David Quantick

David Quantick

David Quantick is an English novelist, comedy writer and critic, who has worked as a journalist and screenwriter. A former staff writer for the music magazine NME, his writing credits have included On the Hour, Blue Jam, TV Burp and Veep; for the latter of these he won an Emmy in 2015.

Articles by: David Quantick

Honest John Plain And The Landslide Ladies: Honest Alive

By David Quantick published

Punk-pop exemplar airs lost classics.

Ancient VVisdom: Deathlike

By David Quantick published

Death metal, Texas-style.

Wire: Change Becomes Us

By David Quantick published

Back to the future.

Black Rebel Motorcycle Club: Specter At The Feast

By David Quantick published

SF Reid-alikes return in style.

Richard Thompson: Electric

By David Quantick published

Mr Reliable plugs in.

Officers: On The Twelve Thrones

By David Quantick published

Menacing industrial debut from synthpop duo.

Viv Albertine: Vermilion Border

By David Quantick published

Slits guitarist brings the bass.

Jeff Lynne: Long Wave

By David Quantick published

ELO man’s solo album covers old rock’n’roll and standards, with mixed results.

The Vaccines: Come Of Age

By David Quantick published

You can’t inoculate against growing pains.

Rickie Lee Jones: The Devil You Know

By David Quantick published

Covers for uneasy listening.

Strawbs: Of A Time

By David Quantick published

I don’t believe it...

Lita Ford: Living Like A Runaway

By David Quantick published

Ford focuses anger to deliver quality concept album.

Andre Williams And The Sadies: Night And Day

By David Quantick published

Genuine blues from the heart of Alabama.

Beach Boys: That’s Why God Made The Radio

By David Quantick published

David Bowie: 1977, back from the abyss and changing music forever...

By David Quantick published

In 1977 David Bowie helped create four albums and found redemption. Not a bad year

The Nightingales: No Love Lost

By David Quantick published

Evergreen Peel faves return for belated seventh album.

The Stranglers: Giants

By David Quantick published

Still at full throttle.

Radiators From Space: Sound City Beat

By David Quantick published

Ex Pogues man’s Dublin Ups.

Paul Weller: Sonik Kicks

By David Quantick published

Old mod sounding much younger than his hairdo.

Elvis Costello & The Imposters: The Return Of The Spectacular...

By David Quantick published

Making a spectacle of himself.

Magazine: No Thyself

By David Quantick published

Dour, Mancunian post-punks are back in the racks with some tricky new sounds.

Noel Gallagher’s High Flying Birds: Noel Gallagher’s High Flying Birds

By David Quantick published

Noel better than Liam shocker.

Gary Numan: Dead Son Rising

By David Quantick published

Synth-pop pioneer’s guitar-crunch album is a cracker.

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