Electric Roulette (Free subscription) | 07/22/2008
Having obtained a cheap ticket to Latitude it only feels right – to balance out the karma – to actually write about it. While the music may not be in keeping with what usually appears on Electric Roulette, but all...
Rock Sellout (Free subscription) | 07/22/2008
The Uncut Arena - the second largest music stage at the Festival - played host to some of the rising stars of world music over the weekend. Also featured were some former big-hitters including Blondie, Julian Cope and Paul Heaton. The highlight on Friday without a doubt was Martha Wainwright. How she has not scaled the [...]
Wild Mercury Sound (Free subscription) | 07/21/2008
Back from Latitude, then, and plenty of things to talk about. I spent the weekend blogging over at our dedicated Latitude blog . Lots of highlights, as you might imagine. . . Read more...
EADT24 - News (Free subscription) | 07/15/2008
AS last minute preparations for this weekend's Latitude Festival get under way, more famous names have been added to the impressive line-up.
Julian Cope presents Head Heritage (Free subscription) | 07/01/2008
Julian Cope's Album of the Month, July 2008ce.
Listening Post (Free subscription) | 06/25/2008
Although it never caught fire with the general public during the '70s and '80s, the performative synth-punk duo Suicide's hacking of pop, rock and beyond has since sparked a tidal wave of similarly inclined bands and copycats, who have in...
Pitchfork (Free subscription) | 06/23/2008
As do Sunn O))), Klaxons, Primal Scream, Lydia Lunch, Peaches Catch phrases like "way ahead of their time" and "blazing their own trail" don't really cut it-- Suicide were in their own sonic world entirely for most of the 1970s. It took folks a while to catch on, but catch on they did, and nowadays Alan Vega and Martin Rev are widely revered for their influence on punk, no wave, post-punk,...
Liverpool Echo.co.uk (Free subscription) | 06/16/2008
ONE of the most unusual events planned for Capital of Culture year takes place this week.
Liverpool Echo.co.uk (Free subscription) | 06/16/2008
ONE of the most unusual events planned for Capital of Culture year takes place this week.
Inveresk Street Ingrate (Free subscription) | 06/16/2008
One of my absolute favourite music blogs is no more. Not 100% sure what happened, but I think it involved Julian Cope's back catalogue and someone getting mightily pissed. So, Spinster's Rock , RIP. That's the sad news. The glad news is that the bloke behind the Rock, Nolan Micron, - is that an anagram or his scientologist name? - has started up a new blog by the name of Castles In Space . The byline...
The Music Slut (Free subscription) | 06/05/2008
It's not as embarrassing as you may think. The Top 5: 5. Mark Lanegan 4. Julian Cope 3. American Music Club 2. Red House Painters 1. Tom Waits View the full list here. MP3: Tom Waits - This One's From The Heart
Brooklyn Vegan (Free subscription) | 06/03/2008
by Black Bubblegum When you think of your IDEAL sunn O))) live lineup (other than Stephen O'Malley and Greg Anderson, natch) who do you think of? Oren Ambarchi? Mayhem vokillist Attila Csihar? Try adding black metal terrorist Striborg to the...
D'log :: blogging no (Free subscription) | 05/27/2008
Following Julian Cope’s talk last night in Birmingham, some readers may be interested in a visit to some of the oldest sites in the West Midlands. Although, as someone who spent much of his late youth chasing ley-lines and folklore across south Warwickshire (sadly I couldn't afford a camera then), I can tell you [...]
Created in Birmingham (Free subscription) | 05/20/2008
Now this is an impressive line-up of events: Saturday 24th - Tinariwen Sunday 25th - Resonance Events presents The Herbaliser and Chris Read while Mad Flow, DJ Maxwell and Chromatouch provide the local talent. Monday 26th - Capsule & Fierce present a Julian Cope lecture plus a screening of Haxan with live soundtrack. The Saturday night is particularly interesting. [...]
EADT24 - News (Free subscription) | 05/13/2008
MORE acts have been announced for this year's Latitude Festival at Henham Park, near Southwold.
