Just covered this for The Arts Desk.Another fabulous album from Denmark.
Review here: Agnes Obel Philharmonics The Arts Desk New Music CDs Round-Up 14
Saturday, 30 October 2010
REVIEW – THE ARTS DESK NEW MUSIC CDs ROUND-UP 14: AGNES OBEL PHILHARMONICS
Just covered this for The Arts Desk.Another fabulous album from Denmark.
Review here: Agnes Obel Philharmonics The Arts Desk New Music CDs Round-Up 14
Thursday, 28 October 2010
MOJO NOVEMBER 2010 REVIEWS: K-X-P, FRANKIE ROSE AND THE OUTS, CARO EMERALD, GOLD, CLIFF RICHARD RARE AND UNSEEN
Finland (terrific stuff), Brooklyn, The Netherlands, a curious and intermittently entertaining ‘60s film, and a terrible Cliff Richard DVD.
Monday, 25 October 2010
REVIEW – LOST IN MUSIC FESTIVAL, TAMPERE, FINLAND
Went to this.
Kiki Pau are what you dream of: wandering in off the street in some strange place to a band you know nothing about and then having the top of your head taken off. Like the effect of seeing Joensuu 1685 and Murmansk in Denmark a couple of years ago, La Grande Sophie in Canada and Eplemoya Songlag in Norway this year. Kiki Pau began with a concise wigout over which bits of a book were read out: Jeremy Narby’s The Cosmic Serpent. Intense from the off, they conjured an nth degree take on the fadeout from I Am The Resurrection, parts of Electric Music For The Mind And Body, bits of early ballroom-era Quicksilver Messenger Service. Spacemen 3 as well. But no flab and with melody too: a sort of updated Swedish progg, perhaps cousins of Dungen.
Slightly different - Iiris is pretty bloody great. Not-yet fully formed, but it’s obvious she’s a star.
Review here: theartsdesk in Tampere, Finland: At the Lost In Music Festival
Here’s a few more pics, all by Jukka Ässä – from the top: Iiris, LCMDF, K-X-P.
Kiki Pau are what you dream of: wandering in off the street in some strange place to a band you know nothing about and then having the top of your head taken off. Like the effect of seeing Joensuu 1685 and Murmansk in Denmark a couple of years ago, La Grande Sophie in Canada and Eplemoya Songlag in Norway this year. Kiki Pau began with a concise wigout over which bits of a book were read out: Jeremy Narby’s The Cosmic Serpent. Intense from the off, they conjured an nth degree take on the fadeout from I Am The Resurrection, parts of Electric Music For The Mind And Body, bits of early ballroom-era Quicksilver Messenger Service. Spacemen 3 as well. But no flab and with melody too: a sort of updated Swedish progg, perhaps cousins of Dungen.
Slightly different - Iiris is pretty bloody great. Not-yet fully formed, but it’s obvious she’s a star.
Review here: theartsdesk in Tampere, Finland: At the Lost In Music Festival
Here’s a few more pics, all by Jukka Ässä – from the top: Iiris, LCMDF, K-X-P.
Thursday, 21 October 2010
Saturday, 16 October 2010
Thursday, 14 October 2010
REVIEW - GUESS WHAT: YURI GAGARIN
This is great, but times – for this type of thing – may have moved on.Review here: Guess What: Yuri Gagarin
Sunday, 10 October 2010
REVIEW – a-ha: ROYAL ALBERT HALL, LONDON
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Review here: The Arts Desk: a-ha, Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra, Royal Albert HallNo more needs to be said.
Wednesday, 6 October 2010
REVIEW - ZAZIE: 14/49
A new album by someone as high profile and long established as this really shouldn’t be this woolly-minded.
Review here: Zazie: 14/49
It's not all bad – moments truly shine. But someone should have taken control. Hear how good it can be from this (but ignore the silly, cod-meaningful, visuals - how sorry can you feel for a snail?):
Review here: Zazie: 14/49
It's not all bad – moments truly shine. But someone should have taken control. Hear how good it can be from this (but ignore the silly, cod-meaningful, visuals - how sorry can you feel for a snail?):
Saturday, 2 October 2010
REVIEW - THE ARTS DESK NEW MUSIC CD ROUND-UP 13: OUR BROKEN GARDEN GOLDEN SEA
Just covered this for The Arts Desk.A fabulous album.
Review here: New Music CDs Round-Up 13 – The Arts Desk
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