The latest efforts by Goldfrapp and Faithless (two artists with a unique sound and huge cult following, also favourites of mine) have fallen flat in my opinion. Goldfrapp’s Head First appears to be entirely made up from the sappy, acoustic numbers that weren’t quite deemed good enough to make it onto Seventh Tree. I fell in love […]
One of my favourite artists in the world is Alice Russell. I originally discovered her at the Big Chill more than a few years ago, and back in 2008, she played a set there hosted by her then record label, Tru Thoughts. It was a pick ‘n’ mix bag of Alice doing a live version […]
On Saturday I watched the much-hyped This Is It, which as I’m sure you all know tells the story of Michael Jackson’s preparations for his ‘final curtain call’ – a series of shows at the O2 in London. His death, just a few weeks before the first dates, meant that the work involved in creating the show […]
While I was at Jónsi (see below for an explanation of why that night changed my life), I did something I haven’t done for a really long time. I looked at the crowd. Normally when you go to a gig, your world revolves around the bubble of people in your immediate vicinity – and the band/person […]