Robin Whelan
A positive sample
Begging, stealing or borrowing? Not so, says Robin Whelan.
Album Review: Spice Girls, Greatest Hits
by Robin WhelanI know what you’re thinking: “Snob slates manufactured pop. In other news, Pope Catholic”. But easy prejudices shouldn’t come in to considerations...
Album review: Sigur Ros, Hvarf-Heim
*** After the well-earned success of 2005’s Takk (off the back of Planet Earth-soundtracking song ‘Hoppípolla’), many bands would have sought to cement their status...
OxTales: Robin Whelan meets the founder of Oxford label Big Scary Monsters
Six years after Kevin Douch founded Big Scary Monsters, the Oxford-based label has established itself as a minor fixture in the industry. Set up...
Genre Bending – Shoegaze
By Robin Whelan Shoegaze is one of those terms which evolve intriguingly past their intended meaning. Originally coined to describe the less-than-gripping stage presence of...
