joe_shoo has written the following articles:
One of the many things with which I struggle on my stumble through this hung-over farrago of protoplasm and pheromone-chasing called life, is defining exactly what it is that the radio show PMS does. What we’re there for, and why we do it...»
Finally getting the attention they deserve, The Broken Family Band's new album rolls along with some force.»
Snapshot of nearly men serves to focus once more on what we lost...»
He makes instruments out of household goods. And wants to move to Wales. To love bums, or something. Anyway it's all pretty ace.»
From 12th - 14th January the 20th Noorderslag weekend kicks into action, and with around 200 bands set to smash it up, Drowned In Sound will be knocking about in Northern Holland...»
Honest, dramatic, tight-as-hell hellish Metal classic reissued. RARGH!»
Ow. Ow. Argh. Rargh. Garage filth at its worst, and best.»
Oh dear... someone gave Art Brut passports and they are off to the land of legalised hookers, Van Gogh and soft drugs? Sounds like a partididdlyarty so we sent Joe Shooman to follow them. On an aeroplane and everything, which was all orange and rubbish, a bit like Otto's school bus. Now with wings.»
[The Real] Tuesday Weld's new single's a sardonic, bittersweet indie-charm lopsided paean to happiness, humbug dreams and everything underneath the winking stars of hope and human happiness. It’s enough to make your head float off into Ladybird-land... even though the music's completely ripped off from She's Electric.»
Warning, the following was written by our resident Scouser. It may contain Northern.»
Whatever you may think of The Streets, what you’re gonna get is everyman honesty of thought, emotion, and shoulder-shrug acceptance of a normal geezer’s place in an often bemusing world. The new single is a brilliantly-delivered, naked and vulnerable tale of inarticulacy and loss.»
The Love Music Hate Racism concert that was scheduled to be in Manchester on 30th May has been moved to Liverpool Academy at the last minute due to licensing concerns. But it's still FREE, people.»
Professional Distortion, Pumping Detroit Techno Punk Sex Magik never felt so life-affirming. Seriously.»
Melodic and skewiff, Orkney Islanders Half Cousin find that battering Flat Eric with a trombone and an acoustic guitar makes a nice noise. Junk-funk? Alt.Dork?»
Two early reissues by The Fall leave Joe Shooman trying to make some sort of sense of where they and he fit together.»
Party Of One’s new single is based round a couplea driving garagerockin tracks, but the brilliance is on the B side.»
Homesleep are usually extremely reliable, but the latest instalment in their singles club is a fairly pointless slab of lumpen laziness.»
North Western misfit troubadour Vinny Peculiar has signed up Andy Rourke and Mike Joyce as part of his backing band for live appearances later this year.»
Christ help us if this is what The Darkness’ legacy is going to be. Macho, risible nonsense that has no redeeming features whatsoever. Nasty.»
Dogs Die In Hot Cars appear to be facing a real crossroads, already, even at this relatively early stage of their career.»
Jazz-pop soul of quality from Bristol? On Virgin? On a perfume ad? And it's ace... the question that's worrying me at the moment is whether I'm finally getting old.»
Dancefloor intensity and lyrical punkiness from Rune RK in his latest incarnation. Funny, too.»
Onionz? Come off it. Still, you gotta give out Reeeeeespect in a massive way to this geezer. Before you know it, this is gonna be playing twister with your tendons.»
"Enlightened, I throw myself into air geetar mode and start Having Fun. The fact that it's like Heavy Metal Butlins is, of course, also irrelevant..." The Darkness take Christmas.»
Alabama 3 are the best fuckin band on the planet. But what has D.Wayne done to himself?»
With a stunning debut album under their belt, Zombina And The Skeletones' horror-punk 50s Rock alienvampire Rock n Roll is musically proficient as hell, instantly recognisable and enough to bring a smile to anyone’s hips.»
Reworking a massive tune is always a risky business, but uber-DJ Paul Jackson adds Steve Smith's quality vocal to dance classic 'The Push' without buggering it up.»
A reworking of a 1983 Tears For Fears song hits the Christmas top spot; yes, it really is a...»
San Fransisco’s Fuck are nothing if not cracked-up. Flitting around somewhere between Pavement, Belle and Sebastian and Gorky’s, their new LP creates a world of sound wherein sexuality and subtle subversion are embraced with the graceful stoned smile of better-world beauty.»
DJ Yousef’s career at the top end of the DJ world shows little signs of abating, and this latest Ibiza favourite is set to storm dancefloors and get limbs twitching wherever it’s dropped.»
