Built For Speed, Playlist, Friday 18th October 2013

Built For Speed – Playlist – Friday 18th October 2013 KING TUFF – Bad thing. POND – Xanman. (Aus) SASKWATCH – I get lonely (Aus) THE TROTSKIES -Visa vision. (Aus) PEARL JAM – Getaway. THE ARCADE FIRE – Reflector. METALLICA – All nightmare long. MGMT – Congratulations. SUEDE – New generation. THE THE  – This is the day. THE THE 

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What’s on Built For Speed, Friday 18th October 2013

It’s classic album time once again on Built For Speed and this Friday we head back to 1996 to take a look at You Am I’s power pop masterpiece Hourly Daily.  There’s also plenty of current rock and alternative music including Superchunk and Saskwatch.  This week we also take a look at two music-related movies: concert film Metallica – Through the Never and

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Film review: METALLICA: THROUGH THE NEVER, from Built For Speed

The 1980’s saw the flourishing of four extreme and highly influential musical subcultures: American Hardcore punk which was faster and more corrosive than its British cousin; Goth which we can blame for emo; hip hop which added Bronx street culture a new form of social and political commentary to popular music; and speed metal which replaced the blues riffing and

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