No Ceremony are one of those bands who came from nowhere.
Not much has been said about them, as they like to keep a curtain of mystery around themselves, leaving the talking to their music.
One of our bands to watch for 2012, we shall leave the talking to their videos and the splendid remixes, courtesy of Patrick Wolf and Dog Is Dead. Enjoy!
NO CEREMONY/// (Patrick Wolf “Time Of My Life” Remix) by CPR Agency
Dog [...]
WHISPER
presents
‘THE BOOMBOX PROJECT’ by Lyle Owerko
Private view on 1st December at XOYO, Exhibition from 2nd – 7th December
Exhibition continues at Whisper from 9th December- 14th January 2012
www.whisperfineart.co.uk www.xoyo.co.uk
London gallery Whisper, in collaboration with XOYO, is proud to present its new exhibition, The Boombox Project by Lyle Owerko – a vibrant look at an old-school icon, featuring contemporary fine art portraits of an array of vintage boomboxes.
Lyle Owerko is a [...]
TOP BOY
BRAND NEW FOUR-PART DRAMA
Tx: OCTOBER/NOVEMBER 2011
On London’s Summerhouse Estate, lives are lived along lines, and challenges come in all forms, even – especially – for kids.
Thirteen-year-old Ra’Nell (Malcolm Kamulete) finds he has to “step up and be a man” when his mentally ill mother Lisa (Sharon Duncan Brewster) is suddenly hospitalized. At the same time his mum’s friend Heather (Kierston Wareing), pregnant and penniless, enlists his help in a dangerous plan she has concocted [...]
“I’m Bert” said this modest, quiet and gentle man as he began a hypnotic performance to an audience at the New Theatre, Oxford. Bert Jansch never searched for celebrity. As his wife Loren said recently, he was “not one for showing off”.
Scottish born Jansch sadly passed away on Wednesday at the age of 67 at a hospice in Hampstead. He was a prolific, influential songwriter and a masterful acoustic guitarist. His music was unique. It was distinctive and crossed genres, [...]
Beat Ratio is a musical project started as a reaction to the the endless possibilities of modern music software. Being fed up with getting lost in useless perfectionism, this past Summer Gabriele aka Beat Ratio got himself a bunch of cassettes on freecycle, a 4-track recorder, a sequencer and decided to turn the computer off and start from scratch. Working exclusively on tape; from [...]
Air Castles will release their new single Gold in September – if you are not familiar with them, this is a perfect excuse to go and check them out!
‘Gold’ is the brand new single from Anglo-Swedish newcomers Air Castles. It’s a striking song full of beautifully crafted intricate soundscapes with a heart melting melody and catchy vocals.
Welding guitars, synths, bass and drums with Air Castles’ brainchild Max Mansson’s unforgettable vocals, the song is equally impressive as it is catchy. They [...]
Bright Spark Destroyer is a five-man band with 32-bit synesthaesia. Starting as a long-distance writing and recording project between five musicians in different cities in late 2009, most of the band relocated to London following the release of their EP, Holy Yell, in June 2010.
David Adams, Ian Butterworth, James Ellis, Simon Reid, Joe Rowan exploited all the available online tools to carry on their project with passion and determination; they talk to AAAMusic about their experience:
“It’s part of our process [...]
Oxford Vue 7th April 2011
Foo Fighters steam live footage of their new album ‘Wasting Light‘??, and an in depth documentary covering the bands history?? – well it got me interested!
I take a steady drive to the Oxford Vue on this hot evening and am greeted by a queue stretching 2 floors. And that’s not good, considering its a small (ish) cinema, and there’s no way I’m getting my nachos in this sea of fans (I determine that these are in fact ‘fans’ by [...]
Sometimes the classics are the best – from the Motown of the Isley Brothers and Smokey Robinson to soul legends like Gladys Knight and Etta James, there is a timeless appeal to beautifully crafted songs performed with soul, verve and above all, honesty – Berri Farley is a singer who clearly understands this power. Soon to release her debut, self titled E.P – Farley’s voice is powerful and rich, more suited to a woman twice her age, yet [...]
If this were a film narrated by Morgan Freeman, we’d say, “every story has a beginning”. This is certainly true of the relationship between Superstar Destroyer Records and Black Market Serotonin. After three skinny twenty-somethings approached the original Superstar Destroyer team (then planning an alternative clubnight), and asked if they were into progressive rock, who could have known that this would be the result, six months later?
Combining the Nirvana-meets Radiohead aggression of the first Muse album with a [...]
Hailing from Devon, Kent, London and Italy, Article Thieves are an all student Birmingham based band. Made up of Ben on vocals and guitar, Joel on bass, Matt on guitar and Toby on drums, they’ve been building momentum around Birmingham and London live circuits for the past year and have released two singles, “Lakeside” and “Tricycle.”
Talk About Sour (b-side & free download). by Article Thieves
With influences from Death Cab for Cutie to Notorious B.I.G, the band’s [...]
Hailing from Scotland, Pose Victorious were formed in 2009 and are comprised of former roommates Ross Millar (vocals), Jack Rowberry (lead guitar), Gordon Barclay (rhythm guitar), Gavin White (drums) and Jordan Laird (bass). They were taken under the wing of veteran producer Owen Morris (Oasis, The View), culminating in the release of their self-titled debut EP in late February 2010. Since then, the boys have been touring the UK, setting a fire under the press [...]
SMOD
Debut Album out 30th May
Single “Ca Chante” out 16th May
Produced by Manu Chao
Live at The Mosaiques Festival, London, 3rd June
Malian rappers SMOD release their eponymously-titled, debut album through Because Music on 30th May. Produced by Manu Chao, the album was recorded at Amadou & Mariam‘s home in Bamako. The first single from the album, ‘Ça Chante‘, will be released digitally on the 16th May. The band will make their first UK appearance [...]
Calling all women music creators: PRS for Music Foundation offers
an exciting funding opportunity for new music written by women.
Launch date of ‘Women Make Music’ to coincide with International
Women’s Day celebrations on 8th March 2011.
In the past decade, of the albums short-listed for the Mercury Music Prize, albums by
men have outnumbered albums by women more than 2:1; just 4.1% of works performed
at the 2010 BBC Proms were composed by women; and [...]
