Many people were delighted to see John Bramwell, better known as I Am Kloot, gain some long-overdue recognition last year. The Mercury-nominated Sky At Night was a continuation of their darkly attractive worldview, more fully realised and hinting at the possibility of a larger audience to match their critical acclaim. We caught up with John [...]
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In the City was the late Tony Wilson’s gift to the British music industry, featuring guest speakers and a whole host of unsigned bands competing to be awarded the unofficial title of ‘boys or girls most likely to.’ This year’s event is in Manchester and features panellists including Elbow’s Guy Garvey and The Charlatans‘ Tim Burgess. [...]
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During the recent Mercury Music prize press blitz, you’d have been forgiven for thinking John Bramwell, better known as I Am Kloot, was only in the running because he was pals with Elbow’s Guy Garvey. The media, looking for an angle, decided the comparision between the struggling indie band and the massively-successful indie band was [...]
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It may be archaic and even somewhat quaint to younger readers, but musicians used to spend a long time deciding the make-up of an album. Deciding what songs were selected wasn’t simply about which ones were best; many acts often left storming tracks go out as b-sides because they didn’t fit the concept of the [...]
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In the final part of our look at decade-defining works, we shift gears slightly and look at what the current era will be remembered for musically. Frankly, we’re gutted John and Edward won’t release a record before the qualifying period ends. So, the 00s, or the noughties, or whatever you chose to call them. What [...]
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Despite her Mercury Prize win Speech Debelle’s debut album is struggling to make an impact in the charts, according to unofficial midweek figures. Speech Therapy is showing no signs of the ‘Elbow effect’, slipping to below 90 after reaching 65 in the album chart last week. Though calling it ‘the Elbow effect’ would indicate it [...]
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London rapper Speech Debelle won the 2009 Mercury Music Prize last night for her debut album Speech Therapy. The album, which the Sun will no doubt enjoy pointing out had sold only 3000 copies up to yesterday, beat off stiff competition from Florence & the Machine and Bat for Lashes to win the coveted award. [...]
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Yes, let hosannas ring out and deities be praised, it’s the Ivor Novello Awards nominations time of year again. The longest running and, we are told, most prestigious award that it is possible for yer average overly hirsute long-haired layabout to win, because it is about the songwriting. That most indefinable of all skills, that [...]
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Tradition. It’s a wide and varied concept which means many different things to many different people. For some, it’s a proud and disciplined code, a link back to happier times, before credit crunches and Alan Carr. For others, it’s a millstone, a nostalgic excuse to indulge in sepia-tinged memories of situations that didn’t actually exist. [...]
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