Collaborative Music Blogging Project
Portland, Oregon quintet Radiation City release their new single Milky White via Polyvinyl today, and have announced a slew of European tour dates this spring. The band will be taking in 20.04.2016 Hamburg (DE), Aalhaus 21.04.2016 Berlin (DE), Kantine am Berghain 22.04.2016 Leipzig (DE), Baustelle 23.04.2016 Schorndorf (DE), Manufaktur 25.04.2016 Munich (DE), Café Muffathalle 27.04.2016…
Continue reading Out Today: Radiation City – ‘Milky White’
It’s a Melbourne rock ‘n’ roll residency as Courtney Barnett brings her local pals Big Scary with her. Kicking off the first of two nights at London’s Forum. Definitely worth arriving early for, Big Scary are fitting opener for this sell out show. Officially they’re a duo comprised of Tom Isanek and singing-drummer Jo Symes,…
Continue reading [Live Review] Courtney Barnett + Big Scary @ The Forum, London 25.11.15
Mikael Tariverdiev – Film Music It is something of a dream for many music enthusiasts to discover something special and unknown, and to be able to bring it to a new audience. Last Friday saw the release on Earth Recordings, co-ordinated by Stephen Coates of The Real Tuesday Weld, of the first compilation of Mikael…
Continue reading [Album Review] – Mikael Tariverdiev – Film Music
Ray Charles performs ‘I Believe to my Soul’ at the 1960 Newport Jazz Festival On the 27th November, History of Soul Records release an 8CD compilation exploring the transition from the 1920s onwards from sacred music to the soul music of the late 50s and 60s. Kid Vinyl had the chance to listen to a…
Continue reading ALBUM REVIEW: Various Artists – From Sacred to Secular: a soul awakening
My Sunday morning listening – a beautiful track from Moroccan-French singer Hindi Zahra, from the new album Homeland. Hindi plays the Elgar Room at the Royal Albert Hall in London on the 8th November as part of the Nour Festival of Arts.
Melbourne Duo Big Scary release their debut single Organism on One Little Indian, on 27th November. The pair will bringing their twisted pop and (hopefully) interesting dance moves to the UK this Autumn. They will be supporting Courtney Barnett on tour, and have just announced two headline shows in London. November 25 Wed LONDON…
Continue reading [Video] Big Scary ‘Organism’
17th July 1995 was a special day in my young life, not only would it be my first ever gig, but it would be to see my favourite band, Blur. The build up was quite unlike any other I’ve experienced, even though they would go on to do much bigger gigs, this felt very special,…
Continue reading KV looks back: Blur at Mile End, 20 years on
Beautiful Lake District electronica from Haiku Salut, on How Does It Feel To Be Loved Records
The rather brilliant, and long-term KV favourite, Kristin Hersh granted me some of her time for an email interview. I could play it cool, but I’m not so I’ll just go ahead and state that it was a big deal for me, even though we didn’t actually meet. As I had hoped, she was engaging…
Continue reading [Interview] Kristin Hersh
La Petite Mort is James 14th album, and the 4th since reforming in 2007 following Tim Booth’s temporary departure. It’s part of a second era for James, distinguished by a change from songs that emerged through lengthy jam sessions to a more standard song-writing method. And so these later albums have a different feel to…
Continue reading [Album Review] James: La Petite Mort