Posts from the ‘Opinion’ category

Get Mrs Carter?

On the Beyonce Carter furore: Em Kuntze asks, “what’s in a name?”

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Johnny Marr: The Messenger: Album Review

Grab your Telecaster and get in front of a full-length mirror: Johnny Marr has made an album to strut to

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Hello, I hate you. So why are we Facebook friends again?

Alex Shaw looks at how you might rid yourself of those unwanted Facebook friends

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Zero Dark Thirty Review

In this Zero Dark Thirty review, Jon Wilks finds an unflinching film that avoids most Hollywood cliches with aplomb

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5 Albums You Should Have Known If You Worked In An Indie Record Store In The ’90s

Alex Shaw looks back fondly on the days when an indie record store was a place for secrets, sneering and “Boy Music”

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Mick Hucknall and the Golden Age of the Album

What good can come of Mick Hucknall and the Stereophonics taking on The Beatles? Jon Wilks poses the questions

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Song of the Day, #2: This Is The Kit: Two Wooden Spoons

This Is The Kit: Two Wooden Spoons Sometimes, the radio presents you with the precise soundtrack to the world you’re looking at, at the exact moment…

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HMV: The Curious Tale Of The Dog in the Nineties

While the HMV death throes were applauded long and loud on Twitter last night, a handful of observers looked on in sadness.

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10 Beatles songs that should be better known

There’s little left to write about The Beatles that hasn’t already been said, but that doesn’t mean we ought to stop trying.

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