Martin Skidmore
Without Martin Skidmore, this website wouldn’t be around today.
Without Martin Skidmore, this website wouldn’t be around today.
If you dislike dismal or at least overrated seaside locales, there’s this: [Video][Website] [7.89] Sally O’Rourke: I’ve never been to Torbay, but I gather from “The Bay” that its designation as “the English Riviera” is viewed with some degree of irony. But the song’s soft rock falsetto and “This isn’t Paris/And this isn’t London” refrain [...]
If you like [insert British 80s group here], there’s also this: [Video][Website] [6.50] Katherine St Asaph: “Still Life” sounds like the product of stumbling out into 3 a.m. streetlights, app-grafting a beat onto whatever ambience you find there and pretending your scruffy, drink-doused voice has become Chris Martin’s. By 4 a.m., you’re still standing there, [...]
If you like [insert British electro singer songwriter type], then there’s also this! [Video][Website] [7.50] Brad Shoup: A classic example of CW rock: punchy, a little skittish, and British. Is the singer in erotic throes? Physically repulsed? Super sardonic? Figure it out before Alex Patsavas does![8] Katherine St Asaph: What is wrong with songwriters? Two-thirds of [...]
I get the funny feeling that every time we review this band, the picture’s gonna look roughly the same… [Video][Myspace] [6.33] Katherine St Asaph: A skeptic’s guide to loving Wild Flag: acquire this song, then immediately change the tags to “Unknown Artist – Romance – Unknown Album”. Wait until you’ve forgotten you’re following instructions. When [...]
Look at his face. Just look at his face… [Video][Website] [3.56] Anthony Easton: The harmonies when they talk about “tonight” are so sweet, genteel, and pretty that those two words have an exquisiteness that formally excuses any of the other pandering. [5] Brad Shoup: Wow. Now Lady A’s flinging themselves headfirst into predestination pop. I could see this [...]
They’ve got a song called “Whoa Is Me”. Yeah… [Video][Myspace] [1.75] Jer Fairall: Dear Rest Of The World: I am so very, very sorry. Love, Canada.[1] Katherine St Asaph: Oh my god, 3OH!3 are spawning.[2] Edward Okulicz: It’s difficult to imagine how this song could be any worse. All the elements that make up the [...]
Nothing remotely this exciting happens in the song…
Featuring? Tucking away in a corner more like…
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