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Thursday, March 12 2009

We Can't Be Grumpy All the Time: An Interview with Snow Patrol

After a hit as big as "Chasing Cars", it would be inevitable that Snow Patrol would face some backlash. But drummer Jonny Quinn and co. don't really care to match that success. Instead, they're writing upbeat love songs, learning from U2, and trying out some fly fishing for good measure ...


Reviews

Monday, November 30 2009

Snow Patrol: Up to Now

This is less a traditional retrospective of the band's oeuvre than it is an impassioned and varied argument for a wider reconsideration of that oeuvre.


Monday, October 27 2008

Snow Patrol: A Hundred Million Suns

Whether or not this album contains a hit as massive as "Chasing Cars", it's a confident, balanced work of mass art with only extremely minor flaws.


Thursday, June 29 2006

Snow Patrol: Songs for Polarbears


Friday, June 23 2006

Snow Patrol: Songs for Polarbears

These newly-expanded reissues from Snow Patrol's salad days make a smarter, more satisfying alternative to Eyes Open.


Tuesday, May 16 2006

Snow Patrol: Eyes Open

So what has Gary Lightbody decided to do with his newfound clout? Sometimes it's not the album that gets you famous that's the sellout.


Blogs

Friday, October 30 2009

Snow Patrol - Up to Now (new album / video)

Snow Patrol Up to Now (Fiction/A&M) Releasing: 18 November Snow Patrol, who found major success with "Chasing Cars", will be releasing Up to Now, a…


Friday, October 16 2009

One Hit Wonder: Snow Patrol

"Please don't go crazy if I tell you the truth..."


News

Saturday, March 3 2007

The future looks hot for Snow Patrol

The band may be called Snow Patrol, but drummer Jonny Quinn might be better served by staying away from actual snow for a while. After…


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