Author Archives: Elliott Homer

About Elliott Homer

Elliott Homer is an undisputed master of understatement, a black belt holder in mixed metaphors and long-time deserving of some such award for length of time spent chatting rubbish about music down the pub. Studies show prolonged exposure to his scribblings can cause migraines, hysterical pregnancy, night terrors and/or acne, yet seldom encourages readers to agree with the author, in fact quite the reverse, much to his eternal frustration.

Top 10 Metallica Songs

Rock gods, heavy metal trailblazers, one of thrash’s “big four”, Metallica already have a pretty decent selection of titles to their name, but come Saturday night at Worthy Farm they will have another to add: the answer to the question…

ALBUM REVIEW: The Orwells ‘Disgraceland’

Garage rock may well be the greatest gift America has given the world. You can forget baseball, forget Hollywood and even forget that cheese of inexplicable colour and questionable origin that somehow tastes so good. Here’s why: rock ‘n’ roll…

The Orwells LIVE @ Hare & Hounds, Birmingham 20.2.14

“Haven’t you heard?” asks Mario Cuomo, with a devilish glint in his eye, “Rock ‘n’ roll is dead.” Apparently all those US dates with Arctic Monkeys earlier this month didn’t teach him anything. Or perhaps it’s Alex Turner who skipped…