Archive for the ‘The Blog’ Category
Loutallica – Lou Reed Bites Back
By Alex | The BlogHe might actually have a human soul underneath all those folds of skin and grumpiness
Felicity Groom @ Beresford Upstairs, 2nd Dec 2011
By Alex | The BlogA little scorcher of a set, cracked and slightly bonkers, veering wildly all over the road
Photos: Kill City Creeps @ The Beresford Hotel
By Alex | The BlogSo I finally get round to my first gig in Sydney (or in Australia, or in the southern hemisphere for that matter) last night, featuring Kill City Creeps at the last instalment of their month-of-Saturdays residency here. Strange place, The Beresford – it seems to be packed to the rafters with average Saturday night folk as well as those out for the gig itself, which makes it both an odd mix of a crowd and rammed full of absolutely hammered women dancing like goons. More gigs should be like this, clearly – especially as (I’d guess) most of those dancing wouldn’t normally pick beefy glam-ish stomping, or blues-y Jesus & Mary Chain fuzz as their normal Saturday night soundtrack
La Blogotheque Still Owns It – WU LYF in Paris
By Alex | The BlogNice to see that it can take La Blogotheque just as long as the rest of us amateurs to turn sessions round, with this WU LYF performance in a dank Parisian cave from June.
Calm Down, Dearest – Music Writers Wigging Out In Print
By Alex | The BlogSometimes, music writers – even the good, professional ones – get a bit carried away with themselves. Music is supposed to get you fired up and excited, and the best music writers out there are the biggest fans – but its pretty funny when they lose it in print. These are some of my favourite linguistic wig-outs of the last week or so
Lulu by Lou Reed & Metallica – The Reaction
By Alex | The BlogIn case you’ve been under a rock or know no-one with a functioning sense of humour, you’ll be aware that the least-likely-to-succeed pairing in the history of recorded sound, Lou Reed and Metallica, have got an album coming out on Monday
Field Recordings
