The Ordinary Boys: How To Get Everything You...
You believed Samuel Preston when, in February, mere days into the post-Big Brother media frenzy, he told NME that he was having “the time of my life”. Not only that, but you could understand his reasons for doing what he did. Pre-Celebrity Big...
The Ordinary Boys: Leeds University, Thursday,...
If The Ordinary Boys’ astounding career renaissance is testament to anything, it’s that there’s always hope for the humble indie band who’ve fallen on hard times. On tonight’s evidence, fame is just a televised alligator-wrestle away...
The Ordinary Boys : Brassbound
‘Brassbound’, the press release patronisingly informs us, is an adjective meaning “entrenched and unchangeable” – a reference to the devotion of the hotchpotch mix of chavs, indie kids and bovver boys that comprise the rank and file of...
The Ordinary Boys/The Others/The...
What happens At the agreed signal – an air-raid siren bassline and a rallying cry of “This iz fow awl da pee-pawl!” – the 4321 Kamikaze Mental Bastard Skydiving Attack Attack Attack Division commence bombardment manoeuvres. Trained...
The Ordinary Boys/Kaiser Chiefs : Liquid Rooms,...
For a fledgling indie band still relatively unknown in their own country, the idea of playing a festival in Russia must be scarier than, say, staring Alan McGee in the eye prior to that first deal-securing head-bob. In Moscow, moustachioed...
The Ordinary Boys : Over The Counter Culture
When Sir Philip Sidney wrote Arcadia in the late 16th century, he probably wasn't banking on his work becoming an oft-cited, never-read byword for starry-eyed east London rock'n'roll urchins desperately trying to keep real life from the door. But...
The Ordinary Boys : Newcastle Global Cafe
My, haven't these boys grown! Last time we saw spunky young Brighton punk-pop pups The Ordinary Boys they were an exciting but barely-formed blend of Jam's working-class-hero zeal, topped off with some articulate Smithsy wordplay and a dab of...
