My CDX Tips for 2008 are all doing pretty well save for one. I backed Yeasayer to make a splash over here after checking out their debut album and the wad of positive reviews that accompanied it. However, now they’re over here and touring no-one’s paying much attention to them. Their support act on their […]
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Tina Dico / Ain @ Birmingham Glee Club, 2/3/08
In a recent album review Ain was described as commanding attention by ‘being the quietest person in the room’. However, the ever polite Glee Club audience was silent and still threatened to drown him out. Ain is the archetypal shy, mumbling, floppy-haired singer/songwriter and has produced a decent album of textured subtlety but I found […]
Sarabeth Tucek, Doug Walker @ Birmingham Glee Club, 27/02/08
Doug Walker is being groomed for stardom, that much is clear. The story goes that he spent a morning handing out demos to Radio 1 staff one morning and Chris Moyles took one and ended up giving him 30 minutes of airtime that very morning. A major label deal followed. The thing is, would you […]