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Forgotten albums #1: Limp Wrist – Discography
In the first of a new series looking at great but “forgotten” albums, and with one eye on LGBT History month, Ben Mechen salutes Limp Wrist and the gay punk underground. »
Puccini’s La Boheme at the Royal Opera House
This winter four students drank, complained and fell in love whilst making a desperate but futile attempt to keep warm. What’s special about these four is that they did it in front of sell out crowds at the Royal Opera House. Whilst not many romances are doomed to the tragic ending of La Boheme... »
Swingle Singers with Oxford Gargoyles at Kings Place, 13/01/10
London’s first A Cappella Festival, in Kings Place, starts not with a bang (which would require some kind of percussive instrument), but with a pledge not to use any musical instruments apart from the human voice and whatever other sounds the human body can produce. »
Fear Factory – Mechanize
Fear Factory have recorded (broadly) the same song sixty-five times across six studio albums: while this might sound like a bad thing, the reason they've got away with it is that the formula they've stuck with just works. »
The Irrepressibles – Mirror Mirror
The Irrepressibles are not your average band. Creating music to show a straight person what it feels like to be gay and in love was certainly not at the top of Oasis’s list of priorities. Add to that a wardrobe to make Byron blush and the Irrepressibles immediately appear very interesting and, quite possibly,... »
Paul McCartney at the O2 Arena, 22/12/09
He’s been in show business for nigh on fifty years, and he’s clearly learnt how to control the crowd, laughing and joking with them throughout, seamlessly going from rock music, to piano ballads, to poignant acoustic songs. »
Pants Yell! – Received Pronounciation
One of the first lines on this album, from opening track ‘Frank and Sandy’, is “I’m glad I had more gin than candy”: hard to believe considering the miniature exercises in twee-rock to be heard on Received Pronunciation. »
Free concert: the Situation Opera Orchestra
The Situation Opera Orchestra FREE CONCERT (Suggested donation: £3) Sunday 7 February 2010 at 4:00 p.m. St George’s Bloomsbury 7 Little Russell Street, WC1A 2HR (Note: entrance is on Bloomsbury Way) Programme W.A. Mozart: Overture and Opening Scene from Le Nozze di Figaro, K492 F. David: Concertino for Trombone in Eb major W.A. Mozart: Piano Concerto No.12 in A major, K414 Opening our... »
Writing Brooklyn’s Wrongs
Where do Vivian Girls turn after Everything Goes Wrong? Back to the studio of course - though not without a quick trip to London along the way. Benjamin Savill phones New York. »
ATP Nightmare Before Christmas at Butlins Minehead, 4-6/12/09
Emilie Chalcraft waves goodbye to her eardrums in drizzly Somerset »
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