Blog: State Magazine

According to Joshua Radin's Twitter , The Beatles are his favourite band. I'm glad he told us because it's not like he chose to include any of the Fab Four's rampant experimentalism or wonderful humour in any of the songs played at the Academy tonight. The Ohio native instead treats us to an hour and a half of by-the-book, country-tinged pop, as bland and depressing as dry toast for dinner. Song after mediocre song drifts by, each intensely whispered verse and breakout chorus (restrained but with just a touch of optimism) meshing into each other to form a beige [...]