Wednesday, November 23 2011
Pink Floyd: Animals
It's 1977. You're young and pissed off. If you wanted noise and petulance, you had the Sex Pistols. But if you really wanted to rattle some cages, you had Animals.
Thursday, November 10 2011
Our Animals, Ourselves: Jenny Diski’s ‘What I Don’t Know About Animals’
Don’t be fooled by the cover. Jenny Diski’s book isn’t really about animals; it’s about us.
Friday, November 4 2011
Matthew Herbert: One Pig
The idiosyncratic Herbert completes his "One" trilogy with an album charting the life of a pig. Occasionally clinical but never gimmicky or exploitative, it's a thoughtful examination of our own consumption at a time when consumption has become something of a pivotal issue. Eccentrics rejoice!
Wednesday, August 8 2007
Dogs: Tall Stories from Under the Table
The London five-piece get a helping hand from Paul Weller in more ways than one on their energetic sophomore album.
Tuesday, January 17 2006
Dogs: Turn Against This Land
They seem like one of those groups that kicked around the London scene aimlessly until some Diet Coke-slugging A&R rep was ordered to find 'some bands that sound like those Frank Ferdinands'.
