An Archive of Incendiary Magazine 2002 – 2017
Kaito are thunderous live and thrive on the tension between the clipped stentorian 1920s school mistress rants of vocalist Nikki and the slobbering, baroque grandeur of Dave’s guitar playing.
Continue reading “Artrocker Night – Paradiso, Amsterdam 10/02/06”
“Beer-gutted, moustached, rambling antidote-spewing Eddie Argos mocks himself and his style of singing (I think we could call it pub/lounge rant act); at one point saying, “Did you hear that? I think I was almost singing there for a moment, wasn’t I?””
Continue reading “Art Brut, Hospital Bombers Melkweg, Klein Zaal 9/2/06”
Hung Up and Hanging Out to Dry was just bloody
splendid, prompting my rather squiffy teacher friend to throw cheese
strings at Cope (“I did it for the hell of it” he later confessed).
Continue reading “Julian Cope – Manchester Academy 2, 24/02/06”
“Middleton hardly looks up from his guitar and Moffat lurks around the stage like a vulture looking for his strategically placed beers, which he picks up in between songs and takes huge swigs from. I imagine he drinks about half the can with that sort of swig-age. ”
Continue reading “Arab Strap, The Bent Mustache Melkweg, Kleine Zaal 02/02/06”
What a month…
Game Boy pop for the people versus part of that South Cumbria sound! All very intriguing eh?
Part one of our trawls through the wonderful world of myspace.
Continue reading “Friends of the Arctic Circle and David Sugar”
“If you are a fan of all those lads who play guitar really fast… Steve Vai, Joe Satriani, Paul Gilbert and even fat-legged pouting Swede Yngwie Malmsteen you’ll love the guitar work, and be very envious of guitar-man Herman Li. ”
Continue reading “An introduction to Dragonforce”
“I have to say that I was fully impressed by their live energy. They put on a fantastic show and were truly a hell of a lot better than I expected. However, I really couldn’t help but think, gee I liked this band a whole lot better when they were called The Vines. ”
Continue reading “The Subways with Jeff Caudill 20/2/06 Melkweg Klein Zaal”
“Have you seen the titles of the songs on Morrissey’s new album? Jesus, we didn’t realise he was adding self-parody to his talents. They look like they’ve been computer generated by a website designed to poke fun at the Smiths”
Continue reading “Letter from London. The Brits? Don’t mention the Brits….”
“Artists that pop into mind while listening to You See Colours are Bon Jovi, Def Leopard, Starship, Crowded House, and Don Henley (and Cocteau Twins for me – ed). ”
Continue reading “Delays – You See Colours”