Archive for the ‘Entertainment’ Category

Delphic

High-flying Manchester duo (they appeared on almost every Big In 2010 …

High-flying Manchester duo (they appeared on almost every Big In 2010 list at the end of last year) ply their perky and accomplished but rather depressingly derivative synth pop, which tips its hat at Orbital but basically…

Retribution Gospel Choir

Singer and superior guitarist Alan Sparhawk – of magnificent and magisterial slo-core…

Singer and superior guitarist Alan Sparhawk – of magnificent and magisterial slo-core proponents Low – appears in the headlining trio, uncharacteristically cranking his amps for some grubby guitar work, beats-based…

Mono

Absorbing Japanese post rock instrumentalists cum noise-rock soundscapers cum …

Absorbing Japanese post rock instrumentalists cum noise-rock soundscapers cum ambient shoegazers play from last year’s ‘Hymn of the Immortal Wind’ album, recorded with Steve Albini.

Slayer

Impenetrable wall-of-noise thrash histrionics from the ever popular Slayer, tonight …

Impenetrable wall-of-noise thrash histrionics from the ever popular Slayer, tonight playing the first of two rescheduled dates in support of last year’s eleventh album ‘World Painted Blood’.

Panda Bear

One third of Animal Collective, Noah Lennox aka Panda Bear, airs his …

One third of Animal Collective, Noah Lennox aka Panda Bear, airs his quasi-spiritual, melodic pop songs with ambient electronica flourishes.

Joss Stone

Hysterically praised, badly dressed Brit-soul sister from Devon touts her…

Hysterically praised, badly dressed Brit-soul sister from Devon touts her latest (fourth) album, ‘Colour Me Free’, which features guests Nas and Raphael Saadiq.