St Matthias Church, Stoke Newington, London Friday, 1st November 2024 Billed as “An Evening With iamthemorning”, the idea of Marjana Semkina and Gleb Kolyadin, and their band playing their songs of death and pain in a church seems like a…
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I have always been musically drawn to outsiders, to wonky pop, avant pop, call it what you will, and anything slightly, and sometimes a lot off-kilter. An early satisfier of that strange appetite of mine was John Cale, whom I…
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Those familiar with the wonderfully bell-like clarity of Sharron Fortnam’s voice will be chuffed to know that she has a new band, and that they’ve made an album. That band is Kugelschreiber, which means nowt more exotic than “ball-point pen”,…
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The Bedford, Balham, London Sunday 29th September 2024 A wet, very wet journey to the venue means your writer was soaked through and somewhat slightly dripping when he arrived at the pre-gig curry, which thankfully went some way to relieving…
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The Camden Club, London Friday, 13th September 2024 PETER CHILVERS Long time collaborator of Tim Bowness, tonight Peter Chilvers is one man and his heavily reverbed piano. Almost Enoesque, it’s no wonder him and the great man were a perfect…
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About six weeks ago, I met up with David Cross Band co-founder and keyboard player Sheila Maloney in a well-known meeting place/pub at the back of Kings Cross station for a good old natter. Read on… Roger Trenwith: Tell us…
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The Camden Club, London Sunday, 8th September 2024 MARIA FAUSTA From David Cross’s Italian connections comes this engaging solo artist, playing her electronically enhanced violin, piano and synth, and singing plaintive songs, with her sonorous alto voice adding a touch…
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229 The Venue, London Thursday, 22nd August 2024 KUNAL SINGHAL Kunal Singhal, as well as being an active and important music promoter, promoting new left-field musicians via his Chaos Theory operation, has a neat musical act himself, featuring improvised vocal…
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Part Three reveals an overall musical quality dip, unsurprising given the number of “underground” labels now resorting to hoovering up the average bands by the denim-clad bag load. Our trawl is redeemed by a couple of real gems by unknowns.…
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The Water Rats, London Friday, 9th August 2024 A fine meal with some fine people at the venue preceded this album launch gig for An Explosion Of Nothing, the keenly awaited new waxing (well in my house, at least!) by…
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