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Meltdown 2011 - in pictures

4724 days ago
Guardian MusicExclusive photographs from Ray Davies' Meltdown at its mid-way point more info

Dengue Fever – review

4725 days ago
Guardian MusicQueen Elizabeth Hall, LondonThere is a predictably 60s theme to much of Ray Davies's Meltdown, so it is appropriate that the festival's main world-music offering should come from a band who are influenced by the psychedelic and surf-rock music scene ... more info

Yo La Tengo at Meltdown

4725 days ago
Guardian MusicRoyal Festival Hall, LondonAn indie institution 27 years in the making, Yo La Tengo are gloriously unpredictable. It's often said that no two shows by the New Jersey trio are alike. This is nowhere more apparent than at Sunday's Meltdown show, titled... more info

Beresford/Turner/Viltard at Meltdown – review

4726 days ago
Guardian MusicQueen Elizabeth Hall, LondonThe second concert of Ray Davies's Meltdown festival took place in the foyer of the Queen Elizabeth Hall, as Steve Beresford played a set of free improvisation with drummer Roger Turner and double bassist Guillaume Viltard... more info

Meltdown, Festival Hall: Ray Davies and Friends; Ready Steady Go!, review

4726 days ago
The TelegraphSome of the finest tunes of the Sixties were revived at Ray Davies' excellent Meltdown festival over the weekend. more info

Meltdown Mixtape Monday: The Sonics' favourite Kinks tracks

4726 days ago
DrownedInSoundThe Sonics were basically the germ that spawned punk rock. 40 years after they split up, they've reformed to play Ray Davies' Meltdown festival. As a thank you to Ray for picking them at his curated event, Rob Lind and Jerry Roslie from The Sonics ha... more info

Ray Davies at Meltdown - review

4727 days ago
Guardian MusicKicking off his festival, the former Kinks frontman was in giddy formGiven his authorship of Waterloo Sunset, chances were always high that Ray Davies playing the Southbank Centre in his capacity as curator of this year's Meltdown was going to be spe... more info

Ready Steady Go! – review

4727 days ago
Guardian MusicRoyal Festival Hall, LondonOn a Friday night in the mid-1960s, the most exciting place a teenager could be was in front of the TV watching seminal, swinging and lovably shambolic Ready Steady Go! Featuring new faces and big names beloved by the mod s... more info

Sleeve Notes: Ray Davies's Meltdown

4729 days ago
Guardian MusicThis week we've been getting in gear for Ray Davies's Meltdown festival and listening to a lot of albumsThree reasons why we're excited about MeltdownRay Davies will be playing, just like he is here As will Anna Calvi, Suggs and Geno Washington And, ... more info

London Sinfonietta: Birtwistle & Maxwell Davies Secret Theatre & Eight Songs for a Mad King

4729 days ago
Guardian MusicTwo amazing musical treats on the Sounthbank. Extra members can get best available tickets for £15Landmark works from two of the UK's most pioneering living composers are performed by London Sinfonietta as part of Ray Davies' Meltdown.Acknowledged n... more info

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