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Following a triumphant 14 date sell-out UK tour, including two already classic dates at the Royal Festival Hall, it has been announced that living legend Arthur Lee will be playing a secret show at the King’s Cross Scala on Monday 31 Marc»
After the recent high profile arrests of Matthew Kelly and Pete Townshend, shock reports in this morning’s Metro newspaper claim that Massive Attack member Robert Del Naja, aka 3D, is the latest entertainer to be questioned in connection with the Operation Ore investigation into internet child pornography. »
Of all the many strange and wonderful things to be taken from the brief set of Rough Trade’s latest bright young hopes British Sea Power, the most striking is a solitary line regretfully sung as they drew to a close: ‘The past is a foreign place’. If they knew anything about current musical trends, they’d»
Brave Captain has announced details of his latest album through the fan site www.bravecaptain.co.uk. The 48-minute 'Advertisements For Myself', due for release in early March, will contain thirteen tracks and is said to bear little similarity to h»
After the brouhaha caused by Six Continents’ decision to shut down the Point, you could be forgiven for thinking that there was never a dull night to be had in the place. With just three more nights to go, however, we were served a timely reminder of exactly what it is such small venues provide more often tha»
If we’re talking about the year’s most implausible musical projects, Mel C’s alleged cover of Bohemian Rhapsody takes some beating. Tales of the immersion of Kings of Convenience in Ibiza ‘culture’, culminating in a beat-friendly remix album, did, however, run her close. Just think about it – they »
Oxford-based Meanwhile Back in Communist Russia are set to round off a highly successful year by playing their largest gig to date: supporting Pulp. The date, at the 2,700 capacity Birmingham Academy on October 31st, has been organised by Radio 1 and John Peel for whom the band»
Hidden away in the sleevenotes to this, the Boo Radley’s fifth album, the ever-eloquent Martin Carr proffers two quotations from highly contrasting sources. The first, “You know, fer kids”, taken from the Coen Brothers' highly priced but under valued Hudsucker Proxy (1994), is useful not so »
If anybody was in a position to record a song about being fucked over by The Man, it was Eggman. Unfortunately, his spirit was totally destroyed before he got the chance. Step forward, then, Martin Carr, his long-suffering friend and musical associate. And Noam Chomsky. And a troop of monkeys. And some»
He’s got to be taking the piss. I’m not quite sure where, but somewhere along the line I’m certain that Mark Linkous, the enigmatic frontman of alt-country pioneers Sparklehorse, is taking the piss. In the past, I’d always assumed it was in his life-not-worth-living persona, something which the title t»
When most established artists try their hands at soundtracking films, their attempts usually amount to instrumental reworkings of old tracks which not even the most devout fan would bother listening to (see Tindersticks' Nenette et Boni) or just instrumental new tracks which nobody in their right mind »
It’s now been over three years since Air’s last proper album and, sporadic live dates and low-key soundtrack projects aside, questions over what they’ve actually been up to have rarely ceased. Even the comeback single, the ‘We Are The Robots’ for the playlist generation ‘Radio #1’, did little to cease to flo»
Let’s get one thing straight before we start. Zero 7 do not sound like Air. Okay, so they sound a bit like Air at certain points, but that’s it. The comparison certainly doesn’t justify the extensive media hype it’s earned them. If you’re going to make lazy comparisons, you could as likely use the »
Having heard Medium 21 described as the Flaming Lips and Mercury Rev yet with an inherently British feel, I was hoping to find the next Boo Radleys. When the first thing I saw was the singer wondering around with his trousers around his ankles, I resigned myself to the fact this wasn’t go»
K, Mo Solid Gold’s tall dark singer, clearly thinks he’s a star. Blessed with one of the most soulful voices in modern music, he could be - if only he lost the ageing session musicians around him. As it is, he’s stuck with a group who seem to use him as an excuse to make offensive soul-funk that’s so stereotypically»
