3.5 out of 5 stars
I’ve never really had any interest in Australian bands, partly because of a bad experience as a teenager (don’t ask). So when Bondi-based trio Cog’s debut album The New Normal crossed my desk, expectations were understandably not very high. Boy do I love it when I’m proven wrong!
1.5 out of 5 stars
I’d like to think I’m fairly open-minded. So when I came across the debut album from a band called Clap Your Hands Say Yeah, I had to have a listen.
2.5 out of 5 stars
It would be easy to put Pete Murray in a box titled ‘Jack Johnson wannabes’ and let him hang out with Donovan Frankenreiter for the rest of his days, but unfortunately See The Sun, Murray’s second album, doesn’t allow us that luxury.
3.5 out of 5 stars
You may recognize James Blunt from your local radio station – currently, he’s the one they play 200 times a day, singing ‘You’re Beautiful’ to some unknown lady-friend he probably met during his days in the army.
4 out of 5 stars
Glasgow quartet Franz Ferdinand struck gold in late 2003 when they released their debut single Take Me Out, and followed it up with their debut self-titled album. Its fair to say that, if acts like White Stripes or The Strokes pioneered it, then Franz Ferdinand’s debut album perfected the dance-rock style.
It’s the end of the movie when Carl Denham delivers the infamous line, saying “it wasn’t the planes; it was beauty that killed the beast.”; and with that King Kong – both the character and the movie – is finished.
Normally I’m categorically against individual members of a band doing side or solo projects – think Wes Borland leaving Limp Bizkit, Ozzy Osbourne leaving Black Sabbath, or Gary Barlow leaving Take That. There generally ends up being friction between the artist, and his regular band, the side/solo project is normally a disaster anyway, and all involved agree it should never have happened.
Have you ever watched one of those riveting mini-series on TV that goes over 2 nights? You know the ones – they play the first night on a Sunday, and the second part the following Sunday, a week later; you spend the whole week thinking about the first part, and hanging out for the second part, and when you see the second part, you are thankful because you’ve just witnessed one of the marvels of modern entertainment.
There are many things the American people are renowned for. Hershey’s chocolate bars. Twinkies. War. The Bush Family. Celebrity culture. Jazz music. Arrogance and ego. Obsession with sports.
Go to Dictionary.com, and it will tell you that ‘guilt’ is defined as “self-reproach for supposed inadequacy or wrongdoing”. Watch The Machinist, and you might just see what extreme guilt can do to a man.
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