Articles by Rob Taylor
has written 37 articles for Nouse
Hidingplace, What If
By Rob Taylor and Daniel Searle — June 22, 2004
Rob: I really, really like this. It sounds a lot like my favourite band Nickelback. Last night I wet the bed, because I was listening to this song and didn’t want to leave to go to the toilet.
The Naked Apes, Extreme
By Rob Taylor and Dan Searle — June 22, 2004
Dan: This is genuinely dreadful. Rob: Like a Bon Jovi covers band… Dan: According to the press release, they’ve supported Reef and Wheatus. I find that very funny. Rob: They’re going the same way as them… Dan: And they performed on the Matthew Wright show. I also find that very funny. Rob: Did he expose [...]
The Naked Apes, If You See Kay
By Rob Taylor and Dan Searle — June 22, 2004
Dan: Looks like it’s a double A-side then. Rob: This one is genius! Dan: It is a bit stunning, isn’t it? Rob: No. Dan: No.
Razorlight, Golden Touch
By Rob Taylor and Dan Searle — June 22, 2004
Dan: ‘The girl with the golden touch’… it’s good to see more bands singing about handjobs. Dan: It’s also a very good song…quite House of the Rising Sun…sort of… Dan: There must have been an errata committed by the PR company who sent us this…they usually abide by the policy of only sending us rubbish… [...]
Woodstock: sex, drugs and scattered showers
By Daniel Searle and Rob Taylor — June 22, 2004
Rob Taylor looks on as Woodstock crowns the summer term. Come on then and let the rain begin!
Single Honours
By Rob Taylor and Dan Searle — June 22, 2004
Lately, the single reviews have been increasingly infantile and less informative. But nobody’s complained thus far, so the whole fiasco continues….
Sonic Youth, Sonic Nurse
By Rob Taylor — June 22, 2004
There are cool parents, and there are the parents of Coco Gordon Moore. Whilst Kim Gordon and Thurston Moore have probably had Coco listening to Husker Du since birth, the pair have also given birth to a whole generation of artists. If this nineteenth outing for New York’s delinquent geriatrics is a little easier on [...]
The Cribs, Virgin Mobile LOUDER
By Rob Taylor — May 17, 2004
If The Energy Group had seen the Cribs perform the first song of their set they would have bulldozed all of their wind turbines, packed Sizewell B off on a cargo ship to a far-off land and channelled all of their money into a consignment of twenty somethings from Wakefield with guitars. The three brothers [...]
Animal Collective, Sung Tongs
By Rob Taylor — May 17, 2004
A purist might say that there is no room in journalism for personal ambition. However, a journalist would probably say there is no room for purity in personal ambition, so I, in an attempt to carve my name on some sort of John Peel tree of life will try to coin a new genre name. [...]
Who Are Franz Ferdinand?
By Rob Taylor — March 19, 2004
Rob Taylor gets to know more about the hottest band of 2004, by catching up with Franz Ferdinand guitarist, Nick McCarthy
The Shins, Chutes Too Narrow
By Rob Taylor — March 19, 2004
In the US, The Shins’ debut album, Oh Inverted World, was greeted with a Strokesian level of hubbub, but over here it received the same amount of interest as a Bobbie Davro press conference. Although that album was a stunning indie museum piece, it was very much a record to keep within your skin rather [...]
Sufjan Stevens, Seven Swans
By Rob Taylor — March 19, 2004
Most people have developed the Pavlovian reaction of running away when they hear the words “Christian Rock”, lest they should be ensnared in a sticky net of soft stadium rock and band names like “pi-a-T”. Even as a Christian myself, I am near thrown into a crisis of faith that God could let something so [...]
Basking in Glory: Bugalee storm to victory in BoB 2004
By Rob Taylor and Nicola Brady — February 16, 2004
On Saturday night Bugalee scooped the biggest musical award on campus. A recording contract, a headline slot at Woodstock and a Grad Ball appearence awaits the talented ensemble. Nicola Brady and Rob Taylor look back on two weeks of highs, lows and the best musical talent York Uni has to offer
Electrelane, The Power Out
By Rob Taylor — February 16, 2004
I’ve been a forthright supporter of random drug testing in music for years as the world has turned a blind eye, but perhaps this record will force a change of opinion on the subject. So great is the progress that Electrelane have made in the past three years that it brings to mind images of [...]
The Summer Traffic
By Rob Taylor — January 27, 2004
Expect Delays: All the bears have come out of hibernation too early and Cliff Richard has donned his tennis shorts. Why? Rob Taylor went to Fibbers only to discover those pesky Delays with a bag full of summer pop.
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