In 2005, Kaiser Chiefs squeezed into a pop scene that was fixated on arch art-rockers. Today, the band are a neo-Britpop fixture, seemingly sent to wind up people who equate massive choruses with moronic rabble-rousing. Their detractors would have found much to dislike here: there was nothing clever or tricksy about their 60-minute trot through the ubiquitous hits from the new album, Off With Their Heads. Nor is there anything particularly remarkable about Ricky Wilson as a frontman except his s...
Guardian Music — In 2005, Kaiser Chiefs squeezed into a pop scene that was fixated on arch art-rockers. Today, the band are a neo-Britpop fixture, seemingly sent to wind up people who equ... more info