ContactMusic — A 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

Guardian Music — 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. The Singing Englishmen concert featured the Workers Music Association Choir and a... more info

Guardian Music — 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 Johnny Cash's many and varied incarnations, that of 1980s indie connoisseur migh... more info

The Vinyl Villain — CALAMARI, PIZZA AND YUK......Driving home after a recent function Jacques the Kipper prompted me to write a piece telling of my further misfortunes of missing gigs....... so far I’ve told of my father not letting me go to see Steve Harley and Cockn... more info

Guardian Music — 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 Iain Banks' Espedair Street. Having been reared on the 19th-century novel, it wa... more info

Guardian Music — 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 looks like a young Steve Coogan going through a bit of a new romantic phase. In his... more info

Totally Fuzzy — 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 solo career. In memory of Don Van Vliet, an additional post has been scheduled fo... more info

The Vinyl Villain — 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 reading about them as they were a bunch of young American musicians (easily of an a... more info

Totally Fuzzy — Azbest said... Moja Adrenalina "Nietoleruje-bije" Older Stuff: Ścianka, Leszek Możdżer, Swans, Mike Watt http://proskynesis.blogspot.com Sakalli said... Grateful Dead - Reckoning (Live 1980) (@256) Black Widow - IV (1972) (@256) http://www.sakall... more info

The Music Fix — Catch her on tour with Marc Almond! more info