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Dan Whiteley

Dan Whiteley


Top 5 songs: Forgotten New Wave Classics

The era of excess wasn’t a total disaster

Album: Electric Youth – Innerworld

Innerworld is both immersive and otherworldly in even measure

Live: These Ghosts

These Ghosts’ knack for intricate arrangements and soaring hooks is impressive

Live: The Menzingers

The Menzingers’ live show is an energetic, emotional spectacle

Opinion: Getting the Band Back Together

Dan Whiteley asks the question on everyone’s mind: should never actually mean never?

Album: U2 – Songs Of Innocence

Songs of Innocence is the album U2 have been trying to make for over a decade

From the Vault: The Ramones – Leave Home

Released January 1977 Sire Recrods Released barely nine months after their classic debut, The Ramones’s second record consolidated their status as pioneers of New York’s burgeoning punk rock scene and proved their early success was no accident. Leave Home – so titled because of their then-fledgling ambition to tour the world – embellished and improved […]

Interview: Albert Hammond Jr.

Dan Whiteley discusses the past, present and future of Albert Hammond Jr.’s impressive career

Live: Albert Hammond Jr.

The songs’ angular, new wave stylings generally translated well into a live setting

Album: Eminem – The Marshall Mathers LP 2

Shady’s back, tell a friend…

Live: Frightened Rabbit

Frightened Rabbit bring some Indie Rock to HMV Ritz.

Live: Skid Row

Skid Row is one such band who, even with once-iconic singer Sebastian Bach having left over a decade ago, stubbornly refuse to let the dream die.

Album: Arcade Fire – Reflektor

Arcade Fire cement their place in the big leagues with a consistently excellent double album

Live: Goo Goo Dolls

With newly released tenth album Magnetic in tow, Goo Goo Dolls are keen to prove they’re not just another nostalgia act.

Album: Kings of Leon – Mechanical Bull

The sixth outing from the brothers Followill is the sound of a band re-energised.

From the Vault: U2 – Achtung Baby

“Achtung Baby was the sound of four men chopping down The Joshua Tree for good”

Interview: Travis

We caught up with the infamous Scottish four-piece Travis, to discuss unorthodox methods, recording techniques and international tours.

Live: The Twang

The Twang excel themselves in a live setting.