NEWS: 17 Jul 2007
It has been confirmed that Paddy Casey and Badly Drawn Boy will play the Cois Fharraige Surf and Music Festival in Kilkee, Co. Clare this autumn.
REVIEW: 22 Feb 2007
Lacking grace under pressure, perhaps, but Badly Drawn Boy certainly merits our great expectations.
NEWS: 17 Nov 2006
Badly Drawn Boy launches into 2007 with a February 11 show in the Dublin Olympia.
REVIEW: 12 Oct 2006
Born In The UK isn’t half as bad as it sounds on paper, but nor does it signify BDB’s transformation into a higher, godlike genius.
REVIEW: 22 Sep 2006
Given he’s got the mighty Born In The UK LP on the way, Damon Gough’s choice of comeback single is a little puzzling. A beautifully produced grand ballad...
REVIEW: 21 Sep 2006
Does anyone give a toss about Badly Drawn Boy anymore? A lot of people, judging by the sell-out crowd at The Village tonight, though I have to say I’m a...
NEWS: 11 Aug 2006
Badly Drawn Boys nips in next month for a show in the Dublin Village.
INTERVIEW: 07 Jul 2004
One of the star attractions of Bud Rising, Badly Drawn Boy – AKA Damon Gough – explains his special connection with audiences in this country and his...
REVIEW: 17 Jun 2004
There’s a clear-eyed, sometimes sombre intensity you might not have expected from one so crusty-hatted, and indeed Gough knows when earnestness is...
REVIEW: 14 Jul 2003
Danielle Brigham catches up with the Badly Drawn one
INTERVIEW: 21 Jan 2003
From the tragic death of Cliff the fish to turning Madonna down, praise from Nick Hornby and fanmail from Bono, Badly Drawn Boy ’s life is certainly...
REVIEW: 17 Jan 2003
REVIEW: 17 Dec 2002
The whole exasperating but bloody entertaining farce is still part spoken word, part stand up, part witty raconteur and part carry on being a rock star.
REVIEW: 29 Oct 2002
BDB’s characteristic ramshackle guitar and endearingly imprecise vocal are this time combined with full string and horn arrangements, creating a kind of...
REVIEW: 14 Oct 2002
REVIEW: 09 Apr 2002
Gough’s score for the film adaptation of Nick Hornby’s boy-meets-dad novel, wholly charming as it is, is not quite of the calibre of his...
REVIEW: 15 Mar 2002
REVIEW: 26 Apr 2001
Badly Drawn Boy
‘Spitting In The Wind’ [XL / Twisted Nerve]
It’s not Damon Gough’s style to censor himself, but when he reworks...
REVIEW: 22 May 2000
Damon Gough aka Badly Drawn Boy has been quoted as saying he doesn't mind if it takes twenty years for people to realise how good this album is, but hopes it...
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