Epinions Recent Reviews for djmungis

Worth the wait.

Thu, 30 Aug 2001 09:25:36 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author djmungis - As a 12 year old whose record collection consisted of a Michael Jackson and a Wet Wet Wet album, it's obvious I wasn't particularly interested in the finer points of music, but New Order and "True Faith" changed all that. I went out and bought...

Classic Mix From The Masters

Mon, 13 Aug 2001 04:50:57 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author djmungis - Glasgow's Slam (Orde Meikle & Stuart McMillan) are among the finest purveyors of deep Detroit techno on the planet, and being lucky enough to stay around 20 miles away from their DJing residencies, I have seen their awesome sets on countless occasions...

Trying Too Hard

Fri, 10 Aug 2001 07:22:48 GMT

rating: 2/5 by: Epinions Author djmungis - When Daft Punk crossed over to the mainstream with the release of "Homework" there were many who thought it wouldn't be long before their filtered-disco contemporaries followed them. But whereas Armand Van Helden, Basement Jaxx and Cassius have been...

Six months of hell, but worth it!!!

Wed, 8 Aug 2001 05:27:19 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author djmungis - Being at best a casual fan of Mr.Clancy's books I have always found it hard to finish any of his weighty tomes within a month of first picking it up, so when I was given a dusty second hand copy of "Without Remorse", featuring John Clark(my favourite...

Planet Of The Apes

Thu, 2 Aug 2001 21:33:23 GMT

rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author djmungis - The Gorillaz' main gimmick is the fact that they are a cartoon supergroup featuring, most notably, Damon Albarn and Dan The Automator, but the imagery,promo videos and superb website are of little use when you buy the CD. So how does the music hold up?...

Just Enough Energy to Prolong(consciousness)

Thu, 12 Jul 2001 21:51:43 GMT

rating: 2/5 by: Epinions Author djmungis - J.E.E.P.(Just Enough Education To Perform)is the third album from Welsh rockers Stereophonics and is their worst release yet.

The reasons??? Well, although there are some excellent tunes here, there just isn't enough energy or originality to...

The Invincible Band

Thu, 5 Jul 2001 22:18:25 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author djmungis - As a casual fan of Glasgow's Travis since their debut single(U-16 Girls) I was very interested to hear if the band had finally lived up to their potential following their patchy debut album "Good Feeling" and the vastly overrated follow up. Despite...

HALFWAY BETWEEN THE BRIT AWARDS AND THE BARGAIN BINS

Wed, 4 Jul 2001 01:59:08 GMT

rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author djmungis - Norman Cook a.k.a. Fatboy Slim has been plying his commercial take on breakbeat and instrumental hip-hop for a good few years now and helped spawn the now frowned upon genre "big-beat", but with his latest album he seems to be aiming "Halfway..." between...

For Folks Sake

Wed, 4 Jul 2001 00:34:40 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author djmungis - "The Optimist", the debut album from London-based duo Turin Brakes isn't exactly the most exhilarating long-player to be released this year but it would be foolish to expect too much from it on first listen.

Instead just let the 12 songs of...

Wigan's Finest

Thu, 28 Jun 2001 09:20:21 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author djmungis - While The Verve are best known for "Urban Hymns" and the subsequent hit singles, they peaked a few years earlier with the awesome "A Northern Soul".

Immediately the title marked a change of image for (the) Verve from the meandering...

Triumphant return???

Wed, 27 Jun 2001 08:30:33 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author djmungis - For this reviewer Daft Punk represent the moment I turned from "indie" and guitar music to electronic music so I patiently waited for 5 years to see if they could top or at least match 96's classic "Homework", so have they?

Well it got off to...