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Not Forgotten: William Shatner – Has Been
Can you imagine trying to pitch a William Shatner album to a record label in 2003? For decades he had been sniggered at for his various attempts at ‘singing’, with his much derided rendition of “Mr Tambourine Man” being a subject of much criticism down the years, though the reaction to that was nothing compared …
Album Review: Neon Hitch – Anarchy
Neon Hitch is a pop star for a new generation. Her big ballsy look and her love of the F word may give the more wholesome pop acts a heart attack, but her look and attitude certainly give her the edge in today’s market. It’s been a while in the making, after her debut single …
New KT Tunstall announces new album KIN, plus tour news
Scottish singer KT Tunstall has announced the release of her fifth studio album, entitled KIN. With her last album being released in 2013, two years ago nearly saw Tunstall leave the world of music: “As an artist I feel like I died,” she says. “I stopped. I gave up. I didn’t want to do it …
Les Ardentes Festival, Liege, Belgium. 2016 Edition
Belgium’s Les Ardentes Festival is now over ten years old, so this year it added an extra day, making it a five-day extravaganza. I’ve been to every one, and my role for most of them as onstage announcer has given me fly-on-the-wall access to it and how it operates. Unlike in the U.K., where the …
See: Kelsey Lu releases new video for Empathy
With her debut EP Church, out now via True Panther Sounds, North Carolina’s Kelsey Lu has released a video for the track Empathy. Already having worked with the likes of Blood Orange, Kelela, Wet and Organized Noize and opened for Florence + the Machine and Grimes in Brooklyn and Kendrick Lamar, Kamasi Washington and Jamie …
Live Review: An evening with Marc Almond – Leeds 8.7.16
It’s thirty five years since Tainted Love hit the number one spot across the globe, and in doing so launched the illustrious career of tonight’s star, Marc Almond. Tonight is a celebration of that career and we’ve been promised a personal set of his own favourites. The concert opens with the Leeds College of Music Contemporary …
Classic Album (Glastonbury 2016 Special Pt2): Adele – 19
Adele, that icon of modern popular song, seems to be quite a divisive character. While she has an undoubtedly splendid voice, she has attracted a fair amount of criticism for her writing, nowhere more so than here on her debut album. Consider this though, this debut was released when she was 19 years old right? …
Not Forgotten: Bill Nelson – ‘Quit Dreaming and Get on the Beam’
Guitarist Bill Nelson’s trajectory has been eclectic and multi faceted – singer, guitarist, songwriter, producer, painter, video artist, writer to name but a few. After folding his 70s band ‘Be-Bop Deluxe’, he created ‘Red Noise’ (which the Harvest label insisted on calling ‘Bill Nelson’s Red Noise’) and released the excellent ‘Sound on Sound’ in 1979. When it came …
Track: Jakil – Tongue Tied
If you dug previous single Instanbul, your going to fall very much in like with the new single from Jakil – Tongue Tied, out via Kira Kira Records on July 8th. The band say of the single, ‘The song is basically a tribute to everybody who’s had butterflies about somebody to the point of feeling …
Album Review: Minor Victories – Minor Victories
Minor Victories, if you haven’t read our review of debut single “A Hundred Ropes”, are Rachel Goswell (Slowdive), Stuart Braithwaite (Mogwai), Justin Lockey (Editors) and his brother James (Hand Held Cine Club, responsible for the exquisite videos that accompany some of these tracks). Originally conceived as part of Justin’s intention to make a ‘noise record …