I generally get a little nervous before gigs. Excitement, anticipation and of course freshly laundered underpants all play a part in the pre gig ritual but prior to tonight’s gig I was extra jittery. I’ve been in the thrall of Marina and the Diamonds for the last 18 months or so and now finally I [...]
Music For Pleasure -Polly Mackey And The Pleasure Principle Interview
“The Way It Works” By Polly MacKey And The Pleasure Principle
Polly MacKey’s first public performance came when she was just shy of her sixteenth birthday, at a family party. As chance would have it a local promoter was amongst the guests and he was so impressed with her performance he signed her up for [...]
Marina And The Diamonds-Mowgli’s Road
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Russ Chimes Remix
We’ve got obsessions / All you ever think about are sick ideas involving me, involving you’ sang Marina and the Diamonds, and ironically in doing so, kick started my own mini obsession with her music! Not, you understand, in the scary ‘I’m going to kidnap [...]
AWARDS FOR MUSIC JOURNALISM AND PR 2009
AWARDS FOR MUSIC JOURNALISM AND PR 2009
It’s that time of year again when voting commences for the “Record of the Day Awards for Music Journalism and PR,” which this year takes place at the Gibson Rooms, Rathbone Street, London on November 26.
We (ie me), are up for Best Blog prize! Not bad eh? For what [...]
The Dead Weather- I Cut Like A Buffalo Review
Saying you don’t particularly ‘ get’ The White Stripes usually elicits the same sort of incredulity and anger normally reserved for somebody who decides to drop their trousers and shout “Hallelujah!” whilst receiving Holy Communion at church on Sunday. But the truth is I never really had much time for The White Stripes, Ok so [...]
The Raveonettes -Bang/Last Dance (single) Review
Danish duo Sharin Foo and Sune Rose Wagner, The Raveonettes to you and I, return with a bang, both in the literal and the figurative sense! ‘Bang’ is the first single from the bands 4th studio album “In And Out Of Control” and is a track that once again demonstrates the bands effortless ability to [...]
Crazy Riders Competition
Tour Rider (def) -The rider is a list of requests for the comfort of the artist on the day of the show. Sometimes this document is provided along with the technical rider; other times, it is provided much closer to the performance date.
“Absolut” Power Corrupts Absolutely ! And those nice people at Absolut vodka are [...]
Charlotte Hatherley-New Worlds Album Review
Read my interview with Charlotte, exclusive to Altsounds.com HERE
The thing that’s always impressed me about Charlotte Hatherley is she’s just so bloody good at what she does. She’s a great guitarist, an innovative songwriter, runs her own record label, is beautiful, has been a member of Ash, Client, Bat For Lashes and I’m quite sure [...]
The Illumination Station-Lulu And the Lampshades Interview
“Rose Tint” By Lulu And The Lampshades
Free download “Clown Tit Fun” By Lulu And The Lamshades here
A girl called Lulu and her friends the dancing lampshades?? Good grief! It sounds like something that might have been commissioned for kids TV during the 60’s and early 70’s , a time when the counter-culture and consumerism collided [...]
So Much Music, So Little Time….
Phew, it’s been a busy old time at VP Towers, what with promoting a new music night (as above) band management, photo shoots, interviews, secret deals, and clandestine assignations, highs lows and everything in between. All in all it’s been a giddy whirl !!
Normal service will be resumed shortly but as ever it’s music that [...]
