Godspeed You! Black Emperor

Godspeed You Black Emperor!

Report by Ben Thompson, The Independent, 1999

A SHARP, PISTOL-LIKE report from an overloading monitor causes the already pained-looking sound engineer to wince into his levels meter. Godspeed You Black Emperor! have ...

Godspeed You Black Emperor!: The Garage, London

Live Review by Ben Thompson, The Independent, 27 November 1998

The sound of Hank Marvin, plunging into deep space ...

Godspeed You Black Emperor!: Levez Vos Skinny Fists Comme Antennae To Heaven

Review by David Stubbs, Uncut, December 2000

ANOTHER BRILLIANT sprawl of ambient indie-rock from the Montreal 10-piece ...

Godspeed You! Black Emperor: Yanqui UXO (Constellation)

Review by Edwin Pouncey, The Wire, November 2002

Veering between swarming guitar symphonies and Messiaenic tranquillity, Canadian refuseniks Godspeed You! Black Emperor are learning to love the bomb... not.  ...

Godspeed You Black Emperor!: Live at The Royal Festival Hall, London

Live Review by Nick Hasted, Uncut, June 2000

"MISS CELINE Dion sings love songs while our cities burn". intones an awkward-looking man by way of greeting. "Kill her!" a woman in the crowd ...

Montreal, mon amour

Report and Interview by Robert Sandall, The Sunday Times, 24 October 2004

Why is Canada's second city No. 1 for so many musicians? ...

Godspeed You! Black Emperor: Yanqui U.X.O. (Constellation)

Review by Will Hermes, Spin, March 2003

GODSPEED'S 1997 debut CD, f#a#?, began with words so eerily prescient that it's a wonder the Montreal band aren't currently being held at Guantánamo Bay. ...