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Once the sultan of sleazy synth pop, Marc Almond's new Edinburgh show Ten Plagues examines the Black Death. Gloomy? 'We're all dropping off the end of a conveyor belt,' h...
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1978: Number 5 in our series of the 50 key events in the history of dance musicIt scarcely seems credible now, but ahead of Studio 54 as Billboard's Best Disco in the Wor...
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Royal Festival Hall, LondonOn 1 June 1951, the folklorist AL Lloyd organised an evening at St Pancras Town Hall in London, as a contribution to the Festival of Britain. T...
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In the 1980s, Johnny Cash was languishing on the cabaret circuit, until a group of indie artists turned him from country star into cultural icon. By Graeme ThomsonOf all ...
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Rock and roll is defined by its excess. To fictionalise it can at best seem like a poor imitationIt was with great pleasure, as an adolescent, that I came upon a copy of ...
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Patrick Wolf The City (Mercury) Patrick Wolf has spent most of his adult life channelling Lady Gaga through the body of Marc Almond. He's calmed down recently and now loo...
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FourSteps said...TRY TO BE AMUSED has an unexpected double-feature. Our first post is an Art Garfunkel compilation based on his own choices for his best songs from his s...
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It was back in the summer when my boss at work tossed over a copy of the NME which featured a band called The Drums on the cover. He thought I might be interested in rea...
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Catch her on tour with Marc Almond!
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Along with the rest of Throbbing Gristle, Sleazy was a bold provocateur and activist. But he was also one of the most innovative musicians of his generationIt's impossibl...
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Grand, LeedsThe 30 years in pop that Marc Almond is celebrating with his tour have given him the kind of chequered history he immortalised in song. The New Romantic idol ...
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Maggoty Lamb applauds the Stool Pigeon's continued success and wonders if the telephone interview is due for an upgradeDoes anybody out there like the idea of a music pap...
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British pop icon MARC ALMOND fears his new album VARIETE will be the last to feature new material - because he no longer thinks he's a good enough songwriter.The former.....
→ Posted 9 July 2010 1.32am — Comment on this
We've raved on repeatedly about Barcelona's annual Primavera Sound Festival, and its unique status among music festivals as an echo of WFMU's own musical worl...
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