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Nationalism is never a kind thing, being patriotic
will always lead you astray and make you so proud of
your own country and identity that you will ignore almost
anything else. With the current fascination for ineptitude
and garage-incompetence come commodity in bands like
The Hives, to hark back to the British infatuation
of Brit-Pop or the exhausted before it began mod-revival
in the late seventies would seem different but providing
nothing new.
The Libertines though seek their alternative
British identity in influences which could never cloy
– The Jam, Small Faces, early Who. The group may be
tailored in Camden fatigues yet The Libertines play
out half-an-hour of crafted pop.
Peter Docherty, the lead singer, dressed in Keegan’s
shirt from Spain ’82, from the opener ‘Horror Show,’
jerks himself to and fro; electrically charged. While
guitarist Carl Barat, who shares vocals, is very much
his own self-publicist. His mop-top waving enthusiasm
is not a demonstration of studied cool, Carl really
does enjoy The Libertines from inside out.
In ‘Vertigo’ and their single ‘What a Waster,’ the ego
confrontation between Peter and Carl of desperately
trying to steal the attention of the Nottingham crowd here tonight
exhilarates the whole gig. Swapping positions on stage,
hollering into each other’s microphones - all this makes
for a frenetic experience.
And when the moderama-stomp of ‘I Get Along’ with its
‘Lazy Sunday’ oompah, turns the group from competent
punks to Carnaby Street tune-smiths, all this shows
that from the exertion of the show tonight will come
an album to make September more than bearable.
To love’s one country too much can be a pain, but love
the right elements like The Libertines and we’ll be
in for excitement from here-on in.
Will Jenkins for Crud Magazine© 2002
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04/02 Gomez Interview - Ian Ball
04/02 Idlewild - Live - London Astoria
04/02 K's Choice Interview
04/02 Leaves - Live - Camden Dingwall
04/02 Longwave Interview - Exit
04/02 Lucy Mongrel Interview
04/02 Oasis - The Hindu Times
04/02 Phantom Planet - Interview
04/02 Unwritten Law - Interview
04/02 VUE - Coordinates Interview
05/02 BRMC - LIve - Kentish Town, London
05/02 Breeders - Title K
05/02 FC Kahuna - Machine Says Yes
05/02 Moco - Live - London Monarch
05/02 Need New Body - Interview
05/02 The Soundtrack of Our Lives - Live - Soundhause, Northampton
05/02 The Bellrays - Meet The Bellrays
06/02 Fleadh Festival - Finsbury Park
06/02 Frou Frou Coordinates Interview
06/02 Incubus - Interview - Mark Einziger
06/02 North Mississippi Allstars - Interview
06/02 Papa Roach - She Loves Me Not
06/02 Proud Mary - Live - Northampton, Soundhaus
06/02 Pulp - Live - Sherwood Pines, Edwinstowe
06/02 Reindeer section - You Are My Joy
06/02 Silverchair - Diorama
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06/02 Soinc Youth - Interview
06/02 The Burn - The Smiling Face
06/02 The Coral - Live - Roadmender, Northampton
06/02 The LIbertines - Live - The Social, Nottingham
06/02 The Vines, Sheffield Leadmill
06/02 Trik Turner - Interview
06/02 Yeah Yeah Yeahs - Live, Soundhaus, Northampton
07/02 12 Stones Interview
07/02 Arolo -Interview
07/02 Buy To Let Doncaster - Anti Social Behaviour
07/02 Cassius - Interview
07/02 Farrah - Interview
07/02 Glassjaw - Interview
07/02 Neil Michael Haggerty - Interview
07/02 Hoobastank - Running Away
07/02 Leaves - Interview
07/02 LL Cool Jay Interview
07/02 Oasis - Live - Finsbury Park, London
07/02 Polyphonic Spree - Live - Camden Monarch
07/02 Queens of the Stone Age - Songs For The Deaf
07/02 Super Furry Animals - Interview
07/02 The Beatings - Live - Metro Club London
07/02 The Bellrays + The D4 - Virgin Megastore, Oxford Street London
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