Articles tagged "british rock"

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Colin Blunstone’s voice reanimates the Zombies

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

[13.Aug.07] :. Of all his peers on this year’s Hippiefest tour, Zombies lead singer Colin Blunstone knows only one from back in the day—Denny Laine, once the voice of the Moody Blues (that’s him...

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Architecture and Morality: The Wedding Present Revisited

by Roger Holland

[31.May.07] :. Pop scholars frequently undervalue The Wedding Present. If the Smiths were the undeniable figurehead for the UK's thriving independent pop scene of the 1980s, then Gedge's little-band-that-could certainly inherited that mantle.

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Music Review

brakesbrakesbrakes: The Beatific Visions

by Mark Szakonyi

[14.May.07] :. The Brighton-based rockers’ newest release has fleshed out the aching melodies only hinted at previously, and kept the laughable political-punk stabs.

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One of Those Bands: An Interview With the Noisettes

by Chris Catania

[7.May.07] :. Shingai Shoniwa of the Noisettes turns the tables on the Western mindset and contemporary pop music, as well as on our interviewer.

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Fingers Crossed: An Interview With Field Music

by Elizabeth Black

[1.May.07] :. The Sunderland trio can't find enough time to make as much music as they'd like, but they're working on it.

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Arctic Monkeys: Favourite Worst Nightmare

by Michael Keefe

[23.Apr.07] :. Although lacking the pop of their debut, these UK indie rockers continue to evolve, turning out a strong batch of thorny songs on their sophomore album.

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The Zombies: Live at the Bloomsbury Theatre, London

by Jennifer Kelly

[20.Apr.07] :. Forty years after their groundbreaking, wonderful, alternatively-spelled Odessey and Oracle, Colin Blunstone and Rod Argent form a cheesy Zombies cover band.

The Kaiser Chiefs are on a roll

by Jim Farber [New York Daily News (MCT)]

[12.Apr.07] :. The Kaiser Chiefs don’t write love songs for a good reason. “They’ve been done to death,” says singer Ricky Wilson. “Besides, the best bit about falling in love is...

The Zombies: Odessey & Oracle

by Dominic Umile

[1.Sep.04] :. Odessey & Oracle is the weekly record, a compiling of sentiment that’s comfortable enough for anytime, be it free weekend space or during mundane cubicle labor.