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  • Gig Review: The Flaming Lips @ The Troxy

    Gig Review: The Flaming Lips @ The Troxy

    13th November 2009 | 2 comments | 2 people like this

    Over the last 20 years The Flaming Lips have pushed and pulled, dibbed and dabbed and tooed and frowed between bizarre experiments (Zarieeka), mainstream soundtrack songs (Spongebob Squarepants) and near world domination (Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots) and after the kind of disappointing chug of 2006's At War With the Mystics, The Lips are back with a space jam opus named Embryonic. Its a brave and intoxicating blend of Can...

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  • Film Review: The Story of Anvil

    Film Review: The Story of Anvil

    29th September 2009 | 2 comments | 2 people like this

    Whitesnake, Slayer, Anthrax, Megadeath; Monumental names on the metal Scene, influencing anyone and everyone who has ever donned leather pants, popped a tin-foil wrapped cucumber down the front, strapped on a hideous angular guitar and screamed Paaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaain!!!.
    It's odd then that one of the first faces in Sacha Gervasi's brilliant rockumentary is iconic guitar god Slash telling us that, of all those who rocked, nobody did it harder or better than...

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  • Japandroids: Post Nothing

    Japandroids: Post Nothing

    17th August 2009 | 0 comments | 0 votes yet, click here to agree or disagree

    Japandroids debut record is the sonic equivalent of being in a wind tunnel. Its dense and thrashing distortion throws punk melodies of in a million directions. Brian King's phlegm thick guitar is rarely below 11 and David Prowse's primeval pounding demands the attention of all truly serious air drummers out there. Its an album of ridiculous abandonment, beautiful distortion and hilariously childish lines.
    But there's more.
    What makes Post Nothing's thumping garage/punk...

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Neil Innes

Neil Innes

Neil was born in the UK but weaned on cinema in the world's most isolated capital city (Perth, Australia). He moved to london in 2001 where he works as a film editor and writer. He has travelled widely and is passionate about cinema and music and can often be found waiting on line in the Brixton Sainbury's. This column is a little celluloid-like piece of him.