All Tomorrow's Parties' spring seaside festivals have stalled, but their hearty alterna-spirit parties on in this London spin-off, a three-day event thin on the chalet front but crackling with cult bands, rare reunions and evangelists of noise.
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Camden Crawl, Various, London
Monday 07 May 2012
Following last year’s balmy weather, 2012’s Camden Crawl meets grey skies and drizzle that suit its low-key vibe.
Album: Sweet Billy Pilgrim, Crown and Treaty (Luxor/EMI)
Saturday 28 April 2012
Sweet Billy Pilgrim's follow-up to 2009's Mercury-nominated Twice Born Men finds songwriter Tim Elsenburg making great strides forward with an ambitious cycle of songs about identity and history.
Album: Rufus Wainwright, Out of the Game (Polydor)
Friday 20 April 2012
Rufus Wainwright believes this to be "the most pop album" he's ever made, and he's probably right, so long as you're thinking 1970s pop.
How jazz secretly invaded pop
Wednesday 11 April 2012
Radiohead's live drummer and Adele's pianist are jazz stars. They tell Nick Hasted how go-to players are restoring the genre's links to the mainstream
The Shins, Port of Morrow (Columbia)
Sunday 18 March 2012
James Mercer may use the words "sublimate" and "indigent", but don't be fooled: The Shins trade in a highbrow equivalent of landfill indie.
Radiohead try to pull plug on ticket resale rip-offs
Saturday 03 March 2012
They have already cut out record companies by selling music direct to fans. Now Radiohead are taking a stand against the inflated prices that fans are forced to pay for live concerts by launching their own "ethical" ticket exchange.
Album: Jodie Marie, Mountain Echo (Verve)
Friday 02 March 2012
It's interesting how many of today's brighter young talents, from Laura Marling to Duffy, have been reared not on the conveyor-belt exercises of stage school, but on more individually fulfilling engagement with the outré influences of older generations. J
Album: Gotye, Making Mirrors (Communion / Island)
Sunday 12 February 2012
Anyone coming to Gotye's third album via twinkling torch-song-cum-YouTube-phenomenon "Somebody That I Used to Know" may be surprised, then disappointed.
My Fantasy Band: Foe
Friday 06 January 2012
Guitar - Stef Ketteringham
On guitar I've got a guy named Stef Ketteringham, from a band called Shield Your Eyes.
Album: This Mortal Coil, This Mortal Coil (4AD)
Wednesday 28 December 2011
A "Gothic dream-pop supergroup" led by 4AD founder Ivo Watts-Russell, This Mortal Coil established a style of brooding chamber-pop from which would derive subsequent ruminative indie strains like shoegazing.
Eva Braun: Life with Hitler, By Heike B Görtemaker
Wednesday 07 December 2011
Eva Braun was only 17 when she first met Hitler. In October 1929, she was working late in Heinrich Hoffmann's photography shop when her boss introduced her to "Herr Wolf", who turned out to be Adolf Hitler. The three shared a meal of beer and sausages, during which time Hitler is said to have "devoured her with his eyes". Despite the 23-year age gap, Braun was to become an important presence in Hitler's life.
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