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Album Review by EDF For those who are unaware of the fact, jazz has been around for nearly one hundred years. While America is the birthplace of jazz, this music is not exclusively American and its influence can be heard all over the world. To compile a set of songs that best represent jazz Concert Review by Mark Bayross LA2, London – 31 October 1999 Featuring: Man(i)kin, The Borg, Leech Woman, Chaos Engine, Inertia, Covenant, C-Tec Halloween. The spookiest of all nights. Perfect for a goth get-together, especially this year, what with this being Tony Blair Witch Millennium year, and all that. Such was the thinking behind tonight’s Single Review by Nigel A. Messenger What do you do with an incredibly infectious beat and a singer with a really sexy voice – have a dance orgasm. That is what you’ll get with this track on the dance floor. Originally released in the UK a couple of months ago, for some unknown reason DVD Review by Nigel A. Messenger This is the first time the Madness film TAKE IT OR LEAVE IT has been available on DVD so presumably hardcore fans will be dumping their video tape copies and rush out to the shops to get their shiny new disc. Is this madness? Possibly, but at least Single Review by Nigel A. Messenger Madonna is back and has rekindled her hugely successful working relationship with producer William Orbit to do a cover version of Don McLean’s classic pop song AMERICAN PIE – originally a No.2 hit in 1972. Retaining the essential elements of the track but injecting it with Orbit’s innovative Single Review by EDF LOVE PROFUSION, the third track to be lifted from Madonna’s AMERICAN LIFE album is the best single out of the three so far. It’s a shame that NOTHING FAILS, also lifted from AMERICAN LIFE, proves why the album is average.
Album Review by Mark Bayross Despite the Spanish name, Madrugada actually come from the far north of Norway. Equally surprisingly, there’s nothing here to give you any idea of the inhospitable climes from which the four-piece hail on this, their debut album. The sound is more Nashville than Norway. VOCAL is quite an arresting Albums Reviewed by Mark Bayross The legendary Magazine, led by former Buzzcock Howard Devoto, have released not one, but two retrospectives. The first,MAGAZINE…WHERE THE POWER IS, is a definitive “best of” and serves as an effective introduction to the band’s canon. The second, MAYBE IT’S RIGHT TO BE NERVOUS NOW is for the more Album Review by EDF Born and raised on a farm in Pennsylvania, Maggie Austin grew up breeding show horses and indulged in singing country songs while working around the farm. Even though there are six tracks on this release, Austin manages to select the best tracks that not only shows a lot of promise, Concert Review by Kris Griffiths The latest hopeful to follow the line in the one-man-band brigade of the last few years is a little Norwegian fellow called Magnet, also known as Even Johansen. Analogically speaking, while the likes of Badly Drawn Boy and the Mull Historical Society fanfare the frontline with big bass drums |
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