Pete Doherty

The Eventual Mediocrity of Brilliant Debut Artists

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The list goes on and on with bands and artists that got their big break this decade on both sides of the pond. In Britain, bands like The Libertines and Arctic Monkeys each released debut albums that were universally adored by critics and new fans alike: Up The Bracket and Whatever People Say...

Published Mon, Nov 30

Album of the Decade - The Libertines, Up The Bracket

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Up The Bracket by The Libertines is without a doubt, THE album of the last 10 years, the record that defined a generation and forever made stars of dual songwriters/vocalists Pete Doherty and Carl Barât. Coldplay – Parachutes - By Dan Bloom

Published Sun, Nov 29

NME’s top 50 albums of the decade – what went wrong? (TVBomb)

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Last week NME sieved out the crap from the shite and published their ‘Top 50 albums of the decade’. Topping the list was The Strokes’ 2001 record ‘Is This It?’ which many, including myself, would deem possibly worthy of this accolade. But The Libertines at number two and twenty-four? Babysh...

Published Tue, Nov 17

The Strokes’ ‘Is This It’ tops ‘Best Albums Of The Decade’ list

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London, Nov 17 (ANI): ‘Is This It’ by US indie-rock band The Strokes has topped a list of the Best Albums Of The Decade. The Libertines’ debut album, ‘Up The Bracket’, which brought Pete Doherty to fame, came second. Primal Scream’s ‘xtrmntr’ landed the third spot in the list of the top 50 albu...

Published Mon, Nov 16

Pete Doherty wins Best British Album of decade

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The Libertines are today hailed as the band who made the greatest British album of the decade.

Published Mon, Nov 16

Bumping into Pete Doherty

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So that is how I “met” Pete Doherty on a Sunday afternoon in north London. I am not a great fan of his music – Carl Barât was the brains in The Libertines, I reckon. And as far as cocky young musicians go, Johnny Borrell of Razorlight is for me the best. He likes cricket, which is always the sign of a ge...

Published Sun, Nov 15

The Libertines (2004)

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A few months ago I was listening to an NPR segment that focused on the music coming out of Britain.  The commentator felt it important to highlight a band called The Libertines. In NPR’s opinion The Libertines were one of the best bands in recent years to surface and perhaps, had made a...

Published Thu, Oct 29

Franz Ferdinand

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This was happening, not accidentally, when the defining band of the first half of the noughties, The Libertines, was morphing into a soap opera. Pete Doherty (more than) Carl Barat decadent romanticism was filling more tabloid pages than concert venues.

Published Thu, Oct 29