Arctic Monkeys: Humbug

Arctic Monkeys have got a brave new California sound. Thankfully, they've kept their homegrown sense of humour, says Alexis PetridisAn odd sense of uncertainty hangs over the third Arctic Monkeys album. They are almost guaranteed success: if Oasis's continued ability to fill arenas proves anything, it's that the kind of lumpen, lager-chucking fanbase both bands share doesn't desert easily. But they have to change, as all bands predicated on earthily honest depictions of everyday life must when t...

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