NME Reviews

Badly Drawn Boy

Thu, 31 Jan 2008 16:12:19 +0000

The Time Of Times

Badly Drawn Boy

Fri, 16 Feb 2007 15:37:14 +0000

A Journey From A To B

Badly Drawn Boy : Born Again

Tue, 07 Jan 2003 17:59:00 +0000

Long may he mumble.

Badly Drawn Boy : London Brixton Academy

Mon, 06 Jan 2003 17:24:00 +0000

...it's not all peace and love...

Badly Drawn Boy : Have You Fed The Fish?

Thu, 31 Oct 2002 15:52:00 +0000

If he still sounds semi-conscious half the time, so be it

Badly Drawn Boy : You Were Right

Fri, 11 Oct 2002 12:13:00 +0100

Patron Saint of the Cable-Knit Cliche

Badly Drawn Boy : Something To Talk About

Fri, 07 Jun 2002 06:50:00 +0100

He gets the title of the film in. It's not cheesy. And everything works out happily ever after...

Badly Drawn Boy / Jane Weaver : Manchester Night&Day

Tue, 09 Apr 2002 09:03:00 +0100

A strange mix of ego and bumbling Boltonian vulnerability - precious entertainment...

Badly Drawn Boy : About A Boy OST

Tue, 02 Apr 2002 06:54:00 +0100

Hugh Grant movie brings out best in Damon Gough...

Badly Drawn Boy : Silent Sigh

Tue, 19 Mar 2002 07:18:00 +0000

A delicate tune...

Badly Drawn Boy : Spitting In The Wind

Wed, 02 May 2001 10:13:00 +0100

He knows how to spin a good tune.

Badly Drawn Boy: London Royal Albert Hall

Mon, 09 Apr 2001 13:28:00 +0100

Another triumphant performance from Damon Gough...

Badly Drawn Boy: Stockholm Sodra Teatern

Mon, 19 Mar 2001 15:15:00 +0000

Damon Gough shares a picture of his daughter as well as two hours-worth of beaufitul songs...

Badly Drawn Boy/Doves: Manchester Castlefields Arts Arena

Tue, 02 Jan 2001 12:28:00 +0000

Resilience is the key...

Chicago Schubas

Mon, 13 Nov 2000 10:36:00 +0000

"Obviously, I'm a cut above the rest," he says charmingly...

Boston Paradise

Mon, 06 Nov 2000 18:12:00 +0000

We stand uncomfortably, bemused and wondering if we too are being challenged by folk genius or if we're just being totally fucked about...

Club Quattro, Osaka, Japan

Mon, 02 Oct 2000 14:31:18 +0100

Another classic shambling-but-charming performance from [b]Damon Gough[/b]...

Disillusion

Tue, 26 Sep 2000 11:56:00 +0100

Badly Drawn Boy Disillusion Twisted Nerve

The Hour Of Bewilderbeast

Fri, 23 Jun 2000 06:00:56 +0100

...it's an unambiguously cohesive piece of work...

Another Pearl

Sat, 03 Jun 2000 11:22:00 +0100

Badly Drawn Boy Another Pearl(Twisted Nerve/XL)

Badly Drawn Boy : I Love You All

Sat, 12 Feb 2000 11:21:00 +0000

'I Love You All'is not a record; it's a musical box about the same size as a packet of 20 tabs

Glasgow King Tut's Wah Wah Hut

Wed, 03 Nov 1999 13:29:57 +0000

Though many have tried to present him as the new [a]Beck[/a], perhaps hectic mutation of disaster zone and songwriting savant is exactly how this most spectacular of wild cards would prefer to r

Badly Drawn Boy : Once around the block

Sat, 21 Aug 1999 14:09:00 +0100

'[B]Once Around The Block[/B]' is a bit of an aberration. It's a wistful romp through butterfly-strewn fields, hand-in-hand with [B]Astrud Gilberto,[/B]

Badly Drawn Boy : It came from the ground

Tue, 06 Apr 1999 17:52:00 +0100

It's as scruffy as it is genuine as it is dead clever, which therefore makes it quite, quite insane.

London W1 Improv

Mon, 15 Mar 1999 11:36:36 +0000

Maybe this pitiful performance is a further round in [B]Gough[/B]'s death-match with the music industry, akin to confounding hapless A&R men at last year's [B]In The City[/B]...

Manchester Night & Day

Wed, 13 Jan 1999 13:19:36 +0000

"Fresh from supporting Jean-Michel Jarre," the compere bellows, "it's [a]Badly Drawn Boy[/a]!" [B]Gough[/B] drags out an acoustic guitar and starts to play songs that can only be described as 'ditti