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SHIT THAT COMES OUT TODAY – THE AUGUST 23RD, 2011 EDITION

4602 days ago
MetalsucksOnly five releases today, which is fine, because it’s my birthday and my college started classes back up yesterday. We still have a bunch of stuff coming out this fall to get excited about, but this week is highlighted by releases from Leprous and ... more info

Z0mby-D3dic4ti0n

4649 days ago
We Like it Lossless!4AD / 2011It's not like it's his first full-length offering, but nonetheless there's a weight and a composure to this release, right down to its sequencing, presentation and home on 4AD, which screams "debut LP proper". Fair play to the geez, he's do... more info

Soulwax's mashup marathon

4657 days ago
Guardian MusicSoulwax's latest project – bringing album covers to life – nearly broke them'It took up two and a half years of our lives," says David Dewaele, one half of Soulwax, the electro-rockers who all but invented the mashup. "It affected my psyche," he ... more info

This week's new live music

4682 days ago
Guardian MusicWe, The People, BristolWhile some city festivals offer bizarrely eclectic bills that seem to reflect simply whoever was available at the time, the lineup for Bristol's inaugural We, The People has been carefully selected with the musical predilection... more info

Harry Beckett Tribute – review

4686 days ago
Guardian MusicVortex, LondonOn the late, great Barbadian trumpeter Harry Beckett's birthday – 30 May – a score of musicians came to pay their respects. Beckett, who died last year after an almost six-decade career in UK jazz, was at home with everything from i... more info

Pascal Schumacher: Bang My Can – review

4691 days ago
Guardian Music(ENJA)Belgian musician Schumacher indicated new jazz-vibraphone directions with his Here We Gong session last year, and he launches its successor with a handful of UK gigs in the summer, starting with a Vortex show on 31 May. This set similarly touch... more info

Will Young - Will Young Returning To The Stage

4694 days ago
ContactMusicWill Young is re-launching his stage career. The 32-year-old singer - who made his stage debut in Noel Coward's 'The Vortex' in 2007 in Manchester, North West England - has been "in discussions" about treading the boards once again but... more info

Craig Taborn: Avenging Angel – review

4698 days ago
Guardian Music(ECM)American pianist Taborn plays from this unaccompanied album on 25 May at London's Vortex, the same venue he brought to awed silence with his trio 18 months ago. But for all that gig's cutting-edge fearlessness, it made regular references to the ... more info

Julian Lage, Vortex Jazz club, London, review

4698 days ago
The TelegraphThere was some toe-curling schmoozing of the audience going on in this gig and every move, down to the smallest lick, had clearly been planned in advance. Rating: * * * more info

F&M Playlist

4705 days ago
Guardian MusicOur music team pick the songs or albums, old or new, they just can't turn offMichael Kiwanuka I Need Your Company Although he's a 23-year-old from north London, Kiwanuka has the classic, heartfelt soul voice of a Bill Withers or Donny Hathaway. This... more info

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