Archive for December, 2007
Thursday, December 27th, 2007
Kate Nash
Kate Nash is in the not-so-envious position of being the UK’s latest next-big-thing. Lily Allen who is already championing the 20-year-old Londoner is her closest reference point musically and lyrically while NME has already tagged her “like Mike Skinner [The Streets] busking in a mini skirt”. Depending on your perspective this may all sound terribly [...]
No Comments » - Posted in Music, Pop by Mike Gee
Friday, December 7th, 2007
Review: R.E.M. - REM Live
Warner Bros
***1/2 (3.5 stars)
It has become fashionable in the past seven years or so indulge in a bit of R.E.M. bashing - they make easy targets. Here’s band that cares about the world we inhabit, tries to bring some kind of conscience and morality to the fore through both its actions and songs, makes music [...]
No Comments » - Posted in Music, Review, Rock by Mike Gee
Tuesday, December 4th, 2007
Review: KT Tunstall - Drastic Fantastic
EMI
*** (3 stars)
What’s right about this, KT Tunstall’s second real studio album (there’s an acoustic album which popped out last year, initially by mail order only) is that there’s nothing wrong with it. What’s wrong with it is that everything’s right about it. Drastic Fantastic ticks all the boxes. Tunstall has an irresistible voice, can [...]
No Comments » - Posted in Music, Pop, Review, Rock by Mike Gee
Tuesday, December 4th, 2007
Review: Annie Lennox - Songs of Mass Destruction
Sony/BMG
**** (4 stars)
It is somewhat sad that this classy record has been largely ignored in Australia by a public that once adored its creator. Annie Lennox has few peers when it comes to contemporary female vocalists. She is also a woman of some conscience and her fourth solo album, Songs Of Mass Destruction, is a [...]
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Tuesday, December 4th, 2007
Review: Bruce Springsteen - Magic
Sony/BMG
**** (4 stars)
It’s about meat and potatoes. Sometimes you need meat and potatoes. Now Bruce, as good as he’s been over the past decade, has mostly been serving up green salads - aesthetic and healthy, often stripped down to the raw essentials … man, guitar and voice. But The Boss, it seems has finally realised [...]
