Badly Drawn Boy

Belladrum Tartan Heart Festival

Promising line-up in an absolutely stunning setting.

30 Jul 2010

All festivals have their own unique selling point. Be it the buffalo burger stall, the grass sledges, the giant headliners, or a Ferris wheel. Here, besides the performances from Harper Simon, Badly Drawn Boy, The Divine Comedy, Erland & The Carnival…

Is There Nothing We Could Do? - Badly Drawn Boy

9 Dec 2009

(Big Life) Pedestrian versifier Badly Drawn Boy – aka Manchester's Damon Gough – has long been a daft-hatted poster boy for fans of ambling pop psalms and prosaic surveillance. This is his second soundtrack endeavour – the first being 2002's…

Badly Drawn Boy - album review

Badly Drawn Boy

2 Oct 2006

SINGER SONGWRITER This fifth album from Mancunian troubadour Badly Drawn Boy was, by Damon Gough’s own admission, his hardest to make. And, well, you can tell, because it simply isn’t any good. Having moved from indie label to major, Gough seems…

Singles & Downloads

18 Sep 2006

Hopes that Lil’ Chris’ ‘Checkin’ It Out’ (Sony/BMG) (*) was the new Chris Rock CD couldn’t have been further from the truth. Turns out this Chris is some pre-teen scrote from a Gene Simmons TV show and I only know that much from seeing the little runt…

Badly Drawn Boy

King Tut’s, Glasgow, Sat 9 Sep

18 Sep 2006

ROCK ‘Glasgow, you are the best audience we have had in years!’ So shouts Damon Gough, his bass player nodding in acquiescence. All in all, it’s been a successful gig for Badly Drawn Boy. Such is the popularity of the band that King Tut’s could have…

Hitlist

4 Sep 2006

Mark Olsen and the Creekdippers Wholesome and vibrant Americana from Olsen, his wife Victoria Williams and Ben Weaver all the way from Joshua Tree, California. ABC, Glasgow, Sat 10 Sep. (Rock & Pop) The Joyriders The Edinburgh-based pop-grungers…

Badly Drawn Boy

4 Sep 2006

It’s not often you get to see an artist of this calibre squeezed onto the stage at King Tut’s, unless there’s a very special reason. Here he’s touring in support of Oxfam with all proceeds going to the charity as they gear up for their large scale Oxjam…