Mojo 64 are really not worth talking about, so I’ll keep this brief. Their music was horribly clichéd, sort of like a mix between Ocean Colour Scene and Reef but worse. Far better were Sanctuary For The Deacon’s Sons, whose leftfield post-hardcore was quite interesting, although it did go a bit wrong for the middle […]
Oct 6 2003 Alaska - All The Dead Astronauts
Brighton is known for being a happy and cheery place. Too cheery some might say. Maybe that’s because people only go to Brighton in the summer, when it’s nice and everyone’s got a reason to be sickeningly joyful. Enter Alaska; the musical representation of Brighton’s winter, the time of year when even happy people can […]
Oct 6 2003 Billy Bragg - Must I Paint You A Picture
The Bard of Barking is celebrating his 20 years of making music with three packed CDs - a full fifty tracks - encompassing his entire career to date. The first disc consists of older works, starting with what is probably his most well known song A New England and taking in classic Bragg tracks like […]
As ever, Belle And Sebastian are oozing twee charm and creating intelligent off kilter songs. What makes Dear Catastrophe Waitress such a fantastic album is the sun blessed feel to the whole shebang. These songs are dazzlingly bright and bursting at the seams with pop joy. All of this has happened without sacrificing any of […]
