Reviews

Best Of You

Foo Fighters @ Wembley June 2008, originally uploaded by Chris Wilkinson.

June has been a busy month. A fortnight ago I went to see the Foo Fighters at Wembley Stadium in London. It was the 11th time I’ve see the Foos in 13 years, and as ever they didn’t disappoint.
I’m not generally a fan of stadium [...]


Poll The People - Your Top 5 Lists

PollThePeople.com is a site set up by Glenn Cooper (head of Digital at Island Records UK) and his wife Kirsty, after an argument they had. The site encourages users to add lists of their ‘top 5′ albums, films, and books.
The site plays on people’s desire to list / tell everyone else their favourite things, and [...]


Albums of 2008 (so far)

2008 seemed to get off to a slow start in terms of album releases, but now they’re coming thick and fast. March has produced a pile of great albums.
I’ve always fancied myself as a bit of a music reviewer, but I ramble too much and generally hate music reviewing members of the press, so I’d [...]


BOTW: Foo Fighters

Foo Fighters - ‘The Pretender’
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This week’s ‘band of the week’ is the Foo Fighters. Anyone who reads my blog will know of my love for the Foos - I’ve been a fan of theirs since day one pretty much. They’ve been quiet for a [...]


The boys are back in town!

this image was originally posted to moblog.co.uk by user James
18 months after their last (somewhat ill-fated) gig my cousin’s band ‘The Deciphers’ finally hit the stage again last night. The boys have been working hard behind closed doors with their recently-appointed new guitarist Adam, and things are beginning to come together nicely.
Last night [...]