Albums of 2009, No 4: Dirty Projectors – Bitte Orca
- 5:27 AM — Dec 17 —
- Source: The Guardian Music Blog
Animal Collective , Grizzly Bear and Dirty Projectors all released breakthrough albums that brought the bands to wider attention. Read More
Simple Minds, LG Arena, BirminghamFoxy Shazam, Water Rats, London
- 7:42 PM — Dec 05 —
- Source: The Independent - Music
Perfection is a notoriously elusive concept. Read More
Breakaway
- 5:43 AM — Dec 02 —
- Source: Do You Come Here Often?
I write the Cyberclinic column for The Independent and lots of other stuff. Read More
Elizabeth Fraser talks about why she finds it too difficult to even think about her old Cocteau Twins bandmates
- 4:51 PM — Nov 26 —
- Source: The Guardian - London - UK
The Cocteau Twins had been apart for seven years, the mystique they had attained during their lifetime gradually growing and their influence spreading, when the announcement came that they were to reform. Read More
Fantastic Funsters raise over 35,000 at Mega party for childrens hospice charity
- 7:09 AM — Nov 24 —
- Source: Wandsworth Guardian - UK
A fantastic Funsters evening of entertainment, music, comedy and fun on November 14th at the swish Alfa Romeo showroom in Parsons Green scooped a magnificent £35,000+ for local children's hospice charity CHASE. Read More
This Week's Singles: 23/11/09
- 11:32 AM — Nov 23 —
- Source: Drowned In Sound
Two of this week's best singles are available for free on the internet. Read More
Fasten your seat belts: It's a wild Adam Lambert ride
- 8:54 AM — Nov 23 —
- Source: Entertainment - New York Daily News
"I'm here for your entertainment," sings — or rather screams — Adam Lambert in the title track of his first CD. Read More
White Label Wednesday: Medsker’s Retro Beat Mix
- 11:25 AM — Nov 18 —
- Source: Pop Dose
In the comment section of last week's White Label Wednesday column on ABC, Ted lamented that I didn't beat mix the songs together. Read More
Bottom Feeders: The Ass End of the ’80s, Part 78
- 8:55 AM — Nov 18 —
- Source: Pop Dose
It's the second week of artists whose names begin with the letter S, as we continue to look at songs that charted no higher than #41 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart in the 1980s. Read More
The Raincoats - The Raincoats
- 12:30 PM — Nov 12 —
- Source: BBC Music
Co-produced by Rough Trade's Geoff Travis and Red Krayloa legend Mayo Thompson, and commercially available for the first time in a decade, the album sounds as fresh and inept and charmingly cheap as so many demystifying DIY post-punk records from 1979 do: clumpy, clattery drums; fitful, rattling guitar; jutting, stubby bass; the utter absence of reverb or production polish. Read More
Biography
Scritti Politti is the primary vehicle for Welsh singer/songwriter Green Gartside. Few figures in pop music can claim Read the full Scritti Politti bio.
