I’ve been listening to Grace Jones’ new “Williams’ Blood” single and remixes. They are GREAT. Especially the Mad Professor remixes. Excellent track. When I first listened to ‘Hurricane’, “Williams’ Blood” stood out – and the ‘Amazing Grace’ bit at the end gave me shivers up and down my spine. – Jenny May, BandWeblogs.com …
I can’t believe it. Guns N’ Roses is finally set to release the long awaited ‘Chinese Democracy’ on November 23, 2008. MySpace is currently streaming the album in its entirety – which I’m listening to now. Axl sounds good…at times great and sometimes not so good…the band sounds good – with some excellent guitar solos …
Very few music fans who were around during the mid-eighties were indifferent to The Smiths – you might love them or hate them, like Marmite really, but you were unlikely not to have much of an opinion …
Leonard Cohen review, O2 Arena, London – 14 November 2008. Have you ever seen Annie Hall? If yes, then you’ll recall the scene where Alvy dates a music journalist played by Shelley Duvall and they emerge from a Stones concert, Duvall’s character rhapsodising about how the gig was ‘transplendent’. Well before you go any further, I should confess: that was me, after witnessing the legend that is Leonard Cohen in London …
Last night (4 November, 2008) I witnessed two sets from Martha Wainwright and her support act Angus & Julia Stone that couldn’t be more different …
Oxford based band the Keyboard Choir is a unique collaboration of musicians that, in their own words, “make music with the turbulence and dynamics of traditional ‘ensemble’ performances from purely electronic sound sources and ‘found sound’”. Read the exclusive interview!
In keeping with the history of glamorous pop trios, The Pipettes have undergone what they call in the business, a line up change. In that the band are effectively a brand new entity, with none of the original members left …
