David Holland

Top 5 Albums of 2011

The Tab’s music writers take a look back at their favourite albums of 2011.

Filthy Lucre

DAVID HOLLAND gets filthy in the vaults. It’s confusing, but in a good way.

Music To Shag To

DAVID HOLLAND: If music be the food of love, go forth and shag to good tunes.

Benjamin Francis Leftwich

DAVID HOLLAND doesn’t dare to cough in case he interrupts this moving and excellent gig.

Interview: Boy Mandeville

DAVID HOLLAND talks to local band BOY MANDEVILLE. Boobs, class A drugs and fire extinguishers may or may not be involved.

Let’s Whisper and Tender Trap

DAVID HOLLAND checks out some girl pop in a pub.

Trinity Hall June Event

DAVID HOLLAND ODs on OJ and struggles to hear Nero at Tit Hall’s June Event.

The Sad Demise of Album Art

DAVID HOLLAND laments the demise of proper album artwork, after the release of the beautiful ‘The King Of Limbs’ got him thinking: will the music of this decade be remembered with the monochrome image of Adele scratching her head?

Interview with a Vampire

‘Well my political career is over, so there’s no more dogging to be doing.’ DAVID HOLLAND steps into Paxo’s shoes to chat to everyone’s favourite question-dodger, MICHAEL HOWARD.

Interpol

DAVID HOLLAND: “The gig was a little cold, even a little clinical, in whatever sense a rock concert can ever be these things.”

Interview: Milton Jones

‘Mock the Week is a bit like doing an exam, you hope the bit you revised comes up or you look a bit of an idiot sitting and smiling there.’ DAVID HOLLAND talks to comedian MILTON ‘the one with the shirts’ JONES.

Books to Read on The Road

Tab writers’ recommendations of books to read when travelling, camping or killing hours.