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CD and DVD music reviews this week includes Bauhaus, The Kills, Ministry of Sound, Kaki King, Land of Talk, Nick Cave and more!!
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WHERE THE STARS ARE AT/Crud asks Nick Talbot of GRAVENHURST 'Where's Your Head At'? |
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07/02/07 Live Review
Goodbooks
GoodBooks @ Scala, London/On the first Anniversary of the 7/7 Bombings
and the release of controversial new film, 'Mind The Gaps', Crud runs the following
appeal on behalf of the J7 Truth Campaign.
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the goodbooks review
24/11/06 CD/DVD Features
Pete Hammill
Peter Hammill
- Remastered/Crud pulls out its torch and stumbles across a chameleon in the shadow of the night and someone in the silent corner of an empty stage. Just so happens we have a camera too. Well, here's our big chance.
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the pete hamill feature 12/09/06 Features
Electronic
Best Of Electronic/"We had a lot in common, a lot more than
anyone realised, and we were both buzzed about the new times and our new situations.
We were just a bit naive in thinking we could pretend we were an obscure acid
house outfit."
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the Electronic feature
25/07/06 Features
Gram Parsons
Gram Parsons- Fallen Angel/'Papa' J. Lowe takes a sideways look at the
truth, the life and the myth of alt-country legend, Gram Parsons in light of two
new releases: ‘Fallen Angel: A Film by Gandulf Hennig’.
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the gram parsons feature
26/07/06 Live Reviews
Latitude
Latitude Festival, Henham Park, Suffolk, 14.07.06
-15.07.06 July/James Berry stumbles through the early morning
mists of another hot summer to witness the birth of something sweet smelling and
big in East Sussex's Henham Park. Rambling permitted.
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the latitude review
30/05/06 Live Review
Hot Chip
Hot Chip @ Cabaret Voltaire, 24th May 2006/Claire Mapletoft, for example, holds a tentative
banner aloft for the rigorous nerd-chic of chart-seeking missiles, Hot Chip. Cue
lots of cymbal crashing miniature monkeys and weird, baffling techno malarkey.
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the hot chip review
20/07/07 Revamps/Reissues
Blondie, Junior Boys
Do that to me one more time, Once is never enough with a man like you.
Whoa-oh-oh ... Crud casts a critical eye over upcoming reissues and collections and sees if they stand up to scrutiny. Again.
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the reissues review
23/10/06 Live Reviews
Lemonheads
The Lemonheads @ Coventry Colosseum, 14.10.2006/Introducing Evan Dando's Lemonheads. Bigger, better, younger, more content than before - but no less confusing. James Berry has the bright and the breezy details.
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the lemonheads review
17/04/07 Live Reviews
Damien Rice
Damien Rice @ Hammersmith Apollo, 27.03.2007/James Berry does little to douse the raw flame of emotion that threatens to engulf the Hammersmith Apollo as the snap, crack and pop of Mr Rice commands an auditorium of broken hearts. Call the fire-brigade.
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the damien rice review
05/07/07 Shamless Plug
Murder By Death
We've had the phonecalls, we've had the reminders, we've had the invites and now we just want it out. Crud bangs a drum for Murder By Death's 'LIke The Exorcist, But More Breakdancing' and 'Who Will Survive'. Released 04.06.07
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the shameless plug feature
30/05/06 Live Reviews
Editors
Editors @ Brixton Academy, London, 30.05.2006 /In the dark, reclining obscurity of London’s
Brixton Academy James Berry hunches over a shiny platter of beer and gazes into
the bright, portentous fortunes of uber cool cyber-brummies, the Editors.
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the editors review
22/01/08 Coordinates
Helen Boulding
Crud asks windswept Sheffield songstress, Helen Boulding, 'Where's Your Head At?' New album 'New Red Dress' out 11th Feb 2007. 'Copenhagen' single out 4th Feb
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the Helen Boulding Interview
06/02/07 Live Reviews Goodbooks
GoodBooks @ Scala, London
/ I’m From Barcelona @ ULU, London
24 January 2007
/ Crud indulges in a bit of a two for one/buy one get one free ploy, clearing our end of year stock with a good spanish read at the Scala and the ULU respectively.
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the goodbooks review 26/04/07 Live Music Reviews
Explosions in the Sky
Explosions In The Sky @ Astoria, London, 19.04.2007/You play with fire - you get burnt. You play with matches - you might get nasty little splinters that not even a warm bath and some tweezers are likely to get out. James Berry asks whether post-rock explosions are a better way of shaking them out of your skin.
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the explosions review 15/08/07 Big Deal Interview
Liars
Crud's NOSEY BASTARD pokes
and probes the industry mechanics of MUTE'S greatest signing, LIARS.
Here's how they got signed. Here's how they celebrated. Here's how they intend
to f**k it all up. Just sign here boys.
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the Liars interview 22/1107
Yo La Tengo Live Music Reviews
Yo La Tengo – Sounds Of Science @ Royal Festival Hall, London, 09.09.2007/T-shirts, jeans, unfashionable haircut, modest, alt-rock strained and stretched - and that's just Crud's James Berry. Yo La Tengo - all present and correct.
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the yo la tengo review 22/1107
Mexicolas Big Deal Interview
Crud's NOSEY BASTARD pokes
and probes the industry mechanics of In Exile Records' latest signing, MEXICOLAS.
Here's how they celebrated. Here's how they intend
to f**k it all up
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the mexicolas interview Archive
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| SOuNd BiTeS - LAST SHADOW PUPPETS/Take some Mariachi horns, a 22 piece orchestra, one cheeky monkey, one little rascal and BINGO you have a modern classic. Sort of ....
17/04/08
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| Elbow @ Brixton Academy, London, 15.04.08 /Crud's own seldom seen kid takes a seldom taken look at this year's most seldom seen band. James Berry attends yet another Elbow gig. And who can blame him.
07/04/08
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| SOuNd BiTeS - CLINIC/DO IT!/Psychedelic scallies unearth the living dead for rebel rousing retro sound circus. Crucifixes not supplied. Take a bite of this ....
17/04/08
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| Guillemots @ Shepherd’s Bush Empire, London, 11.03.08/James Berry gets over the flamboyance and the beguiling eccentricity of Bromsgrove's finest worksongs to meet expectations of the band half-way.
07/04/08
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| SOuNd BiTeS - THE DAVES/They're overpaid, overfed, over-sexed, overweight and over here! No Not the Yanks - The Daves! Take a bite of this ....
17/04/08
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| Lowgold - Coordinates - Where The Stars Are At/Crud asks Darren Ford of St Albans band, Lowgold, 'Where's Your Head At?' New album ‘Promise Lands’ is out now.
14/04/08
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| The Long Blondes - Coordinates - Where The Stars Are At/Crud asks Screech and Reenie of Sheffield's Long Blondes, 'Where's Your Head At?' Couples” is released on April 7.
07/04/08
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| Editors @ Alexandra Palace, London, 05.03.08/James Berry reviews a band that have somehow grown into the size of their surroundings. With their heart and their influences still as plain as the snot on their sleeves, we give you, Editors.
20/03/08
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| Hush The Many (Heed The Few) - Coordinates - Where The Stars Are At/Crud asks Nima of London's, Hush The Many (Heed The Few), 'Where's Your Head At?'
New single, 'Revolve' is Out Now!
18/03/08
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| Shockwaves NME Awards 2008, Part2
Band Of Horses / Sons & Daughters / MGMT @ Koko, London, 26.02.08
The Hold Steady / Bombay Bicycle Club @ Koko, London, 27.02.08
/Crud sends out it's illustrious sons and daughters on a bicycle to Bombay. The rest of em just hold their horses. Steady as she goes!
14/03/08
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| Shockwaves NME Awards 2008, Part 1
/Les Savy Fav / Future of the Left / Los Campesinos! @ Astoria, London, 10.02.2008/James Berry dodges a pair of disaffected moccasins to give us his verdict on the annual Brat Awards, this time from a under-capacity London Astoria.
07/03/08
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| BiG DeaL! - MERZ/Crud's NOSEY BASTARD pokes
and probes the industry mechanics of GRONLAND signing, MERZ.
Here's how they celebrated. Here's how they intend
to f**k it all up. Just sign here boys.
07/03/08
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| British Sea Power @ Koko, London, 31.01.2008/ALL NEW! IMPROVED! NOW WITH LESS OVERALL IMPACT! MORE SERIOUSNESS! MUCH REDUCED QUIRKINESS AND SPECTACLE! Not a prize winning sales pitch really, is it. Or is it?
13/02/08
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| BiG DeaL! - MALCOLM MIDDLETON/Crud's NOSEY BASTARD pokes
and probes the industry mechanics of FULLTIME HOBBY signing, MALCOLM MIDDLETON.
Here's how they celebrated. Here's how they intend
to f**k it all up. Just sign here boys.
07/03/08
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| Bob Mould @ Freedom Studios, The Roundhouse, London, 21.01.2008/Always the rock, never the rock star. Bob Mould notches up 25+ years on the fringes of alt-rock at London Roundhouse and James Berry is there to provide a forehead on which to notch them.
08/02/08
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| The Raveonettes @ KCLSU, London, 13.11.2007/Similar sounding retro rock standard after retro rock standard. Riding on the back of a rampant feedback serpent, The Raveonettes prove that pleasure really can be that straight-forward..
13/12/07
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| Parallel Worlds, Paralllel Lives/Eels/BBC 4, Monday 26.11.07, 9.00pm/ It's a dad, dad, dad, dad world. Eels frontman Mark Oliver Everett takes a rare quantum leap, losing himself in the strange world of his father, Quantum Mechanic, Hugh Everett III.
26/11/07
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| COORDINATES - WHERE THE STARS ARE AT/DELAYS/Crud asks Greg Gilbert of DELAYS, 'Where's Your Head At? Out Soon - ‘Love Made Visible’ EP
16/11/07
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| Gravenhurst @ The Luminaire, London, 30.10.2007
/" ... the drums of Dave Collingwood are firm decimal dots in the larger equation, necessary although almost anonymous in their intuitive and consistent presence ... " Yes, it really was as exciting as all that, reports James Berry.
14/11/07
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| iLiKETRAiNS @ Scala, London, 03.10.2007
/James Berry discovers there are indeed more lessons to be learnt in stylish gothic depression even in NO Smoking areas.
24/10/07
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| BiG DeaL! -HALF COUSIN/Crud's NOSEY BASTARD pokes
and probes the industry mechanics of GRONLAND'S greatest signing, HALF COUSIN.
Here's how they got signed. Here's how Kevin Cormack celebrated. Here's how he intends
to f**k it all up. Just sign here boys.
12/10/07
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