ein schmankerl kommt im märz auf (26.03.) uns zu. die kollaboration von alasdair roberts und mairi morrison, einer in glasgow beheimateten, jedoch von der isle of lewis stammenden sängerin, trägt früchte. die beiden arbeiten schon geraume zeit zusammen und traten auch immer wieder in personalunion auf. aber mit "urstan" wird drag city einen ersten tonträger veröffentlichen, der zwölf tracks enthält, die sich sowohl der keltischen sprache bedienen, als auch dem englischen und schottischen sprachraum entstammen. dass sich bei solcherart hochamt auch diverse andere folkmusiker der glasgower musikszene einfinden würde, versteht sich von selbst. so konnte das ungleiche duo u.a. allan [...]
A review of the October 5th gig by James Yorkston, Alasdair Roberts & Adrian Crowley at the Belltable in Limerick.

So here were are once again on another distinctly mediocre morning in one of the most utterly unremarkable months of the calender. I was born in November and at least November is pretty reliably completely shit, whereas October doesn't seem to know what it wants to be. It's not even consistently rubbish enough to hate. So far so fucking splendid. I have been driven away from Facebook today by an over-abundance (i.e. one person) of grown fucking adults talking in fucking babyspeak. "U cud of come 2 [insert name of some shit club or other]." Dear [...]

Incubate is een van de beste festivals die ik ken. Het muziekaanbod is overweldigend en er is ook aandacht voor tentoonstellingen, debatten en lezingen met sprekers als Michael Azerrad en Rob Riemen . Bezoekers en bewoners van Tilburg konden dit jaar ook actief meedoen aan het project Play me, I'm yours . In het centrum van Tilburg stonden op diverse plekken piano's waar jong en oud zich op konden uitleven. Een echt straatfestival dus. Ik was helaas alleen op zaterdag van de partij, maar ook op één dag kun je genoeg moois zien en [...]

Sometimes the Edinburgh weather frustrates me, but sometimes it genuinely makes me laugh - like today. It pissed down with rain all the way through the Festival and now, the minute the tourists leave town, blazing sunshine! Excellent. Sadly the joke is on me as much as any tourist, because all I've really been able to do with the sunshine is sit in my office and stare out the window at it, which is hardly very inspiring, but umm... well, there you go. Anyhow, I am really not certain there's all that much on in Edinburgh [...]
Joanna Newsom - Marlay Park - Damien McGlynn [...]
2 extra because everything about the 1st is fountain-ic. More Bachelorette here.
26.01 - Alasdair Roberts, Joanna Newson @ Centro Cultural de Belém, Lisboa 28.01 - Guta Naki @ Espaço Reflexo, Sintra 29.01 - The Young Gods @ Hard Club, Porto 29.01 - Uni_Form, Cheryl @ MusicBox, Lisboa 30.01 - The Young Gods @ Santiago Alquimista, Lisboa 30.01 - Om @ ZdB, Lisboa 31.01 - Om @ Passos Manuel, Porto 03.02 - Gui Boratto @ Lux, Lisboa 05.02- Wrapped in Sheets, by Kraak [DJ-Set] @
20.01 - Simian Mobile Disco @ Lux, Lisboa 21.01 - The Legendary Tigerman @ Coliseu do Porto, Porto 22.01 - The Legendary Tigerman @ Coliseu dos Recreios, Lisboa 22.01 - Linda Martini @ Centro Cultural Vila Flor, Guimarães 24.01 - Joanna Newson @ Casa da Música, Porto 25.01 - Joanna Newson @ Teatro Aveirense, Aveiro 25.01 - Feeder @ Hard Club, Porto 26.01 - Alasdair Roberts, Joanna Newson @
15.01- Wrapped in Sheets, by Kraak [DJ-Set] @ Café Suave, Lisboa 18.01 - Guta Naki @ Espaço Reflexo, Sintra 20.01 - Simian Mobile Disco @ Lux, Lisboa 21.01 - The Legendary Tigerman @ Coliseu do Porto, Porto 22.01 - The Legendary Tigerman @ Coliseu dos Recreios, Lisboa 22.01 - Linda Martini @ Centro Cultural Vila Flor, Guimarães 24.01 - Joanna Newson @ Casa da Música, Porto 25.01 - Joanna
06.01 - Shit Robot @ Lux, Lisboa 07.01 - JP Simões @ ZdB, Lisboa 15.01- Wrapped in Sheets, by Kraak [DJ-Set] @ Café Suave, Lisboa 18.01 - Guta Naki @ Espaço Reflexo, Sintra 20.01 - Simian Mobile Disco @ Lux, Lisboa 21.01 - The Legendary Tigerman @ Coliseu do Porto, Porto 22.01 - The Legendary Tigerman @ Coliseu dos Recreios, Lisboa 22.01 - Linda Martini @ Centro Cultural Vila Flor,
30.12 - O Maquinista @ ZdB, Lisboa 31.12 - Kraak [DJ-Set] @ Café Suave, Lisboa ------2011 15.01 - Kraak [DJ-Set] @ Café Suave, Lisboa 21.01 - The Legendary Tigerman @ Coliseu do Porto, Porto 22.01 - The Legendary Tigerman @ Coliseu dos Recreios, Lisboa 24.01 - Joanna Newson @ Casa da Música, Porto 25.01 - Joanna Newson @ Teatro Aveirense, Aveiro 25.01 - Feeder @ Hard Club, Porto 26.01 -
25.12 - The Legendary Tigerman @ ZdB, Lisboa30.12 - O Maquinista @ ZdB, Lisboa 31.12 - Kraak [DJ-Set] @ Café Suave, Lisboa ------2011 15.01 - Kraak [DJ-Set] @ Café Suave, Lisboa 21.01 - The Legendary Tigerman @ Coliseu do Porto, Porto 22.01 - The Legendary Tigerman @ Coliseu dos Recreios, Lisboa 24.01 - Joanna Newson @ Casa da Música, Porto 25.01 - Joanna Newson @ Teatro Aveirense, Aveiro
It was another great year in music. Again, like last year, I can't understand those who insists that 'nothing good happened in 20102, annoying hipsters. It was such a diverse year, full of brilliant gems. I won't go into charts and numbering, but here's a rough overview of the stuff I liked this year. Some of the [...]
18.12 - MGMT @ Campo Pequeno, Lisboa18.12 - Linda Martini in Club Docs II @ MusicBox, Lisboa18.12 - Mão Morta @ Hard Club, Porto 25.12 - The Legendary Tigerman @ ZdB, Lisboa30.12 - O Maquinista @ ZdB, Lisboa 31.12 - Kraak [DJ-Set] @ Café Suave, Lisboa ------2011 15.01 - Kraak [DJ-Set] @ Café Suave, Lisboa 21.01 - The Legendary Tigerman @ Coliseu do Porto, Porto 22.01 - The Legendary

Een avond Britse folk en aanverwante muziek was zaterdagavond 27 november te horen in Theater Kikker op het le Guess Who Festival . Ik had net Rob Young's vuistdikke boek Electric Eden gelezen, dus ik was helemaal voorbereid om zowel Young zelf als enkele van mijn favortiete artiesten te zien. Helaas moest Rob Young afzeggen, zodat zijn lezing over Britse (folk)artiesten kwam te vervallen. Over Electric Eden binnenkort meer bij Ketelmuziek. In plaats van Rob Young interviewden Alasdair Roberts (foto) en Alex Neilson elkaar, voorafgaand aan het eerste optreden van de avond. Dat leverde [...]

Con motivo de lo que fue el show de Belle and Sebastian en Santiago, aquí hay una selección de lo mejor de la escena indie escocesa para quien suscribe. Desde los inicios con The Pastels y The Jesus and Mary Chain (vecinos de casa okupa a mediados de los ochenta, en pleno movida post punk), hasta la experimentación de Mogwai, Ganger y Long Fin Killie, pasando por el folk de The Vaselines y de Appendix Out. En el sello Merge (Arcade Fire, Lambchop, Magnetic Fields) decían que hay algo en el agua de Glasgow que hace la música [...]

Folk, anti-folk, psych-folk, new folk, wyrd folk - you know it when you hear it though god knows what it means these days. I'm just glad it's so healthy and so mixed-up, showing some hybrid vigour. Rough Trade have put out a series of fine samplers, and this psych-folk collection is an interesting mix of relatively old-fashioned acts, well-established recent ones like the Owl Service and Six Organs of Admittance, and things that were entirely new to me. The CD comes with a piece by Rob Young, author of Electric Eden (a book I think BBO should be [...]
It's wild, Jim, but not as we know it: Fence Records' Halloween party this year will be taking a theme of "space cowboys and aliens". The event will take place on 31st October in Glasgow at Stereo (and the adjacent The Old Hairdresser), from 2pm to 2am. Just take care to look out for Reavers. [...]
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Die Awesome Newsom kommt am 24. September für ein einziges Konzert in die Schweiz. 78s verlost 2 x 2 Tickets für ihren Auftritt im Zürcher Volkshaus. Mit ihrem Triple-Album "Have One On Me" hat Joanna Newsom im Februar gehörig einen ausgegeben und damit die versammelte Kritikerschar trunken gemacht. In einen euphorischen Rausch versetzt jubelt die Presse das 18 Songs starke Meisterwerk hoch und kommt davon bis heute nicht runter. In inniger Umarmung sind Newsom und ihre Harfe um den musikalischen Kern der zartbesaiteten Songs [...]