Archive for October, 2003
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Kylie, Slow
By Nouse — October 28, 2003
-Various comments about how old she looks- Huw: This sounds like Kraftwerk. Jen: I think this is really good. Mike: It’s the music from Super Mario! ‘Slow’ is declared to be Single of the Issue. Kylie reported to be ‘completely apathetic’ to the news.
Damien Rice, Cannonball
By Nouse — October 28, 2003
Martin: It sounds like Damien Rice. Jen: It sounds like Tracy Chapman. Rob: I hate Tracy Chapman. Daniel: I got called ‘Tracy Chapman’ once, as an insult. -Iain breaks the CD into tiny pieces, scaring the main meal out of everyone- Busted introduction is played again.
The Cooper Temple Clause, Blind Pilots
By Nouse — October 28, 2003
Rob: Sounds like a bad attempt at Grandaddy… Iain: It’d be good… if it had a melody… Laura: It’s the kind of music men play to their girlfriends to make them think they have a sensitive side… so that they can spunk on their tits. -A shocked hush descends over the proceedings- Laura: Oh, you’ve [...]
Busted, Crashed The Wedding
By Nouse — October 28, 2003
- The introduction, which features four seconds of the wedding march, is played several times. On no occasion do we get further than the subsequent thirty-one seconds- Jen: The introduction’s good… but when they play it on the radio they’ll talk over it…
The Student Counsel
By Becky Lockett — October 28, 2003
Each edition Becky Lockett takes a student’s problem, and probes it from all angles, with the help of her trusty panel of experienced student reps.
Fashion On A Fiver
By Nicki Letts and Jenny Lee — October 28, 2003
The mission: to find out how fashionable you can be on a tight student budget…
Obituary- Elliot Smith (1969-2003)
By Rob Taylor — October 28, 2003
Elliot Smith, the acclaimed singer-songwriter, was found dead in his LA apartment on 22nd October. It is thought that he committed suicide by stabbing himself in the chest. Smith, 34, was widely considered to be among the most gifted songwriters of his generation; his last album, Figure 8, establishing him as a critical darling as [...]
And Now For Something Completely Different
By Iain Lindley — October 28, 2003
Orange County piano-rock? Sounds like a landmark… Iain Lindley investigates…
Border Crossing, Ominous
By Becky Lockett — October 28, 2003
Ominous is the debut album from the UK Urban collective Border Crossing, consisting of Alex Angol, Paul Mulvey and Seorais Graham. Coming from different musical backgrounds, they bring a wide variety of musical influences to the group’s sound. The result is a collection of tracks with a strong hip hop base together with fusions of [...]
Plaid, Spokes
By Matt Wieckowski — October 28, 2003
Plaid have always recognised the importance of melody, making their music either more accessible or less worthy in its genre depending on your point of view. Either way, there’s no denying that they’ve come out with some superb material over the years. The duo started their career with Warp as The Black Dog and went [...]
Aqualung, Still Life
By Tony Clark — October 28, 2003
The follow up to Aqualungs self titled first album, 'Still Life' continues exactly where Ivor Novello-nominated songwriter Matt Hales left off on the first album, with songs about life, love, and ticking clocks! – 'Another little hole'. The first single to be released off the album, 'Brighter than Sunshine', is a happy, feel good opener, [...]
All Hype And No Trousers?
By Rob Taylor — October 28, 2003
Whenever I tell anyone that I went to watch Franz Ferdinand they all give the same reply: "Oh, is he still alive?" "Yes, the Austrian Archduke, whose apparent death sparked the most calamitous event in world history, which eventually lead to Hitler taking power, the Second World War, the Cold War and the modern world [...]
The Strokes, Room On Fire
By Jen Knuttson — October 28, 2003
By the time you read this you will already know what you think of the second offering from The Strokes. So there’s no point telling you that Radiohead maestro Nigel Godrich almost produced it, but then didn’t. There’s no point telling you that at one point it didn’t look like this album would get made [...]
Dispossession, Fibber’s
By Sam Southgate — October 28, 2003
Recently, Fibbers played host to one of the more original gigs that York has seen in years; a fundraiser hosting upcoming Palestinian rap crew DAM – recently the subject of a feature-length article in Rolling Stone magazine – alongside The Unpeople, a London-based act who are swiftly making a name for themselves. Up first, The [...]
Broken Social Scene
By Rob Taylor — October 28, 2003
A Broken Social Scene? Rob Taylor interviews a band within a band who are taking life in their stride but still like to make a point, both in their music and their politics.
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