The Auteurs
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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: Auteur Magic For The People
Interview by John Harris, New Musical Express, 20 February 1993
Fed up of noisy, brutish Brit bands ripping off tired ideas from the Yanks? Nothing to excite you in the modern, cutting-edge of music? Then ...
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. ...
The Auteurs: Camden Underworld, London
Live Review by Caroline Sullivan, The Guardian, 29 March 1993
Bound for a kind of glory Caroline Sullivan joined the crush to hear The Auteurs ...
Auteurs make a big splash before a small crowd
Review and Interview by Jim Sullivan, The Boston Globe, 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, The New York Times, 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, ...
Interview by David Cavanagh, Select, February 1994
SO NEAR AND YET SO FAR... Last year the Auteurs missed the Top 40 by one place and had the Mercury Prize snatched from under ...
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 ...
The Auteurs: Astoria 2, London
Live Review by Caroline Sullivan, The Guardian, 24 May 1994
THIS TIME last year, the pop press were grooming the Auteurs to be the next big thing. It didn't quite happen, and now, a good ...
The Auteurs, Sleeper, Gene: Zap Club, Brighton
Live Review by Everett True, Melody Maker, 24 September 1994
LUKE OF NATURE ...
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: After Murder Park (Hut DGHIH33)
Review by Andy Gill, The Independent, 8 March 1996
HE TALKS a good fight, does Auteurs songwriter Luke Haines, but only intermittently delivers on his promises. This third album is a strangely, unaffecting affair ...
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 ...
The Auteurs: London School of Economics
Live Review by Stevie Chick, New Musical Express, 6 November 1999
HE'S AGED well. In the six years since the Auteurs first waltzed into the fray, Luke Haines seems to have grown into his scowling, petulant ...
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, The Sunday Times, 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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