Messa de Requiem – Quattro Pezzi Sacri. Hungarian State Opera Choir and Orchestra, Morandi. Naxos £9.99 (double disc, 126 minutes DDD) First published by the Weekly Worker, February 2001. www.cpgb.org.uk 2001 is Verdi centenary year, so music lovers had best brace themselves for a veritable flood of recordings from the major companies, which, in common [...]
Archive for September, 2010
Verdi : Requiem
Posted: 30th September 2010 by Harry in CULTURE, MUSICTags: Classical Music, The Weekly Worker, Verdi
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God Bless The Fourth Estate
Posted: 29th September 2010 by Harry in BLOG, CULTURE, POLITICS & CURRENT AFFAIRSTags: bigotry, ignorance, racism, The Daily Mail
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Middle-brow tabloid, The Daily Mail was, today, at the centre of its biggest controversy since its infamous, fascist-supporting ‘Hurrah for the Blackshirts’ headline of 1934. Shockingly, the newspaper’s editor, in response to the latest, official immigration figures decided to publish them unaltered and without the paper’s usual spin; in short, it told the truth. The [...]
Dyonisis : Intoxicated
Posted: 27th September 2010 by Harry in MUSICTags: Ambient, Dyonisis, Goth, Moonshine Magazine, Music
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First published in Moonshine Magazine, September 2010. www.mickmoonshine.co.uk This, the second, self-financed album from Dyonisis, might more accurately be titled ‘Sedated’, given the utter lack of variety and sheer, grinding monotony on offer. Hold on, though; my personal brief is to help and promote unsigned acts and I work on the premise that if I [...]
Shaolin Temple of Boom : Duel
Posted: 27th September 2010 by Harry in MUSICTags: David Alvarez, Shaolin Temple Of Boom, Soundsphere Magazine
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First published by Soundsphere Magazine, August 2010. www.spheremag.co.uk He’s an interesting guy, David Alvarez. A multi-instrumentalist, producer, singer, songwriter and arranger, he’s been determinedly ploughing his own furrow, well outside the main-stream, before launching the, extremely oddly-monikered, Shaolin Temple of Boom in 2005. Alvarez is the project’s only permanent member and, as its sole songwriter, [...]
Pete Goes Out
Posted: 27th September 2010 by Harry in BLOG, LIFETags: Humour, Mick and Keef, Pete Tynan, Rolling Stones, The Devil
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For my Toxic Twin, Pete Tynan With much thanks to Mick Wall. He stood there, leering over my shoulder. “Come on, ya miserable fucker! You know you want to” I shook my head. “No. I don’t” “Do so” He insisted. “OK, maybe I do, but I’m not going to. I’m fed up with the grief, [...]
Le Weekend
Posted: 27th September 2010 by Harry in BLOG, MUSICTags: Imperial Circus, Isolysis, Mick Moonshine, Sitwell Tavern, Toxic Federation
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Le weekend kicked off in fine form with a visit to Derby’s premier rock and biker bar, the Sitwell Tavern. In the company of She Who Is Never Wrong, Toxic Feddies JR Windsor, Jake Graham and the band’s manager, Beth Windsor, we popped along to see the rather fine Isolysis Despite the absence of monitors and [...]
Project Pitchfork : Continuum Ride
Posted: 27th September 2010 by Harry in MUSICTags: 80s, A-Ha, Continuum Ride, Industrial, Project Pitchfork, Soundsphere Magazine
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First published by Soundsphere Magazine, August 2010. www.spheremag.co.uk Albeit unwittingly, most likely, these guys have, somehow, absorbed their near-countryman, Mozart’s, famous maxim; namely, that rhythm is the most important element of music. Yes, indeed. This is animated, energetic, highly danceable stuff. But, man, it sure is dark in there. So, let’s turn the lights on, [...]
Toxic Federation : JB’s
Posted: 27th September 2010 by Harry in MUSICTags: Alex Stroud, George Coleman, Jake Graham, JB's, JR Windsor, Mitch Emms, New Rock Music, Toxic Federation
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Dudley, 11th September 2010. First published by New Rock Music, September 2010. www.newrockmusic.co.uk Photos copyright © Sue Paterson 2010 www.suepaterson.co.uk Toxic Federation released their new album, As One, on September 11th. Choosing as the launching pad, their headlining slot at the third annual Brit Rock and Metal Fest at the beleaguered and under siege Dudley [...]
Help For Heroes Rock Fest
Posted: 27th September 2010 by Harry in MUSICTags: Ascendance, Blindsided, Captain Horizon, Help For Heroes, New Rock Music, Rocket Dolls, Undue
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The Royal Oak, Stourbridge 29th August 2010 First published by New Rock Music, September 2010. www.newrockmusic.co.uk Photos copyright © Sue Paterson 2010 www.suepaterson.co.uk Whatever your particular politics, there will, I’m sure, be little disagreement when I state the current treatment of injured military personnel is a disgrace and a travesty. Tthat armed forces personnel, many of whom come from some [...]
Toxic Federation : The Greyhound
Posted: 27th September 2010 by Harry in MUSICTags: Alex Stroud, George Coleman, Jake Graham, JR Windsor, Mitch Emms, New Rock Music, Patriot's Gamble, The Greyhound, Toxic Federation
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Beeston, Notts 17th July 2010. With a combined average age of just 18 years and six months, the five youngsters that comprise Toxic Federation display a maturity and slick professionalism that belies their tender years. So what’s their secret? Is it the songs? Well certainly their material is impressive; satisfyingly heavy but razor-sharp and hook-laden [...]