Day two of Sound City sees some of the big guns, and some of the most talked about new acts hit town. This is how we’re planning our excursions. You’d do well to follow us.
Sound City is here, almost. So here’s a day by day round up of the stuff you can expect. And the stuff you really shouldn’t miss.
It’s a year full of Beatles 50th anniversary stuff. So let’s celebrate the only way how – by not playing The Beatles: but playing seven covers good, bad and ugly. Which is which? You decide…
Ian Prowse is a determined soul. As the first sentence he utters to me over a pint opposite Mathew Street reveals. It’s a determination that’s led to the release this week of a compilation of his best work – with his bands Pele and Amsterdam – from the last 20 years… “I played my first [...]
Dextrous, soaring and sonically rewarding, Muto Leo are back with a new EP and showcase this weekend. Get along, and see what Radio 1 Presents, and 6Music see in them…
When I got my grandmother to review Kurth Hentschläger’s ‘Zee’ exhibition at FACT late last year, I had no idea that it would get such a good reaction. She was just as overwhelmed too. Although she doesn’t use the internet, I printed out the comments, tweets and Facebook messages for her and she was pleased [...]
Here comes another one…Eye Emma Jedi stab their way onto the scene with a cocktail of cold, clean Nordic riffs and polyrhythmic pep. There’s another tasty Scandinavian dish brought to our city, then.
The city’s latest promoters, everisland carry a simple motto that’s close to our hearts: If you feel something is missing, then do something about it. Ladies and Gentlemen, you know what you have to to. Support them.
The latest LIPA likely lads tick all those academic boxes: great musicianship, wilful disregard for the rule book. But Ninetails never forget the basics: they know their way around a tune too, says David Lloyd.
Ian Broudie is taking the Lightning Seeds back on tour. But it’s not a reunion. As the man himself tells Alan O‘Hare: “You can’t split up with yourself…”
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