June 5th, 2007 by Gerard McGarry. Tags: 2007, Linkin Park, Thumbs Up
You’ve gotta hand it to Linkin Park – when they arrived in 2000, Limp Bizkit ruled the rap/metal scene with an iron fist. Linkin Park were great and everything, they just couldn’t garner the media attention that Fred Durst seemed to effortlessly command.
Fast forward a few years, and the Bizkit are all but gone and Linkin Park are pretty much the undisputed leaders of mainstream metal. They’ve attained God-like status in recent years, despite a very slow release cycle. For my money, that mostly boils down to quality over quantity.
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April 29th, 2007 by Gerard McGarry. Tags: 2007, Pink, Rock, Thumbs Up
As the first chorus to U + UR Hand starts, Pink starts skipping in a tight top. Simultaneously she’s singing “I’m not here for your entertainment”. I disagree. As a guy I find Pink skipping fairly entertaining ;)
*cough*
Seriously though, when was the last time Pink released a duff record? She’s had one of the strongest runs of chart success in recent memory, despite a potential career breaking switch from hip-hop to angsty rock.
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April 27th, 2007 by Gerard McGarry. Tags: 2007, Just Jack, Thumbs Up
Watching the video for Glory Days – doesn’t Just Jack look a little bit like Tony Mortimer from East 17?
Any while we’re at it, is it prejudiced to think that anyone singing in a Cockney accent is an Eastend barrow-boy made good? Admit it, when you heard Starz In Their Eyes you thought Just Jack was another one-hit wonder headed for the bargain bins. I did.
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April 23rd, 2007 by Gerard McGarry. Tags: 2007, Clothes, indie, Paolo Nutini, Rock, Songs, Thumbs Up
I’ll save the rant about Paolo Nutini’s name for another day. (Is it a stage name? It must be.)
Bizarrely, New Shoes seems to be the kind of song you either love or hate. It’s certainly attracting a lot of negative reaction.
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April 15th, 2007 by Gerard McGarry. Tags: 2007, Daniel Merriweather, Mark Ronson, Pop, Soul, The Smiths, Thumbs Up
The best bit about Stop Me (If You Think You’ve Heard This One Before) is that the ‘one’ I’ve heard before is by The Supremes, not The Smiths.
Smiths fans internet-wide are totally hating on this track. Well, pipe down purists, even Morrisey likes it.
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March 22nd, 2007 by Gerard McGarry. Tags: Gnarls Barkley, Kelis, r&b, Thumbs Up
Well, when she’s not busy getting arrested (and resisting said arrest), Kelis can still churn out some fantastic music.
Never in a million years did I think the shouter singer of Caught Out There could do sensitive. But that’s exactly what she manages to achieve with Little Star. It’s a funky soulful collaboration with Cee-Lo. Funny, but the name Cee-Lo meant nothing to me, until I saw the video and recognised him instantly as ‘the big guy from Gnarls Barkley’.
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