Bearing in mind any music journalists requirement to provide readable informative entertaining copy
[amateur, semi pro, or professional];

.. now I've finally read the 'offending' review and can see the perceived insult in context,
it actually seems quite a tame objectively balanced neutral toned criticism.
Certainly compared to the sheer unrestrained flagrant 'adolescent' callous cruelty
dealt out in most other genres and vehicles of music biz publication reviews.

If anything, I'd suggest Chumbawamba would've had much more justification to protest about
and accuse their reviewer of prejudiced snide unfaireness....