Any Mojo Nixon fan will greedily scarf up this offering before it has much of a chance to get to know the shelf. Especially since this is out of print, although I do believe you can download the mp3's from Amazon or Itunes, I think. A fantastic example of what happens when attitude, rockabilly, and smart lyrics go out drinking together. Whereabouts Unknown came out in 1995 and shortly into the opening...
Here are some things we didn't play last Friday night, although it would have been quite nice if we had: And her are some things we did actually play: Stuart The Bluetones – Keep The Home Fires Burning (US Version) The Beloved – Hello Saint Etienne – Filthy Manic Street Preachers – La Tristesse Durera (Scream To A Sigh) (The Chemical Brothers Remix) The Clash – London's...
A team representing the University of Life acquitted itself well on its first outing on University Challenge last night. With a line-up comprising Keith MacKillop, a 54-year-old pub bore from Swindon, Penny Plant, a 44-year old basket weaver from the Isle of Skye, Kyle Jessop, a 29-year-old 'self-made' building contractor ...
Anyone who has lived in the southwestern part of the U.S. for any length of time over the past few decades will surely appreciate how grave the situation has become for some Americans when considering that the ranks of day laborers standing on street corners in the morning are no longer restricted to recent immigrants and illegal aliens. It should be clear to even the most casual observer that the...
Filed under: Concerts and Tours , News , Holy Hell , UK At a concert at Liverpool's Echo Arena Saturday night, Morrissey walked off stage two songs into his set after an audience member threw a drink at the singer, hitting him in the head. The Liverpool Daily Post reports that Morrissey opened the night with the Smiths hit 'This Charming Man' and was following it up with 'Black Cloud' and shaking...
What album should I listen to next? I keep coming back to Dylan even though I'm not a fan but also revisited my past - The Cult, The Cure, The Smiths and then thought I need to pick a band that didn't start with "The". The problem is I'm still up late at night because I rediscovered "The The". Uncertain Smile - what a song that was with Jules Holland on the piano. Now all I need...
Dead Flowers: Anglophiles Anonymous (Free subscription) | 11/06/2009
Forgive me Blogger, for I have sinned. I know I've dismissed, unfairly at times, a lot of music in the past few months--I can't help it, it's in my nature. I also know that I've failed to write about the small amount of music I actually have liked--surely no way for a hobbyist critic with delusions of grandeur to act. So here, without further ado, are some reviews... Mew--No More Stories... Mew have...
Filed under: News Let the debate begin. Morrissey is the greatest lyricist in the history of British popular music, according to a new book by Scottish academic Dr. Gavin Hopps. In 'Morrissey: The Pageant of His Bleeding Heart,' Hopps compares the singer to literary giants like Philip Larkin and Oscar Wilde. Moz, who gave us all such lyrical classics as 'Bengali in Platforms,' 'Barbarism Begins at...
the only good thing the smiths ever did was not reform. when that day comes as far as i’m concerned my personal seventh seal is broken. not just because i have a pathological loathing for all things smithsian but also because i have a pathological distrust for band reformations. a peculiarly new phenomenon ( i [...]
The Paul Richards column Last Thursday in the Times Phil Collins offered the view "with the exception of Billy Bragg, and even he will be remembered for the love songs, nobody seems to be able to do political songs anymore". If it had been Phil Collins as in the Cadbury gorilla it might have been a bigger story ("Genesis drummer says modern pop is rubbish"). But the Phil Collins...
To Swift Mars samples the ‘80s pop zeitgeist to various effect, but is strongest in its least nostalgic moments. Cale Parks' latest EP and third solo release To Swift Mars takes the sonic cues and flourishes of '80s synthpop and refracts them through a lens of fin de siècle discontent, with a result that bears a degree of resemblance to new wave influences Depeche Mode and the Smiths,...
dooyoo newest opinions in UK / Irel (Free subscription) | 11/05/2009
a new opinion on www.dooyoo.co.uk about The Smiths (Carlton) written by Rook252 The Smiths is a local village pub which serves food. As it is in the next village along from us, it's in a very convenient location. My fiancee used to go regularly several years ago, so now we've moved back to the area we decided to give it a try. ...
As a child of middle class suburbia, the tract home defined our perception of home and a house. But even in our youth we noted that although the Smiths may have occupied a similarly designed tr
Indie band from Burnley are nominated for the Grammys. Hoax or hype? It sounds utterly improbable: an indie band from Burnley called Shakeys Brother have, ahead of any official announcement, revealed that they have been nominated twice for the 52nd annual Grammy awards this January. Shakeys who? Precisely. The Lancashire five-piece with the cavalier attitude towards the floating apostrophe have apparently...
4 July, 2009 A trendy, stylish urban oasis, when people hear the word “Miami”, they often envision celebrities, nightclubs, beaches and mayhem (think Vegas with a coastline). While an amount of that does occur, the city is often a surprise for those who are visiting Miami and Miami’s famed South Beach for the first time. Reason #1: The beaches are not overcrowded You see, Miami is quite well-rounded,...