RegnYouth Archives (Free subscription) | 10/11/2008
Let’s face it, the new Oasis album won’t win the band any new fans. Even for diehards, the first third threatens the dreaded Be Here Now complex. Overextended endings, overlayered guitars, these are reminiscent of the band’s 1997 album in which access overran substance. But that’s not necessarily a bad thing. Oasis is perennially fixing a [...]
Times Online (Free subscription) | 10/10/2008
Their teeth have been whitened and their outfits and hair styled: for the 12 finalists who sing their hearts out tonight, The X Factor could be a fast track to fame and fortune. But established stars say that the series exploits youngsters.
Liverpool Echo.co.uk (Free subscription) | 10/03/2008
Cool, upbeat, and instantly infectious, this track, is very much in the Hacienda dance groove of Oasis, Happy Mondays and The Stone Roses. Yet there are sparks of originality that make this the sound of now, rather than vintage Madchester, and rescues them from being imitators. It puts them firmly on their own footing as another in a long line of bands of which Manchester can be proud.
Eurogamer (Free subscription) | 10/02/2008
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Electric Roulette (Free subscription) | 10/02/2008
A lot of people read this site and send us tip-offs of uncovered acts that they like. This is a good thing... but many get it badly wrong, sending us links to their mates who happen to be in a...
Globe and Mail (Free subscription) | 10/02/2008
New album a pleasure, even when the Gallaghers miss the mark
New York Addick (Free subscription) | 09/25/2008
Both Keynes and The Stone Roses might be considered influences in my life, so it's apt that the quotes of the former and the lyrics of the latter, should merge so perfectly to sum up the incredible events of last week.If you can't face reading my ramblings on this topic (and frankly I couldn't blame you), then at least read this excellent short by John Kay in the Financial Times. I had been desperately...
kimbofo (Free subscription) | 09/17/2008
Once-upon-a-time I used to dream of going to the Royal Albert Hall to see anyone -- or anything -- just so that I could say I'd been there. Going there twice in just a matter of months to see a live performance must surely border on the eccentric or the extravagant. And yet, last night, I was back sitting in one of the little plush red swing seats, under the dome, waiting for the lights to dim so that...
Liverpool Echo.co.uk (Free subscription) | 09/17/2008
SCOUSE brothers Tony and Chris Griffiths created a sound. And that sound was Britpop.
The Cedar Lounge Revolution (Free subscription) | 09/13/2008
Thinking about last weeks post on music I suddenly realised how a number of compilations almost made it into my albums of a year. Now, not that many, but enough. First I must admit I never heard C86. Still haven’t. To my shame. And surveying the track list I find that interesting because about half [...]
Exitfare (Free subscription) | 09/12/2008
Myspace // "Jesus Won't Dance in My High Heels" [mp3] On Wednesday, one of my office mates and I were discussing the brilliant debut album from the Stone Roses and before I could even start pontificating on how great every note on that record is, he insisted that I check out a band. British four piece Four Dead in Ohio wins points by not only liberally recalling the Stone Roses, but with the Neil Young...
Channel 4 (Free subscription) | 09/11/2008
Previously unseen images of rock stars are up for sale after a photographer decided to put them on show.
Bell End (Free subscription) | 09/09/2008
I have a theory why the North West has produced more than its fair share of great popular music over the past few years (The Beatles, Joy Division, New Order, The Smiths, Happy Mondays, British Sea Power (although Brighton try to claim them as their own), Elbow, The Fall, The Stone Roses to name but a few). It's the weather. Rain, rain and more rain. People are forced to stay in quite a lot and do...
Celibate in the City (Free subscription) | 09/09/2008
This song was totally written about me at age 15, but I didn't look that cool. Watching the Fashion Shows this weekend [(NYC TV--ch. 25) or Fullfrontalfashion.com ] I noticed that the music was freaking awesome. Music I had never heard before. I stayed up all night doing the research.... The 'new' underground brit pop I discovered makes me so excited, almost painfully so, that I no longer
Aversion Music (Free subscription) | 09/09/2008
Indie kids, you'd better write The Stone Roses a thank-you letter.
