15 Jul 2010
[8:22 pm] by Author: Ken Ley | Filed under: Music - misc
Take That is back!!! – And ‘Yes’… Robbie Williams is back in the gang too. In a release to the fans on July 15th at 09:00pm it is stated, that all the guys are back together for an all-new album release in November 2010.
Tags: Gary Barlow, Robbie Williams, Stuart Price, Take That
10 Jul 2010
[1:33 pm] by Author: Ken Ley | Filed under: Music - misc
Theo Hutchcraft and Adam Anderson are the names of two of Britain’s most promising pop artists. Through the spring and summer of 2010, their two singles ‘Wonderful Life’ and ‘Better than life’ have oozed from my preferred web channels.
Tags: Adam Anderson, Disco Lento, Hurts, Manchester, Theo Hutchcraft, UK
27 Jun 2010
[12:02 pm] by Author: Ken Ley | Filed under: Music - misc
LATEBAR RECOMMENDS: DR Unga Bunga – Danish indie/electronica radio online and then some.
Tags: DR, Electronica, Indie, online, Radio, Unga Bunga, web
9 Jun 2010
[12:20 am] by Author: Ken Ley | Filed under: Music - album
Duran Duran keyboard wizard Nick Rhodes explains why the process of making the band’s next album has been so complicated and why a release date has been postponed until the beginning of 2011.
Tags: Duran Duran, Nick Rhodes
13 May 2010
[8:50 pm] by Author: Ken Ley | Filed under: Music - album
After massive touring the Danish electro-rock pop-power-trio Carpark North is ready to take over the world. ‘Lost’ is going to be the title of the band’s 4th album – their long expected international debut.
Tags: Carpark North, Lau Højen, Lost, Martin de Thurah, Morten Thorhauge, Søren Balsner, Sony Music
2 May 2010
[9:58 am] by Author: Ken Ley | Filed under: Music - live
The most legendary of all jazz clubs in Nothern Europe sadly had to close 34 years ago. Saturday jazz came home to Copenhagen, when Montmartre reopened.
Tags: Jazz, Jeff 'Tait' Watts, Montmartre, Niels Lan Doky, Rune Bech
28 Feb 2010
[11:49 am] by Author: Ken Ley | Filed under: Music - misc
Electronica seems to importunately modulate into different genres of music and create something new. It usually happens when younger and daring artists challenge conventions and … play for the sake of playing. James Yuill is exactly that – a daring and gifted young musician bringing electronica and folk together. Creating beautiful art!
Tags: Electronica, Folk, Folktronica, James Yuill
14 Feb 2010
[11:56 am] by Author: Ken Ley | Filed under: Music - misc
Danish rockband ‘The Blue Van’ has earned great success just south of Denmark. Their hit single ‘Man Up’ will be aired every Friday on German television, when ‘Countdown – die jagd beginnt’ runs on channel RTL. Congrats boys!
Tags: Iceberg, Man Up, Politiken, RTL, The Blue Van
9 Feb 2010
[12:21 pm] by Author: Ken Ley | Filed under: Music - album
A slip of the tongue and a LA Times blogpost swiftly removed spawns rumours of an upcoming release from the band Radiohead. The blog ‘Stereogum’ follows the matter closely and hopes to get disclosure soon (as do we).
Tags: Radiohead, Stereogum, Thom Yorke
7 Feb 2010
[10:55 pm] by Author: Ken Ley | Filed under: Music - misc
Plagiarism is foul play. But sometimes lawsuits seems to have only one purpose – to milk someone elses cow. A company called Larrikin Publishing bought the 1932 childrens song ‘Kookaburra’ of a dead teacher and then sued the flute from “Down Under”.
Tags: Down Under, Greg Ham, Kookaburra, Larrikin Publishing, Marion Sinclair, Men At Work