Tonight found me and S at the Institute for Contemporary Arts (ICA) for the gig to launch Goldheart Assembly’s debut album, ‘Wolves And Thieves‘. I’ve never been at the ICA before, and what an interesting place it is. They have a couple of cinema screens that show small circulation films and several permanent art exhibitions, […]
Signal To Noise!
Last night we went to see Peter Gabriel for his final performance at the O2 in Greenwich to mark the launch of the new album, ‘Scratch My Back‘. The album features songs by Peter’s favourite artists, but with new arrangements for full orchestra by John Metcalfe and performed by the New Blood Orchestra. After a […]
Broadcast 2000
Last night I was over at the fantastic Luminaire venue in Kilburn for the special launch gig for Broadcast 2000‘s new album. To help out on the night, he had picked out three of his favourite bands, and the gig started with Stars of Sunday League, a Scottish boy-girl combo. They have a bright, very […]
United Underground
Last night I went over to United Underground, an event at the Southbank Centre organised around activism, live music and film, and sponsored by Ctrl-Alt-Shift magazine. During the day the event focussed on activities in the Centre’s foyer, now dubbed the ‘Front Room’, but I turned up for the evening’s events and concentrated on what […]
United Underground @ The Southbank Centre
I’m going to go along to this exciting event at the Southbank Centre from 5pm this Saturday, organised by Ctrl Alt Shift, British Underground and Riz MC . It promises to be an eclectic mixture of live music, performance art, film and features some influential speakers including Ken Livingston, Peter Tatchell and others. The live […]
Laura Live
Last night we went over to the Union Chapel to see Laura Veirs, on her worldwide tour to promote the new album, July Flame I love the Union Chapel – it’s a unique space with a unique history, and an appropriate venue for such a unique talent as Laura Veirs. Given its cavernous dimensions it’s […]
Two Beautiful Things
Well I didn’t venture out into the cold over the weekend – I kept myself nice and warm inside. I did quite a bit of web-browsing to pass the time, and came across this article featured on boingboing.net , my favourite website for mooching around on when I don’t have anything else to do – […]
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