The Event - Issue 211

The Event We ask Do you prefer 24 or Spooks?

Plus We meet the Dormio Twins for a chat And We run through the films you have to see this year

Is the Gangster movie the Godfather of all genres?

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ANY mAWS FADE INTO INSIGNIlCANCE 3URE IT MAY NOT BE PARTICULARLY 0# BUT IT S FUNNY IT S CLEVER AND IT S A DAMN SIGHT BET TER THAN &AMILY 'UY CUE THE ANGRY LETTERSx &IONA "ILLINGS

4OP THIS 7EEK .EVER -IND THE "UZZCOCKS 4HURSDAY PM ""# "UZZCOCKS HAS SUCCESSFULLY ACCOMPLISHED THAT MOST RARE OF ACHIEVEMENTS BY SURVIVING THE TRANSITION TO A NEW HOST 3IMON !MSTELL IS HILARIOUS RIPPING IT OUT OF @CELEBS

$OG THE "OUNTY (UNTER 3ATURDAY PM 6IRGIN ) HAVE BEEN COERCED INTO WATCHING THIS BY MY HOUSE MATES DESPITE MY APPREHENSION AT WHAT IS CLEARLY 46 THAT THE 3PEARS HOUSEHOLD WOULD CHERISH (OWEVER IT IS POSSIBLE TO CLASSIFY IT UNDER THE @POST IRONIC STUDENT GENRE !ND IT S JUST FUNNY

&AMILY 'UY 3UNDAY PM ""# .EW STUFF FROM &AMILY 'UY &OR THIS REASON ALONE IT IS WORTH BUYING A FREEVIEW BOX

&AIRY 4ALES 4HURSDAY PM ""#

$AFT BUT CHARMING REWORKING OF CLASSIC FAIRY TALES SUCH AS 2APUNZEL #OULD BE WORTH A WATCH

-ISTRESSES 4UESDAY PM ""# 3OMETHING FOR THE GIRLS BILLED AS THE "RITISH ANSWER TO $ESPERATE (OUSEWIVES

!IRED BETWEEN AND .OEL S (OUSE 0ARTY WAS THE PINNACLE OF 3ATURDAY NIGHT TEL EVISION 4HIS LIGHT ENTERTAINMENT SHOW WAS AS FAMOUS FOR ITS CONSISTENTLY CRINGE WORTHY PRACTICAL JOKES AS FOR HOST .OEL %DMONDS LU RID SHIRTS AND WAS RESPONSIBLE FOR THE LAUNCH OF -R "LOBBY 3ET IN THE lCTIONAL TOWN OF #RINKLEY "OTTOM THE FORMAT WAS BASED AROUND THE GOOD NATURED PRANKS PLAYED ON THE CELEBRITIES WHO KNOCKED ON .OEL S FRONT DOOR AS WELL AS ON THE AUDIENCE ITSELF 0OPULAR FEATURES INCLUDED @'OTCHA A HIDDEN CAMERA PRANK PLAYED ON UNSUSPECT ING CELEBRITIES THE ORIGINAL 0UNK D @'RAB A 'RAND WHERE MONEY WAS WON FROM A BOOTH AND @"EAT 9OUR .EIGHBOUR WHERE COMPETI TORS COULD WIN SELECTED PRIZES FROM THEIR NEIGHBOURS HOUSE 4HE @'UNGE 4ANK WAS THE HIGHLIGHT OF THE SHOW ESPECIALLY AT THE END OF THE SERIES WHEN .OEL HIMSELF WAS THE VICTIM

4HE FACT THAT THE SHOW WAS BROADCAST LIVE EVE RY WEEKEND ALLOWED INNOVATIVE IDEAS TO BE USED WITHIN THE PROGRAMME SUCH AS @.46

THE SECTION IN WHICH A CAMERA WAS HIDDEN IN A MEMBER OF THE PUBLIC S HOME CUE MUCH EMBARRASSMENT AND A SOMETIMES SHOCKING REACTION WHEN THEY REALISED THAT THEIR FACE WAS ON THE TELEVISION SCREEN /VER MILLION VIEWERS TUNED IN EVERY 3ATURDAY GENERATING SUCH WIDESPREAD FAME FOR THE SHOW S REAL STAR -R "LOBBY THAT HE WENT ON TO APPEAR ON ,IVE AND +ICKING AND *IM $AVIDSON S 'ENERATION 'AME AS WELL AS BEATING 4AKE 4HAT TO THE #HRISTMAS NUMBER ONE SPOT IN 4HROUGHOUT ITS TRANS MISSIONS .OEL %DMONDS LED HIS (OUSE 0ARTY STRAIGHT IN TO THE HEARTS OF THE "RITISH PUBLIC

AND DESPITE !NT AND $EC S BEST EFFORTS n IT CAN BE ARGUED THAT 3ATURDAY NIGHT ENTERTAIN MENT HAS BEEN A WASHOUT EVER SINCE ITS DE MISE +IRSTY -AIR

(EARD IT ON THE 'RAPEVINE 3O THE #HRISTMAS PERIOD IS OVER AND ) ONCE AGAIN CAN REST EASY IN MY BED (OWEVER ) WAS TOLD ) M A BIT NEGATIVE 5NBELIEVABLE RIGHT 3O MY .EW 9EAR S RESOLUTION IS TO BE MORE POSI TIVE IN THIS SECTION 3O HERE GOES 3O THE !MERICAN WRITER S STRIKE IS STILL UN DERWAY WITH SCHEDULING IN THE 5+ NOW BEING EFFECTED MOST NOTABLY 3KY /NE 4HE PREDICTED RESULTING RISE IN REALITY SHOWS IS UPON US WITH THE ""# CREATING A 3TRICTLY STYLE CELEBRITY SHOW ENTITLED -AESTRO WHERE RUMOURED GUESTS SUCH AS *ON 3NOW WILL LEARN TO BE CONDUCTORS (OWEVER IN THE 53 THE LATE NIGHT SHOWS ,ETTERMAN AND ,ENO ARE BACK ON THE AIR WITH 4HE $AILY 3HOW WITH *ON 3TEWART SOON TO FOLLOW 4HIS IS UNDOUBTEDLY GOOD NEWS THE ABSENCE OF THIS DAILY DOSE OF SATIRE BURNS A SOLE IN OUR LIVES (OWEVER WITHOUT WRITERS THE SHOW

DOESN T HAVE THE SAME FEEL 0OPULAR SERIES LIKE ,OST AND 3CRUBS ARE ONLY HALF lNISHED AND NOW COMING TO 5+ SCREENS 7E ALL PRAY THE GREEDY CAPITALISTS PIGS THAT ARE THE STUDIO EXECS CAVE SOON AND THE WRITERS GET THE FEW CENTS MORE A $6$ THEY DESERVE "IG "ROTHER #ELEBRITY (IJACK 7ORDS CANNOT DESCRIBE THE APPALLING NATURE OF THIS SHOW .O ONE KNOWS WHAT EVIL SADISTS CONTINUE TO POISON US WITH IT AND ) CAN T FATHOM WHAT EJITS STILL WATCH THIS CRAP -Y ANGER IS BOUNDLESS 4HE DRIVEL CONTINUES TO mOW OUT OF THE SPHINCTER THAT IS !MERICA LACKING THE TALENTED WRITERS AND PREVIOUS HOPES OF A "RITISH REVIVAL TO lLL THE VOID ARE DOWN THE COMMUNAL CRAP PER 7HO KEEPS .EW 9EAR S RESOLUTIONS ANY WAY

*AMES "ILLINGS

7HERE ARE THEY NOW &ACEBOOK 'ROUP OF THE $EAN #AIN

4HOSE OF YOU WORTH YOUR SALT WILL REMEMBER THE CLASSIC ,OIS #LARK .EW !DVENTURES OF 3UPERMAN

IN WHICH $EAN #AIN PLAYED THE EPONYMOUS HERO OF THE TITLE !CCOMPANIED BY A YOUNG 4ERRI (ATCH ER OF PRE $ESPERATE (OUSEWIVES FAME #AIN SPENT HIS TIME m YING AROUND SAVING THE WORLD WHILST SPENDING YEARS COURTING ,OIS ,ANE (ATCHER 4HE MOST AMAZING FACT ABOUT THE SHOW HOWEVER HAS TO BE THAT THE SHOW S PRODUCERS WERE SO LAZY THE ONLY DIFFERENCE BETWEEN 3UPERMAN #AIN AND #LARK +ENT #AIN WAS GLASSES !ND THE HAIR WENT A BIT MORE TO THE SIDE 3O DESPITE EVERY CHARAC TER APPARENTLY SUFFERING FROM FAIRLY SERIOUS SIGHT PROBLEMS THE SHOW WAS A RATINGS SUCCESS BEING FAIRLY LIGHT HEARTED IN NATURE #AIN HAS SINCE BECOME SOMEWHAT OF A CULT ICON WITH THE SHOW S RERUNS ON THE FREEVIEW )46

CHANNELS INTRODUCING HIM TO A WHOLE NEW GEN ERATION OF FANS ,OIS #LARK RAN UNTIL AND SINCE THEN #AIN HAS GUEST STARRED IN EVERY 46 PROGRAMME THAT EVER WAS OR EVER WILL BE 4HAT MAY BE A HALF TRUTH BUT THE POINT NONETHELESS STANDS #AIN HAS BEEN IN MANY MADE FOR 46 MOVIES AND MORE RECENTLY HAD A RECURRING ROLE IN THE SUCCESSFUL 53 SERIES ,AS 6EGAS @4HE #AINSTER AS 4HE %VENT LIKES TO CALL HIM IS A CULTURAL ICON 4HE LATEST SERIES OF 3MALLVILLE BASED ON 3UPERMAN S TEENAGE YEARS

FEATURED A GUEST SPOT BY #AIN AS AN IMMORTAL VIL LAIN ) M SURE YOU THE READERS WILL JOIN US IN SPEND ING THE REST OF OUR LIVES ON THE EDGE OF OUR SEATS

PRAYING TO WHATEVER DEITY YOU SEE l T FOR 4HE #AINSTER S RETURN *AMES "ILLINGS

&ORTNIGHT 0HYSICS DOESN T EXIST IT S ALL GNOMES 3OME MAY ARGUE THAT THIS WRITER COULDN T l ND A &ACEBOOK GROUP WITH A CAUSE AS WORTHY AS PRE VIOUS ISSUES BUT IT CANNOT BE DENIED THAT THEIR l NAL CHOICE HAS A GREAT DEAL TO OFFER THE INTELLEC TUAL WORLD (ENCE IT HAS BEEN CAREFULLY SELECTED FROM A VAST MULTITUDE OF GROUPS IN AN ATTEMPT TO ENLIGHTEN 4HE %VENT S FELLOW 5%! STUDENTS WITH AN ALL IMPORTANT DISCOVERY 4HE GROUP HAS BEEN ESTABLISHED BY A GROUP OF STUDENTS WHO ARE KEEN TO SPREAD THE WORD THAT PHYSICS DOESN T EXIST IT S ALL GNOMES 4HE THEORY IS A CONCEPT WELCOMED BY MANY AS PROVED IN THE EVER GROWING GROUP POPULATION

AT LAST COUNT AS IT APPEARS TO MAKE FAR MORE SENSE THAN MORE @TRADITIONAL SCIENTIl C VIEWS !LTHOUGH SOME MAY QUESTION THE CRED IBILITY OF THE THEORY UPON FURTHER INSPECTION OF THE GROUP PICTURES ONE l NDS THAT THE COM PLETE DEl NITION OF 'NOME 3CIENCE FOUND ITSELF UNDER THE HEADING @0HYSICS IN THE EVER RELIABLE 7IKIPEDIA EVIDENCE ENOUGH FOR MOST THAT THIS 'NOME HYPOTHESIS IS IN FACT TRUE 4HE GROUP PROVIDES AN ANSWER TO ALL THOSE WHO HAVE STRUGGLED WITH THOSE TRICKY CONCEPTS OF 0HYSICS AS WELL AS #HEMISTRY AND "IOLOGY

AND REASSURES MEMBERS THAT THESE CRACKPOT THE ORIES OF @WAVES AND @PARTICLES ARE ACTUALLY LIES

AND THEREFORE THAT IT IS ACCEPTABLE TO BE BAFm ED BY THEM

&ARRAH &AWCETT BEST KNOWN FOR HER STARRING ROLE IN 46 S #HARLIE S !NGELS THE l LM VERSION OF WHICH STARRED

,UKE 7ILSON THE BROTHER OF TROUBLED 3HANGHAI +NIGHTS ACTOR

/WEN 7ILSON WHO MADE HIS WRITING AND ACTING DEBUT IN S "OTTLE 2OCKET

DIRECTED BY

7ES !NDERSON WHOSE PROJECT 4HE &ANTASTIC -R &OX WILL FEATURE THE VO CAL TALENTS OF

'EORGE #LOONEY THE LEADER OF /CEAN S %LEVEN ANOTHER MEMBER OF WHICH WAS

"RAD 0ITT THE CURRENT PARTNER OF

!NGELINA *OLIE

!N !NGLO .ORWEGIAN BOYBAND 3URELY NOT !ND YET IN A HIT THE AIRWAVES AS EXACTLY THAT #REATED BY THE MASTERMIND BEHIND 3TEPS 4IM "YRNE "EN !DAMS -ARK 2EAD #HRISTIAN )NGE BRIGTSEN AND 0AUL -ARAZZI WERE A SEMI SUCCESSFUL BOYBAND FOR FOUR YEARS UNTIL THEY SPLIT IN 4HEY WON THE "2)4 AWARD FOR "EST "REAKTHROUGH !CT AND NUMEROUS 3MASH (ITS AWARDS INCLUDING -OST &ANCIABLE -ALE FOR CUR TAIN HAIRED "EN 'OING ON TO HAVE EIGHT TOP TEN SINGLES SUCH AS 2EADY /R .OT %VERYTIME AND A COVER OF ! (A S 4AKE /N -E EVENTUALLY SELLING OVER FOUR MILLION RECORDS 4HE BAND EVENTUALLY SPLIT IN /CTOBER AFTER 0AUL LEFT HE IS NOW A MEMBER OF A BAND CALLED 3NAGSBY WHO PERFORM A SELECTION OF COVER VERSIONS AS WELL AS SOME OF THEIR OWN MATERIAL "EN !DAMS HAD A FAIRLY UNSUCCESSFUL SOLO CAREER

REACHING NUMBER WITH 3ORRY IN AND SO INSTEAD TURNED HIS HAND TO WRITING (E HAS SINCE WRITTEN SONGS FOR ,ISA 3COTT ,EE AND (AR -AR 3U PERSTAR

7ITH BLOCKBUSTERS LIKE "OND 3WEENEY 4ODD AND 3TAR 4REK 8) COMING OUT THIS YEAR IT SEEMS ONLY RIGHT THAT .ATASHA +UNDAIKER CASTS A CRITICAL EYE OVER WHAT S COMING UP THIS YEAR IN THE WORLD OF l LM

4HE $ARK +NIGHT TH *ULY #OMPILING A LIST OF THE TOP TEN l LMS TO SEE IN

!LTHOUGH THE THEORY IS SOMEWHAT INCOM PLETE IN THAT IT IS YET TO l ND AN ANSWER TO SOME SCIENTIl C CONUNDRUMS IT DOES PROVIDE EXPLA NATIONS TO OTHER PERHAPS EVEN MORE CONFUSING AND IMPORTANT ISSUES &OR EXAMPLE WHY DOES DRINKING BEER MAKE ONE LOSE VOLUNTARY CONTROL OF THEIR BODY )T IS BECAUSE ALL THINGS ARE MADE UP OF TINY GNOMES INCLUDING ALCOHOL 4HESE @AL COHOL GNOMES ARE RATHER ROWDY AND WILL CAUSE HAVOC WITH YOUR BRAIN GNOMES WHEN TAKEN INTO THE SYSTEM STARTING l GHTS AND SWEARING LOUDLY 4HIS IS WHY YOUR SENSES AND CONTROL BECOME IMPAIRED THE BRAIN GNOMES BECOME DISTRACTED AND CANNOT WORK EFl CIENTLY 3O NEXT TIME YOU ARE CONFUSED BY YOUR COURSEWORK OR SIMPLY HAVE A FEW QUESTIONS ABOUT THIS COMPLEX WORLD WE ARE FACED WITH

CONSULT &ACEBOOK S @0HYSICS DOESN T EXIST IT S ALL GNOMES FOR A REAL INSIGHT INTO THE CONFUSING WORLD OF SCIENCE #HLOE 7ARREN

3IX $EGREES OF 3EPARATION 7HERE ARE THEY NOW !NGELINA *OLIE A IS DUE TO STAR IN THE l LM !TLAS 3HRUGGED AS $AGNY 4AGGART

A ROLE THE AUTHOR !YN 2AND ORIGINALLY WANTED FOR

7HAT TO WATCH IN IS NEAR TO IMPOSSIBLE %ACH NEW DAY BRINGS WITH IT A TRAILER OR MOVIE STILL THAT BRINGS A RUSH OF EXCITE MENT THAT CHANGES YOUR MIND COMPLETELY (OWEVER THE NUMBER ONE SLOT HAS REMAINED A CONSTANT WITH #HRIS TOPHER .OLAN S 4HE $ARK +NIGHT WINNING HANDS DOWN )T S A TESTAMENT TO BOTH #HRISTIAN "ALE AND .OLAN THAT THE "ATMAN "EGINS WAS SO GOOD THAT IT WIPED THE SLATE CLEAN OF THE PREVIOUS DECADE S DIRE ATTEMPTS TO CAPTURE THE ENIGMATIC VIGILANTE "UT WHAT HAS WETTED OUR COLLECTIVE APPETITES THE MOST IS (EATH ,EDGER S PO TENTIALLY GREAT PORTRAYAL OF "ATMAN S ARCH RIVAL AND THE ULTIMATE PSYCHOTIC VILLAIN n 4HE *OKER .ICHOLSON IS A TOUGH ACT TO FOLLOW BUT ,EDGER HAS JUST ENOUGH ACTING METTLE TO CREATE A NEW AND FRIGHTEN ING FACE FOR THE ICONIC TRICKSTER )F THE TRAILER IS ANYTHING TO GO BY ,EDGER WILL SURELY SEND A CHILL DOWN YOUR SPINE AND AS FAR AS WE RE CONCERNED n THE DARKER THE BETTER

*ONES AND THE +INGDOM )NDIANA OF THE #RYSTAL 3KULL ND -AY 4HE SLIGHTEST INKLING OF THE )NDIANA *ONES THEME SONG TURNS US AT 4HE %VENT BACK INTO A GROUP OF OVER EXCITED KIDS -AYBE IT S THE NOSTALGIA BUT YOU HEAR IT AND AD VENTURE MODE KICKS IN !FTER NINETEEN YEARS IN DEVELOP MENT HELL THE FOURTH INSTALMENT OF THE 3PIELBERG ,U CAS MEGA MOVIE IS l NALLY MAKING IT TO OUR SCREENS !

GREYING (ARRISON &ORD WILL ONCE AGAIN DON THE WHIP AND HAT SAVING THE DAY WITH HIS CHARM AND DARE DEVIL INGENUITY 3HIA ,A"EOUF JOINS AS SIDEKICK -UTT 7IL LIAMS AND HOPEFULLY HE LL UP THE GAME FROM HIS WITTY PERFORMANCE IN 4RANSFORMERS 4HE PLOT HAS BEEN KEPT PRETTY HUSH HUSH BUT WE KNOW ONE THING FOR CERTAIN n IT S GOING TO BE THE MOTHER OF ALL QUESTS

$ANIEL $AY ,EWIS PERFORMANCE AS OIL 4HERE 7ILL "E "LOOD TH &EB

BARON $ANIEL 0LAINVIEW IS THE TALK OF THE TOWN WITH /SCAR NOMINATIONS SURELY ON THEIR WAY )NSPIRED BY 5PTON 3INCLAIR S NOVEL /IL 4HERE 7ILL "E "LOOD FOLLOWS THE RISE OF RUGGED PROSPEC TOR 0LAINVIEW WHO HITS IT RICH WITH THE STRIKE OF A LIFETIME (AVING HAD A SNEAK PEEK OURSELVES

WE CAN DEl NITIVELY SAY IT S A MASTERFULLY CRAFTED PIECE OF l LM 0AUL 4HOMAS !NDERSON S SPRAWL ING EPIC BEAUTIFULLY EXCAVATES THE GREED AND CORRUPTION BEHIND 0LAINVIEW S PURSUIT OF THE !MERICAN DREAM AND SUCCEEDS IN CREATING AN INTENSE AND MOVING l LM $AY ,EWIS PROVES YET AGAIN WHAT A POWERFUL FORCE HIS ACTING CAN BE -ARK IS NOW ALSO A SONGWRITER WORKING FOR -ETROPHONIC AND IS ALSO WORKING ON NEW MA TERIAL OF HIS OWN WITH HIS BROTHER #OLIN #HRIS TIAN HAS HAD POSSIBLY THE MOST SUCCESS POST A

RETURNING TO HIS NATIVE .ORWAY AND BECOMING A SUCCESSFUL SOLO ARTIST RELEASING THREE ALBUMS AND FOUR SINGLES &IONA "ILLINGS

3WEENY 4ODD 4HE $EMON "ARBER OF &LEET 3TREET TH *AN 4IM "URTON *OHNNY $EPP ! MURDERING BARBER WHO ADDS A WHOLE NEW MEANING TO MEAT PIES !ND TO TOP ALL THAT IT S A MUSICAL .O WONDER HEADS ARE EXPLODING ALL OVER THE GLOBE FROM THE SHEER THOUGHT OF IT "URTON WITH HIS WONDERFULLY KEEN EYE FOR THE MACABRE

IS PERFECT TO DIRECT THE LEGENDARY AND SOME SAY HISTORICALLY REAL TALE OF THE &LEET 3TREET SERIAL KILLER 4HE l LM ADAPTS THE SUCCESSFUL 3TEPHEN 3ONDHEIM AND (UGH 7HEELER STAGE MUSICAL

WHICH TELLS THE GRISLY TALE OF "ENJAMIN "ARKER

WHO IS SENTENCED TO A LIFE IN ONE OF THE PE NAL COLONIES IN !USTRALIA UNDER FALSE CHARGES !FTER ESCAPING HE RETURNS TO %NGLAND TRANS FORMED ASSUMING THE NAME OF 3WEENY 4ODD TO EXACT HIS REVENGE #OMPLETE WITH $EPP S COCKNEY SINGING IT LOOKS SET TO BE A CRACKER

4HE ONES WE COULDN T l T IN

.O #OUNTRY &OR /LD -EN TH *AN 3TAR 4REK 8) TH $EC 9ES 7E KNOW IT S A BIT OF A GEEKY THING TO 3ET IN A SMALL 4EXAS BORDER TOWN IN

LOVE 3TAR 4REK n BUT IT CAN T BE HELPED WITH CAST LIKE THIS 7ITH 3IMON 0EGG :ACHARY 1UINTO AND %RIC "ANA ALL STARRING IN THE ELEVENTH CINEMATIC 34 VENTURE PLUS THE ADDED BONUS OF ,EONARD .IMOY REPRISING HIS ROLE AS 3POCK WE CAN ONLY HOPE THAT * * !BRAMS CAN WORK HIS MAGIC ON UPDATING THIS CLASSIC SCI l SERIES FOR THE BIG SCREEN AND POTENTIAL LY REJUVENATE THE FRANCHISE INTO A NEW FRONTIER !LL THAT S LEFT TO BE DECIDED IS WHETHER #HRIS 0INE S PORTRAYAL OF #APTAIN *AMES 4 +IRK CAN EVER LIVE UP TO THE UN DOUBTEDLY LOVED 7ILLIAM 3HATNER

3HERIFF "ELL 4OMMY ,EE *ONES HAS RULED THE LAND FOR YEARS WITHOUT THE USE OF A GUN BUT A NEW BRAND OF RECKLESS LAWLESSNESS HAS TAKEN OVER HIS TOWN AND AS THE TENSION MOUNTS THE BODY COUNT BEGINS TO RISE 0ROMISING A TRULY FAITHFUL ADAPTATION OF 0U LITZER PRIZE WINNING AUTHOR #ORMAC -C#ARHY S NOVEL THE #OEN "ROTHERS SEEM TO BE ON A WINNER WITH THIS ONE n PLEASING BOTH FANS OF THE ORIGINAL AND KEEPING CRITICS ENTHUSED WITH THE BEAUTIFULLY STARK CINEMA TOGRAPHY WELL CRAFTED EX ECUTION OF THE PLOT AND WELL ROUNDED CAST 4OMMY ,EE *ONES HAS NEVER BEEN BETTER

"OND TH .OV !S OF YET UNTITLED -ARC &OSTER S FOLLOW UP TO #ASINO 2OYALE WILL HOPEFULLY BE EQUALLY AS EXCITING $ANIEL #RAIG HAS PROVED HE CAN l LL THE SHOES AND THE TUXEDO OF AND NOW ITS TIME FOR HIM TO TAKE THE @ROUGHER BOND ONTO GREATER HEIGHTS 4HE l LM WILL PICK UP MINUTES AFTER THE END OF #ASINO 2OYALE WHEN AN INJURED -R 7HITE IS CONFRONTED BY 7ITH "OND STILL WOUNDED FROM 6ESPER ,YND S BETRAYAL IT LL BE INTERESTING TO SEE HOW HE DEVELOPS INTO THE EMOTIONALLY BULLET PROOF MAN WE VE COME TO KNOW AND LOVE

LMS 4HE )NCREDIBLE (ULK TH *UNE 3UPER l )RONMAN ND -AY %VEN WITH THE SHAMEFULLY BAD &ANTASTIC &OUR AND 'HOST 2IDER EVERYONE STILL LOVES SUPERHERO MOVIES 7ITH EACH NEW l LM WE GET OUR HOPES UP AND MOST OF THE TIME THEY ARE DASHED TO WITHIN AN INCH OF LIFE AND THEN WOE FULLY RISEN AGAIN WITH THE NEXT INCARNATION PLUCKED FROM THE -ARVEL $# DATABASE "UT THIS YEAR IT MAY BE A LITTLE DIFFERENT *ON &AVREAU S )RON -AN AND ,OUIS ,ETERRIER S 4HE )NCREDIBLE (ULK BOTH LOOK SET TO BE WINNERS THE STUDIOS CLEARLY CHOOSING TO GO WITH LEADING MEN WHO S ACTING STRENGTH SHOULD SEND THE l LMS SKYROCKETING TO SUCCESS 2OBERT $OWNY *R PLAYS )RONMAN AKA BILLIONAIRE WEAPONS DESIGNER 4ONY 3TARK WHO GETS TAKEN HOSTAGE WHILE IN !FGHANISTAN AND HAS TO RELY ON HIS ARMOURY SKILLS TO ESCAPE /N THE GREENER SIDE OF THINGS THE BRIL LIANT %DWARD .ORTON LETS RIP AS TORTURED SCIENTIST "RUCE "ANNER 4HIS ONE SKIPS THE GREEN MACHINE S ORIGINS AND HEADS STRAIGHT FOR THE *EKYLL AND (YDE ISSUES THAT LEAVE "ANNER S LIFE A CONSTANT BAT TLE ,ET S HOPE SOME GOOD ACTING FROM $OWNEY *R AND .ORTON CAN PUT OUR FAITH BACK INTO THE POWER OF -ARVEL

7ALL % TH *ULY 0IXAR HAS PROVED TIME AND TIME AGAIN THAT THEY CAN MAKE THE MOST UNUSUAL OF CREATURES AND OBJECTS WIN OUR HEARTS AND THIS TIME IT S WITH A FUTURISTIC l LM FROM &INDING .EMO DIRECTOR !NDREW 3TAN TON /N AN ABANDONED %ARTH WHERE TRASH HAS TAKEN OVER A ROBOT NAMED 7!,, % 7ASTE !LLOCATION ,OAD ,IFTER %ARTH #LASS ACCIDENTALLY l NDS THE MEANS FOR HUMANS TO RETURN TO THEIR PLANET )F YOU VE SEEN THE POSTER

7ALL % IS A TAD REMINISCENT OF *OHNNY WHICH MAKES US ALL THE MORE INCLINED TO THINK THIS l LM MAY JUST MARK AN OTHER SUCCESS FOR THE ANIMA TION COMPANY

"E +IND 2EWIND ND &EB

!FTER SEEING %TERNAL 3UNSHINE AND 4HE 3CIENCE OF 3LEEP THE ARTIS TIC VISION AND BIRARRE QUIRKY STYLE OF &RENCH DIRECTOR -ICHEL 'ONDRY HAS US CRAVING MORE )T S A BREATH OF FRESH AIR COMPARED TO THE STRING OF (OL LYWOOD MOVIES CHURNED OUT EVERY YEAR "E +IND 2EWIND IS MUCH THE SAME AND IS SURE TO BE A HIT WITH MOVIE BUFFS WORLDWIDE 7HEN JUNK YARD WORKER *ERRY *ACK "LACK IS MAGNETIZED IN AN ACCIDENT HE UNINTENTION ALLY ERASES THE ENTIRE MOVIE COLLECTION IN HIS FRIEND S VIDEO RENTAL STORE )N A BID TO SAVE THE STORE THE PAIR RE CREATE THE ERASED l LMS THEMSELVES

#LOVERl ELD 3PEED 2ACER CAN T WAIT FOR THIS ONE THEY MAY JUST DESTROY A GREAT S CARTOON BUT HOPEFULLY WITH -ATTHEW &OX AS 2ACER 8 IT LL BE AWESOME (ARRY 0OTTER AND THE (ALF "LOOD 0RINCE 6ALKYRIE

3EX IN THE #ITY 4HE -OVIE (OW TO ,OSE &RIENDS AND !LIENATE 0EOPLE "ODY OF ,IES 2EVOLUTIONARY 2OAD 3AM -ENDES REUNITES 4ITANIC CO STARS 7INSLET AND $I#APRIO FOR THIS S TALE 4HE #URIOUS #ASE OF "ENJAMIN "UTTON 8 &ILES 4HE 2OAD *UNO &ROST .IXON (ANCOCK .ATIONAL 4REASURE "OOK OF 3ECRETS .IC #AGE RETURNS AS INTERNATIONAL MAN OF HISTORY "EN 'ATES 3TEP "ROTHERS 7ANTED "LINDNESS 0ENELOPE

&LASHBACKS OF A &OOL 4HE -UMMY 4OMB OF THE $RAGON %MPEROR 7HERE 4HE 7ILD 4HINGS !RE 0RINCE #ASPIAN 'ET 3MART 4HE )MAGINARIUM OF $R 0ARNASSUS "URN !FTER 2EADING 2AMBO WHY "RUCE 7ILLIS COULD DO IT BUT ) DOUBT THE ONCE )TALIAN 3TALLION CAN MAKE A ACTION COMEBACK 0INEAPPLE %XPRESS 4HE (APPENING 0RIDE AND 'LORY ,ARS AND THE 2EAL 'IRL (ELLBOY )) 4HE 'OLDEN !RMY !NGELS AND $EMONS

$OOMSDAY 3HINE ! ,IGHT 3CORSESE ON 4HE 3TONES

7ARBALLING 7OMBATS 4HE SUCCESS OF THEIR DEBUT ALBUM ! 'UIDE TO ,OVE ,OSS AND $ESPERATION HAS CATAPULTED 4HE 7OMBATS TO THE BIG INDIE S BIG LEAGUE 'REG 3ULLIVAN CATCHES UP WITH THE BAND TO DISCUSS

!MERICAN STATES "EAUTY AND THE "EAST WOMBATS AND MAYBE SOME MUSIC ALONG THE WAY

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h7E D AGREE WITH THAT STATEMENT PRETTY MUCH ALL THE WAY 7E RE NOT REALLY A JOKE WE JUST KIND OF WANT ED TO SHOCK PEOPLEx IT S NOT LIKE WE FORNICATE CHICKENS OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT v $RUMMER $AN BACKS HIM UP hLOOKING BACK IN HIND SIGHT WE PROBABLY WERE A BIT LIKE THAT BUT THE WAY WE PRACTICED WE USED TO BE SO HUNG OVER WE WERE SO RIDICULOUS 3O WE JUST THOUGHT

LET S TAKE OUR BAND PRACTICES ON THE STAGExLET S SURPRISE THEM v !ND SURPRISE THEM THEY DID %ARLY GIGS REPORTEDLY SAW THEM FASHIONING JESTERS HATS WITH SUN GLASSES AND IF THAT WASN T GOING TO GET THE PUNTERS TALKING MAYBE THE hUNCONTROLLABLE SCREAMINGv IN THE MIDDLE OF SONGS WOULD DO THE JOB h4HE IDEA WAS NOT TO BE FUNNY v $AN UNDERLINES 4HE 7OMBATS FORMED AT 0AUL -C#ARTNEY S ,IVERPOOL 3CHOOL OF 0ERFORMING !RTS BACK IN h0AUL -C#ARTNEY TOLD ME TO TAKE MY EYEBROW PIERCING OUT WITH A SCREWDRIVER ON THE STAGE OF THE PHILHARMONIC IN FRONT OF PEOPLE v RECALLS $AN &ROM THEN ON IT WAS ALL ABOUT hGETTING S

FACED AND WRITING SONGS ABOUT ANI MALS AND GIRLS v !NIMALS 9ES ANIMALS PLAY A FUNDAMENTAL PART IN 4HE 7OM BAT S HISTORY AS IF WE NEEDED TO TELL YOU -ATT RECOLLECTS h7HEN ) TOOK A YEAR OUT BEFORE ) WENT TO UNIVERSITY ) VE GOT FAMILY OVER IN !USTRALIA AND LIKE ITS HOUR

BARS OVER IN 3YDNEY A LOT OF THINGS WITH US ARE RELATED TO BOOZING AND PARTYING -Y GRANDAD HAS GOT A WOMBAT IN THE BACK OF HIS GARDEN 4HEY RE AMAZING THEY DIG HOLES IN THE GROUND AND GO IN TUBES AND STUFF 2EACH SPEEDS UP TO MPH

h0AUL -C#A RTNEY TOLD ME TO TAKE MY EYEBROW PIERC ING OUT WITH A SCREWDRIVER ON THE STAGE OF THE PHILHARMONIC IN FRONT OF PEOPLE v

AND THEN STOP DEAD "UT THEY RE KNACKERED AFTER THEY VE DONE IT !F TER ) CAME BACK ) WAS INmUENCED BY THE WOMBATS AND THE DISGRACE OF THEM SO IT KIND OF lTS IN WELL WITH THE MUSIC v 7E ALL LAUGH 5NPREDICTABLE SPEEDS SIMILAR TO THOSE SEEN BY THE WOMBATS -ATT EXPERIENCED IN THE OUTBACKxCER TAINLY REVERBERATE IN THEIR DEBUT ALBUM THE BPM INDIE POP EX TRAVAGANZA 4HE 7OMBATS 0RESENT !

'UIDE 4O ,OVE ,OSS AND $ESPERATION THE RECORD THAT S TRANSFORMED THEM FROM PLOD ALONG INDIE EVERYMEN TO ONE OF THE MOST EXCITING NEW ACTS IN THE 5 + &OR SONGS SO STEEPED IN @LOSS AND DESPERATION YOU WOULDN T HAVE BET ON THE MUSIC BEING MUCH MORE THAN DRAB 3NOW 0ATROL LIKE MELANCHOLY (OWEVER SONGS LIKE -OVING TO .EW 9ORK AND "ACKlRE AT THE $ISCO PROVE THAT BEHIND THEIR DOWNHEARTED EXTERIORS 4HE 7OMBATS ATTAIN ALL THE ENERGY AND EXCITEMENT OF A NEW BORN PUPPY 5NDOUBTEDLY THE TRACK WHICH REAL LY HIT THE SPOT SECURING THEM MASS RADIO PLAY WAS THE ELECTRIFYING ,ETS $ANCE TO *OY TO $IVISION A SONG THAT S SPARKED A NEW LEASE OF LIFE IN INDIE DANCEmOORS THROUGHOUT THE COUNTRY -ATT TALKS OF THEIR SONG WRITING CHOICES h7E DIDN T REALLY

h!REN T THERE LIKE STATES IN !MERICA v ASKS -ATT h4HERE DElNITELY ARE STATES !ND LIKE THREE CIT IES %XCLUDING (AWAII v

WRITE OUR SONGS WITH THAT KIND OF DANCEmOOR BOOZE UP INTENT IN MIND 4HEY RE ALL JUST FAILED LOVE SONGS BUT SOMEHOW THEY ALWAYS END UP BEING REALLY DANCY AND DIS CO Y )T S A GOOD BALANCE v 3URELY THEN THE INmUENCES GO FURTHER THAN THEIR SPEEDY MARSUPI

ALS COUNTERPARTSxh4HE INmUENCES COME FROM ALL OVER THE SHOP ) COULD BE LISTENING TO LIKE !PHEX 4WIN $AN COULD BE LISTENING TO %MMYLOU (ARRIS AND 4ORD COULD BE LISTENING TO THE SOUNDTRACK FOR THE lLM (UNT FOR 2ED /CTOBER WITH 3EAN #ONNERY 7E VE ALL GOT OUR OWN LOVES $AN LIKES 2UFUS 7AIN WRIGHT ) LOVE %LLIOT 3MITH AND 4ORD LIKES THE BOOTLEG LIVE VERSION OF "EAUTY AND THE "EAST v 3O ARE WE LOOKING AT AN ECLEC TIC $ISNEY %LLIOT 3MITH INSPIRED AMALGAMATION FOR ALBUM NUMBER TWO h4HE NEXT ALBUM COULD BE GETTING MORE MUSICALv SAYS -ATT

hWE COULD BE GOING %URO DISCO WITH THE NEXT RECORD OBVIOUSLY IN FUSED WITH SOME KIND OF ACID JAZZ ) WANT TO WORK ON MY TRIBAL INmU ENCES MAYBE SPEND SOME TIME IN #HINA v 4ORD IS QUICK TO ENLIGHTEN US THAT -ATT h4OOK A COURSE IN mU ENT #HINESExBUT IT ONLY LASTED THREE MONTHS v h) DIDN T REALLY LEARN MUCH v SAYS -ATT WITH DE FEAT )F SAW 4HE 7OMBATS EX CEL INTO 5 + S INDIE BIG LEAGUE

SURELY MUST SEE THEM HAV ING A GO AT CRACKING THE BIG DADDY !MERICA 4HIS SPURS ON $AN AND -ATT h!REN T THERE LIKE STATES IN !MERICA v ASKS -ATT h4HERE DEl NITELY ARE STATES !ND LIKE THREE CITIES %XCLUDING (AWAII v 4HEIR BANTER CONTINUES FOR ANOTHER COU PLE OF MINUTES WHILE 4ORD LOOKS INCREASINGLY EXASPERATED WITH HIS BANDMATES hFOOLISHv BEHAVIOUR !TTEMPTING TO BRING THE CONVERSA TION DOWN TO EARTH HE INTERRUPTS

h9EAH WE LL GET BACK TO WRITING NEW SONGS AND ALSOx A NEW ALBUM BE FORE #HRISTMAS NEXT YEAR v -ATT CONTINUES IN A WORLD OF HIS OWN

h9EAH $AN IT WAS AFTER THE #UBAN SANCTION *OHN "APTIST THE ND AND ALL THAT v !S THE EXHILARATING SHOW THAT EVENING ILLUSTRATES 4HE 7OMBATS ARE A BAND SAVOURING EVERY MINUTE OF THEIR NEW FOUND @ROCK AND ROLL LIVES 7ILL FAME AND FORTUNE CHANGE THEM h)T STILLS FEELS NORMAL v SAYS -ATT h) M SURE WHEN IT STOPS FOR #HRISTMAS AND ) BEGIN GETTING REC OGNISED ) LL RING ONE OF THESE GUYS UP AND IT LL BE LIKE WHAT THE F

IS GOING ON v )TS UNLIKELY FAME WILL EVER FAZE THESE GUYS )F WE VE LEARNT ANYTHING FROM TODAY WE IMAGINE THEY LL JUST MAKE A JOKE ABOUT IT

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4HOSE $ANCING $AYS

4HOSE $ANCING $AYS

)T SEEMS AS THOUGH 3CANDINAVIAN POP ACTS ARE TEN A PENNY NOWADAYS

SO DO WE REALLY NEED ANOTHER ONE !S THE BRILLIANCE OF 4HOSE $ANCING $AYS PROVES YES WE DO ,INNEA 2EBECKA #ISSI ,ISA AND -IMMI ARE ALL STILL IN THEIR TEENS AND IT SHOWS 4HE SONG JUST SOUNDS LIKE PEOPLE HAVING FUN 4HEIR SIMPLISTIC VISION OF SPENDING LIFE SINGING AND DANCING SHOWS A YOUTHFUL EXUBERANCE "UT IF YOU THINK ABOUT IT WOULDN T THAT SORT OF LIFE BE SO MUCH BETTER /N THIS SELF TITLED SINGLE THE

CONSISTENTLY FAST PACED DRUMMING PROVIDES THE BACKING FOR A BRILLIANTLY SIMPLE GUITAR RIFF AND A SUMMERY SMILEY FACE OF A BASS LINE 4HIS EQUALS HAPPY POP SONG BUT WHEN ADDED TO THE REMARKABLY MATURE VOCALS AND FANTASTIC SYNTH IT TRANSFORMS INTO A DISCO CLASSIC FOR PEOPLE BELOW THE AGE OF &OR THOSE WHO LOVE THEIR POLKA DOT ATTIRE THIS SONG REALLY SHOULD GET YOU UP ON THE DANCE mOOR 4HE REALITY IS YOU DON T ACTUALLY HAVE TO BE A TEENAGER TO ENJOY THIS SONG IT JUST MAKES YOU IMAGINE THAT YOU RE ONE 7ORK 2ELATIONSHIPS 0OLITICS .AH LETS JUST DANCE TO THIS

HARD THAT YOU STRUGGLE TO KEEP YOU EYES OPEN )T IS IN THESE MOMENTS THAT YOU NEED A SONG TO BE A CHINK OF SUNLIGHT IN THE GLOOM )N THERE WAS ONE SONG THAT WAS NOT SO MUCH A CHINK OF LIGHT RATHER

IF YOU RE NOT IN THE RIGHT MOOD IT SEEMS A LITTLE SACCHARINE SWEET BUT WHEN THIS REVIEWER LOOKS BACK ON A YEAR JUST GONE HE PREFERS TO THINK OF THE GOOD THINGS THE HAPPY THINGS IN THE WORLD 4HE SAME APPLIES WHEN LOOKING BACK ON A YEAR OF MUSIC AND THIS SONG IN THE SPACE OF THREE MINUTES AND THIRTY SECONDS WILL MAKE THE WORLD SEEM A BETTER PLACE !ND THAT SURELY IS WHAT MUSIC SHOULD BE ABOUT -ARCUS *ONES

4HE (OOSIERS 7ORRIED !BOUT 2AY

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4AKE 4HAT 3HINE ,IFE CAN SEEM A LITTLE TOUGH SOMETIMES 7HEN NO ONE HAS DONE THE WASHING UP IN YOUR HOUSE 7HEN YOU VE RETURNED TO .ORWICH BEFORE TERM STARTS AND THERE S NOBODY TO TALK TO 7HEN YOU RE OUTSIDE AND IT IS RAINING SO

IT WAS A FULLY mEDGED MUSICAL SUN THAT BANISHED GLOOM QUICKER THAN 2OGER "ANNISTER COULD RUN THE MILE 4HAT SONG WAS 3HINE BY 4AKE 4HAT h3TOP BEING SO HARD ON YOURSELF )T S NOT GOOD FOR YOUR HEALTHv SINGS -ARK /WEN WITH THE GUSTO OF A MAN WHO PROBABLY DURING THE COURSE OF HIS SOLO CAREER REMEMBER #LEMENTINE REALISED THAT THIS IS A WONDERFULLY UPLIFTING MOTTO TO LIVE ONES LIFE BY 'RANTED

h7E WANT TO BE INDIE BUT WE RE NOT COOL ENOUGH v SAYS 4HE (OOSIERS LEAD SINGER )RWIN 3PARKES 7E SAY

WHO CARES WHAT THEY THINK THEY ARE

OR WHERE THEIR SINGLE CAME IN THE CHARTS n IT S JUST PLAIN AWESOME 7RITTEN ABOUT THE !MERICAN STOP MOTION MODEL ANIMATOR 2AY (ARRYHAUSEN 7ORRIED !BOUT 2AY IS A CATCHY TUNE FROM A HIGHLY MEMORABLE AND DElNITELY WORTH BUYING ALBUM

!LTHOUGH THE LYRICS MIGHT BE SLIGHTLY REPETITIVE THIS IS LOST WHEN TAKING IN THE OVERALL BRILLIANCE OF THE SONG !DD TO THAT A VIDEO WORTHY OF ANY NUMBER OF FAVOURABLE ADJECTIVES n WHO COULDN T LOVE A VIDEO WITH A GIANT 'ODZILLA ESQUE GREEN MONSTER IN IT n AND THIS REALLY WAS ONE OF THE STAND OUT SONGS OF THE YEAR ESPECIALLY WHEN YOU HOLD IT UP AGAINST SOME OF THE TRASH THAT CAME OUT YES "RITNEY WE MEAN YOU !ND FRANKLY LET S FACE IT ANY SONG CONTAINING THE PHRASE hTIPPY TOESv HAS TO BE WORTH LISTENING TO &IONA "ILLINGS

!LBUMS OF +INGS /F ,EON

"ECAUSE OF THE 4IMES h0EOPLE CALL US RENEGADES BECAUSE WE LIKE LIVING CRAZYv WAILS #ALEB &OLLOHILL DURING SEVEN MINUTE OPENER +NOCKED 5P &OUR YEARS OF BOOZE DRUGS mOOZIES URGED DOUBTERS TO QUESTION WHETHER THE &OLOHILLS WOULD CONTINUE AS A BAND LET ALONE RELEASE ANOTHER ALBUM !FTER THE SUCCESS OF 9OUTH AND 9OUNG -ANHOOD AND !HA 3HAKE (EARTBREAK THE FOURSOME DABBLED IN MORE OR LESS EVERY INDULGENCE UNDER THE SUN COKE ACID BOOZE FEMALES THE LIST GOES ONx4HE NATURE OF ROCK AND ROLL MEANS THAT NINE TIMES OUT OF TEN

EXTREME EXCESS HAS ITS REPERCUSSIONS !MY 7INEHOUSE ET AL AND THUS A PREDICTABLY TIRESOME +INGS /F ,EON WERE ON THE BRINK OF IMPLOSION 4HEIR THIRD ,0 "ECAUSE OF THE 4IMES SIGNALED A BAND BOUND TOGETHER WITH WORLDLY WISDOM A BIT LESS FACIAL HAIR AND A DESIRE TO CONTINUE PRODUCING MUSIC OF THE VERY HIGHEST CALIBER !GAINST ALL ODDS THE ALBUM HAS UNDOUBTEDLY CEMENTED +/, AS ONE OF THE BANDS OF )T BEGINS WITH THE TEEN DRAMA OF +NOCKED 5P h) DON T CARE WHAT NOBODY SAYS WE RE GOING TO HAVE A BABYv !

STARK CONTRAST TO RABBLE ROCK OF OLD #ALEB S DONE WITH THE SLEAZE IN FACT HE S LOOKING AHEAD PLANNING A FUTURE

THERE S NO 2ED -ORNING ,IGHT INVOLVED THIS TIME AROUND )T S A SLOW BURNER IN THE GOOD SENSE OF THE WORD AND LEADS US mAWLESSLY IN THE &OLOHILL S ODE TO 4HE 0IXES THE MONSTROUS #HARMER #OUPLE A BASS LINE THAT COULDN T BE MORE +IM $EAL IF IT TRIED WITH VOCALS THAT ECHO &RANK "LACK AT HIS OUTRAGEOUS BEST AND WHAT YOU VE GOT IS THE MOST RECKLESS

ENERGETIC EUPHORIC THREE MINUTES OF )F /N #ALL SEES +INGS EDGING CLOSER AND CLOSER TO MODERN STADIUM TERRITORY THEN "LACK 4HUMBNAIL SEES THEM REACH THAT TARGET A RIOTOUS BLAZE OF EUPHORIC MODERN ROCK

IT S A NOTABLE CAREER HIGHLIGHT THAT ILLUSTRATES +/, S REFUSAL TO BE ANYTHING BUT WHO THEY ARE h) AIN T TOO PROUD TO SAY BUT THAT S HOW ) M MADE ) LL BE THAT PERSON TILL MY DYING DAYv -Y 0ARTY 4RUE ,OVE 7AY AND 2AGOO PUSH THE BAND INTO TERRITORY THAT SOME FANS DIDN T SEE POSSIBLE 4HEY RE SO ENTHRALLING THEY ALMOST WARRANT A COMEDOWN OF SOME SORT

AND FOR THE NEXT COUPLE OF SONGS THAT S WHAT +/, GIVE YOU BE IT THE SELF ASSURED RADIO BOP OF &ANS OR THE BEAUTIFUL SHIVERS DOWN YOUR SPINE FOUR MINUTES OF 2UNNER h) LL TALK TO *ESUS *ESUS EVERYDAY v

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ENT S !

LBUM OF THE 9EAR

#AMARO IS A HARK BACK TO THE OLD DAYS WHEN THESE BOYS THOUGHT ANYTHING WAS POSSIBLE THE LYRICS SPARK EPIPHANIES OF FORMER HIGHLIGHTS 7ASTED 4IME AND 2ED -ORNING ,IGHT h3HE LOOKS SO GOOD IN HER NEW #AMAROv WHILST CLOSER !RIZONA JUST ABOUT CEMENTS +/, AS THE STADIUM GIANTS THEY ONCE THREATENED TO BE SAW +INGS OF ,EON STAY TRUE TO THEIR WORDS AND STAND UP TO THOSE GIANTS #ALEB WAILS ABOUT IN THE lNAL TRACK -ESMERIZING TO SAY THE LEAST 'REG 3ULLIVAN

4IM !RMSTRONG

/F -ONTREAL

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4IMBALAND 0RESENTS 3HOCK 6ALUE

)N ! 0OET S ,IFE 4IM !RMSTRONG

MOST NOTABLE AS THE PIONEER OF LEGENDARY PUNK REVIVAL GROUP 2ANCID HAS CRAFTED A SKA RECORD OF BEAUTIFUL SIMPLICITY THAT IS A HEARTFELT AND FOOT THUMPINGLY GOOD LABOUR OF LOVE #OLLABO RATING WITH 4HE !GGROLITES A REGGAE BAND SIGNED ONTO 4IM S OWN (ELLCAT LABEL ! 0OET S ,IFE IS A STIRRING JOURNEY THROUGH 4IM S TROUBADOUR LIFESTYLE ON THE ROAD AND HIS $)9 AES THETIC TO LIFE AND MUSIC (IS SONGS ARE SOULFUL MELODIC AND MOST IMPORTANTLY STRIKINGLY ORIGINAL 4IM S IDIOSYNCRATIC SLURRED VOCALS BLEND PERFECTLY WITH THE LAID BACK SOUND OF THE SKA TWO TONE STYLE %XPECT PLENTY OF BASS AND BRASS COMPLIMENTED WITH CRISP GUITAR GOR GEOUS ORGAN SWELLS AND HEADY DRUM lLLS ALL SET AGAINST 4IM S LYRICAL REVERBERATIONS 4IM DEMONSTRATES THAT 3KA DOESN T HAVE TO BE A REPETITIVE OR PREDICTABLE GENRE EACH TRACK RETAINS A CATCHY HOOK OF ITS OWN MAKING THE LISTENING EXPERIENCE A DIVERSE ENJOYABLE JOURNEY THROUGH THE MIND OF ONE OF CONTEMPORARY PUNK S MOST PROLIlC AND INSPIRA TIONAL lGURES 7HILST HE HAS PREVIOUSLY mIRTED WITH THE GENRE 4IM S FULL ON SKA ENDEAVOR SHOWS THAT HE ISN T A ONE TRICK PONY INDEED DISTANCING HIMSELF FROM ANYTHING LIKE THE SOUNDS OF HIS FAST AND HEAVY PAST HAS SERVED HIM WELL BOTH IN SHUNNING ANY ATTEMPTS TO COMPARE ! 0OET S ,IFE AGAINST 2ANCID S BACK CATALOGUE AND IN OPENING UP HIS LISTENERSHIP TO SKA AND EVEN MAINSTREAM AUDIENCES -IKE -OORE

/F -ONTREAL MUST LIVE IN SOME SORT OF FANTASY WORLD ONE THAT YOU BECOME A PART OF WHEN LISTENING TO THEIR MUSIC )MAGINE IF YOU WILL A CHILD ON A SUGAR HIGH LETTING THEIR IMAGINATION RUN RIOT CREATING ALL SORTS OF MAGICAL CHARACTERS AND PLACES AND THEN DOODLING THEM DOWN USING CRAYONS IN A LITTLE NOTE PAD OF DAY DREAMS 4HAT IS WHAT /F -ONTREAL SOUND LIKE (ISSING &AUNA HAS THIS IN ABUNDANCE THE BEST EXAMPLES BEING (EIMDALSGATE ,IKE ! 0ROMETHEAN #URSE AND ! 3ENTENCE /F 3ORTS )N +ONGSVINGER "OTH TRACKS CONSISTING OF INSANELY CATCHY BASS LINES THAT RESEMBLE A CHILD GIDDILY SKIPPING ALONG A STREET MADE UP OF CANDY mOSS TREES AND GINGERBREAD HOUSES 4HE SUN IS SHINING 9ET BEFORE THE ALBUM WAS MADE SINGER +EVIN "ARNES EXPERIENCED A RELATIONSHIP BREAK UP IN HIS PERSONAL LIFE 7HILST STILL KEEPING THEIR RAINBOW COLOURED OUTLOOK THESE PERSONAL PROBLEMS HAVE MEANT THAT THESE COLOURS ARE THAT LITTLE BIT DARKER THAN USUAL 4HERE ARE NOW SOME CLOUDS IN THE PREVIOUSLY SUNNY SKIES IN /F -ONTREAL S IMAGINARY WORLD $ESPITE ALL THIS THOUGH "ARNES REFUSES TO WHINE ABOUT HIS PROBLEMS OVER AN ACOUSTIC GUITAR AND STAYS TRUE TO /F -ONTREAL S JINGLE POP SOUND 4HE DARKER EDGE THAT SURROUNDS (ISSING &AUNA MAKES IT THEIR BEST ALBUM TO DATE ! HEARTACHE ALBUM IT MAY BE BUT YOU WON T HAVE HEARD ONE LIKE IT BEFORE .ICK 2EADING

4IMBALAND S COLLABORA TION ALBUM IS DElNITELY ONE OF THE MUSICAL HIGHLIGHTS OF THE YEAR 7ITH A WIDE VARIETY OF ARTISTS FROM -ISSY %LLIOT TO .ELLY &URTADO EVEN IN CLUDING %LTON *OHN 3HOCK 6ALUE INCLUDES SOMETHING FOR EVERYONE AND CONSE QUENTLY THERE S BOUND TO BE LEAST ONE SONG YOU LL LIKE /NES IN PARTICULAR TO LISTEN FOR ARE 2ELEASE #OME 'ET -E AND "OUNCE AS WELL AS THE MASSIVE HITS WHICH HAVE BEEN RE LEASED FROM THE ALBUM DURING LAST YEAR !POLOGIZE AND 4HE 7AY ) !RE 7ITH TWO MASSIVELY SUCCESSFUL ALBUM PRODUCTIONS UNDER THE PRODUCER S BELT INCLUDING .ELLY &URTADO S ,OOSE AND *USTIN 4IMBERLAKE S &UTURESEX ,OVESOUNDS 4IMBALAND HAS DEVELOPED A MODERN ELECTRONIC STYLE WHICH CONTINUES TO FEATURE ON HIS ALBUM 4HIS INDIVIDUAL SOUND IS EVIDENT IN THE ECLECTIC RANGE OF MUSIC ON SHOW IN 3HOCK 6ALUE ,ISTENERS HOPING FOR A REPEAT OF SOME OF 4IMBALAND S EAR LIER WORK WILL BE DISAPPOINTED HOWEVER WITH ONLY ONE TRACK REmECTING HIS COUNTRY ROOTS ! DESPERATE ATTEMPT TO SOUND @FU TURISTIC IS EVIDENT THROUGHOUT THE ALBUM WHICH SOME OBSERV ERS HAVE CRITICISED )NDEED THE PRODUCTION VALUES ON THE MOST MEMORABLE TRACK 4HE 7AY ) !RE ARE QUESTIONABLE (OWEVER THIS IS ELITIST CRITICS PICKING HOLES IN WHAT IS A POPULAR SUCCESS WITH WIDE RANGING APPEAL !LTHOUGH SOME TRACKS PERHAPS GO A BIT OVERBOARD WITH THE HIP HOP SOUND INCLUDING THE TRACK +ILL 9OURSELF THIS IS NEVERTHELESS A SOLID ALBUM AND ONE FROM THAT IS DElNITELY WORTH REMEMBERING 2ACHAEL 0RICE

,IVE 2EVIEWS

"LACK 2EBEL -OTOCYCLE #LUB 3UNDAY TH $ECEMBER 5%!

"

LACK 2EBEL -OTORCYCLE #LUB ARE A BAND THAT HAVE PROVED THEIR WORTH

WITH THEIR LIVE SHOWS AND THEIR RECORDS 4HEY HAVE PUT TOGETHER A VARIED REPERTOIRE OF SONGS RANGING FROM THE SOULFUL BLUES TINGED TRACKS ON (OWL TO THE GARAGE ROCK OF THEIR OTHER THREE ALBUMS 4ONIGHT SUPPORT COMES FROM THE BETTER THAN AVERAGE 7ARLOCKS 4HEY SOUND LIKE A HARD ROCK BAND COVERING "LACK 2EBEL S SLOWER NUMBERS WITH A GREATER BLUESY EDGE "OTH BANDS ARE UNDERSTANDABLY SIMILAR IN SOUND HAVING BEEN FORMED OUT OF THE MESS

ALBEIT BRILLIANT MESS THAT WAS 4HE "RIAN *ONESTOWN -ASSACRE 4HERE IS A DElNATE A NOD TO THEIR MENTORS IN THE MUSIC THEY NOW MAKE 4HE SET BEGINS WITH THE BRILLIANTLY DIRTY "ERLIN WHICH INCLUDE THE LYRICS h) M GONNA UHH SOMEBODYv FOLLOWED BY 7EAPON OF #HOICE 4HE OPENING TWO SONGS GIVE A GOOD FEEL OF WHAT THEIR LATEST ALBUM "ABY IS ALL ABOUT AND SIGNALLING A RETURN TO THEIR TRADITIONAL SOUND 7HILST "LACK 2EBEL HAVE INHERITED SOME OF THE SOUND OF 4HE "RIAN *ONESTOWN -ASSACRE THEY HAVE ALSO INHERITED THE SHAMBLES AND SELF DESTRUCTION THAT THEY

WERE SO FAMOUS FOR !FTER ACCEPTING AN .-% AWARD IN DRUMMER .ICK *AGO REMAINED ON STAGE COMPLETELY SILENT FOR A FULL MINUTES AND THEN WALKED OUT ON THE BAND AFTER COMING TO BLOWS WITH GUITARIST AND FOUNDING MEMBER 0ETER (AYES AT THE END OF A GIG IN 3COTLAND 4HIS RATHER LARGE PROBLEM THREATENED TO REAR ITS UGLY HEAD AGAIN MIDWAY THROUGH THE SET AS GUITARIST 2OBERT ,EVON "EEN NOTIlES THE AUDIENCE THAT THE BAND HAVE LOST THEIR DRUMMER .OT TO WORRY THOUGH )T MEANS THAT THE CROWD ARE TREATED TO A MINI ACOUSTIC SET 0ETER (AYES ATTEMPTS TO lND .ICK *AGO AND 2OBERT ,EVON "EEN DOES HIS RENDITION OF "OB $YAN S 4HE ,ONESOME $EATH OF (ATTIE #ARROLL WHICH IS RATHER GOOD 4HIS IS FOLLOWED BY SOME ACOUSTIC MOMENTS FROM (OWL AND IT IS ,EVON "EENS TURN TO lND THE RUNAWAY DRUMMER ! NORMALITY OF SORTS IS RESUMED AS .ICK *AGO EVENTUALLY RETURNS TO THE STAGE .EXT (AYES DECIDES TO LIGHT UP A CIGARETTE AND THE AUDIENCE ALL MURMUR YOU CAN T DO THAT WE HAVE A SMOKING BAN NOW )T DOESN T REALLY MATTER THOUGH AS "LACK 2EBEL EPITOMISE ROCK AND ROLL AND CAN DO WHATEVER THE HELL THEY WANT TO

,UCKILY THEY WANT TO PUT ON A GREAT SHOW WHICH THEY DAMN WELL DO !IN T .O %ASY WAY PROMPTS A S ,OUISIANA CHAIN GANG STYLE SING A LONG 3PREAD 9OUR ,OVE IS ANOTHER HIGHLIGHT BUT THE BEST IS 3IX "ARREL 3HOTGUN WHICH IS "LACK 2EBEL AT THEIR BEST 4HE CONSTANT SCUZZY GUITARS AND POUNDING DRUMBEAT COMBINED WITH AN EPILEPSY INDUCING LIGHT SHOW ABSOLUTELY BLOWS YOU AWAY

4HE SET LASTS A TOTAL OF TWO HOURS

WHICH IS GREAT VALUE FOR MONEY AND ENDS WITH ,EVON "EEN SURGING INTO THE CROWD WITH HIS GUITAR AFTER A FAILED ATTEMPT AT REARRANGING THE SPEAKERS 4HIS GIG WAS THE SAME NIGHT AS THE ,ED :EPPELIN REUNION AND THE ROCK 'ODS WOULD HAVE HAD TO PUT ON AN DAMN lNE SHOW TO SURPASS WHAT "LACK 2EBEL -OTORCYCLE #LUB DID TONIGHT IN .ORWICH .ICK 2EADING

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9

OU LIKE LIVE MUSIC DON T YOU /F COURSE YOU DO )F YOU ARE INTERESTED IN MUSIC AND VAGUELY AWARE OF YOUR SURROUNDINGS YOU CAN T HAVE FAILED TO NOTICE THAT .ORWICH GETS ITS FAIR SHARE OF GIGS "EING ON THE 5NIVERSITY TOUR CIRCUIT CERTAINLY HELPS "UT WHAT BANDS SHOULD YOU BOTHER TO PART WITH A TENNER OR SO TO SEE !FTER ALL THAT S ABOUT lVE PINTS IN THE 5NION "AR 7ELL THIS ARTICLE IS DESIGNED TO GIVE YOU AN IDEA OF WHO TO BOTHER WITH IN !T THE TIME OF WRITING TICKETS ARE STILL ON SALE FOR THOSE RECOMMENDED SO WE WON T WASTE YOUR TIME TELLING YOU WHO YOU SHOULD HAVE BOUGHT TICKETS FOR &IRST UP ON THE TH *ANUARY IS "RITISH 3EA 0OWER AT THE 7ATERFRONT 4HEY VE BEEN CALLED A SECOND RATE !RCADE &IRE BY 'EORGE

,AMB BUT HE S AN IDIOT SO DON T LISTEN TO HIM )F YOU LIKE !RCADE &IRE THOUGH AND HAVEN T CHECKED THIS BAND OUT YET WHAT ARE YOU WAITING FOR 4HEIR LIVE SHOW IS PRETTY UNIQUE INVOLVING ARMY COSTUMES AND THEY REFERENCE OBSCURE EASTERN %UROPEAN AUTHORS AMONG OTHER THINGS 3O "RITISH 3EA 0OWER !RCADE &IRE &UN 'O *UST A WEEK LATER THE &UTUREHEADS COME TO THE 7ATERFRONT !FTER A SLIGHTLY DISAPPOINTING SECOND ALBUM BOTH COMMERCIALLY AND ARTISTICALLY ESPECIALLY GIVEN THE BRILLIANCE OF THEIR DEBUT THEY LEFT THEIR RECORD LABEL

.OW THEY ARE BACK WITH NEW MATERIAL AND THEIR ANGULAR POST PUNK WILL BE WORTH SEEING NOT ONLY FOR THE SUBLIME +ATE "USH COVER OR THE HITS FROM THE DEBUT &EBRUARY TH SEEMS TO BE THE @ARE THEY STILL ABOUT DAY WITH +ULA 3HAKER AT THE 7ATERFRONT AND $ROPKICK -URPHYS AND -AD #ADDIES WITH THEIR SOMEWHAT QUESTIONABLE SOUNDS PLAYING 5%! %ITHER GIG WILL BE SURE TO BE ENTERTAINING IT REMAINS TO BE SEEN FOR WHAT REASONS 4HE .-% AND THEIR AWARDS TOUR OF IS AT 5%! ON THE TH &EB 4HE TOUR HAS FEATURED BANDS SUCH AS -AXIMO 0ARK

"LOC 0ARTY 4HE +ILLERS AND !RCTIC -ONKEYS IN RECENT YEARS SO THIS YEAR HAS A LOT TO LIVE UP TO )T IS THE TURN OF THE SUPERB #RIBS TO HEADLINE THIS TIME AROUND WHICH MAKES THE ENTRY FEE WORTH IT ALONE BACKED UP BY THREE ABSURDLY NAMED BANDS IN THE SHAPE OF THE HOTLY TIPPED BUT NOT THAT GOOD *OE

,EAN THE *ING *ANG *ONG SERIOUSLY WHAT WERE THEY THINKING $OES IT /FFEND 9OU 9EAH FRIENDS OF (ADOUKEN DRAW YOUR OWN CONCLUSIONS AND THE 4ING 4INGS )F YOU READ THE .-% YOU SHOULD ENJOY IT 4HE FOLLOWING NIGHT ALSO AT 5%!

3OUTHENDS 'ET #APE 7EAR #APE &LY BRINGS HIS ACOUSTIC GUITAR POLITICAL STATEMENTS AND RAW PASSION TO .ORWICH AHEAD OF THE RELEASE OF HIS SECOND ALBUM (E HAS BEEN COMPARED TO "ILLY "RAGG AND WHILST THIS IS A BIT mATTERING HIS LIVE SHOW IS WORTH SEEING (E SPOKE TO ME IN ROUGH TRADE ABOUT "ULLET 5NION ONCE WHICH SHOWS HE LIKES GOOD MUSIC TOO 4HERE IS SOMETHING FOR EVERYONE AT 5%!

AS ON THE TH 'ALLOWS PLAY THE ,#2 3UPPORTED BY &

KED 5P 333 AND 3ET YOUR 'OALS IT REMAINS TO BE SEEN WHETHER 'ALLOWS ARE OVERSHADOWED BY THE SUPPORT ACTS IN PARTICULAR BY THE FRANTIC HARDCORE PUNK OF &

KED 5P 4HIS IS A GIG NOT TO BE MISSED

ESPECIALLY AS MOST OF YOU 4HE %VENT INCLUDED WERE TOO YOUNG TO SEE THE BRILLIANCE OF THE ORIGINAL HARDCORE BANDS SUCH AS "LACK &LAG $EAD +ENNEDYS AND -INOR 4HREAT ! LITTLE UNDER A WEEK LATER ON THE TH (OT #HIP AND THEIR INFECTIOUS ELECTRO POP COME TO 5%! DON T MISS IT /N THE SAME DAY 2EEL "IG &ISH HIT THE 7ATERFRONT SO IF YOU LIKE SKA PUNK EITHER SORT YOUR HEAD OUT OR GO TO THIS GIG 9OU WANT VAGUELY POLITICAL POP PUNK !NTI &LAG ARE IN TOWN ON THE TH

&EB AT THE 7ATERFRONT THINK 'REENDAY A LA !MERICAN )DIOT AND YOU ARE HALFWAY THERE )F YOU LIKE YOUR @INDIE TYPE BANDS BLAND

CLICHÏ RIDDEN AND GENERALLY NOT VERY GOOD THEN YOU VE GOT A COUPLE OF GIGS COMING YOUR WAY IN -ARCH AND !PRIL 4HE (OOSIERS ARE lRST UP BRINGING THEIR ANNOYING POP WITH GUITARS TO THE 5%! ON THE ND -ARCH

WHILST THE QUITE FRANKLY AWFUL 3COUTING FOR 'IRLS FOLLOWS A LITTLE OVER A MONTH LATER ON THE TH !PRIL )F YOU LIKE THEM WELL GOOD LUCK TO YOU 3EE YOU DOWN THE FRONT *ACK 0ITT

-AIN &EATURE

7IDOWED AND LEFT TO RAISE THREE DAUGHTERS $AN "URNS 3TEVE #ARELL DOESN T HAVE MUCH OF A LOVE LIFE (E HASN T FELT THAT SPARK IN YEARS UNTIL HE BUMPS INTO -ARIE *ULIETTE "INO CHE IN A BOOKSTORE &INALLY LUCK HAS COME HIS WAY 4HAT IS UNTIL HE lNDS

OUT SHE S IN A RELATIONSHIP n WITH HIS BROTHER !S ONE CAN IMAGINE HILARITY MUST ENSUE FROM SUCH AN ABSURD SITUATION HOWEVER WHAT DIRECTOR 0ETER (EDGES DOES IS TURN WHAT WE EXPECT ON ITS HEAD GIVING US INSTEAD

A SERIOUS AND SOPHISTICATED COMEDY AS OPPOSED TO SLAPSTICK WITH A BIT OF PLOT THROWN IN +EEP IN MIND THAT THIS WON T HAVE YOU ROLLING ON THE STICKY CIN EMA mOOR BUT THE FACT THAT IT ISN T COMPLETELY hLAUGH OUT LOUD FUNNYv

$IR 0ETER (EDGES 2ELEASED

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