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Dave Jackson

Dave Jackson has written 7 posts for Sonic Dice

EP Review: Dolium

By Dave Jackson ⋅ October 1, 2008 ⋅ Post a comment

[Album: El Vampiro Attack!]
[Label: Parlour 9 / Cargo Records]

Is it just me or does the entity known as “punk” just not exist anymore? Yes, we know there are still scummy blokes with Mohawks blasting dog eared copies of ‘Never Mind the Bollocks’ out of their 8-tracks, but where’s the music scene gone? One glance at […]

Album Review: Cirkus

By Dave Jackson ⋅ September 23, 2008 ⋅ Post a comment

[Album: Laylower]
[Label: Tent]

Electro outfit cirKus is the current muse of award-winning Swedish hip-hopster Neneh Cherry. Joined by hubby Burt Ford on bass, “Karmil” (a.k.a. the admittedly less showbiz Matt Kent) on guitars and completed by Lolitta Moon on the ivories, Cherry attempts to roll back the years with this collection of so-laid-back-they’re-lying-down tunes.
To be fair […]

Album Review: The Splendour

By Dave Jackson ⋅ September 19, 2008 ⋅ Post a comment

[Album: Best Way To Make Money]
[Label: Tiny Clan]

It’s difficult to see how anyone could have a bad word to say about The Splendour. Their debut album demands your attention from the first chord, tugging on your sleeve like an excited child begging to show you their Lego collection. It offers you that self-indulgent musical experience […]

Album Review: The Dead Science

By Dave Jackson ⋅ August 21, 2008 ⋅ Post a comment

[Album: Villainaire]
[Label: Southern]

In the 3rd book of Divinae institutiones, ‘The False Wisdom of Philosophers’, Lucius Lactantius preached against the celebrated Greek philosopher Aristotle in favour of a flat Earth: “Those who defend these marvellous fictions, why all things do not fall into that lower part of the heaven … they have once erred, consistently persevere […]

EP Review: Louie Austen

By Dave Jackson ⋅ July 15, 2008 ⋅ Post a comment

[EP: Too Good To Last]
[Label: Klein]

Louie Austen is a busy man. The 61-year old Austrian entertainer is best known for crooning his way through Viennese nightclubs. However, over the years, his penchant for all things electric has seen him lend his Sinatra-esque vocal to a series of side projects with the cool kids from the […]

Album Review: Ed Harcourt

By Dave Jackson ⋅ July 11, 2008 ⋅ Post a comment

[Album: The Beautiful Lie]
[Label: Dovecote Records (US)/Heavenly Recordings (UK)]

Ed Harcourt’s 4th studio album ‘The Beautiful Lie’ was originally released in the UK way back in 2006, however this month sees New York-based label Dovecote Records release the album in the US for the first time.
‘The Beautiful Lie’ shimmers with class from the outset. […]

Album Review: Weezer

By Dave Jackson ⋅ June 26, 2008 ⋅ 2 comments

[Album: “Red Album”]
[Label: Geffen]

With three eponymously titled albums (and counting), it won’t come as a surprise that Weezer can hardly be described as a pioneering band. Their latest offering the “Red Album” walks a suspiciously well trodden path. Like its predecessors the “Blue” and “Green” albums, this one is adorned with a dubious photo of […]

 

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