In England - Pee Wee Russell

Advantages: MIND BLOWING STUFF FROM NEW ORDER TOUR BUDDIES.
Disadvantages: THERES JUST NOT ENOUGH!

...When you're hooked on Garlic, and you will be by listening to this, go buy Jam Sabbatical, Garlics 2nd LP. This LP is a debut album packed with surprises. And if you're unsure whether to go buy it on the strength of this review, you can always send me hate mail to make yourself feel better! But I know you wont. Sounding like Pee Wee Herman singing along to a Grandaddy / Pavement amalgamation, about subject matter that John Cale would easily be proud of, Garlic tick a lot of boxes that lots of other bands tick between them, but these guys seem to have it all. A cover illustrating a selection of various chair designs throughout the years, tragically didn't inspire hopes of anything much at all. How little I knew then! Melodic tunes and great guitar work effortlessly shifting tempo whenever the urge grabs it by its finely balanced yet... Read review

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Advantages: The most powerful Batman score ever composed; an Elfman classic all the way
Disadvantages: So what if it isn't the most sophisticated score in the world?

...not perfect by any means, Batman is one of the best comics-turned-into-films ever and part of the success can be attributed to the score by Danny Elfman. By 1989, Danny Elfman was still relatively unknown to many. As the lead singer of the rock group Oingo Boingo, Elfman's transgression to scoring films came in the mid-1980's with Pee-Wee's Big Adventure. This film saw the beginning of the long-standing composer/director relationship of Elfman and Tim Burton, a relationship that would stretch for all the subsequent Burton films as well, apart from Ed Wood, which was composed by Howard Shore. Elfman's highest profile job after Pee-Wee came with 1988's Beetlejuice that was another zany Burton film starring Alec Baldwin, Geena Davis, Winona Ryder and Michael Keaton. Elfman's work on Beetlejuice was equally zany and established many of the basic... Read review

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Advantages: Not many people know them
Disadvantages: A bit like Keane

...song and an album all UK indie fans should own. Can be brought for about £6 at the moment so go out an purchase (Feb 2008) Track listing 1. Just Abuse Me 2. Charlotte 3. Shooting Star 4. No More Running Away 5. Empty Space 6. Time Goes By 7. I Like That 8. Never Even Told Me Her Name 9. Get In Line 10. I Can't Understand 11. Your Fractured Life 12. Pee Wee Martini... Read review

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