Articles tagged "british pop"

Books Review

Please Please Me: Sixties British Pop, Inside Out by Gordon Thompson

by Christel Loar

[19.Dec.08] :. This book is one of the most thorough, as well as one of the most entertaining and engaging, treatises on the topic yet written.

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Squeeze’s Glenn Tilbrook learns the best part of breaking up is making up

by Len Righi [The Morning Call (Allentown, Pa.) (MCT)]

[7.Aug.07] :. "You hang around for years and years and years and no one seems to care. Then you break up, and everyone is interested again."

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Pop singer Mika breaks rules, breaks out

by Howard Cohen [McClatchy Newspapers (MCT)]

[18.Jun.07] :. MIAMI - The last time Mika played Miami, about two years ago, the pop singer performed a record company-sponsored, 20-minute showcase set. His meager crowd encompassed a handful of publishing people,...

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The Cut-Out Bin Feature

The Only Ones, Special View (1979)

by Julia Yepes

[15.Jun.07] :. The Only Ones' Peter Perrett was power pop's Baudelaire, assailing city life with delirious, love-struck curses.

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Aptly named British pop star Amy Winehouse battles life at the top

by Jon Bream [Star Tribune (Minneapolis) (MCT)]

[9.May.07] :. Amy Winehouse has big hair, a big hit in her native England and a big, bad reputation back home. Winehouse is fast becoming the new name for her liver, a presenter joked at the prestigious Brit...

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Music Review

Patrick Wolf: The Magic Position

by Michael Lomas

[2.May.07] :. A bold, romantic album touched by a rare imagination and an indefinable magic -- pop music at its most deliriously inventive and exciting.

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Pop’s bratty new Brit takes a break

by Chris Riemenschneider [Star Tribune (Minneapolis) (MCT)]

[24.Apr.07] :. A month ago, Lily Allen showed some of the wear and tear from her yearlong pursuit of pop fame—a flirtation that blossomed into a love/hate relationship in her native England but remains...

 

Lily Allen: MySpace ... MySass ... MySongs ... MySuccess

by Rachel Leibrock [McClatchy Newspapers (MCT)]

[5.Apr.07] :. Everyone wants a piece of Lily Allen. Fans, show promoters, journalists. Especially journalists. “People try to read too much into (my songs)—all the journalists really,” says...

 

Andy Partridge Retrospective

by PopMatters Staff

[27.Oct.06] :. “Having worked for years in a hinterland between obscurity and popularity, Andy Partridge has finally hit the fulcrum as he’s gained his artistic freedom, and recognition of his band...

 

XTC: Skylarking

by Patrick Schabe

[21.Feb.03] :. So, as an album, Skylarking is beautiful and whole and just shy of perfection enough that it doesn’t come off as too clean.

 

Andy Partridge: Fuzzy Warbles, Vol. 1 / Fuzzy Warbles, Vol. 2

by Gary Glauber

[12.Feb.03] :. For fans of Andy Partridge and his music, these first two Fuzzy Warbles are a wonderful way to pass the time until the next official XTC release.

 

XTC: A Coat of Many Cupboards

by Patrick Schabe

[6.May.02] :. Cult status or no, XTC’s raw deal at the hands of Virgin Records is slightly rectified herein, and helps repair a rift of under-representation that spanned decades and resulted in a bruising industry battle.

 
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Music Review

XTC: Wasp Star (Apple Venus Volume 2)

by Patrick Schabe

[23.May.00] :. Wasp Star is the kind of album that can reinvigorate the listener in the belief that pop music is wonderful and hasn’t degenerated into carbon copy boy bands.

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XTC, Apple Venus Volume 1 / Transistor Blast

by Sarah Zupko

Andy Partridge and Colin Moulding used their time off well, lavishing extra care and attention on this set of tunes that rank among the best music they have ever produced.