Gaga twitched and honked awkwardly around the stage in her Grammy’s “tribute” to Bowie – sponsored by Intel. Seriously. Her performance, eulogising the death of a definitive British rock icon with a cumbersome medley of accessible singles, has already been turned into an advert. Then, at the Brits last night a … Continue reading
I review music. That’s a thing I do now. If you’re in a young (or not so young) up and coming band, get in touch – khodge at gmail.com. I like post-rock, garage rock, electronica, prog, nu-folk and post-punk. If you have a release I can review, I might be … Continue reading
“These are the times Hook seems almost happy to be there. The Light pours out of him. The audience go mental. This must be what Joy Division sounds like in Peter Hook’s head.” I review Peter Hook and the Light – on student website The Met Online. http://www.themetonline.co.uk/music/live-review-peter-hook-and-the-light/
Zappa Spotted on Spotify UK If you’re a Spotify user, you’ll have noticed some big holes in the catalogue. There’s no Led Zeppelin, not much Peter Gabriel (certainly not solo) and not much of any Beatle – solo or otherwise. Frank Zappa was also missing in action. Until now. Fire … Continue reading
It was the 40th anniversary of Abbey Road, the Beatle’s last studio album in August, giving music mags and MP3 blogs a chance to review their final opus afresh. Except, most of them didn’t really review it. They skimmed over the first half of the disk – what used to … Continue reading
Radiohead’s former label EMI are recycling the Oxford mope rocker’s back catalogue in a manner that’s as canny as the band’s recent release of In Rainbows. That’s the album Radiohead put out as a pay-what-you-like digital download. With the back catalogue release, punters have a choice of three formats; an … Continue reading
This entry will only mean something to about three people on my friends list… One of my great heroes, Tony Wilson – the guy who discovered Joy Division, founded Factory records and championed Manchester as a centre for culture for decades – died earlier this month. Popbitch reports that he … Continue reading
In today’s Guardian, there’s a Q and A with Aimee Mann, which includes these reactionary snippets: What’s the greatest threat to music?Music downloads and CD burning. If music is free, then the only people who can afford to make it are narcissistic jackasses who will do anything for attention. Is … Continue reading