Jon Downs

All published articles

Subscribe to writer's RSS

• 127 CD Review: A Bigger Bang by The Rolling Stones

  none of the tracks jump out at you for their original sound, but that doesn't stop it being good

  Review in Music — by Jon Downs — on Dec 16, 2005

• 126 CD Review: Silent Alarm by Bloc Party

  This is more down-to-earth rock, but it seems to be somewhat hookless

  Review in Music — by Jon Downs — on Nov 17, 2005

• 125 CD Review: Kasabian by Kasabian

  I find it overall vaguely reminiscent of Ocean Colour Scene, with synth sounds thrown in on top

  Review in Music — by Jon Downs — on Nov 11, 2005

• 124 CD Review: In Your Honor by the Foo Fighters

  "20 songs on 2 CDs One loud. One not so loud."

  Review in Music — by Jon Downs — on Nov 03, 2005

• 123 CD Review: The Church - Forget Yourself

  in a show down between these guys and Echo & The Bunnymen...I'd go for Echo & The Bunnymen

  Review in Music — by Jon Downs — on Oct 30, 2005

• 122 CD Review: Steriogram - Schmack!

  at the insanely low price of £2.96, you'd be a fool not to snap it up

  Review in Music — by Jon Downs — on Oct 25, 2005

• 121 Review: Echo And The Bunnymen - Porcupine (Remastered)

  The tracks manage to be quite upbeat, yet still feel somewhat sedate. It's not so much music to dance to

  Review in Music — by Jon Downs — on Oct 25, 2005

• 120 We, The Self-Condemned

  I'm sorry that it's another poem. You don't have to read it if you don't want to.

  Opinion in Culture — by Jon Downs — on Jun 19, 2005

• 119 How To Protect Your PC Against...

  One of those necessary evils of the modern world. But as far as I'm aware, never anywhere near so prolific

  Opinion in Sci/Tech — by Jon Downs — on May 30, 2005

• 118 The US has its own Robert Kilroy-Silk

  Please, people of the USA, please tell me no-one takes this guy Pat Buchanan seriously.

  Opinion in Politics — by Jon Downs — on May 12, 2005