| luxembourg vs great britain |
[Nov. 15th, 2005|10:21 am] |
joyzine
"Luxembourg should no longer be hidden in brown paper bags, guilty pleasures of the devoted and converted..."
high voltage (cd single)
"Deserving a bigger audience..."
sounds-xp (cd single)
"A late, but most welcome, candidate for Single of the Year..."
kitten painting (cd single)
"Fancy footwork across the laminate flooring..."
vanity project
"Gorgeous gear as per..."
high voltage (download release)
"A cult classic hovering in the sidelines..."
trakmarx
"Luxembourg are keeping the pressure piled firmly on pop’s young pretenders with another slice of genuine quality..."
planet sound
"Unless they're eating the pets of every label A&R in Britain, how do they remain unsigned?"
vanguard online
"Arch, arching, arcing and sharp-elbowed..."
tasty
"Tuneful, bombastic, complex, warbling sing along-tastic..."
indiepop
"Un anthem ai confini dell'epico per le generazioni a venire..."
cmu
"Slinky, sensuous, sublime. And simply super..."
sounds-xp (download release)
"This has winner written all over it in permanent marker..."
kitten painting (download release)
"This is an anti-anthem, a classic pop moment of sublime release..."
losing today
"A majestically pirouetting pop opera of feel good vibes that swaggers and swerves aloofly..."
god is in the tv
"Dives and swoops like a bird above a synth indie rock seacoast..."
you're so old street
"A reminder of the days when music was the listener's entire world..."
the stereo effect
"It's a love-em or hate-em situation, but we're siding with the underdogs..."
rock midgets
"Luxembourg are a well overdue breath of fresh air..." |
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| in the flesh - live reviews |
[Nov. 15th, 2005|10:17 am] |
sounds-xp - 12/11/05
"It doesn't get much better than this..."
god is in the tv - 12/11/05
"What can they do to get the recognition they deserve, now let me tell you..."
playlouder - 25/06/05
"They might as well have 'glamorous insouciance' tattooed in tiny type on their posteriors..."
kitten painting - 04/06/05
"They rattle through a set of ‘Ooh I love this one! Ooh and this one!’ songs..."
joyzine - 04/06/05
"Song after song of should-be classics..."
you're so old street - 02/06/05
"One day the world will kick itself for having missed out on all this..."
vanity project - 29/05/05
"It’s good to know that there will always be those who will keep the flame of classy pop burning..."
joyzine - 29/04/05
"It’s not surprising that their fan base are so committed - Luxembourg are a truly great band..."
sandman sheffield - 24/04/05
"I’d like to think this band will be visiting Sheffield again soon..."
noise annoys - 16/04/05
"Next time the whole city will be listening..."
god is in the tv - 09/03/05
"A triumphal band, with class to spare..."
you're so old street - 18/02/05
"The only problem with tonight's set is perhaps the number of songs missing from it..."
joyzine - 14/02/05
"Frontman David Shah pouting, gesticulating and crooning sweetly while keyboards cascade around him like fireworks..."
camden new journal - 14/02/05
"The Smiths at their most likeable with a jagged knife of electronica stabbed in their side..."
god is in the tv - 22/01/05
"Luxembourg have the strength and sound to reach into your heart..."
you're so old street - 12/01/05
"One of the best shows I've seen..."
playlouder - 12/01/05
"Flying in the face of fashion is a brave thing to do, though Luxembourg do it with such determination you cannot help admire them..."
you're so old street - 09/12/04
"Tight, focussed, and somehow both amusing and emotional..."
drowned in sound - 23/11/04
"A band entwined in its own world of sexual confusion, everyday disappointment and determination to overcome mundanity..."
playlouder - 17/09/04
"An appealing blend of the sharp and the fluffy..."
kitten painting - 07/09/04
"Precision built pop with a nasty glint in its eye..."
sounds-xp - 02/09/04
"The antithesis of all those London bands living on Stella, cheap speed and riffs rejected by the Libertines..."
planet sound - 06/08/04
"A big venue for an unsigned band to headline, but it's much too small for such charisma..."
sounds-xp - 08/07/04
"This is music of poignancy and thoughtfulness, not something to induce a meeting of razorblade and wrist..."
opposition t - 26/06/04 & 27/03/04
"Luxembourg are the beautiful child of the Suede and Pulp generations..."
joyzine - 03/06/04
"The kind of tunes that you could imagine ramming the dancefloors of indie discos up and down the country..."
sounds-xp - 15/04/04
"With guitar problems mid-song, Rob, unfazed, plonks his instrument down, and while his bandmates play on, poses around the stage with a ciggy..."
camden new journal - 27/03/04
"Luxembourg collect maximum points for originality..."
noble savage - sometime in 2003
"A fingernail away from touching the stars..."
sparkle - 29/11/02
"Lovely frontman David Shah (wearing a cute suit)..." |
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| what the housewives don't tell you |
[Oct. 16th, 2005|12:52 pm] |
planet sound
"A shocking indictment of the industry..."
kitten painting
"Highly-strung gentlemen dealing in the grubby romance of the everyday..."
to hell with...
"So peerless it can barely see the esplanade..."
god is in the tv
"Excellently executed and gorgeously sexual in these times of grey indie bands and poor disposable pop backdrops..."
sounds-xp
"Stabbing guitar, swooping keyboards, prolific use of cowbell, and David Shah’s best Morrissey, as smooth and intoxicating as a gallon of Baileys..."
the stereo effect
"Smacks with maturity and self-assurance..."
trakmarx
"Slam, glam - thank you, mam..."
indigo flow
"This could be the start of something big..."
you're so old street
"Boys singing about boys is always good..."
vanity project
"Indie bands used to have heart without all the earnesty, deftly covered by slight of hand and caustic wit..."
tasty
"Smiling’s for Bobby Crush, and don’t you forget it..."
joyzine
"Luxembourg, small country, ace band..."
floatation suite
"They deserve to be the mainstream anti-cool..."
foutraque
"Addictive dès les premiers accords..."
soho strut
"This is more like it..." |
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| best kept secret |
[Oct. 16th, 2005|12:12 pm] |
playlouder
"Luxembourg are men of beautiful cheapness, just like this record..."
independent on sunday
"The sound of a young band nobly groping for greatness..."
kitten painting
"My, how these tunes twist, turn and shimmer..."
cmu
"The ideal package to find in your stocking this Christmas..."
you're so old street
"Best Kept Secret appears to be glued into my discman..."
planet sound
"They have more class than the rest and are probably better in bed too..."
vanity project
"Lyrically inventive, and unafraid to add an electro-boot up their own foppish arse..."
trakmarx
"A sound informed by Roxy Music, early Pulp & a ton of self belief..."
god is in the tv
"The antithesis and antidote to cheesy, manufactured pop music..."
sounds-xp
"If it’s this fucking amazingly good, ye gods, what will their real debut album be like?"
designer magazine
"A musical history of their experiences so far with wit, style and originality..."
p2 magazine
"In a perfect world, Let Us Have It and Search Continues, Hope Fades would be number one forever..."
foutraque
"Un groupe à la personnalité rare, aux paroles riches, aux mélodies entraînantes ou ultrasensibles..." |
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