RENE has written the following articles:
To the Modest Mouse zealots (which there are surprisingly many… I think they all hide in sewers – not unlike the Ninja Turtles but without the mutagenic slime turning them into reptiles), tonight would have been a success if they’d turned up and farted a couple riffs...»
There once was a time when punk music was, like y’know… good. Born in the late '70s and early '80s, many would argue that hardcore is the true spirit of punk. There were several heavy hitters of the time, but only one real leader. Black Flag may have had the songs, Minor Threat the conviction, Circle Jerks the humour, but it was always Bad Brains who were the best...»
With less than a week before Devo hit our shores, UK audiences have the chance to see some true legends for the first time in over fifteen years. Hurray! DiS's Rene Symonds was lucky enough to catch the band’s Gerry Casale for some extremely rare interview time...»
Minutes before taking the stage, Trent Reznor – the sole member of Nine Inch Nails, as it were; his band have always been hired hands – sits nursing a bottle of water. Gone are the days of gallons of spirits, drugs and groupies as part of the pre-gig ritual. But even without the poisons upon which the rock world is lubricated by, he steps out in front of the thousands of adoring fans and gives one of the best live performances I’ve ever seen...»
It would be unfair to completely write Kaddisfly off, but this is certainly selective listening for those who can handle whopping big doses of this sort of stuff. Maybe the most irritating thing about this release is the potential constantly in sight just over the horizon, but never reached...»
Apparently Au Revoir Simone is also David Lynch's favourite band. Given the Eraserheaded one’s renown arseholishness and demanding nature, that’s a massive compliment...»
The prime benefit of Comeback Kid over, say, Gorilla Biscuits: at least you can go and see these guys when they tour this March. It’s better to live for today than to yearn for all that cool old shit your Dad used to skank to when he was your age...»
Some things in life really really piss me off. Usually breaking two of my toes is one such item of dismay, but when aforementioned toes are broken because of the world's best live band (and possibly the most violent crowd seen since Matisyahu was accidentally booked to play Skinhead Fest 2006), I'll lump it...»
