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Jobriath AD – review

4621 days ago
Guardian MusicLondon Lesbian and Gay Film festivalIt may be something to do with his extraordinary stage moniker – somehow redolent of Goliath and Job – that Bruce Campbell aka Jobriath has maintained a tenuous foothold in pop culture, somehow remaining a name... more info

Jobriath: the man who fell to earth

4623 days ago
Guardian MusicBilled as the 'new Bowie', Jobriath exploded onto the glam rock scene in the 1970s – and then disappeared. Marc Almond salutes a personal heroBritain in the early 1970s was going through a depression: the naive dreams and optimism of the 1960s had ... more info

Ziggy Stardust – it was all worthwhile | Dorian Lynskey

4623 days ago
Guardian MusicDavid Bowie's androgynous alter ego, now honoured with a blue plaque, shot an electric current through less enlightened timesIn Strange Fascination, his biography of David Bowie, critic David Buckley treats Bowie's performance of Starman on Top of th... more info

New band of the day – No 1,114: Tashaki Miyaki

4805 days ago
Guardian MusicMenace and mystery surround this female Jesus and Mary Chain, whose vocals cut like honey-coated razor bladesHometown: Los Angeles.The lineup: Tashaki (vocals) and Miyaki (guitars).The background: Today's column is brought to you from a poolside in T... more info

Edinburgh Festival 2011: Marc Almond interview

4865 days ago
The TelegraphSinger Marc Almond tells Dominic Cavendish about a collaboration with playwright Mark Ravenhill. more info

Marc Almond - Almond Missed Donovan Gig After Date Mix-up

4867 days ago
ContactMusicEighties pop star Marc Almond was left red-faced after heading to see hippy icon Donovan and turning up at a classical concert instead. The Tainted Love hitmaker is a big fan of the Mellow Yellow singer and bought a ticket to see him at London's Roya... more info

Marc Almond: From bedsit to plague pit

4876 days ago
Guardian MusicOnce the sultan of sleazy synth pop, Marc Almond's new Edinburgh show Ten Plagues examines the Black Death. Gloomy? 'We're all dropping off the end of a conveyor belt,' he saysThirty years ago, Marc Almond was a slightly built man who wore black eye... more info

Wigan Casino voted greatest disco in the world

4909 days ago
Guardian Music1978: Number 5 in our series of the 50 key events in the history of dance musicIt scarcely seems credible now, but ahead of Studio 54 as Billboard's Best Disco in the World 1978 was a northern ballroom that didn't even have a bar. However, in its pom... more info

Soft Cell - Eighties Pop Concert Axed

4937 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 Great Folk Jukebox – review

4947 days ago
Guardian MusicRoyal 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

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