A brief look at her back catalog reveals a stunning fact: Sinead O'Connor has quietly become one of the greatest song interpreters of the last quarter century.
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It's Valentines Day. Love it or hate it, you can't deny it. I will, of course, effortlessly be showing Mrs M just what a lucky catch I was. And for the rest of you, by way of a massively contrived link, let us cover you with love too. Here is a tasty little mix of covers we've picked up to follow on from yesterday's Bad Moon Rising post , just don't expect them to be all loved-up now will you. First up is a sublime cover of Neil Young's classic Hey Hey [...]
A track for Sunday. WhoMadeWho: "Inside World" (Acoustic feat. John Grant) [ mp3 ]
Knowing full well that Friday will be a late one, the festival lays on the best possible thing to do with a hangover on Saturday morning - the now habitual trip to the Blue Lagoon thermal pools. For the damaged Airwave heads there's a mellow DJ, a local band and a bar (serving a maximum of 3 beers per sore head). NOTHING you have tried is as curing as this pool combined with hair-of-the-dog. As the crowd loosen up they make their way closer to the DJ and the day becomes a water party for grown-ups; meeting and talking to [...]
Beginning Friday with something we would only do once this weekend – namely making it down for the hotel breakfast – we're fresh and ready to check out some of the vast off-venue gigs that take place from early afternoon up till around the time the main venues kick off. In the gorgeous and spacious Kex hostel Seattle radio station KEXP have set up shop and are broadcasting live over the whole weekend. They have an impressive line-up of acts popping in to do intimate sets and the first we catch are Oaklahoma's Other Lives . They [...]
13 a 23.10 - Howe Gelb, John Grant, Stuart A. Staples, Mazgani, Dead Combo, Guta Naki, The Legendary Tigerman, We Trust, King Creosote & Jon Hopkins, Sean Riley & The Slowriders in Festival Sintra Misty 2011 @ Centro Cultural Olga Cadaval, Sintra 22.10 - HEALTH @ MusicBox, Lisboa 23.10 - Bonnie 'Prince' Billy @ Centro Cultural Vila Flor, Guimarães 24.10 - Bonnie 'Prince' Billy @ Teatro
13 a 23.10 - Howe Gelb, John Grant, Stuart A. Staples, Mazgani, Dead Combo, Guta Naki, The Legendary Tigerman, We Trust, King Creosote & Jon Hopkins, Sean Riley & The Slowriders in Festival Sintra Misty 2011 @ Centro Cultural Olga Cadaval, Sintra 14.10 - Lazy Lizard Live @ Mercado Negro, Aveiro 14.10 - Wrapped in Sheets [Kraak DJ-Set] @ Café Suave, Lisboa 15.10 - Linda Martini @
This week has seen The Line of Best Fit celebrating everything to do with the wonderful label that is Bella Union . There are a couple of names that have become synonymous with the label, names such as Midlake, Fleet Foxes and Beach House. Another name that has become inextricably linked to the label is that of John Grant , who first released through Bella Union back in 2000 when his band The Czars put out Before...But Longer . In 2010, marking a ten year relationship with [...]
08.10 - Oneida in OUT.FEST 2011 @ Pavilhão dos Ferroviários, Barreiro 09.10 - Oneida @ Passos Manuel, Porto 09.10 - Old Jerusalem @ FNAC Chiado (Showcase), Lisboa 13 a 23.10 - Howe Gelb, John Grant, Stuart A. Staples, Mazgani, Dead Combo, Guta Naki, The Legendary Tigerman, We Trust, King Creosote & Jon Hopkins, Sean Riley & The Slowriders in Festival Sintra Misty 2011 @ Centro Cultural
24.09 - Wrapped in Sheets [Kraak DJ-Set] @ Café Suave, Lisboa 24.09 - Noiserv @ Auditório Municipal do Seixal, Seixal 24.09 - Old Jerusalem @ Passos Manuel, Porto 29.09 - Dezperados + Peaches DJ-Set @ Lux, Lisboa 30.09 - Totally Enormous Extinct Dinosaurs @ MusicBox, Lisboa 30.09 - Lissabon @ Tertúlia Castelense, Maia 08.10 - Oneida in OUT.FEST 2011 @ Pavilhão dos Ferroviários,
3 date per John Grant : Roma (11 @ Auditorium), Bologna (12 @ Covo), Firenze (13 @ Sala Vanni). John Grant a novembre in Italia pubblicato su Indie For BUNNIES
A sense of the subdued lingers come Sunday and it's not until Omar Souleyman teases the fragile from the throes of both slumber and splintering headache on the Main Stage that many beings are encountered. Like a snake charmer beguiling a pit of serpents with processed Korg frenetics, his wearied disciples slowly but surely cross the mudded planes of Robin Hill Country Park, dressed in suriyahs and tea towels, to raise their slithering arms towards Souleyman. Introduced by a stern translator in suit and shades, Souleyman eventually emerges, clenches his microphone between arm and torso, and begins to [...]
Photos: Sapphire Mason-Brown The writers of 'The Sopranos' may disagree, but there is a psychological human need for closure. After being cast into the deep, dark waters of instability and potential obscurity, John Grant found himself being rescued by the collective extended arm of country-rock outfit Midlake. Once The Czars broke up, John Grant was in the musical equivalent of "No Man's Land". Fortunately, he has recently burst back onto the scene thanks to his near-perfect album release last year, The Queen Of Denmark, for which Midlake acted as his backing [...]
I Am Kloot, Crawdaddy Stage Quite an early start for the notoriously heavy-drinking I Am Kloot and John Bramwell does confirm to us that he did have a big night. We get a long, orchestral introduction and then sweep into the most recent album's opener, 'Northern Skies', just tender enough for the aching heads and lively enough to stop us falling asleep. The three-piece have been upped to six for the show and this means we get some live brass and a big sound, which is just as well as the thumping sound from the Electric [...]
09.09 - Six Organs of Admittance @ Culturgest, Porto10.09 - Six Organs of Admittance @ Teatro Maria Matos, Lisboa 10.09 - Ellen Allien @ Gare, Porto 12.09 - Anna Calvi @ Hard Club, Porto 13.09 - Anna Calvi @ Lux, Lisboa 17.09 - Old Jerusalem @ ZdB, Lisboa 24.09 - Wrapped in Sheets [Kraak DJ-Set] @ Café Suave, Lisboa 24.09 - Noiserv @ Auditório Municipal do Seixal, Seixal 29.09 - Dezperados +
È stata dura ma alla fine nonostante i problemi di passaporto (e grazie a Ryanair) ce l'abbiamo finalmente fatta a vedere John Grant , e ne è valsa la pena perché quella di Ferrara è stata una esibizione toccante e coinvolgente, di quelle che non ti scordi tanto facilmente. Nella sua musica ci sono storie di dolore, caduta e resurrezione che potenzialmente chiunque nella vita un giorno potrebbe trovarsi a vivere ma che sono raccontate in maniera unica e singolare e sentite dal vivo fanno tutto un altro effetto. A Ferrara non c'erano i Midlake [...]
John Grant tem dois concertos marcados no nosso país durante o próximo mês de outubro: um dia 19 no Auditório de Espinho e outro no dia seguinte no festival Sintra Misty. Para quem não conhece, ficam aqui dois vídeos do artista: o oficial de "Chicken Bones" e uma versão ao vivo de "Queen of Denmark". Vale a pena ver e ouvir!
26.08 - Linda Martini, Terrakota, X-Wife, Orelha Negra in Noites Ritual 2011 @ Jardins do Palácio de Cristal, Porto10.09 - Six Organs of Admittance @ Teatro Maria Matos, Lisboa 12.09 - Anna Calvi @ Hard Club, Porto 13.09 - Anna Calvi @ Lux, Lisboa 13 a 23.10 - Howe Gelb, John Grant in Festival Sintra Misty 2011 @ Centro Cultural Olga Cadaval, Sintra03.11 - The Antlers @ Lux, Lisboa 29.11 - Girls
MM wasn't the only one snapping pictures from Truck Festival this year. Here are a selection from Moo, our own mini Mad Mackerel. Click to view slideshow. a Download Edwyn Collins - Losing Sleep mp3 (from Losing Sleep) Download Caitlin Rose – Shotgun Wedding mp3 (from Dead Flowers EP) Download Justin Townes Earle – Harlem River Blues mp3 (from Harlem River Blues) Download Sea of Bees – The Woods mp3 (from The Woods EP) Download The Duke & [...]
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