In the past couple of hours I have discovered, and listened to a million songs by, BE YOUR OWN PET. They fecking rule. Actually, I lied a little. Just a little white lie. I had heard their single at some point last week. But the point… The point, it remains. They rule, and are someContinue reading “Adventurers~!”
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Live Review: Melt-Banana, 18 November 2005
Joseph’s Well, Leeds. Support: Khanate Melt-Banana. What a band. They play some bizarre cartoon mix of very intense hardcore, grindcore and recently even electronic music. They are the perfect ‘extreme’ band for today’s MTV-conditioned, two-minute attention span society, with its desire for the instant fix. The fix doesn’t come much more instantly than Melt’s veryContinue reading “Live Review: Melt-Banana, 18 November 2005”
Pixies Gig Thoughts
The last gig I went to was on the first of this month, and in the capital of this country. It concerned a former ‘alternative’ band (and once-former band) going by the name of The Pixies. It was very good. They played a surprising amount of Trompe le Monde, which is an album I enjoyContinue reading “Pixies Gig Thoughts”
Soundgarden – Superunknown (1994)
Hailed usually as the band’s magnum opus (this, or their 1991 album Badmotorfinger), Superunknown is indeed a great album. In my opinion not quite their best, but it nevertheless remains a classic rock album of the last twenty years, with a number of widely-recognised songs and riffs. Presumably semi-famous for the fact that it receivedContinue reading “Soundgarden – Superunknown (1994)”
