Articles by Michael White

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  Montgolfier Brothers

  The World is Flat

  PUBLISHED Dec 1, 2002

  Having apparently assigned themselves the task of writing the saddest songs of all time, this Manchester duo swiftly shut down all competit...

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  The Unlikeliest Marriage

  When Disco Met Punk

  PUBLISHED Jul 1, 2002

  "Why do you dislike rock'n'roll so much?" "It's dead. It's a disease. It's a plague. It's been going on for too long. It's history. It's vi...

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  Would-Be-Goods

  Brief Lives

  PUBLISHED May 1, 2002

  If only reality were as colourful and as laced with intrigue as the lives of the people who populate Would-Be-Goods’ songs, all of them ent...

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  14 Iced Bears

  In The Beginning

  PUBLISHED Feb 1, 2002

  If a teenage Stuart Murdoch (Belle & Sebastian) could not have been found coming home from a Glasgow record shop clutching a 14 Iced Bears...

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  Jazz Butcher

  Distressed Gentlefolk

  PUBLISHED Feb 1, 2002

  Defiantly English before Blur, resolutely droll before Morrissey, the Jazz Butcher is a neglected chapter in '80s pop. So here, at last, ar...

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  Tracey Thorn

  A Distant Shore

  PUBLISHED Sep 1, 2001

  These long-overdue North American editions of the musical baby steps made by Everything but the Girl prove that the duo have always been sp...

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  Marine Girls

  Lazy Ways

  PUBLISHED Sep 1, 2001

  These long-overdue North American editions of the musical baby steps made by Everything but the Girl prove that the duo have always been sp...

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  Marine Girls

  Beach Party

  PUBLISHED Sep 1, 2001

  These long-overdue North American editions of the musical baby steps made by Everything but the Girl prove that the duo have always been sp...