Artist: Nick Lowe
Record Review from web archive March 25, 2009
Nick Lowe
Quiet Please is, as it subtitle indicates, not Nick Lowe’s first Best Of (that’s 16 All Time Lowes), his biggest Best Of (The Doings), his most hits-packed Best Of (Basher), or his most rarities-filled Best Of (The Wilderness Years). But this two-disc collection is his most comprehensive Best Of, and, perhaps, his best Best Of. [...]
Column from web archive February 1, 2009
A Lowe and Swell evening
It seems warranted today to drop in a brief mention about the latest Austin City Limits episode featuring half-hour segments by Nick Lowe and the Swell Season; it aired last night in our neck of the woods, and perhaps yours as well. (If not, check your local listings for upcoming broadcasts or repeats.) I’ve been [...]
Live Reviews from web archive October 16, 2008
Nick Lowe
Nick Lowe was his dapper, dry-witted self on his first visit to Cleveland in more than a decade. Lowe, who taped an upcoming episode of Austin City Limits last week and appeared on A Prairie Home Companion over the weekend, explained that he wasn’t “on tour” per se, and consequently offered to play material from [...]
Not Fade Away - Reissue Review from Issue #74 March-April 2008
Nick Lowe – Jesus Of Cool: 30th Anniversary Edition
To paraphrase a vintage David Bowie promo campaign, in 1978 there was old wave, there was new wave, and there was Nick Lowe — smack in the middle. Still a year shy of 30, Lowe had already been through the ringer; his pub rock outfit, Brinsley Schwartz, spent five years drumming up boffo press and [...]
The Long Way Around - Feature from Issue #70 July-August 2007
Nick Lowe – Half a boy and half a man
“I like country & western, and I like soul, and I love that place where the two of them live, black and white, together. It makes sense to me.” –Nick Lowe Nick Lowe was a tender lad of 17 when he began his recording career as a member of Kippington Lodge, the band that eventually [...]
The Long Way Around - Feature from Issue #35 Sept-Oct 2001
Nick Lowe – His aim is true
My vision is to tease people. I never make a stand, you know, never put my feet down. If I write a love song, I’ll always make fun of it to my friends. As a matter of fact, I’m sickeningly smug. – Nick Lowe in Newsweek, 1978 I liked being in a band, and I [...]
Waxed - Record Review from Issue #35 Sept-Oct 2001
Nick Lowe – Labour Of Love: The Music Of Nick Lowe
During his 30 years and counting as a professional musician, Nick Lowe has never shied away from blurring boundaries or bouncing around the musical landscape. With Brinsley Schwarz — the guitarist and the eponymous band — he blended rock, country, R&B, New Orleans music, and soul to create the blueprint for the British bar-band sound [...]
Waxed - Record Review from Issue #14 March-April 1998
Nick Lowe – Dig My Mood
Back in 1995, when Nick Lowe was promoting his last superb album, The Impossible Bird, he was asked during a taping of NPR’s “Fresh Air” program if he felt his current songs carried less irony than his previous works. Amid some laughter, he responded that while it wasn’t a case of “OK, I’ve grown up [...]
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