It’s MAP time again. This month I’m enthusing about Blue Roses, as I have here quite a lot already. The more I hear that album, the better it gets. But there’s a lot more of good worldwide stuff here. Check it out.
Regardless of where he comes from or where he’s been since - whether it’s London, Manchester, or anywhere in between - young songwriter
Thom Stoneseems pretty unaffected by the run-around of big city life.
John Cale will be interviewed at the National Gallery, London on the 15 May 2009 as part of the Museums at Night weekend about his installation for the Venice Biennale.
In Conversation: John Cale
Velvet Underground co-founder John Cale is representing Wales at this year’s Venice Biennale, where he will be showing a much-anticipated mixed-media installation. In this informal conversation, he will talk about his work for Venice and discuss the connections between art and music. With Colin Wiggins.
Generously funded by the Outset Contemporary Art Fund Theatre.
Free, no need to book but places available on a first-come first-served basis.
National Gallery
May 15th @ 10PM
(Thanks: Rachel Dingsdale)
Photo: Maurice (Haags Uitburo)
London’s
Comet Gainstarted kicking out indie pop jams about the same time I was coughing up cash for Ace of Base and Stone Temple Pilots cassettes. Laugh all you want—that was a long time ago. Ahem.
Me My Head
Hey, hey – it’s Camden Crawl time again. It’s the annual opportunity to trawl through the streets of north London, attempting to catch a load of bands playing in the many small venues that occupy the area. It’s a chance to see someone interesting in somewhere unusual.
Except that this year it is not. The Crawl has got ever bigger and bloated over the past few years, and it has long ago abandoned any pretence of edginess or innovation. This year, the Roundhouse has been added to the roster of venues and this vast shed dominates proceedings, staging a succession of performances showcasing the bland face of staid, safe, lowest common denominator major label radio fodder. It is telling that separate wristbands and extensive queuing is required for the privilege of attending – sucking bodies away from the other events that are going on. Indie landfill (to use the common phrase)has it’s place, but the organisers would surely be better staging these performances as events in their own right at some other time.
[Photo Credit: Marc Hibbert]
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I returned from SXSW today after a night of no sleep and although I spent some time napping today, I am still exhausted and have no time to put together my "best of" list.
Until then, we have London group Golden Age to check out, a band that strikes all of the right post punk chords with driving guitars and deep, memorable vocals. The one thing they do fail at though is providing any bio information, instead letting the music speak for itself. Not a bad move, but it would be nice to write a bit more about these guys.
Photos from a recent FOE gig - a friend of our friends Hold Your Horse Is - she’s gonna be big!!! Read the gig review after the jump.
Shots of North Carolina’s folk-rocking Avett Brothers’ stop in Glasgow - 22.08.11
Read the review of the gig here.
Take a look at the acts and art on offer at this year’s Latitude Festival in Suffolk. Included are the likes of Fight Like Apes, Lykke Li, Sea of Bees and Seasick Steve. Photos from our own...
Good time with Bad Guys. Photos from the May 29th gig at the Old Blue Last. Read the review by the Bad Guy himself, Stuart London after the jump.
Artrocker.com exclusive: for fans of White Lies and Crocodiles we’ve got some fresh pictures from their UK show at the Shepherd’s Bush Empire earlier this month, courtesy of Alessandro...
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