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Underworld's brief to 'frighten people' at the London 2012 opening ceremony

5022 days ago
Guardian MusicRick Smith of techno duo Underworld reveals how they tackled the soundtrack to the London Olympics opening ceremony – and how it left him with an 'absolutely beautiful feeling'The contrast between this summer's two uber-spectaculars – the diamond... more info

Roxy Music: The Complete Studio Recordings 1972-1982 – review

5022 days ago
Guardian MusicThey became a byword for yuppie pop, music as luxury goods – but Roxy Music were always much odder than thatIn a world of lavish, expensive box sets, you might expect Roxy Music's 40th anniversary package to be the most lavish of the lot. But the... more info

B. Coop As The Elephant Man

5023 days ago
DlistedI went to Williamstown, MA a couple of weekends ago, because every now and again I like to trade in my nightly routine of getting drunk in my underwear on my couch for getting drunk in my swim panties on a patch of grass in the country somewhere. And... more info

Camp Bestival: how was it for you?

5025 days ago
Guardian MusicDid Rizzle Kicks delight or disappoint? And who won the big Saturday night disco playoff? We want to hear your take on the weekend's festivitiesThis year's Camp Bestival basked in three days of sunshine, the first consistently lovely weekend of the s... more info

London 2012 opening ceremony compilation album tops iTunes chart

5025 days ago
Guardian MusicIsles of Wonder, the album featuring music from Danny Boyle's spectacular, sold 10,000 copies in two daysAn album featuring music from the London 2012 opening ceremony has sold more than 10,000 copies within 24 hours of going on sale. The compilation... more info

DiS meets Johnny Marr & Nile Rodgers - "The greatest artistic motivator in music is jealousy"

5026 days ago
DrownedInSoundDiS' David Edwards and Simon Catlin talk guitars, music and collaborating with two icons of late twentieth-century guitar playing: Johnny Marr and Nile Rodgers.... we kick off an interview with such lines as “When I was playing with Bowie” and ... more info

Trailer trash

5026 days ago
Guardian MusicThe ICA pays tribute to Bowie's golden years, and Nitin Sawhney scores Hitchcock's The LodgerBowie on celluloidThe first film festival dedicated to the on-screen appearances of David Bowie will take place at London's ICA at the end of August. Bowiefe... more info

What Danny Boyle's Olympics opening ceremony said about Britain's cultural landscape

5027 days ago
Guardian MusicSerious and silly, subversive and mainstream, high and low: Danny Boyle's bonkers Olympics opening ceremony could only have been made by a British artistThe NHS, gay kisses; the Sex Pistols, Ken Loach; the Windrush, the Suffragette movement. As Danny... more info

Ceremony's throbbing soundtrack adds aural excitement to a visual spectacular

5027 days ago
Guardian MusicDanny Boyle's track selections for the Olympics opener ranged from the Sex Pistols to Elgar, and all points in betweenA wide variety of different British musical styles provided the soundtrack to the opening ceremony of the London 2012 Olympics.Here ... more info

Olympics show pays tribute to British pop

5027 days ago
Guardian MusicFrom the Beatles to Blur, more than 50 years of popular music are celebrated at London 2012 opening ceremonyMore than 50 years of British pop music were honoured by Danny Boyle as part of his 2012 Olympics opening ceremony in east London. Featuring a... more info

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