Articles by Michael Edwards

Teddybears

Devil's Music

PUBLISHED Jul 5, 2011

Theoretically, bringing together the Flaming Lips, Robyn and Cee-Lo Green for an album should be a good thing, but somehow enigmatic Swedes...

Elvis Costello

Spectacle: Elvis Costello with... – Season Two

PUBLISHED Jun 28, 2011

The first season of Spectacle: Elvis Costello with... clearly demonstrated that if he were to stop making music, he could start a new caree...

David Byrne

Ride, Rise, Roar

PUBLISHED Jun 28, 2011

Considering that Talking Heads' Stop Making Sense is regarded as one of the finest concert movies ever made, any other live concert David B...

Norm Macdonald: Me Doing Standup

PUBLISHED Jun 28, 2011

Norm Macdonald is a strangely masochistic comedian who's equally happy with laughs or boos from his audience. That was always the case when...

Liam Finn

Fomo

PUBLISHED Jun 21, 2011

By now, Liam Finn has amply demonstrated that he isn't simply coasting on the strength of his surname, yet he's also capable of cribbing fr...

The Parlotones

Live Design

PUBLISHED Jun 21, 2011

While they might be the biggest South African rock band, the Parlotones haven't made much of an impression outside that continent, although...

Rory Gallagher

Tattoo / Against The Grain

PUBLISHED Jun 14, 2011

When Jimi Hendrix was asked what it was like being the world's greatest guitarist after appearing onstage at Woodstock, he supposedly repli...

Ladybug Transistor

Clutching Stems

PUBLISHED Jun 7, 2011

Usually, a band losing one of their core members is enough to bring about their demise, and that's what appeared to have happened to Brookl...