Posts Tagged 'music'

The mighty Underworld bestride London headlining the South West Four electronic music and dance festival on August 27 2011. Tickets go on sale today; I’ve already got mine and I’m counting the days to August 27.

I love this! Via Hospital Records podcast

Channel hopping late last night I stumbled across the 50 Greatest Guitar Heroes on MTV; a rather drawn out, ad filled marathon of a programme. Luckily I happened upon it at just the right moment to see the Rolling Stones performing ‘Satisfaction’ live. A performance which includes this wonderful moment where a fan rushes the Read the article…

I can’t remember how I came across the Studio Multitracks site, and specifically this post on Gimme Shelter, but it’s fascinating. I’m a latter day Stones fan having only really ‘got’ their music last year – it just clicked one day. My wife bought me Keith Richards autobiography Life for Christmas which is a great Read the article…

I can’t wait to see the new Darren Aronofsky film Black Swan. The soundtrack is from regular Aronofsky collaborator Clint Mansell who has used Tchaikovsky’s music as a base for his; which sounds intriguing. Every time I watch the trailer the hairs on my neck stand on end.

The Social Network is the recent film from David Fincher about the founding of Facebook. Tim Van Damme recommended the soundtrack on Twitter, and at $5 – yes $5 – it seemed a veritable bargain; quick preview confirmed that to be so. It’s a dark suite of electronica, which having since seen the film doesn’t Read the article…