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Brennan Green and Andy Butler to Collaborate on New Kid Creole Album

4698 days ago
XLR8RNo wave-affiliated, tropical-funk veteran Kid Creole apparently has a new album in the works for the patently nostalgic Strut imprint, which is scheduled to drop on September 13. read more more info

Soft Cell - Eighties Pop Concert Axed

4722 days ago
ContactMusicA 1980s nostalgia concert set to star Soft Cell's Marc Almond and Kim Wilde has been cancelled. Kid Creole and The Coconuts, China Crisis, and Captain Sensible were also due to perform at The 80s Show 2011 in a park in Shrewsbury, England on 15 Ju... more info

The video for a tuneful Count & Sinden / Mystery Jets single release

5022 days ago
Pop Justicefs9vRtZsMz0 Here is the video for 'After Dark' by The Count & Sinden feat Mystery Jets. Now on one level, and we'll be blunt, what we have here is a collaboration between two acts who have not found it easy to grab much real attention outside Londo... more info

Readers recommend: songs about hats

5042 days ago
Guardian MusicLast week we wanted your villainous tunes, this week it's songs about headwear. After all, hat's entertainmentThings I have learned about villains: 1/ They like to murder, sometimes to the exclusion of all other crimes 2/ They often do their murderin... more info

Readers recommend songs about villains: The results

5042 days ago
Guardian MusicFrom Nick Cave to Carole King, many a songwriter has been moved to pen lyrics about bad deedsStack O'Lee, Miguel Sanchez, Pretty Boy Floyd, One Eyed Isaac, Sheriff Fatman, Richard Nixon … your boys gave out one hell of a beating. The associated mem... more info

Kid Creole and the Coconuts | World music review

5111 days ago
Guardian MusicBarbican, LondonAugust Darnell must be delighted, if bemused, by the continuing success of his cool, conceited and sexist alter-ego, Kid Creole. After all, the Kid is a product of Darnell's upbringing in the Bronx, where he listened to salsa, funk, r... more info

La Linea

5111 days ago
Time Out, LondonCelebrating a decade of Latin music shindigs this year, La Linea presents Mariachi Femenil Nuevo Tecalitlanan, Salsa Celtica, Kid Creole and the Coconuts and more more info

Kid Creole: back on the road less travelled

5113 days ago
The TelegraphAhead of his La Linea gig, Kid Creole talks about his biggest mistake and his best moments. more info

SKELETONS IN MY CLOSET (9)

5179 days ago
The Vinyl VillainNewer visitors to the blog might be wondering what the hell the title of today's post is all about. Y'see, for a while back there, I was proudly posting some songs which I was happy enough to admit having a lot of affection for but which might come a... more info

Pigeon fanciers coo song of love to newspaper with loft ambitions

5190 days ago
Guardian MusicThey study old newspapers in libraries, agonise over headlines and deliver every issue by hand … no wonder Stool Pigeon has spent five years breathing life back into the printed music pressEven as bloggers, message boarders and downloaders queu... more info

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