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Selection of articles written between 2005 and today.

  • Dylanesque – Bryan Ferry

    What the fuck was Ferry thinking? Mind you what was his son thinking when he attacked the House of Commons. So perhaps insanity runs in the family. Sometimes Dylan covers succeed- Knockin’ on Heavens Door, and All Along the Watchtower, for example. But to release a whole album of them, even if you’re a king Read more

  • All of a sudden I miss everyone – Explosions in the Sky

    I’m so alone. I’m living in a stair well. Sometimes people piss on me by mistake, thinking I’m a pile of rags or perhaps they know damn rightly what I am, but I would rather give them the benifit of the doubt. I think people are good at heart, you know. Still, it gets really Read more

  • Robbers and Cowards – Cold War Kids

    Heartbreakingly honest, stunningly crafted and ramshackle. Or not as the case actually is. Shitty bum bastards, wank you ass backwards. they’ve often been likened to Tom Waits, B Diddy and Nick fucking dark Cave, but only by fools. The Cold War Kids are alright in the end but for fuck sake some perspective please. They’re Read more

  • Life in cartoon motion – Mika

    The scissor sisters are horrible evil things, they have made disco somehow acceptable to be played in indie disco’s. they did it by pretending to be ironic, but then no one wears clothes like that all the time without meaning it. Still they’ve taken time off they’re busy schedule from ripping off 70’s disco classics Read more

  • Eyes Open – Snow Patrol

    Do you know a man, probably a friend of your father who’s single and tries to insist you call him uncle? He wears ironed jeans and a polo neck jumper under his shirt. He drinks gin and tonic, but insists it Gordons and Shweps. He’d happily wear a cravat, and, you suspect, have sex with Read more

  • Stadium Arcadium – Red Hot Chilli Peppers

    You know the Mylo song Destroy Rock and Roll. Well these guys heard it and took it seriously. Now I’m sure people will argue, and not without reason that RHCPricks have been subtly trying to kill rock for years, cynically producing horrible radio friendly poptastic rocklightwalk to channel money away from other bands actually trying Read more