All posts in Concert Reviews

When Lloyd Cole emerged with the Commotions in 1984, he was the epitome of cool, audacious enough to rhyme “Norman Mailer” with “get a new tailor”. It’s difficult to reconcile …

Back in the early 80’s Lloyd Cole started releasing records just as essential to any clinically depressed owner’s record collection as The Smiths. And while Morrissey’s bi-curous melancholy wit owed …

On the first date of his mini-residency in Oran Mor’s cosy basement, Lloyd Cole was nursing a cold which, he noted, was robbing him of the extremities of an already limited range. Scrutinising his song selection with a furrowed brow, he shuffled a few numbers to the back of the pile.

Och hans nya sånger är fyllda av den där problematiken, frågan om hur man hanterar sina medelålderskriser utan att falla ner i bitterhetsträsket. Och kanske helst utan att flytta till …

Sometimes life here in the Valley is so sweet. Imagine this: in 1984 Lloyd Cole and the Commotions released my all-time favorite recording, Rattlesnakes. This was the soundtrack to my …

On stage and off there were fortysomethings with children at home, these days a little heavier than they would like to be, a little greyer than they would like to be.

“Contrary to popular belief, I haven’t retired…and this isn’’t a comeback”, our Lloyd intones, modestly, while the awestruck faithful laugh nervously, with the sort of reticence of the disciples laughing at The Chosen One’s jokes.

A man alone in a foreign country, with his guitar and songs as sole companion. That was Lloyd Cole last night, at the Teatro Cervantes. His songs speak of loneliness and uncorresponded love, and rarely of hope or victory.

Some brands sell you a lifestyle in an instant. They portray a world that’s so perfect in every tiny, minuscule detail that you can’t help but be drawn into them. Lloyd Cole’s back catalogue, which amazingly stretches back 21 years now is a treasure trove which does exactly the same.

All things considered, it is fortunate that Lloyd Cole and the Commotions chose to rhyme “read Norman Mailer” with “get a new tailor” on the song Are You Ready to …