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Stewart Lee: Comedy messiah - June 2011 Chortle - By Hazel Humphreys - June 2nd, 2011
All comedy is essentially divisive. If jokes have an essential direction and attitude, there’s always going to be someone who’s not happy with the way a joke is going and how it’s getting there. For example, I cite the scientific research conducted by Channel 4, which found that 99.99997 per cent of the human race…
In praise of… Stewart Lee - June 2011 The Guardian - June 2nd, 2011
His performances unfurl like a stroll on a summer’s day: scenery and good companionship take precedence over destination When praising a comedian it is generally a good idea to quote one of his or her jokes. The trouble with Stewart Lee is that he doesn’t really do gags – at least not in the traditional…
Stewart Lee – The Complete Vegetable Stew. - May 2011 Asheq.co.uk - By Ash in Art - May 28th, 2011
There’s no doubt that my favourite, living British comedian is Stewart Lee. Last night, he played to almost 2,200 people at the Royal Festival Hall. Having seen Lee a few times now, this was easily the largest crowd I’ve seen him perform to. Introduced by Armando Iannucci, The Complete Vegetable Stew lasted 3hrs 45mins (including…
Boris – Heavy Rocks 2011 - May 2011 May 25th, 2011
On Heavy Rocks, the durable Japanese trio Boris interrogate and deform standard metal, underground and hard rock moves to the point where they become borderline avant-garde gestures. Riot Sugar is a pulsating riff that resolutely refuses to evolve. Leak-Truth Yesnoyesnoyes begins with the explosive psychedelic wig out you usually find at the end of a…
The BellRays – Black Lightning - May 2011 May 25th, 2011
For two decades The BellRays have sounded like a cranked up Seventies Detroit scuzz band fronted by a Sixties soul belter. When the reformed MC5 toured with replacement vocalists The Bellrays’ Lisa Kekaula gave her best punk rock Aretha. Their fourteenth album varies the mix with the big funk of Sun Comes Down, the showboating…