CD | Spoon | TRANSFERENCE
I have listened to so much of Spoon’s music in the past nine years; all of their albums are starting to sound the same to me. Which kind of sucks because they are one of the only American bands that I actually like. So when Transference came out this year, I got confused, cried a bit, and then sat on the floor clutching my knees to my chest w...
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CD | Massive Attack | HELIGOLAND
Bluelines, Protection, Mezzanine; such amazing albums to play whilst you and your partner are gettin’ jiggy wit it. Good news, you now have a fourth album to add to your Massive Attack fornication-rotation.The bad news? Babies born in September end up with rainy birthdays, so maybe buy this one in a few months. Heligoland is hot as f-bomb. I&...
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FILM | Daybreakers
At the risk of losing uuu’s thirteen to fourteen year old female demographic, vampires are not real. If they were, they’d be evil looking, heartless, subhuman murderous arseholes. You could argue that their immortality permits them centuries of experience to gain maturity and knowledge beyond anything our human vessels ever could, alon...
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CD | Mumford and Sons | SIGH NO MORE
Mumford and Sons are a difficult band to define. Floating somewhere between English folk-rock and British blue-grass, the band’s debut album Sigh No More has a unique flavour that has kept it at the top of my media player’s ‘most played’ list for months. You’ll no doubt have heard the album’s first single ‘...
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BOOK | The Rehearsal by Eleanor Catton
One of my all time favourite quotes is Winston Churchill’s famous “Never stand up when you can sit down, and never sit down when you can lie down”. Although this can be seen as a justification for decadent laziness, for me it’s also a mantra for simplicity. Simplicity in writing is a wonderful, if often neglected, skill. Unf...
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FILM | The Lovely Bones
If you ever find yourself in an argument regarding how Peter Jackson should just stick to producing and forget about directing, The Lovely Bones would be your debate winner. Poor performances all round, particularly by Marky Mark Wahlberg who manufactures the lamest routine of his career. Enduring his onscreen efforts finishes only third last thoug...
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DVD | The Wire: Season 5
This is god damn serious: The Wire is 
the best television show ever created. You like The Sopranos? This is better. You like Lost? This blows it out of the water. 
I could go on for decades, but before you lose interest in reading, let me reiterate: The Wire kicks the arse of anything you’ve ever seen. Call in sick tomorrow and m...
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FILM | The Road
2012, The Book of Eli, Zombieland, hell – an upcoming Mad Max pt 4… It seems that Hollywood has the apocalypse on the brain. And they make it seem like wicked fun don’t they? But let’s be honest… when the end of the world comes, if you happen to survive, it’s going to be just about the most fucked thing ever. ...
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DVD | The Limits of Control
I waited for what felt like forever for this film to finally be released at the cinema. 
Was it worth it? Hells yeah it was worth it. It’s Jim-freakin-Jarmusch! Not many people can make a film about pretty much nothing, roll the credits without actually explaining anything and still produce a great flick reeking of über-cool. That&...
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CD | Weezer | RADITUDE
Weezer are the type of band that makes music for people who don’t get out much. I reached this conclusion on that basis that leaving your bedroom generally exposes you to lots of new and interesting things. So unless you leave your bedroom only to attend a Weezer concert or buy a Weezer T-Shirt, you would more than likely discover any of the ...
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