Archive for the 'Music' Category

REM, NIN, Sigur Ros

Sunday, July 17th, 2005

This past week has been absolutely great on the live music front:
R.E.M - Hyde Park: I know it’s not cool to like R.E.M these days, and that if you do confess to it then you’re meant to attach the caveat that you only like their pre-’Green’ albums (or maybe pre-’Document’.) But, I don’t care about [...]

Gah! It’s like being back in high school

Tuesday, March 29th, 2005

Waiting For The Sirens’ Call - New Order. It’s a lot more indie-rock than I was expecting; even more so than ‘Republic’. For whatever reason, the dancey tracks tend to feel more half-hearted and meandering than the guitar-heavy ones, though I guess the band does have an extra guitarist these days. The whole thing [...]