Articles by Sam Noble
Sam has written 11 articles for Nouse
The untimely demise of the single?
By Sam Noble — October 11, 2007
Not that it is a surprise to you, though it may be to some, but the most played single of all time on British radio is ‘Bohemian Rhapsody’ by Queen.
To be single, or not to be: that is the question
By Sam Noble and Sarah Foster — October 10, 2007
Sam Noble and Sarah Foster discuss long-distance relationships and York’s dating scene.
In the buff: bareback riders
By Sam Noble — June 20, 2007
Sam Noble strips down to his Speedos and joins York’s nudist cyclists in a protest against oil dependency. Would you dare to bare for the city’s naughtiest bike ride? I am an idiot, I thought, as I waited in a queue of men and women of all shapes, sizes, and colours. All of a similar [...]
Take two: the Sophomore Album
By Sam Noble — June 1, 2007
Every time an artist releases a successful debut album or rests loftily on a respected back catalogue, the pressure is inevitably on to make a better and bolder musical statement than their initial efforts: the sophomore album.
Leeds or Glasto, V or T?
By Sam Noble — May 10, 2007
Glastonbury might be the festival of the summer, but it certainly isn’t the only one. Some cheaper events have equally competitive line-ups, as Sam Noble discovers.
Sam Noble: Rock n’ Roll Suicide
By Sam Noble — March 6, 2007
Pop music should come with a health warning: in extreme cases, leads to complete bald-headed, cocaine guzzling and pill-popping insanity. Britney Spears for example. There’s nothing new about this Valhalla-style decadence in which each generation’s pop royalty indulges with increasing ingenuity and innovation.
Don’t let the man get you down
By Sam Noble — February 13, 2007
The music industry would have the music-buying public believe that ‘illegal’ downloads are killing their industry. Yes, you there, poor student: by downloading MP3s, you’re bringing the fifty-year-old thriving British industry to its knees with a gun to its overgrown head by the mere stroke of an enter key. So while you hesitate over whether to download, stuck in a moral quandary over actively supporting gangsters and pirates, perhaps we should entertain a crazy idea and acknowledge the truth.
On the up: The Maccabees
By Sam Noble — February 13, 2007
“Someone said we sounded like a cross between Cliff Richard and Joy Division”, The Maccabees singer Orlando Weeks muses, trying to define their sound. “Cliff Richard used to look really beautiful. Like a man-boy,” he wistfully laments.
Not that the decade-spanning, rubber-faced knight’s influence can be heard in the band’s quintessentially English, spiky-guitar sound – they sound more like a cross between the Futureheads and a happier Interpol.
Hit the Road Jack
By Sam Noble — January 23, 2007
“They don’t call it the toilet circuit for no reason,” said a friend to me recently, having just come off a nation-wide tour promoting their debut album by visiting the arse-end of every ‘cosmopolitan’ metropolis our nation offers. As he chain-smoked all afternoon, I remarked that he looked as if he’d fought in both world wars and hadn’t slept during the interval.
Kicking the meat habit
By Daniel Whitehead and Sam Noble — May 26, 2006
Many people see those who choose not to eat meat as over-idealistic hippies. Dan Whitehead and Sam Noble explore their different reasons for shunning the red stuff.
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