A few decades before one US regime declared a war on terror, America’s white rock’n’roll vanguard initiated conflict on a “type of soul-based dance music” that just wasn’t man enough. In 1979, possibly inspired by […]
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Irish gigs round-up
Carla Dal Forno, Grand Social, Dublin, Tuesday 14th, €12.50 Australian singer-songwriter Carla Dal Forno is one of the newest sign-ups to Blackest Ever Black — a label that immediately sets out its stall with its name. The Blackest […]
Jean-Michel Jarre interview: ‘We need to rebuild the future’
Electronic music was always supposed to be about looking to the future, but French pioneer Jean Michel Jarre worries that we’re getting blinded by misty-eyed nostalgia. Chatting about his new album Electronica, Jarre concedes that […]
Electric Dreams come true: Giorgio Moroder interview
Afew A Few years ago if you’d predicted Giorgio Moroder would be making music with Kylie Minogue and Britney Spears you would’ve been laughed out of town. The Italian’s legacy as one of the greats […]
Nile Rodgers interview: ‘Chic is a celebration of my life’
If you’re wondering how Nile Rodgers keeps on top of his endless collaborations and a to-do list as big as a phone book, the clue might be his early starts. We get a lunchtime interview […]
Brutal Truth: Death Grips – The Money Store
“Scary rhyming man, him scares me. Danger. Drummer man is beast monster too, hard hitting pummel thing, is scary and such. Danger.” Of all the thousands of words uttered about Death Grips in the past […]
Quality control: Vitalic – Flashmob
Signalling the arrival of your new album using an online day-hour-minute-second rolling countdown is a bit conceited, but we can forgive Vitalic. Flashmob is another genre-defying record from the French electro trendsetter, and the chattering […]
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