Album review: Neil Young, 'Dreamin Man Live 92' (Reprise)
I hadn’t much listened to Neil Young until recently. For Christmas I bought my girlfriend a newly issued live Young recording, and soon realized exactly what I had been missing.…
Massive Attack enthral the Dome
Heligoland was launched after seven years in the making, and the following evening saw Massive Attack kick off their world tour in Brighton, playing to the most varied crowed I’ve…
Album review: F*cked Up, 'Couple Tracks' (Matador)
Is it breaking the rules to include a retrospective of B-sides and rarities in our review of January’s best albums? Maybe it is, but while Fucked Up’s Couple Tracks may…
Two divorced women and a drum machine: introducing Scotland's latest export, Ex Wives
It would be all too easy to sit here, plagiarize/paraphrase for all it’s worth and reel of yet more spiel about this year’s must-hear acts (that is, according to about…
Delphic: don't believe the hype
There’s a lot of noise being made about Delphic right now, owing to their bronze ranking on BBC’s Sound Of 2010 list. The thing is about this prestigious title is…
Album review: Lightspeed Champion, 'Life Is Sweet! Nice To Meet You' (Domino)
When Domino Records’ dance-punk trio Test Icicles split in 2006 with just one full-length release to their name, few could have predicted the impending success of band member Devonté Hynes.…
3D: Style over substance?
In 2009, 3D films exploded. Coraline, Up and Monsters Vs. Aliens, were just a few of the blockbusters to embrace the medium, and it would take a colder cynic than…
Edward who?
I managed to avoid the Twilight phenomenon when it first emerged. If you read Stephanie Meyer’s novels, you lovingly traced the words “Mrs Edward Cullen” onto your schoolbooks, invested in…
Avatar fans "suicidal"
As the second-highest grossing film of all time, there can be no arguing that Avatar has had a massive effect on many people. However, director and writer James Cameron may…
Air – Love 2 (EMI)
Love 2, Air’s latest offering, arrives two years after the release of Pocket Symphony, and an entire electronic decade since their breakthrough album, Moon Safari: so what’s their latest like?
Ones to watch: Twisted Wheel
There are many gems of wisdom our parents have taught us to heed long beyond childhood; we should all aspire to brush our teeth twice daily, change our bedsheets at…
The Twilight Sad: a look into the night ahead
It’s surprising: for a band whose roots are embedded in a region north of the border, The Twilight Sad sure do boast an impressive set of ties with Brighton. Perched…
Malcolm Middleton's long, dark night
Malcolm Middleton @ The Hanbury Club, 25/11/2009 Strangely enough, the first article I ever wrote for the music pages of The Badger was a gushing appraisal of Malcolm Middleton’s fourth…
Weezer – Raditude (DGC)
Raditude is Weezer’s seventh studio album and arguably one of their best. When I think of Weezer I think of a quirky pop-punk band from the States behind songs such…
The Musical Noughties: A decade of repetition, stagnation and boredom
At the turn of the millennium, few would have expected the next decade to offer another Velvet Underground. Musical revolutions can’t happen in every decade and, with the typical ‘rock…
The XX justify the hype
The XX @ Audio, 27/10/09 One of Brighton’s best sound systems had the pleasure of hosting one of Britain’s most exciting bands this week as The XX came to town,…
The Badger meets the Fox
London’s Park Lane is a very sophisticated, attractive and wealthy area. Even to just take a stroll down this illustrious avenue one feels as if they ought to own at…
Camera Obscura showcase their maudlin career
I’m torn. On one hand, I’m wondering whether I’m supposed to report that my experience of Camera Obscura was a disappointment; on first impressions, Tracyanne Campbell certainly doesn’t shy away…