Thursday 20 December 2012

Review: 'Dogs eating dogs (EP)' - Blink 182

As three of the few to survive an era of pop-punk world domination, you could easily call Tom DeLonge, Mark Hoppus and Travis Barker elder statesmen.

Wednesday 19 December 2012

Schnitzel and the Moose's top twenty tracks of 2012


Here's what the world has been waiting for - our respective top ten tracks (which together makes 20! Clever, huh?)

We've each contributed our best songs for the year and offered judgements on each other's submissions. Feel free to do the same in the comments section! 

The Moose's top ten albums of 2012


The only place – Best Coast
Best Coast tops my album and song list this year, and since I’ve explained why I love the track in my top ten, let’s just say the same for the album. Bethany Cosentino steps out from behind the reverb and lets her songs and her voice take the spotlight, and both are outstanding. 

Schnitzel's top ten albums of 2012


Deep heat – Oh Mercy
I've been up and down with this album, going from initial hysteria to cool indifference (which I attributed to my diagnosed allergy to Roxy Music) and finally to an embrace for everything it has to offer. It's so different to everything the band has done before, and after Moose and I sat and discussed this one over beers one night (serious business, indeed) we worked out that we both found it a little weird because for the first time Alexander Gow was being overtly sexual with his lyrics. Previous albums have painted Gow as an uncertain, timid, even shy lover - but Deep Heat is all dirty saxophones and baby-making grooves. Lyrically, he's not quite asking the ladies to squeeze his lemon till the juice runs down his leg, but for the first time is putting himself out there as a confident ladies man - and it's brilliant. Key tracks are ‘Deep heat’, ‘My man’ and ‘Drums’.