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Bob Dylan goes a-touring
Everyone’s favourite acoustic dude will be returning to the UK for a series of dates in November.»
Brian Wilson at Liverpool Big Top, Mon 27 Jun
Aren’t Grown-Up gigs nice? So much more civilised than the usual masses of sweat and bottles of wee that are usually found at big gigs, so much more refined than these ‘mosh-pits’ that the kidz insist on flinging themselves around in, an action generally accompanied by said sweating and wee-bottles – yes, I think that the Grown-Up gig may be the way forward.»
Robbie Williams - Something Beautiful
Ahhh Robbie... he who likes the pies, he who commands legions of screaming hormonal girls wherever he goes, he who apparently can’t get through the day without his prescription pills and yet, paradoxically, can still write about hope and love and some kind of beautiful. (Or maybe he can’t, and it’s actuall»
Goldfrapp - Strict Machine
There’s no way this was recorded in a studio. A cold, barren studio couldn’t conceive the type of sleazy, juicy electro beats found on 'Strict Machine'. No, this was made in the kind of place that charges by the hour, in a filthy hovel where the very oxygen is contaminated by the uninterrupted innuendo. Only a »
In Cold Blood: Chris Martin In Trouble
Well, well, well, apparently even the nice boy of British music has his wild side… Coldplay’s Chris Martin has been arrested in the land of kangaroos for allegedly smashing a freelance journalist’s car window. Photographer Jon Lister, alleges that Martin demanded he erase pictures of th»
Venus Ray - The World Woke Up Without Me
The world woke up without this crew of warped indie boys, leaving them alone in an unknown place of wreckage to have every imaginable emotion inflicted upon them, until finally, blinking in the light, they were let loose upon the world that had deserted them and unleashed their diary of what they had been through in th»
Placebo, The Eighties Matchbox B-Line Disaster at Liverpool University, Thu 10 Apr
The kidz were out tonight. They were out in their smeared eyeliner and torn fishnets to pay homage to their spiritual leader, the angst-filled pixie they know as Brian. Oh, and those two other blokes that always seem to be on stage at the same time (what are they called? wonder the kidz. John? Jack? Bez?) b»
Erasure - Other People's Songs
Erasure. A band that have managed to bypass the '90s in every way. 80's style synthesisers? They got ‘em in spadefuls. But 90’s irony? Just take a look at the impossibly bland title. It’s such an obvious thing to say that it actually looks suspicious…maybe Erasure HAVE actually picked up on some humour and»
Music at the Seaside
The Music, currently finishing off a UK tour, have announced a coupla gigs for May. They’ll be stopping at some of Britain’s less than sunny seaside resorts, playing at the Blackpool Empress Ballroom on 2nd May and Bridlington Spa on the 3rd. Tickets are £13.50 each. Ther»
(Review of nothing)
Having been near deafened by the outraged cries of eyeliner clan glitter trolls, I feel kinda obliged to make the following statements: Where the hell is Stay Beautiful? And only one track off The Holy Bible? And So Why So Sad, followed by The Everlasting – what, are they aiming to bore?
Manic Street Preachers - There By The Grace Of God
Well. Imagine the scenario – you’ve spent the last decade or so travelling through punk, cross dressing, Kylie, the obligatory wannabe-Slash phase, vitriol and rhetoric by the bucketload, mainstream arena rock and the kind of music that gets played in the background in the Queen Vic. Oh, and the even mo»
1 Love: Tracklisting
Ladies and gents, it’s charity time again! NME have announced the tracklisting for their '1 Love' album (if ya haven’t already heard, it’s an album of current artists covering their supposed favourite chart topping song ever. Apparently, Oasis now prefer Slade hits to Beatles hits. Or else it was ea»
Bjork Releases Stuff
Bjork is here to fill those long winter nights with two new DVD’s, a Greatest Hits album and a new box set. The first DVD, set for release on 18th November, is a live recording of her 2001 performance at the Royal Opera House (which woulda cost you nearly eighty quid to watch!) and features an extra 30 min»
Oasis, The Electric Soft Parade, Soundtrack Of Our Lives, Richard Ashcroft at L.C.C.C at Old Trafford Cricket Ground, Trafford, Sat 14 Sep
There was never much hope of the first 2 support acts being accepted by the Manchester crowd, especially since a large part of said crowd was stuck in a time warp and thought it was still relevant to insult Blur. Soundtrack Of Our Lives had a slight advantage, being first and so getting some ‘oh, look, entertai»
The Wandering Step - Right Now It's Time For...
Quirky is a good word to describe The Wandering Step. Hell, what else can be said about a band who’s debut release starts with lyrics straight out of a high street travel agents ("I wanna go to Reykjavik / I wanna see what it’s like / I wanna check out the buildings")? A band who’s frontma»
And The Oasis Gigs Just Keep On Coming!
Oasis will be on tour in England and Wales again at the end of the year. Tickets will set you back £28.50 (no higher prices in London cos they ain’t playing there) and are on sale from 9am Saturday 31st August. These gigs are expected to sell out as quickly as the previously announced ones, possible beca»
McAlmont And Butler - Bring It Back
One listen to this album is enough to convince even the most hardened pop watcher that, in an age where Hear’Say and Blue rule supreme, there is still hope. The next listen will convince people that Mcalmont & Butler have been away for far too long, and every listen after that – and believe me, on»
Toploader - Time Of My Life
The most remarkable thing about this record is that it’s a release by Toploader that isn’t another remix (and I use that term loosely, added computerised voices don’t really make a tune remixed) of ‘Dancing In The Moonlight’. Or is it? The same Jamie Oliver-compatibility is there, the same »
Manics: Album, Single AND Tour!
After over a year of threatening to do so, the Manic Street Preachers will finally release their Greatest Hits album on 21st October 2002. Entitled ‘Forever Delayed’, it will be preceded by a new single on 7th October, rumoured to have the same title, this will be confirmed/denied shortly, as will t»
The Polyphonic Spree - Soldier Girl
‘De de de de-a lidle-ee!’ – from the moment the old fashioned sounding pipes (you can almost imagine the cast of Pride And Prejudice dancing to them) kick off this record, you’re in for a sublime, if slightly eccentric few minutes. Polyphonic Spree, with all of their 25 members, have made a gloriou»