Sometimes the prodigal son motifs just don’t quite fit; when Nick Hodgson left the Kaiser Chiefs – the band with…
Pulp – His ‘N’ Hers Review
a ribald, seaside postcard “..attitude in salutation of a national psyche weighed down by generations of sexual repression.”
Weekender #4 – Pulp, His ‘N’ Hers
Anyone can tell you that history is written by the winners. So it is with Britpop; whilst a handful of…
Django Django – Marble Skies review
The best thing about being British is our constant ability to surprise ourselves; despite the charts being filled with auto…
In Town This Week – Nick J.D. Hodgson
God knows you shouldn’t believe everything you read on Twitter these days, but when former Kaiser Chief Nick Hodgson posted…
Introducing – Glass Mountain
Named after an etching by David Hockney, Glass Mountain are a quartet from the famous artist’s home city of Bradford…
Weekender #3 : The Prodigy – The Fat of the Land
“…Set in motion a chain of events which vitalised strains of rock and hip-hop, paving the way for nu-metal, the UK grime scene and – decades later – influencing American acts like Death Grips.”
The Prodigy – The Fat of the Land review
“Firestarter, a grappling hook of a track featuring snippets of The Breeders and Art of Noise and whose promotional video gave us Keith Flint seemingly in the midst of demonic possession. It was brilliant.”
Shame – Songs of Praise Review
What with the music industry just returning to growth after years of declining revenues it’s unlikely that it’s going to…
In town this week – The Bronx
There’s an argument that punk rock is a strictly 20th century thing, one that’s long lost it’s voice to less…