Features
Tuesday, January 26 2010
Part 2: From Handsome Furs to Oneida
Slipped Discs continues with hip-hop royalty, a genre-busting classical quartet, the future of soul music, an Americana demigod and many more. All records that missed our top 60 list last year.
Columns
Monday, September 20 2010
Wales: So "Cool Cymru" Part II
Not so beholden to British traditions, Welsh bands are as likely to be influenced by US music as UK music. Indeed, Cardiff is sometimes called the “New Seattle” due to its prevalence of (post-)grunge bands.
Reviews
Monday, September 20 2010
Manic Street Preachers: Postcards from a Young Man
Welsh heavyweights' tenth album is a mixed bag filled with John Cale, gospel choirs, Duff McKagan, mammoth choruses, Ian McCulloch, and the obligatory literary references. At least a few of these elements actually work.
Monday, May 18 2009
Manic Street Preachers: Journal for Plague Lovers
The Welsh three-piece go back to their former band-mate’s lyric book and set it to music –- and reinvigorate themselves in the process.
Monday, July 23 2007
Manic Street Preachers: Send Away the Tigers
With Send Away the Tigers, the Welsh rockers regain their '90s glory.
Friday, May 20 2005
Manic Street Preachers: The Holy Bible -- 10th Anniversary Edition
It remains a galling, cankerous reminder of the painful and profound issues that the majority of pop music has always been designed to mask. If the album seems strained in places, overwrought in others and unimaginably grim throughout, it is still -- despite these flaws -- a vital and demanding work.
Friday, November 12 2004
The Manic Street Preachers: Lifeblood
While far from a smashing return to form on par with Everything Must Go (their career high-water mark), Lifeblood should reassure the public that the Manics are not yet artistically bankrupt.
Blogs
Thursday, September 2 2010
Manic Street Preachers - “(It's Not War) Just the End of Love” (Behind the Scenes Video)
The Welsh agitprop rockers release behind-the-scenes footage about their video for the first single promoting their softer tenth record.
Tuesday, August 3 2010
Manic Street Preachers and "Mass Communication"
A turn towards the radio-friendly on the new Manic Street Preachers record may not be for everyone, but it's hardly new, either, and is a direction which has yielded great music before.
Tuesday, March 17 2009
Manic Street Preachers - Know Your Enemy video collection (video)
Eight years ago this week, Welsh agit-rock band Manic Street Preachers released their sixth album, Know Your Enemy. The album's style was highly idiosyncratic and…
