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Following up the cross-over success of the “Powertrip” album, Dave Wyndorf and his mixed up stoner/metal/riffage posse have produced one of the more eclectic but commendable metal albums of 2000. Far from a straight-ahead metal album, this seems to cover everything from the metal-dancefloor friendly riffage and instant»
For those of you who first came across Delirium earlier this summer with their Ibiza-like anthem “Silence”, and then shuddered in disgust, you’ll probably be amazed to know that they’ve been making albums for night on 15 years now. From early electronica outings like “Faces,Forms and Illusions” to the Enigma-esque terr»
I don’t know about you, but I’m seriously disappointed. Its 2001, and I don’t live on the moon. By now, we should have a huge spermatozoa shaped spaceship on its way to Jupiter with a supercomputer with a suitably punsome name (JCN?), huge circular space stations, inhabited colonies on the moon, and making regular bus»
THE ALMIGHTY / STAMPIN’ GROUND – London Astoria Dec 13th 2000 As part of a weeks’ long Kerrang sponsored K-FEST shows as the London Astoria, this show sees the Almighty returning to the same venue they made their triumphant UK return some 5 months ago. However, unlike the packed to capacity show th»
With a list of absolute nobodies starring, this small Australian film - dramatising the life of notorious criminal psychopath-cum-vigilante-cum best selling author Mark Brandon Reid, nicknamed “chopper” for his habit of chopping off his victims toes before he killed them – is an absolute gem. A runaway hit in Australia»
It’s a sad state of affairs when an innovator starts copying the bands he influenced so highly. Twenty years from his emergence with the boundary crossing niche-defining electro classic “Cars”, a paen to isolation and commercial gain, he’s just been hijacked by Garage-house abomination Armand Van Helden for a Number on»
In comparison to its genre-busting sequel, Blair Witch 2 was always going to be a hit or miss affair. With a 10 million budget and the huge expectations surrounding it, many wondered how it would work. For a start, it breaks most of the rules of sequels. By changing the formula completely and quite right»
Given the current resurgence in so-called “punk”, you’d be surprised to hear that some of the most aggressive and uncompromising music made this year comes from 5 blokes who you could probably mistake for your local bank manager and wouldn’t glance at a second time in the street. But when the musical pedigree includes»
For the debut feature from the writer of the Usual Suspects, you’d expect a well plotted multilayered character driven crime flick wouldn’t you? Don’t be disappointed then. Intelligently scripted and directed, this film may not be stylised, but it is as effective a modern crime story as you can get. While»
In a world where Disney rules supreme, this CG effort from the same stable that gave us Toy Story 1+2, is considerably bleaker and downbeat than that kiddie flick. From the lush scenery to the arid desert wastelands, this film arid desert wastelands, this film is clearly aimed at the preteens audience, though its scrip»
In a world where At the Drive In appear on the front cover of the NME on a seemingly weekly basis, It’s amazing that Earthtone 9 aren’t gaining the same plaudits. Whereas I heard ATDI and was severely disappointed, this albums simply wipes the floor with that. Leave all your expectation sat the door and be prepared to »
Having recently achieved cult underground status with their recent ”Trinity” album, and having begun to nudge into the metal mainstream thanks to relentless touring,this album represents a considerable backwards step in their career. This album, a reissue of the long deleted and unavailable debut album fro»
Yes, another American import Nu-metal band. Having recently made their name on the “Tattoo the Earth” tour of the US (headlined by Slipknot), leading to some press coverage over here, it sometimes seems that all a metal band has to do to be big in the UK is to be American and detune their guitars. With the derivativene»
When the Wonderstuff split at the height of their powers in 1994 after a triumphant headlining appearance at the Phoenix Festival, they chose the right moment to go out. They didn’t overstay their welcome in the way that Carter USM or PWEI did, by playing to ever decreasing crowds while the new indie-kids flocked to se»
DVDism – are you being forced to buy this new technology you don’t need? Those of us with long memories might remember Vinyl Albums. Well, maybe not that long a memory. What you probably don’t think about is the way that Vinyl albums came to be rendered obsolete by CDs’. In 1985, Sony decided that they had cre»
Moby? Ever heard of him. In fact, I’d be amazed if you haven’t. You can’t escape him. He’s everywhere, ubiquitous and insidiously infiltrating everywhere you go. His album “Play” has been the first album in history ever to have every single one of his tracks licensed out to advertising campaigns, and there 18 tracks on»
A long time ago in a galaxy far far away, a star was born, and his name was… Alfred Hitchcock. Not Harrison Ford, but more of him later. Anyway, Alfred Hitchcock made a fair few movies, most of which were praised to the hilt; unlike this film - which won’t be. Clearly aimed at the same older audience who enj»
With the re-release f the film to cinemas and DVD/VHS, now is the perfect time for the Spinal Tap companion. Wrapped in a none more black cover, this is the complete history of the band, A nit-picked, intensely and insanely detailed companion, awash with the full transcript of the film. Treading a fine line between the»
In space, no one can hear you scream. No one can hear the thud of lawsuits for daftly unoriginal movie premises either. I can imagine the pitch: Its like “Alien…on a spaceship!”. Jeez. Actually, despite its razor-thin (and razor sharp) plot, Pitch Black more than delivers.. With a novel twist on its premis»
Are you ready to experience the sights, the sounds, the smells, of a hard working rock band on tour? Now you can experience it all. The interminable bore of soundchecks, the feuding, the fights, the interfering girlfriends, the splits, the instore appearances…the lot. The whole sorry mess. Spinal Tap are th»
A cold, wintery night in Coventry seems like a strange place to see Spearmint. Having received an 8/10 review for their album in the usually conservative NME, I’d expect a better turn out than tonight. As part of a club night, they are stuffed into a small room and by and large playing to a mostly disinterested and s»
IRON MAIDEN / HALFORD – Birmingham NEC Nov 4th 2000 Intro/ WICKER MAN/ GHOST OF THE NAVIGATOR/ BRAVE NEW WORLD/ WRATHCHILD/ TWO MINUTES TO MIDNIGHT/ BLOOD BROTHERS/SIGN OF THE CROSS /THE MERCENARY /THE TROOPER /DREAM OF MIRRORS /THE CLANSMAN / THE EVIL THAT MEN DO /FEAR OF THE DARK / IRON MAIDEN / NUMBER OF THE BEAST»
Whatever you think of the fact that “Play” is the first album in history to have every single track licensed for advertising (and its 420+ adverts to date), there is no doubting that it is Moby’s finest, most cohesive album to date. Surely its mass media manipulation and overkill has some bearing on the fact that»
U2 – “All that you can’t leave behind” U2 seem to be the only act in the world of the last decade whereby every album, is treated with critcal acclaim irrelevant of the actual music within. After a creative burst and their reinvention of themselves into something ironic, psuedo-alternative and psuedo-»
BLUR – “Best of” + Live CD This should be fantastic. Its not. Poorly thought through and ill conceived, this cash in is one of the worst ideas in recent times. Forsaking and largely ignoring the earlier material, (only 3 of its 18 tracks are from the pre-“Girls and Boys” era, 3 out of the first 7 singles,»
THE ALMIGHTY - NOTTINGHAM ROCK CITY SATURDAY OCTOBER 28th 2000. Set list: WELCOME TO DEFIANCE / FREE N’ EASY / JONESTOWN MIND / REVENGE / SIN AGAINST THE LIGHT / BARFLY / ALL SUSSED OUT / ADDICITION / TAKIN HOLD / BROKEN MACHINE / UNREAL THING / LA CHISPA DE LA MUERTE / WRENCH / FOR FUCKS SAKE / DO YOU UN»
THE ALMIGHTY - DUDLEY JBS SUNDAY OCTOBER 15th 2000-10-16 SETLIST: FREE AND EASY / JONESTOWN MIND / IM IN LOVE WITH REVENGE / SIN AGAINST THE LIGHT / BARFLY / ALL SUSSED OUT / ADDICTION / TAKIN’ HOLD / BROKEN MACHINE / UNREAL THING / LA CHISPA DE LA MUERTE / WRENCH / FOR FUCKS SAKE / DO YOU UNDERSTAND / CRUCIF»
"The grey market" – thats how the UK CD market is slowly killing itself. Or so the record companies would have you believe. Maybe you’ve not heard of it, because as a general rule, unlike Napster, the public don’t get involved in it. But nonetheless, it exists and as far as the record companies in the UK are concerned »
“Punk 2000: State of the Nation Address” Main Entry: 1punk Pronunciation: 'p&[ng]k Function: noun Etymology: origin unknown Date: 1596 1 archaic : PROSTITUTE 2 [probably partly from 3punk] : NONSENSE, FOOLISHNESS 3 a : a young inexperienced person : BEGINNER, NOVICE; especially : a young»
