Hey Eugene - Pink Martini |
I HAD a pink martini once. It was a bit sickly and, frankly, made the morning after a real gut-wrencher.But what this Pink Martini promise is less nauseating morning-after regret and more fizzy exuber...
Posted by Kirstie on Mon, 04 Jun 2007 04:14:00 PST |
The Lemonheads :: Live :: Mandela Hall, Belfast |
The long-haired troubadour onstage this evening was the tabloid fodder of yesteryear. Pete Doherty with arrests for drug offences and shagging supermodels? Pah.
These are paltry tales of rock'n'roll...
Posted by Kirstie on Fri, 11 May 2007 11:21:00 PST |
Kate Nash :: Live |
You might well know who pretty singer-songwriter Kate Nash is because of the column inches about her in newspaper supplements. Notably, she's often presented not as an artist in her own right so much ...
Posted by Kirstie on Tue, 24 Apr 2007 05:08:00 PST |
Think Before You Speak - Good Shoes |
Good Shoes' DIY ethos doesn't begin and end with their plasticine artwork and use of what sounds like children's percussive implements, but these are as good cues as any when defining their debut albu...
Posted by Kirstie on Tue, 10 Apr 2007 02:19:00 PST |
Brett Anderson - Brett Anderson |
POISE is everything. Pretension, or the appearance of being pretentious, is key in pop.In the heady days of the early 1990s, indie bands looked like Fraggles. The sartorially and intellectually challe...
Posted by Kirstie on Tue, 03 Apr 2007 06:18:00 PST |
Strange House - The Horrors |
IF you believe nothing else about The Horrors, you must believe that they do have a bloody strange house.On this debut, they sing about spectres of serial killers past drifting by in Jack the Ripper, ...
Posted by Kirstie on Mon, 26 Mar 2007 03:44:00 PST |
Standing In The Way Of Control - The Gossip |
AS tabloid fodder goes, the Gossip's Beth Ditto is up there with the best - she has been labelled a "fat lesbian," but the Arkansas native actually has a lot more to her than that.She cuts an erudite,...
Posted by Kirstie on Mon, 26 Mar 2007 03:43:00 PST |
Forever On - The Draytones |
A London-based Anglo-Argentinian trio with a penchant for jazz and two feet firmly in 1965 (the year and label, the same stable as The View emerged from).The best word for The Draytones' debut is schi...
Posted by Kirstie on Wed, 07 Mar 2007 06:17:00 PST |
The Deep Blue - Charlotte Hatherley |
Charlotte may have left a pop-punk trio of men in Ash, but make no mistake about it she's the one with the testosterone.
Her kick-ass attitude aside, video for The Deep Blue's first single offering ...
Posted by Kirstie on Wed, 28 Feb 2007 02:00:00 PST |
Klaxons/CSS/Sunshine Underground/New Young Pony Club :: Live :: Ulster Hall |
The occurrence of the "new rave" phenomenon is ostensibly a terrifying event for those who remember old rave and, more specifically, for those who love music.Who could celebrate the days of glowsticks...
Posted by Kirstie on Fri, 16 Feb 2007 02:50:00 PST |
