Records :: Feature 01 Dec 2008
Nick Mitchell: First to shake yer mother’s finest china this month are Belgian rockers dEUS, flaunting their filmic tastes with The Vanishing of Maria Schneider (1 Dec, ***), which proves that bare-cheeked arthouse cinema, brooding post-rock and Elbow’s G...
Music :: Live Review 08 Oct 2008
Jason Morton: “I want to try something out,” Mike Skinner declares. He wants the crowd to wait for the appropriate moment, then – basically –‘Vogue’. The stunt works well for the crowd and they all whoop and bounce after it’...
Records :: Album Review 03 Sep 2008
Ally Brown: Mike Skinner's a Marmite musician if ever there was one: if his first two albums didn't convince you that this likely geezer could inject as much meaning into mundanity as any artist, in pop music or out of it, then Everything Is Borrowed won't convinc...
Music :: Live Review 15 Jun 2006
Miles Johnson: After winning the hearts of critics and Stella enthusiasts alike with his tales of kebabs and geezerdom, Mike Skinner has returned with musings on the rather more exclusive experience of smoking crack with girl band members. Tonight sees him swagger on...
Records :: Single Review 16 Apr 2006
Sean Michaels: Mike Skinner's back and he's famous! So while synths plinky-plink and drumrolls rattle, he sings about meeting popstars, dating popstars, doing popstars. This is fair enough; our boy's storytelling gifts should survive the transition from working-class...
