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Went to see Sigur Ros the other night and I'm STILL buzzing from what was an awesome gig at the wonderful Wolverhampton Civic Hall.

There aren't many bands who produce such consistently amazing, beautiful and spellbinding pieces of music as Sigur Ros do.

One fan managed to get some footage from the show and has posted it on YouTube. Use the following link to check it out:

http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=eAm5Fr-gbmQ&feature=related

Absolutely brilliant...

Here we go again. A review of a selection of singles out this week. And they will be judged against the following ratings:

***** Heathcliff
**** White Cliffs Of Dover
*** Cliff Lazarenko
** Cliff Barnes from "Dallas"
* Cliff Richard

"Inner Mer Syngur Vitleysingur" - Sigur Ros
As with any of their songs, when I listen to this it's like I've been dropped in an ocean of sheer loveliness and happiness and beauty.
A departure from their back catalogue but still uplifting, magical and well, truly stunning. Single of the week, month and probably the year.
*****

"Bat Cat" - Mogwai
Brilliant! Crunching guitars are the main feature of this sheer sonic, heavy metal-ish onslaught.
An excellent way to spend five minutes. Or 10 if, like me, you play it again immediately after listening to it the first time!
****

"C-Lebrity" - Queen
Now, for me, if there is no Freddie Mercury then there is no Queen. But I have to say Paul Rodgers is an excellent stand in and this, well, it rocks.
Sounds like they are having a blast and this will sit neatly next to any classic Queen rocker. Good on them.
****

"Lies" - McFly
How good a footballer is McFly's Danny Jones?! I only watched around 20 minutes of the charity football thing last week and he looked pretty handy. I'll give them a bonus point for his footy skills.
This song is ok I suppose. Certainly better than most of their sugary, annoying singles of the past. Although, they seem to be desperately trying to come up with something like "Shine" by Take That. But fail.
***

"Thank You For A Lifetime" - Cliff Richard
There should be a cull of all those nutters (Cliff fans) who are buying van loads of copies of this just to make it go to number one. And the song is just embarrassing. I don't care if he is a "national institution".
And too right he should thank all those idiots who have kept his career going beyond the 70s. I'm going to put Sigur Ros back on to stop me headbutting a wall.
*

To put it in the mildest and least controversial terms, it's been a rollercoaster past week or so. What with the threat of redundancy and an uncertain future casting a shadow over more pleasant moments such as fantastic birthday presents and catching up with family and friends I haven't seen in a while.

But, whatever is going on, I always manage to find a suitable soundtrack - a selection of songs that sum up my mood, whether it's good or bad. It lifts spirits, it comforts, it helps make sense of a crazy world. It captures a moment in your life in a way that films, TV, books, theatre etc just cannot.

I've always felt music is the most taken for granted art form. I mean, what sort of awful concept is background music? Would you put a copy of Dog Day Afternoon in the DVD player and then start doing the ironing?? But, I digress...

Once again, music has provided some much needed relief in an intense week. It wasn't quite my first love (that was probably Kylie when she played Charlene in Neighbours back in 1987), but I'm glad we met...and if the last week of my life was a movie, then this would be the soundtrack:

1. "Paper Planes" - M.I.A.
2. "Birthday" - The Sugarcubes
3. "Enjoy Yourself" - The Specials
4. "Black Swan" - Thom Yorke
5. "Mercy Mercy Me" - Marvin Gaye
6. "Their Law" - The Prodigy
7. "Career Opportunities" - The Clash
8. "Ola Kala" - I'm From Barcelona
9. "I Just Wasn't Made For These Times" - The Beach Boys
10. "Once In A Lifetime" - Talking Heads
11. "Olsen Olsen" - Sigur Ros
12. "It's The End Of The World As We Know It (And I Feel Fine)" - REM

Sigur Ros are letting people listen to their new album "með suð í eyrum við spilum endalaust" (obviously, I can't pronounce it and I had to cut and paste the title from their website on to here!), for free, two weeks before it is released.

I seriously recommend you surf on over to www.sigur-ros.co.uk and access the special audio player and listen to it. Achingly beautiful and uplifting - it's classic Sigur Ros.

Truly wonderful, heart-melting stuff...