Articles by Rob Bolton
Justin Clayton
Limb
PUBLISHED Dec 1, 1999
Justin Clayton’s claim to fame is being a one-time member of Julian Lennon’s band, but this Liverpool native has forged ahead a...
Cuba
Leap Of Faith
PUBLISHED Dec 1, 1999
This is a hard album to describe, as it traverses many disparate scenes. The band is made up of Cuban-Canadian Christopher Andrews and Brit...
Gay Dad
Leisure Notes
PUBLISHED Dec 1, 1999
Here’s another UK artist who sells piles at home and is hoping to repeat that success on this side of the big pool. As per usual, the...
Groundswell
Corrode
PUBLISHED Dec 1, 1999
Groundswell is the current incarnation of Ned’s Atomic Dustbin front man John Penney. Not a hell of a lot of development has happened...
Llama Farmers
Dead Letter Chorus
PUBLISHED Dec 1, 1999
Although based in England, you wouldn’t be able to guess by listening to Dead Letter Chorus. Sounding more like fuzz rockers Weezer,...
Ocean Colour Scene
One From the Modern
PUBLISHED Dec 1, 1999
As with their last couple of records, we get an assortment of mod-pop grooves, a few ballads and a token appearance by Paul Weller, returni...
Various
Splendour
PUBLISHED Dec 1, 1999
I may have mixed feelings about the calibre of their storylines, but one thing’s for sure — Gregg Araki films have cool soundtr...
James
Millionaires
PUBLISHED Oct 1, 1999
After 16 years of toiling away through multiple line-ups, producers and crippling tax problems, you would think that James would have given...