Girls AloudWhole Lotta HistoryPolydor“Baby I miss you,” croons Cheryl Aloud, “but tell me, is she really that beautiful?” And then the ‘spray dies and floats up to some kind of pop heaven where Debbie Harry patrols the Pearly Gates in knee-high go-go boots and Neil Tennant holds How To Write The Perfect Song seminars on [...]

All you really need to know to wet your whistle is that The Young Knives  hail from Leicestershire, they dress different to look exactly the same and, as yet, have not hit the big time (i.e. they are not shit). Meat fodder apart, are The Young Knives really any good? We went along to a [...]

SugababesRed DressUniversal Island RecordsHere at the ‘spray we’ve shed a river of tears; we’ve sworn profusely at unsympathetic family members; we’ve even thrown Great Aunt Sally’s ashes against the wall in a fit of blind, unrelenting fury. But enough is enough: it’s time to move on. Mutya has left the Sugababes (CDs) and she ain’t [...]

Usually when PR people try to promote their bands and artists, they tend to use talk such as “the most original thing ever,” or “sounds like nothing you’ve ever heard before,” and we just pass it off as a last ditch attempt to get some rubbishy band a last chance at the limelight. Nothing amazing [...]