“It’s left to the pounding chaos of Rage In The Plague Age with it’s triumphant valedictory “Draw up the draw bridge, draw down the blinds, everyone in here’s getting high tonight” to enunciate what they’re all about.”
Category: Reviews – 2000’s Releases
Kaiser Chiefs – Yours Truly, Angry Mob
“Yours Truly…is as much of an improvement as it had to be, both musically and spiritually and comes equipped with a healthy dose of much-needed closing time realism.”
Metro Area – Metro Area review
“Metro Area is funkier than Prince jamming with George Clinton and contains a panoply of liberally mixed cultural props and metaphors drawn from diverse ports such as original NYC B-Boy street and flamenco.”
Fountains of Wayne – Welcome Interstate Managers
Originally Released 10th June 2003. Review not previously published. I have to admit, I was expecting another dose of wily … More
Pendle Coven – Self Assessment
Originally released in 2009. This review originally posted 15th March 2009. My rock and roll loving friends sometimes ask me … More
Athlete – Black Swan
Originally released 24th August 2009. Review originally published 6th September 2009. It’s easy to dismiss Athlete as seagulls following the … More
The Dwarves – Sugarfix/Thank Heavens For Little Girls review
Originally released “Some time in 1993”. Review originally published “Some time in 2008”. If punk rock’s highest level of evolution … More
The Bronx – II
“Thank your lucky stars that LA’s The Bronx are back with a second album of post-post modern …punk rock.”
Mylo – Destroy Rock & Roll review
“Mylo proves that there is art into splicing together his petty thefts and making the whole a dippy, dance-tastic sum greater than it’s mostly forgotten parts.”
Aphex Twin – Chosen Lords review
Originally released on April 10th 2006. Original version of this review posted on April 1st, 2007. Richard D. James last … More
The Voice Of Unreason 