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Felt Mountain, Goldfrapp’s debut album, appeared in September 2000 on Mute Records and caused an awful lot of excitement. Sublime, decadent, twisted and elegant were…
by Michael Hubbard
The usual compliment of hyperventilating teenagers, lesbians in dungarees making a point of kissing each other and random hacks feeling just tad nervous had piled...
by Seamus Hoban
“Old forms equals new life?” New label, new direction, new pressures? Choosing a new direction is a hard and dangerous business. For reasons as varied...
by Johnny Mango
We are in northern Holland for EuroSonic 2001. Radio stations across Europe are presenting their own nations finest and most promising talent. The result is...
by Johnny Mango
Tonight we are going to be treated to the very best of the Wonderstuff. And they really have got some wonderful stuff in their back...
by Johnny Mango
Jimmy Page-like riffs and Jack Bessant’s throbbing basslines reverberate around the Astoria. There are going to be a good few cases of tinitus tonight. The...
by Michael Hubbard
T’was the night of the indie gurrrls in Highbury. Nu Yawkers Le Tigre, headlining, were supported by two all-girl groups, of which the second was...
by Johnny Mango
“There is something terribly masturbatory about standing on stage at a venue called an arena with a loud electric guitar.” Moby is preparing us for...
by Michael Hubbard
Starting very late and with no support, Magnetophone had their work cut out from the start with an audience of around 100, some of whom...
by Michael Hubbard
We flocked in our hundreds to see London-based Singh’s second Untouched concert, at which we were to expect spiritual music in a definitively spiritual setting....
by Michael Hubbard
Passenger Smith@ Paradise Bar, London, 11 November 2000 Off the beaten media hack track is a place called New Cross, at the end of the...
by Michael Hubbard
On the back of their debut single release on Beggars Banquet, 125, Spiritualized refugees Michael Mooney, Sean Cook et al took to the stage with...
by Michael Hubbard
To say that I was looking forward to hearing Leigh Franklin’s first proper London performance would be an understatement. A week before her graceful entrance...
by Michael Hubbard
There’s something about the management of the medium size sheds like Kentish Town’s The Forum and Brixton’s Academy. Perhaps someone had the bright idea to...
by Michael Hubbard
The critics and the public alike loved The Hour Of The Bewilderbeast, the first proper LP from Damon Gough (aka Badly Drawn Boy). Among minor...
by Johnny Mango
My first thought regarding the phenomenal performance from Badly Drawn Boy was if you weren’t there to see and feel the Damon Gough experience why...
by James McCartney
The glass is always half full rather than half empty as far as The Frank and Walters are concerned. Their optimism and self belief were...
