Mike Jakeman

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All brains no brawn

With Love and SqualorWe are Scientistsout 17 October2/5Do not be surprised if by the end of the noughties music critics suggest that the greatest...

A Beauty just Skin Deep

Avril Lavigne Under My Skin Out Now Avril Lavigne is a strikingly attractive woman. Her huge dark eyes, lank hair and ripped jeans make...

Jesse Malin: The Heat

Ryan Adams does get around. In addition to his four solo albums in three years, Adams is also responsible for a tongue-incheek, punk-thrash album...

Graham Coxon: Happiness in Magazines

Since, in his typically understated style, bespectacled guitarist Graham Coxon walked out on Blur, there has been a year-long holding of breath to see...

White Light Motorcade: Thank you, Goodnight

While it’s one thing to have influences in the music industry, it is quite another to wear them as proudly as White Light Motorcade...

Just Hit Repeat

It was Oscar Wilde who remarked that imitation is the sincerest form of flattery and this maxim couldn’t be truer than when discussing the...

The Beta Band

The Beta Band might well rank as one of the most frustrating acts on the music radar. They burst onto the scene in 1997...

Chatting Up… The Stills

Can you summarise The Stills’ sound for the uninitiated? Our sound is probably romantic pop-rock; melodic with lots of big choruses. What’s your...

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