Website: http://www.thefugitivemotel.org.uk
kate has written 332 articles so far, you can find them below.
Fall Out Boy - This Ain’t A Scene, Its A God-Damn Arms Race (Mercury Records) January 29th, 2007 3.0/6.0 First, a bizarre comparison I heard about this before I heard the song itself – “it sounds like 1990s Backstreet Boys”. What’s even stranger is, for the first minute or so, I agree. Sixty seconds of [...]
Maxïmo Park - Our Earthly Pleasures (Warp Records) April 2nd, 2007 5.0/6.0 Stepping back in time to 2005, it’s difficult to believe that I used to loathe Maxïmo Park - the angular, energetic songs on their debut offering Apply Some Pressure sounded like a band who were just trying too hard. However, one single and [...]
Los Campesinos! and Sky Larkin The Late Room, Manchester Sunday, March 4th 2007 There’s something very special indeed about Los Campesinos! They’re not even out of university yet, but their beguiling, quaint indie-pop strains and powerful live performances mean they’ve already developed a bit of a reputation (and, on the whole, it’s been a good [...]
Two of our brethren here at the Good Ship Motel, Alexia Rogers-Wright and Dan Trotman, are taking part in the Morocco Hitch next week. They're setting out on Saturday, and it should take between three and seven days. They'll be raising money for a charity called Link Community Development, who work to help provide good [...]
The band's live shows are never less than superb. Championed fiercely by High Voltage, XFM Manchester, the Manchester Evening News, and, most recently, the NME, their strident blend of dark electro-dance-rock-pop is making waves not only in Manchester and London, but, most recently, in Paris, where they’ve added to their devoted fan base.
Just to say many thanks to everyone who came down to the Fugitive Motel's launch night at Scubar in central Manchester this time last week. Your presence was greatly appreciated, and the place was nearly full! Of course, we owe a huge debt of gratitude to all the bands who performed - The Search Map, [...]
Ash and V//Formation Academy 3, Manchester Thursday February 22nd, 2007 If you’re one of the people who thought that Ash would suffer without Charlotte Hatherley, then you were most likely proven wrong if you were at Academy 3 tonight. Naturally, it’d be foolish to underestimate Hatherley’s contribution over nearly a decade, but tonight’s performance shows that [...]
Regina Spektor - Begin To Hope (Sire Records)
July 10th, 2006
5.4/6.0
Whilst she’s renowned for her prowess at the piano, Spektor’s voice is perhaps the greatest instrument on this record.
Muse - Black Holes and Revelations (WEA/Helium 3) July 3rd, 2006 5.5/6.0 Ever since they made their first frenzied impressions upon our music scene, Muse have never been content with doing things by halves. If you challenge them to prove themselves worthy of the title “the new Radiohead”, not only will they do just that, [...]
I strongly maintain the opinion that there is absolutely no way in hell that a man of just twenty-three years old should have a voice that’s capable of breaking even the coldest of hearts. A voice that can spit bile (This Is Love) and convey hope (This City Is At Standstill) with exactly the same clarity, depth and warmth.
