposed to? Tell us about a time when it was impossible not to overhear a conversation between people who didn’t know you were there. What was the conversation about? How did it make you feel?

Photographers, artists, poets: show us ACCIDENT. _________

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Laughter in the Dark: Martin McDonagh

A Review and Appreciation

Doing something different this week, Musical Tears switches its focus to…

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