In League With Paton

One of the monthly music magazines this month opens its review of the latest Bad Plus album by claiming: "For all those who thought tha...

Rilo Kiley’s 'Under The Blacklight' I’m expecting some rather baffled reactions to this latest outing from music press darlings Rilo...

Sly and The Family Stone?! In Boscombe?! Well what on earth was that about? Without doubt, Sly Stone's 'appearance' at the Bourn...

With impeccable timing, the legendary Swedish filmmaker Ingmar Bergman has died, at the grand age of 89, just as his most famous work, The S...

Kenny Werner, The Bad Plus, Michael Brecker, Box Of Dub, Cinematic Orchestra Kenny Werner is reasonably well known as a Pianist, mostly wor...

Stars Of The Lid, Colleen, Fennesz Sakamoto, Led Bib, James Blackshaw Much has already been written about Kranky label artists Stars Of The ...

This is going to become a big multiple post catching up on some of the more unusual and esoteric sounds I’ve been immersing myself in this y...

OK, I've made some predictions and selections, now I've thought of my ideal alternative shortlist. Please note that I'm actually...

It would be difficult to watch two more different gigs consecutively than Steely Dan at the Hammersmith Apollo and Daniel Johnston at The Un...

So here it is.... Young Knives Bat For Lashes Jamie T Klaxons The View Amy Winehouse Basquiat Strings feat. Seb Rochford Dizzee Rascal New Y...

Thanks to DJ Martian for, as usual, being the most comprehensive person on the web and constructing this list of albums eligible for the pri...

Oh dear, the NME has come up with a truly ghastly list of possible Mercury nominations: Candie Payne - 'I Wish I Could Have Loved You Mo...

According to the Mercury Music Prize website, the nominations for the 2007 award are being announced tomorrow morning. Does anyone actually ...

Back in late 2006, when I went to see Iron and Wine play with Calexico at London’s Forum, Sam Beam played a song that immediately struck me ...

This year I have been very absorbed in a range of instrumental music (especially the likes of Battles, Supersilent, David Torn, John Surman,...

If the YouTube material posted here is anything to go by, REM appear to have rediscovered their Mojo: http://remdublin.com/blog/ethank/2007/...

Over the past two weeks, I’ve finally found some time to rent some DVDs and catch up with some films I had intended to see in the cinema ove...

Oh dear. Some concerts exist largely so that the word ‘disappointing’ can be deployed by anoraks like me. Al Green’s ‘performance’ at the Ro...

Last night’s Beirut gig at Koko must surely rank as one of the best gigs of 2007 so far. Koko now seems to be the London venue of choice for...

Magnolia Electric Co. and Guests, The Scala, 25th June 2007 Having praised Immaculate Machine’s embrace of detail and intricacy yesterday, i...