Articles
David_R has written the following articles:
Robots In Disguise - The Sex Has Made Me Stupid
What are the chances of this being a sly dig at Noel Fielding and Pixie Geldof? Absolutely none, say the lawyers...»
Emanuel - Black Earth Tiger
A cynical album of metal by committee, Black Earth Tiger is as desperate and tragic as anything that will come out of America this year that isn’t Britney Spears...»
Patrick Watson - Close To Paradise
A quick perusal of Wikipedia shows that Patrick Watson was once in a high school band called Gangster Politics. I think we need to take a second to think about how bad a band with that name would be...»
Elle S'appelle at Liverpool Bumper, Sat 15 Sep
When a band like Elle S’Appelle crop up they seem beyond exciting, overlapping dual-sex vocals, end-of-the-pier keys and a fast, hard rhythm section...»
Reverend And The Makers - The State Of Things
Certainly destined to go top five in the charts, and to be milked for singles and tours, The State Of Things will no doubt be a big hit. But if anyone ever takes the time to give it a good proper listen they will find that it’s a wafer thin album of posturing and poor word play...»
Elle Milano, WinterKids at Leeds The Faversham, Sat 28 Jul
It’s one of music’s biggest clichés: the Big In Japan phenomenon. Eddie Argos is like Rod Stewart in Germany, and the USA lapped up Gavin Rossdale’s Bushy Nirvana-isms. Yet in their own countries? Muted responses at best. This cliché collective, if you will, has some new members: WinterKids...»