You can tell they're an art school band by the literary references, the abstraction and the exuberantly pointless German sing-a-long at the end of Darts of Pleasure (though curiously Auf Acshe is entirely in English). Yep, they're smart guys, but they've got the idiot souls of AC/DC and the riffs to match.
Best Tracks: The Dark of the Matinee, Jacqueline, Take Me Out
Come fly with us, and Leo, through the best (and worst) of 2004. Tops in the cinema this year include Scorsese's Howard Hughes biopic The Aviator. Elsewhere, Deadwood was good TV, and a Strange tale fascinated readers.