Hey, you, get offa my lawn.

[hirez]

Today, I've been listening to the entirety of the last few months of XFM playlist via the magic of 'the internets' (As the young people have it.)

Dear Christ what a collection of arse. That which doesn't sound like overproduced early 80s ersatz Peel-programme (for instance, some chap or collection of chaps going by the name of 'Jack Penate' sound far too much like The Farmers Boys) sounds like overproduced mid 80s John Hughes soundtrack-fodder.

You'd think that sounding like old Peel programmes would be a good thing, but it's like consuming music-lite.

It's a bit poor when bedwetters like Kasabian are the best of the bunch.

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[reddragdiva]

Note also the way the music is mixed to sound good through the deficiencies of the MP3 format.

My shiny new MP3 toy has a radio and it's set to XFM. If only it had DAB!

[hirez.livejournal.com]

... Like singles used to be mixed to sound good on AM.

[reddragdiva]

Precisely. Sensible, but annoying. DAB uses MP2, so similar considerations apply.