My introduction to dan le sac Vs Scroobius Pip came in the form of the song Thou Shalt Always Kill, which at first sounds like a chav version of Baz Luhrmann’s Everybody’s Free (To Wear Sunscreen) but actually turns out to be an hilarious and catchy social commentary. The tune immediately caught my attention, but [...]
So I was perusing some YouTube videos of Travis Barker drumming – a pastime that never seems to get old – and started to get really sick of reading stupid fucking comments. I don’t know who these people are that want to spend their time arguing over the internet with people they’ve never met about [...]
So I wasn’t all that enthused about going to see Andy C, especially with being on a comedown from the Prodigy the night before and whatnot. Still, friends are friends, gigs are gigs, and life’s too short to stay in, so off I marched to Circa with a sore neck and my underwear full of [...]
I’m very wary of stuff that’s too indie these days – a hypocritical statement from a person who’s sitting here wearing a red and white tea-cloth indieboy scarf maybe, but truthful nonetheless. Too much NME and bands that buy skinny jeans and plaid shirts from overpriced vintage shops seems to have left a bad, musty [...]
Fat of the Land came out twelve years ago. Twelve. Can you believe that?
The pre-pubescent twerp inside me is having a fit tonight as I get felt up at the entrance to Kool Haus, blocking out the inappropriate touching by remembering the first times of hearing Breathe and Narayan and being bewildered more than anything [...]
NME-heralded indie / synth band from the south of England? They’ve got to be shit, surely…