Bed wetters? Mommy’s boys? Princes of the prosaic? Keane have been called many-a-name since their trillion selling debut album Hopes and Fears; so many names, that, in fact, it became something of a counter-cultural statement to admit that… you know… they’re actually quite good. It’s easy to see why and where the Keane backlash started. Their sensitive indie-posho flavouring was already providing musical indigestion to the masses with Coldplay and Travis (amongst others) being gobbled up by mums, dads, neighbours, [...]

Often, bands of a certain distinction (or age), talk glibly about ‘coming full circle’. This circadian spiel is usually prompted by a slump in sales; i.e. ‘we’re getting older, but we still want the adulation (income) we received when we were rock’s impudent younglings’. And so, the sir Chili of Peppers have reached this aforementioned milestone, it’s been 20+ years since their socks were placed so precariously on their cocks, 20 years since the start of their non-more-debauched binges of [...]