Album Reviews

‘Best OF’

THIS IS THE MOST PERFECT rock'n'roll record EVER made. GAAA! They're called Guitar Wolf - which is the best band name ever. The album's...

Nick Heyward – ‘The Apple Bed’ review

UP AT REGENTS PARK, THE CREATION FC striker crisis continues. With centre-forwards Oasis now out for at least a year through injuries sustained while...

Zero

AND SO, IN THE INEVITABLE TRIAL BY 'BEST Of', Guy Chadwick stands for his verdict. Will he be lauded as the visionary who, with...

Pink Kross – ‘Chopper Chix From VP Hell’ review

On the cover three Glaswegian rock chicks sit astride their gleaming motorbikes, ready to rip down rock's highway with guitars blazing. They might come from...

Roman Candle / Elliott Smith

Under normal circumstances, we'd be advising these people to get out more. Clive and Martine are Broken Dog, a couple who function in the late...

Back To Bommershime

SUBJECTIVE AS FUN IS, THERE ARE doubtless people who consider Shonen Knife the last word in unbridled hilarity. Just pray that you don't know...

Punch Drunkard

MAINSTREAM SUCCESS BECKONS FOR Elliott Smith in the wake of his Oscar-nominated Good Will Hunting soundtrack. He's just signed a contract with Dreamworks and...

International Velvet

Sleeper's first law of female-fronted bands states that the charisma and mouth size of the singer shall be inversely proportional to that of the...

The Libertines – ‘The Libertines’ review

As The Libertines' second album turns 13, revisit our original review In the summer of 2004, as the greatest British renaissance of music for over...