tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13726943.post8676301865047914027..comments2024-01-19T21:33:09.716+00:00Comments on E Y E W E A R, THE BLOG - FREEDOM MEANS BEING UNAFRAID TO WRITE WHAT YOU THINK: Mercury On The EarEYEWEARhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01900801847916951522noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13726943.post-29763244996585998752009-07-29T16:50:23.218+01:002009-07-29T16:50:23.218+01:00I often feel the same, Todd, and as such I don'...I often feel the same, Todd, and as such I don't think it's necessarily an age thing. This year's Mercury Prize shortlist doesn't much excite me. Sometime I think I'm not looking hard enough: that great new music is still being made, I'm just not finding very much of it. But then I hear similar sentiments from friends who're much more serious about contemporary music than I am. The last band I was really enthusiastic about was Arcade Fire, and that more for their incredible live performance than anything especially spectacular about their music. That said, Bat For Lashes's latest album is highly listenable. If I had to pick a winner, it'd be her. White Lies I quite like, but mainly as a contemporary rendering of an 80s nostalgia trip.Ben Wilkinsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11077824416777371117noreply@blogger.com