Turns out that here in the United States of America, the Super Bowl is kind of a big deal. Now, I’m all for tubby men pushing each other to the floor in the name of entertainment, but it can get old hat pretty quick. Hence the game saver that is the halftime show and its 12 minutes of musical majesty. At least that’s the idea. Here’s what we’ve learned from Madonna’s performance…
On the surface Alison Moyet and Vince Clarke were a startlingly mismatched pop couple. But together they crafted a synth pop classic.
“So there's this man, right, and he's on a ledge, yeah”. As far as titles as story summations go, audiences haven't been treated to such a degree of idiot proofing since Sam Jackson was bothered by some legless reptiles boarding a jumbo jet. And where Snakes On A Plane failed in 2006 - hampered by a title ultimately more enjoyable than it's finished product - Man On A Ledge fails in 2012. But fecal matter by any other name still smells like shite and regardless of whether the film was called Person On A Platform or Woman On A Windowsill, with a script this dumb Man On A Ledge only ever had one direction to travel.
With less than four weeks to go and the shortlisted candidates just announced, it's time to look at some of the NME Awards 2012 categories in more depth. Let's start with one of the most contested of the year, the Best New Band (supported by Boxfresh), an award previously picked up by Hurts, Bombay Bicycle Club and MGMT.
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