http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/2008/nov/24/beatles-pope-vatican I just sent this to BumApples, who first noted the Catholic church’s recent acceptance of Galileo. The list of things for which they’re belatedly apologising is starting to resemble Kent Brockman’s corrections. Closeted over all these years, the Vatican has finally announced that it likes the Beatles. L’Osservatore Romano, semi-official newspaper of the Holy […]
Category Archives: Britpop
Voxtrot | SPIN.com
http://www.spin.com/features/band_of_the_day/2005/12/051214_voxtrot/ The pre-existing tag understandably mislabels Voxtrot as “britpop”, though they are – shockingly – an American band. I found their Raised by Wolves EP a while back, and am greatly enjoying it. A sound very reminiscent of the Bluetones, and that can’t be a bad thing.
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http://www.eye.net/eye/issue/issue_11.24.05/music/recordguide-indie.html A four-star review from one of eye‘s crustiest critics? I’ll borrow a phrase from Say Anything… Get ready for greatness, Gaz! THE DIABLEROS * * * * You Can’t Break the Strings in Our Olympic Hearts You can’t beat that title for bravado, but what makes The Diableros’ debut disc so exhilarating is that […]