Epinions Recent Reviews for andym173

WELCOME TO EMOZONE (sponsored by Kleenex mansize tissues)

Sat, 7 Jun 2008 20:04:10 GMT

rating: 2/5 by: Epinions Author andym173 - Fanfare plays (sounds of a teenager softly sobbing accompanied by vaguely energetic guitars), and the camera zooms in on a small studio, where three self-important, shadowy figures slouch on three separate sofas. Stefan Craizalot: Good evening...

scary monsters (and super creeps)

Sat, 15 Dec 2007 00:11:55 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author andym173 - People have every right to be just a little bit scared of System of a Down. I mean, I'm just a little bit scared of System of a Down, and I love them to pieces (I guess this sounds like some sort of abuser/abusee situation here, but it's nothing...

Leaders Of The Free World - Elbow: if little boys threw stones like this, we'd all be dead

Thu, 9 Mar 2006 13:08:48 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author andym173 - There's so many of them in the world. Guys whose relationships are over before they even start; guys whose love lives will never work out no matter how hard they try; guys who, when they think they've finally got a girl and can make her happy, find...

giving drama its much-needed double-D cups

Thu, 17 Nov 2005 22:22:26 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author andym173 - Everyone wants to be a 'beautiful' person. Everyone wants the world to look at them with admiring eyes; stare with awe as they walk into a room; hold doors and smile for them as their gorgeous façade passes through. The trouble is, some people aren't...

the unimportance of being cool: franz ferdinand do it so much better in 2005

Mon, 10 Oct 2005 20:23:59 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author andym173 - My girlfriend and I were getting the bus home on Saturday (possibly while I was bemoaning the fact that we have to pass a driving 'test'; I think I'd be fine on the road as it is, save from splattering an innocent pedestrian or four), and I for one was...

a long, slow hello: "lullabies to paralyze" is buried in my head

Sun, 25 Sep 2005 19:33:03 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author andym173 - It's fairly apparent that most bands, when given any sort of positive attention from the mainstream music moguls (oooh, lovely alliteration there, and we've barely even started…), will adapt their sound in order to better suit the needs of their now...

if you'd rather drink poison or eat glass, then be my guest

Fri, 23 Sep 2005 12:00:50 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author andym173 - When I cast my mind backwards over the year of 2005 thus far, I’m generally pretty satisfied with every facet. Except, that is, for one; something that seemed to be relatively essential in my life before the New Year bells rang on December 31st,...

possibly a little more idle than wild this time round

Fri, 2 Sep 2005 21:46:24 GMT

rating: 2/5 by: Epinions Author andym173 - The concept of ‘selling out’, when you’re in a band, must be a horrible, spine-tingling, vomit-inducing little phrase that should never (ever) be uttered anywhere within 10,000 miles of your presence. Really, it’s been levelled at many...

language. sex. violence. other? just another night on the town with the gallaghers...

Mon, 21 Mar 2005 22:19:59 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author andym173 - Thanks, as always, go to the stunningly beautiful lambcho
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for adding this swiftly to the database for me. I’m all about second chances. Seriously, ask anybody. Although, it’s not like you Epinions folks would...

a review for heroin-dependent, thieving tossers everywhere

Fri, 25 Feb 2005 20:45:31 GMT

rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author andym173 - Before I start this review/rant, let me get one thing straight: Pete Doherty is a tosser. Most people who read this review won’t have ever heard of him; he is, after all, a couple of notches below ‘minor celebrity’ status here in the UK,...

try sleeping through this

Thu, 3 Feb 2005 19:30:49 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author andym173 - When you've had a really hard day -- and I mean mentally, physically, and emotionally straining -- sometimes the last thing you want to do when you finally stroll into your home is flick on a CD that actually _challenges_ you and your ear muscles. Given...

androgynous emasculated kittens always have the last laugh

Thu, 27 Jan 2005 15:04:05 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author andym173 - A distinguished Epinions top reviewer will be feeling very smug as he reads this review. For my pride's sake, I'm hoping this one slips through his filters and he inexplicably manages to miss it, but given that he seems to enjoy making me feel foolish...

give me head (music?)

Tue, 28 Dec 2004 18:09:13 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author andym173 - I suppose the loss of virtuoso guitarist Bernard Butler, to Suede, would be equivalent to the loss of a limb. Now, personally I'd hate to lose a limb -- I, quite expectedly, prefer to have all my limbs intact. There's a lot of things I do that take two...

teenage angst obviously didn't pay off well

Thu, 16 Dec 2004 19:45:46 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author andym173 - Yay! Today is my second Epinions anniversary! Okay, so it's not a big deal at all. But, don't you think it's a bit of a coincidence that my anniversary just so happens to coincide with my last day of university pre-Christmas, and also the day when I...

if you don't like this, just blame a bigger boy

Thu, 9 Dec 2004 13:21:49 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author andym173 - Eep... my first book review! Okay, I was a little intimidated, so any advisors and/or experienced writers in books should feel free to leave me advice on how I can make this (and possible future book reviews) better. Cheers! Long train...

black magic

Thu, 2 Dec 2004 18:33:42 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author andym173 - Many thanks to the fearsome force of lambcho
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for adding this to the database in frighteningly fast time! Let's put it this way: blink and I'd've missed the addition. Given that -- during a rather tedious and...

patience is a virtue

Thu, 25 Nov 2004 21:57:12 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author andym173 - I don't like it when girls play hard to get. Yeah... I mean, I know it's probably considered 'cool' to be able to confuse a guy, lead him on etc., but wouldn't the world be a much easier place to live in if females were similar to males (i.e. unable,...

looking back in anger and being pleasantly surprised

Sun, 21 Nov 2004 19:06:22 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author andym173 - [This review is dedicated to Liz, who is going through a tough time at the moment. Love her like you’d love the Manic Street Preachers. That is all.] We all look back to the past and cringe. It’s inevitable. There...

sounds like they've gone tone deaf

Mon, 15 Nov 2004 12:25:50 GMT

rating: 2/5 by: Epinions Author andym173 - I’ve always sorta confused myself when I say that I haven’t gotten into metal as much as I’d like. I mean, if we’re referring to ‘classic’ metal bands, then I’m pretty much on the ball -- all I’ve heard there is Black...

does all this filler look infected? -- sum 41's music reaches its bitter end

Wed, 10 Nov 2004 12:22:09 GMT

rating: 2/5 by: Epinions Author andym173 - Let me get one thing straight before I launch into this review (/rant?). I’ve always had a bit of a soft spot for Sum 41. Those of you who know me know that I’m a real man’s man, a true tough guy, cast in iron and all that. What more proof do...

there's always room for antics when the bright lights are turned down

Mon, 8 Nov 2004 18:38:08 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author andym173 - My friend’s in a band! Yay! Actually, this is nothing unusual; I have lots of friends who are in bands, but unfortunately none of them sound (to my ears, anyway) very good. As a polite way of putting it, the talent:ambition ratio is not very high...

POP go the manics!

Thu, 4 Nov 2004 18:00:19 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author andym173 - It’d be understandable if I were to give the Manic Street Preachers’ new album, Lifeblood, five stars simply by default. I know that, as a reviewer, that’s totally morally wrong, but lately I’ve been beginning to question just why...

from a semi-detached, 3-bedroom house on the smallest street in scotland

Thu, 21 Oct 2004 05:05:49 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author andym173 - It seems like I’m always discovering great musicians after they’ve passed on. Well, _always_ is a bit of an overstatement, but one that sticks out to me (and I’m sure I’ve mentioned him quite a few times) is Jeff Buckley. Had I known of...

bad news for people who hate over-used puns in review titles

Sun, 17 Oct 2004 10:58:55 GMT

rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author andym173 - [Before I start things off here, I’d just like to apologise profusely for my title. I mean, was it just me that got incredibly, incredibly annoyed when all the reviews of this album were pouring into the site, and each and every single one of them...

"stories from the city, stories from the sea" -- guilty of mainstream pandering?

Fri, 8 Oct 2004 20:55:56 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author andym173 - Judge: ‘Order!… Order!’ [The rabble and noise subsides; everyone takes their seats.] ‘Court is now in session. Case #03-1637: Polly Jean Harvey against… the hardcore fans of Polly Jean Harvey? Yes, that’ll do. Prosecution, would...