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Run, don't walk, over to the Kaiser Chiefs official site, where for 3 days you can download the Cheshire Chord Company cover of I Predict A Riot. Absolutely brilliant.

Update 06/01/22: You can listen to a clip of I Predict a Riot (BBC ReadlAudio stream), from a BBC news article. The track is advertised on the Cheshire Chord Company website as being available soon.

(Ping... I Predict A Riot.)
(Ping... Kaiser Chiefs.)

I hadn't realised that Richard Hawley was the guitarist with Pulp. Wikipedia's article on Richard mentions his time with Pulp, but the Wikipedia article on Pulp doesn't mention his involvement. I think he was guitarist on the tour in support of This Is Hardcore, and maybe didn't do any studio work with them... does anyone know more?

Mark Radcliffe tells us that the competition for The Pogues best album is between If I Should Fall From Grace With God and Rum Sodomy & the Lash.

On careful and repeated listening, I have to prefer Rum Sodomy & the Lash. To me the songs seem more raw, the music more passionate and wonderfully ragged round the edges. The two opening songs are superb, and contrast brilliantly. The Sick Bed Of Cuchulainn smashes in, and The Old Main Drag sucks you down. Brilliant stuff.

The prize for best song though has to go to Fairytale of New York, with Kirstie MacColl, which is a great mix of the maudlin and a drinking party. One song it's worth looking forward to Christmas for.