New music
High Court orders Pirate Bay blockMonday, 30 April 2012High Court judge Mr Justice Arnold ruled today that UK internet service providers must block access to The Pirate Bay.The infamous site - founded in Sweden and even boasting an affiliated political party there - has been a figurehead for the pro-... Read more... |
Re-united Black Sabbath announce Birmingham gigMonday, 30 April 2012Just announced: Black Sabbath line-up of Ozzy Osbourne, Tony Iommi and Geezer Butler to play O2 Academy, Birmingham on Saturday 19 May. Tickets are on sale here from May 4th at 9 a.m.The heavy metal group formed in Aston in 1969 – and have... Read more... |
Dan Mangan, Stereo, GlasgowMonday, 30 April 2012
Dan Mangan’s gravelly, expressive voice and the wisdom that infuses his lyrics do not speak to a songwriter still in his twenties. There’s this song on Nice, Nice, Very Nice, his first album for the Arts & Crafts indie powerhouse back in 2009,... Read more... |
CD: Hawkwind - OnwardMonday, 30 April 2012
If Pink Floyd were always just businessmen in loonpants, Hawkwind really did appear to live the dream – or was it the nightmare? The early Seventies people’s band looked as though they permanently camped out, though live at least they weren’t easy... Read more... |
CD: Marilyn Manson – Born VillainSunday, 29 April 2012
Cartoon goth-metal boogieman Brian Warner and his gang return with their first album in three years, and their 10th in all. In Europe Marilyn Manson – the stage name of both the front man and the band - are rightly seen as an industrialised update... Read more... |
Miles Kane, ForumSunday, 29 April 2012
Never underestimate the power of the iPod shuffle. When Miles Kane's album Colour of the Trap was released last year I liked it but still dismissed it as a fairly throwaway piece of stylishly dressed retro-fluff. Somehow though, tracks kept popping... Read more... |
Reissue CDs Weekly: Carole King, Abba, Sheena EastonSunday, 29 April 2012
Carole King: The Legendary DemosLisa-Marie Ferla For one whose appreciation of Carole King, the songwriter, has never truly been distinguishable from her appreciation of Carole King, the performer, a listen to the treasure trove that is The... Read more... |
theartsdesk Q&A: Conductor Ilan VolkovSaturday, 28 April 2012
Relentlessly energetic, opinionated, and never less than passionate about music-making, Ilan Volkov is a close as you get to a prodigy in the world of conducting. Appointed as Young Conductor in association with the Northern Sinfonia at just 19, at... Read more... |
Ian Anderson, Hammersmith ApolloSaturday, 28 April 2012
This may be the Thick as a Brick 2 tour, but it’s also the 44th year of Ian Anderson’s performing career, mainly as Jethro Tull's front man. In that role he's variously been a bluesman, a rocker and a folkie.1972's Thick as a Brick was dubbed a "... Read more... |
CD: Norah Jones - Little Broken HeartsSaturday, 28 April 2012
Well, this is lovely. Low-down-and-lazy country-soul grooves, a bit of Morricone, a bit of Nancy'n'Lee, a sprinkling of Southern Gothic, and through it all Norah Jones's satin voice delivering tidy little narratives tied up in gently insinuating... Read more... |
ENO premiere for Albarn's Dr DeeFriday, 27 April 2012Following its opening at the Manchester International Festival, the English National Opera will give Damon Albarn’s opera, Dr Dee, its London premiere in June, directed by Rufus Norris. Forming part of the London 2012 Festival, there will be eight... Read more... |
Juan De Marcos Afro-Cuban All-Stars, Barbican CentreThursday, 26 April 2012
As both a catalyst and a musician, Juan De Marcos Gonalez has had a massive impact on Cuban music in the last couple of decades. He formed the retro group Sierra Maestre 30 years ago, when to resurrect old-style Cuban music was considered decidedly... Read more... |
