Auteurs, The
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Interview by Simon Price, Melody Maker, 5 December 1992
Failed ice-cream man Luke Haines of the Auteurs wants to rescue you from mindless grunge, and sees his heart-stopping new single, 'Showgirl', as a mini-screenplay. ...
The Auteurs: New Wave (Hut Hut)
Review by David Sinclair, Q, March 1993
A NAME that the nation's tastemakers have been looking up in their dictionaries and dropping in the right circles for, oh, weeks. ...
Auteurs make a big splash before a small crowd
Review and Interview by Jim Sullivan, Boston Globe, The, 14 April 1993
CAMBRIDGE – Hype is a constant factor in the music biz – an irritant and an enticement – but only occasionally can you actually buy ...
The Auteurs: San Francisco Bay Blues
Interview by Adrian Deevoy, Q, July 1993
They came, they saw, they left. The Auteurs' maiden voyage to the Americas left more than a little to be desired. "Next time," they warn ...
British Rockers Trot Out the Flag
Report by Simon Reynolds, New York Times, The, 5 September 1993
LONDON — In rock-and-roll just as in politics, the United States and England have a special relationship. Together, they have dominated global pop. Over the decades, ...
The Auteurs: Haughty by Nature
Interview by Andrew Mueller, New Musical Express, 9 April 1994
Yup, it's six-gun 'n' ten-gallon — from Odd bins — fun all the way. as THE AUTEURS release their second album, Now I'm A Cowboy. ...
Interview by Chris Roberts, Melody Maker, 21 May 1994
THE AUTEURS make witty, literate, even barbed and bitchy pop. None of which explains why mainman LUKE HAINES is dressed like an extra from some ...
μ-Ziq: μ-Ziq vs. the Auteurs (AstralWerks/Caroline)
Review by Simon Reynolds, Spin, June 1995
WITH ITS jungle rhythms and uncouth passion, rock'n'roll used to be the enemy of civilization and refinement. So I'm amused that it is rock fans ...
The Auteurs: Dingwalls, London
Live Review by Ian Watson, Melody Maker, September 1996
PITY POOR Luke Haines, a man weighed down by the burden of talent. It's odd to think that this sneering bundle of cynical intelligence was ...
Live Review by Chris Roberts, Uncut, February 2000
AS LUKE Haines builds up an ever-expanding oeuvre, replete with cross-references and self-mythologising manifestos, one wonders what the French might make of this superficially haughty ...
Luke Haines: Bad Vibes – Britpop and My Part in Its Downfall (Heinemann)
Book Review by Robert Sandall, Sunday Times, The, 4 January 2009
ROCK HISTORY, like other sorts, tends to get told from the point of view of victors rather than losers. By popular acclaim, the big winners ...
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