So the Klaxons won the Mercury Album award for Golden Skans, surprisingly piping “Back To Black” Amy’s finest “Soul” album in years (if you only buy your Soul CD’s from ASDA).
Actually that’s way too bitchy, …

Is it still acceptable to use the word “vibe” in polite conversation? I’m not sure but if it is, I’ve rarely been to a venue with a better vibe than the Enterprise, in Camden.
Clamber up …

Oh Big Chill how you’ve grown. It doesn’t seem like 10/15 years since I was lounging on a mattress in the Union Chapel surrounded by people in tie dye and the whiff of wacky backy …

Without questioning Glastonbury’s status as THE festival, people do get a little carried away talking about the bad weather as if they actually enjoyed waking up with their tent submerged in a mixture of lager, …

The chaotic star studded theme night has become a much loved Meltdown speciality in recent years. In 2005 Patti Smith had Yoko Ono, Marianne Faithful, Sinead O’Conner, Tori Amos and more doing songs about the …

I’ve seen Battles described as everything from Math rock to post rock to experimental jazz metal but what I do know is they always provoke a strong reaction. Take my brother’s reaction to my wildly …

There are gigs that you leave knowing they’ll go down as the “best of the year“. There are legendary singers like Sly Stone, Curtis Mayfield or guitarists like Hendrix, who you wish you’d had a …

Four years after last playing the sprawling labyrinth of the Barbican and The Cinematic Orchestra return to promote their new long player “Ma Fleur”. In 2003 they performed a specially commissioned soundtrack to Dziga Vertov’s …

Photo from Salamanderphoto.com – click here for 3 pages of fantastic shots from the evening.
(UPDATE 14/04/08: Full video posted at bottom of this post!)
First up an admission, much as I could – with judicious googling …