In church with Daniel Johnston · 16 July 2007, 00:17 · File under: Listening
The Church of Throbbing Gristle · 28 May 2007, 03:11 · File under: Listening Watching
Devastations at The Luminaire · 11 December 2006, 08:18 · File under: Listening Loving
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Damien Jurado at The Luminaire · 11 December 2006, 08:00 · File under: Listening Loving
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Jarvis My Cocker · 8 August 2006, 23:56 · File under: Listening
A few weeks ago we did a little interview for a Radio 4 programme. It was a series of 3 programmes called The Art of Pop, presented by Jarvis Cocker. The shows were going to focus on the relationship between pop music and British art schools. Mostly programmes like this tend to focus on the great Pop artists and musicians like Bowie and Roxy Music, so it was interesting to see someone looking from a more contemporary perspective. It’s funny doing pre-recorded stuff for radio, because you tend not to know until the programme airs whether you made the final cut or not. We had a call from the producer, a great guy called Bob Dickinson, last week to say that we’d be in the final episode, which would be broadcast today, 8th August. Didn’t manage to catch it live, but listened to it via the Listen Again feature on the BBC web site, which can be accessed here. The three half-hour programmes make interesting listening, broadly speaking the first one looks at Central St. Martins, the second The Royal College an the third, Goldsmiths. The programmes also repeat on air in September. Turn on, tune in…
The Art of Pop, Radio 4. Presented by Jarvis Cocker.
Back on the water · 22 March 2006, 08:11 · File under: Going Listening
Another Jim Reid gig confirmed…
Tuesday 18th April – Half Moon, Putney, London
That’s better!
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The bats have left the bell tower... · 6 February 2006, 06:17 · File under: Going Listening
Friday night was Bauhaus at Brixton Academy. To be honest, it was one of those gigs that you get all excited about when it’s first announced then come the night, and the prospect of driving down to Brixton, it seems much less appealing. Much less when the stark reality of spending the night in a room full of forty-something Goths hits. The problem with a gig like this is that it drags out all the people that haven’t been to a gig for the best part of twenty years and no longer have a clue how to spend a few hours in a cramped space without standing on other people, physically pushing them out of the way if the gap you’re trying to fit through isn’t quite big enough for you and your beer gut and generally splashing enough cheap lager everywhere to keep the dry cleaning industry propped up for the rest of the week. But hey… The band were great. Everything they should be. All the hits, of course, and all the covers you’d demand a refund if they didn’t play (Ziggy Stardust, Telegram Sam et al) were all in fine order. One of the most spectacular aspects of the whole thing though was the lighting on the first half of the show. Somehow, it actually looked old – like 1979. Low, nicotine-stained, and exquisite. Later on things got a bit more ‘stadium’ with big spots and moody purples but for those first few songs the lighting was something else, something truly magical.
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Bedazzled! · 16 December 2005, 06:50 · File under: Listening Watching
Earlier today, our friend Simon pointed us in the direction of a video blog called Bedazzled. The site is an amazing archive of some really unusual footage, Joy division shot on Super 8, The Clash on ‘Something Else’, the Box Tops, the MC5, Scott Walker, Serge Gainsbourg, Electric Prunes, The Count 5, and lots and lots more. The absolute gem though is a Screaming Lord Sutch video for ‘Jack The Ripper’. Amazing.
It's no good... · 12 December 2005, 20:46 · File under: Listening
Ben, aka Plan B, who we worked with on Walking After Acconci (Redirected Approaches) releases his new single today.
It’s called ‘No Good/Sick 2 Def’ and it’s out on 679 Recordings. There’s a bunch of his acoustic recordings you can download from the Plan B web site or check out his MySpace profile to see the ‘No Good’ video.
