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Posted in Live Review: Wonderswan + Cissy + Trapdoor Minotaur

I should've pointed out that the other bands can be found at http://www.myspace.com/cissysound and http://www.myspace.com/trapdoorminotaur

Posted 14th November 2008 at 00:35

Posted in CD Review: Tilly And The Wall - O

Of course, as everyone knows, this is the third outing from Tilly and the Wall. Profuse apologies for having indicated otherwise...

Posted 12th October 2008 at 23:53

Posted in Live Review: Pushbike Army + Mr and Mrs + Killing Fields Of Ontario

Why. oh why, did Pushbike Army not get given a slot at the festival? The kids would've loved it. Grrr. Oh well - at least the Bacchae got through. See you at the Introducing stage!

Posted 3rd August 2008 at 20:16

Posted in CD Review: Make Model - The Was

Thanks for changing the artwork; this is indeed what I was thinking of! What a shame the band subsequently split up...

Posted 23rd July 2008 at 11:54

Posted in Live Review: The Voltaires + These Monsters + i concur

I thought the usual form for Futuresound was for the bands to appear in the order listed - i.e. top first. The timings posted on the door had definitely been amended with a marker pen...

Posted 13th July 2008 at 05:46

Posted in CD Review: O Fracas - Fits and Starts

Two things to your comment; 'which half?', and 'due to compulsive fidgeting'.

Posted 11th July 2008 at 00:53

Posted in Live Review: Bonsai Kittens + Kristofski Kabuki + Penny Broadhurst + Adam John Miller

How disappointing to hear that we have but a few more short months of the mighty Kittens! I'm grateful to have had this opportunity to sample their efforts, though; a few 'eloquent' (?!) words were the least I could offer...

Posted 28th January 2008 at 21:09

Posted in Live Review: Lightspeed Champion + Martin Bignall

"For all his youth... he does not fail to disappoint". What a shame. He was fantastic at the Fav a couple of months back, and that was before he invested in the all-in-one Spiderman get-up, too!

Posted 11th November 2007 at 00:09

Posted in User Article: the wellington pub nunslet

What a fantastic article... I was gripped by every word (especially the word "pub", funnily enough.)

Posted 10th November 2007 at 21:02

Posted in Live Review: Los Campesinos! + You Say Party! We Say Die!

There was plenty of movement where I was; so much so that my specs got clunked off my head and ground into the floor by a dozen pairs of Converse. And you know what? I didn't even care. What a great night!

Posted 29th October 2007 at 14:55

Posted in Live Review: New Young Pony Club

I beg to differ; they seemed both stylish AND substantial to me! It was just a wee bit odd that there was more movement in my part of the audience (about half way back) than there was at the front. As far as I'm concerned, it's difficult to listen to these guys without wanting to dance your *actual* socks off.

Oh, and the support were Holy Hail; not rubbish, exactly, but perhaps rather too shouty at times.

Posted 4th June 2007 at 10:08

Posted in Live Review: The Twang

What really impressed me about this show was the band's ability to win the audience over with a collection of tunes that were, for the most part, unknown to us. The level of crowd surfing during the encore certainly elicited some spectacular 'saves' from the stage-front heavies. Let's hope the humility surives such adoration!

Posted 21st May 2007 at 17:49

Posted in Live Review: iLiKETRAiNS + Troubles

Having been at the gig, I'm afraid that the fact that I was present at some kind of rousing red rally completely passed me by! 'The Beeching Report', for me, is a lament of the overblown excesses of central planning and - as far as I could tell - 'The Deception' charted Donald Crowhurst's doomed entry in the 1968 Golden Globe race.

Perhaps I missed something. Oh - and I thought Troubles were pretty damn good as well; HotS without the wilful awkwardness and reedy vocals, but plus a neat line in fizzing slow-builders.

And if you really wanted your head blown off, you should've turned up in time for AnteAter - which was strangely brilliant, and certainly explosive.

Posted 4th April 2007 at 11:38

Posted in CD Review: Various Artists - Bright Young Things 2007

Personally I thought the 'yawny acoustic' tag applies to rather too much of this album - not just Sketches in Technicolour. The offerings by Wintermute, the Guests and All Your Peers are all pretty lively, though, and it's not too bad for a freebie CD!

Posted 23rd March 2007 at 15:37

Posted in CD Review: Various Artists - DTTR: Something I Learned Today

Cheers! But if one's just got one's grubby mitts on the new DTTR a month ahead of release, the least one can do is to cobble together a couple of hundred words on the subject. ;-)

Posted 23rd March 2007 at 15:22

Posted in Live Review: Polytechnic

To avoid undeserved credit, I should point out that Dave Hughes took that photo, not me! Oh - and is there any reason this piece doesn't appear on any of the lists of articles? "Because it wasn't very good" is probably the response I deserve. ;-)

Posted 22nd February 2007 at 18:50

Posted in CD Review: Cold War Kids - Robbers & Cowards

It's not strictly anything to do with the review, but why the link (top right) say 'Buy this CD now for £6'... when following the link takes you to an unremarkable £8-99 price tag at Amazon? Crivens, the evil capitalists are infiltrating the system!

Posted 15th February 2007 at 15:01

Posted in Live Review: Napoleon IIIrd + Ali Whitton and the Broke Record Players + Loqui

Calm down Rob! Let's keep this professional; I'm supposed to be impartial after all... ;-)

Posted 15th February 2007 at 14:56

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