DAVID BOWIE. TILDA SWINTON. TOGETHER, IN ONE VIDEO. CUE AWESOMENESS, ANDROGYNY AND GREAT HAIR. Bowie and TILDA star as a married couple who get some new celebrity neighbours, as directed by Floria Sigismondi. Now if only Jim Jarmusch would convince Dave to make a cameo in his upcoming vampire lover flick Only Lovers Left Alive … Continue reading »
Do you remember your first obsession? Mine was David Bowie. I collected everything about him I could get my hands on, every album/bootleg recording and magazine, nicked books from the library, recorded (on cassette!) snippets of songs and interviews on the radio, stayed up all night watching Rage in the hope that they would play … Continue reading »
Glam London indie electro-pop quintet Citizens! burst onto the scene in late 2011, creating a seismic wave of buzz before the release of their debut album, Here We Are, in early 2012. Produced by Alex Kapranos of Franz Ferdinand fame (who heard an early demo and immediately wanted to produce them), Here We Are won them … Continue reading »
Browsing through the Guardian Music site recently, I saw their new, Spotify-enhanced (hello, sponsorship ‘cooperation’ deal, eh) project, Six Songs of Me. Quite a cool idea. But I thought their choice of questions left a little to be desired, and besides, only *six* songs? You can’t condense a lifetime’s worth of obsessive music listening to … Continue reading »
Well, here’s one I’ve been waiting for for a long time – British Sea Power. They’ve had to cancel their Zurich show twice for various reasons, but now the Brighton-based six-piece are finally (*fingers crossed*) about to grace us with their presence. The Mercury Prize-nominated group (for 2008′s Do You Like Rock Music?) released their … Continue reading »
There’s a man on stage dressed in an orgy of sequins and glitter, and wearing a Metal Mickey helmet shouting ‘GETURSHIZZITRIIIGHT!‘. Two scantily dressed women are gyrating in the background. Am I at the right gig? I am at the Plaza, ostensibly to see Patrick Wolf, aren’t I? Continue reading »
You know you’re an oldster when you remember today’s latest fashions from the first time they came around. Nonetheless, despite my advanced decrepitude and obvious uncoolness (by virtue of being just, you know, old), I made it out of the nursing home on Monday night to see Twin Shadow‘s short but sweet gig @ Plaza. … Continue reading »
Ah yes, the 80s really are back in fashion. And it’s not just Wayfarers, baggy pants, leggings and oversized T-shirts that are back with a vengeance. The path of 80s new wave music left strewn with dead gladioli, synthesiser parts and cans of hairspray has been increasingly well trodden of late. Dominican-born, Brooklyn-based Twin Shadow … Continue reading »
I’m no dancing queen, and most dance music usually leaves me cold, but if any dance music is going to whet my whistle then it’s going to be Soulwax’s alternative/indie/rock techno electronica (or whatever you call it – they mix it all up till it tastes good and throw it back out there for ravenous … Continue reading »
I am all excitement at hearing the news that a David Bowie tribute album is on the way, done under the auspices of the War Child charity to benefit the youngest victims of war. Cool stuff. Have to admit to not knowing many of the names on the (unconfirmed) track listing, but Duran Duran, MGMT, … Continue reading »
