NME Reviews

Belle And Sebastian

Thu, 13 Nov 2008 17:24:58 +0000

The BBC Sessions

Belle & Sebastian: Los Angeles, Hollywood Bowl, Thursday July 6

Mon, 07 Aug 2006 10:53:27 +0100

B&S celebrate 10 years as one of British indie’s best-kept secrets… in front of 18,000 Americans

Belle & Sebastian: The Life Pursuit

Fri, 27 Jan 2006 15:15:14 +0000

The titans of twee finally find their inner strength

Belle & Sebastian: Fold Your Hands Child, You Walk Like A Peasant

Mon, 12 Sep 2005 09:39:59 +0100

Despite all its self-defeating limitations, this remains a superb record...

Belle & Sebastian : London Astoria: December 4

Wed, 21 Jan 2004 17:10:00 +0000

Belle & Sebastian are quite simply the best pop act in Britain at the moment.

Belle & Sebastian : Dear Catastrophe Waitress

Wed, 08 Oct 2003 14:47:00 +0100

Seductively charismatic and packed full of tunes

Belle & Sebastian : Storytelling

Fri, 07 Jun 2002 08:24:00 +0100

Who knows, this mouse might yet roar...

Belle & Sebastian : I'm Waking Up To Us

Tue, 20 Nov 2001 12:34:00 +0000

Their best single since 'Lazy Line Painter Jane'...

Belle & Sebastian : London Royal Albert Hall

Sun, 01 Jul 2001 15:46:00 +0100

Murky sound can't completely dampen the full force of Belle & Sebastian...

Lazy Line Painter Jane

Fri, 03 Mar 2000 10:33:00 +0000

They're simply too comfortable in those second-hand ideas, too enraptured by their own laboured mystique to consider any true leaps forward. The emperor's borrowed clothes, anyone?

London Shepherd's Bush Empire

Sun, 16 Aug 1998 14:30:37 +0100

Shhh! Motorhead they are not...

Belle & Sebastian : The Boy With The Arab Strap

Mon, 03 Aug 1998 09:55:00 +0100

By rights, of course, they should be failures. Sometimes it seems they'd be happier that way ...