AM | Adelaide 10.05.2014

Schmicko adj. | shh-MIK-oh | An Australian term meaning full of glamour; charmingly or fascinatingly attractive; esp. in a mysterious or magical way. - UD

HAPPY 15TH ANNIVERSARY TO WHATEVER PEOPLE SAY I AM, THAT’S WHAT I’M NOT (JAN. 23, 2006)

“Those cheeky Arctic Monkeys. Equal parts snotty precociousness, youthful vim and naive charm, the quartet sprang fully formed from the back streets of Sheffield and topped the charts with their first single ‘I Bet You Look Good on the Dancefloor’ via word of mouth. No Americanisms, no excess, no jauntily-arched eyebrows. A baby-faced motley crew with no discernible ‘look’, they dress in scruffy casual clothing and refuse to talk themselves up.

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Indeed, in 19-year-old Turner the Arctic Monkeys have a genuinely charismatic frontman with a dose of the sneering panache that made Liam Gallagher great. His lyrical stance casts him as a younger, grittier cousin of fellow Yorkshire geezer savant Jarvis Cocker. The pleasure is in the microscopic detail - snatches of conversation, gestures and flirtatious glances - all of which is instantaneously recognisable.

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