It was a phenomenon meant to take over the world, kill the guitar and destroy the English language. Even as an endangered guitar player with zero grasp of street talk, I couldn’t help but think hip-hop was a great thing, a genuine revolution led by, but not limited to, music.
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Dec 7, 2009 • North East musical luminaries Field Music have announced their biggest headline show to date in London next year.
We Fell To Earth are a collaboration between longtime UNKLE stalwart Richard File and Wendy Rae Fowler (best known for her work with Queens Of The Stone Age and Mark Lanegan). File was clearly aware that he was onto something with this project because his desire to completely focus his attention on it prompted him...
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Dec 7, 2009 • It's an exciting time annually for new music, as lists of what to watch for in the next 12 months start to emerge. None are quite as important in the mainstream as the Beeb's, typically combining the well known with the genuine underground and representing a pretty wide range of "new" music.
Frightened Rabbit was once a solitary sweater-wearing student from Selkirk: Scott Hutchison frequented small stages with few songs and fewer followers. Growing into a fully-fledged band with a backlog of beautiful yet indescribable tunes, the Rabbits have found themselves caught in the spotlight and are now topping end-of-year ‘best of’ lists and selling out huge...
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Dec 3, 2009 • It's probably quite safe to say we're reasonably excited about the upcoming Lightspeed Champion album over here at TMM.
The Paddingtons bask in a glorious lack of routine, but like their good friend Peter Doherty – a serial no-show when it comes to interviews – their elusiveness only makes them more intriguing.
Stereophonics have finally allowed themselves to release music from a sanctuary inside a blown up outside world, and since it’s artificiality is matched only by its raw perfection, it doesn’t really allow us to judge or tear it down like we normally would if there was even a glimpse of tangible reality reflected in this...
While it carries a motto expressing their devotion to new music, is Radio One really supporting the music in this country that actually matters?
The Brighton band unveiled the first cut from the new album last week.
The Family Jewels will be released on February 15 with a single, Hollywood, preceding it by a fortnight.
“Without deviation from the norm, progress is not possible”. So said Frank Zappa, perhaps one of our most progressive and deviational musicians. On the whole I like Frank’s approach to new things, particularly when it comes to music, yet recently the idea of progress caught me in a less charitable mood, coming as it did...
