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London Sinfonietta/Adès – review

5364 days ago
Guardian MusicCity Halls, GlasgowAt its premiere, Thomas Adès's In Seven Days was hailed as a sign the composer might be mellowing in middle age. True, the "video ballet", a piano concerto that nominally tells the creation myth with abstract images by Adès's pa... more info

Princeton – “To The Alps”

5364 days ago
StereogumPrinceton’s “To The Alps” sounds like a song called “To The Alps” by a band called Princeton: It’s smooth, classy pop you’d imagine listening to while thawing out in front of a ski lodge fireplace. Sure, the group’s named after the ch... more info

James Blake, Pantha du Prince, Oneohtrix Point Never, The Field, Tim Exile, and More to Play 10th Annual Ether Festival

5371 days ago
XLR8RThis Spring, London's Southbank Center will embark on its 10th year of hosting the always-innovative Ether festival, cramming loads of audio, visual, and other culturally relevant experiences into over a month-long stretch of concerts, exhibitio... more info

The Rite of Spring: still crazy after all these years

5378 days ago
Guardian MusicThe Rite of Spring was so challenging it famously caused a riot at its premiere. Nearly a century on, it's still inspiring innovation – this time Avatar-styleIn 2007, when we programmed Klaus Obermaier's 3D digital version of Stravinsky's The Rite ... more info

2/1/11 Broadcast

5379 days ago
Muzjiks Playlist1. Gemmy: Supligen2. Led Zeppelin: Going to California3. James Blake: Unluck4. Wilco: Wishful Thinking5. EarlWolf: Orange Juice6. Steve Reich: Electric Counterpoint7. Steve Reich: Music for 18 Musicians8. Squarepusher/AFX: Freeman Hardy &... more info

Holland's No.1 Alt Rock band De Staat - AMAZING NEW VIDEO + ALBUM & TOUR NEWS

5390 days ago
Altsounds'MACHINERY' THE NEW ALBUM Released in the UK on 7th March 2011 Holland's critically acclaimed alternative rock band whose unqiue sound is as distinctive as the Dead Weather, Captain Beefhart, Nick Cave, Steve Reich, Queens Of The Stone Age, and ... more info

In praise of … musical reinvention | Editorial

5409 days ago
Guardian MusicThe rewriting of works by other composers is a venerable tradition, going back to at least the time of JosquinA musician called Dominique Leone has lifted a $500 prize for reinventing part of a work by the minimalist composer Steve Reich called 2x5. ... more info

You can fly 'like a G6' – but it will cost you £36m

5452 days ago
Guardian MusicAmerican hip-hop quartet's lyrics hymn the joys of a private jetAs the country teeters on the edge of a double-dip recession and the government starts cutting the general fun quota by 98%, it's important to keep things in perspective. We've always ... more info

This week's new live music

5475 days ago
Guardian MusicMagnetic Man, On tourThe idea of a dubstep supergroup might seem a little counter-intuitive. Dubstep's early chroniclers tended to revel in the genre as a masked urban phenomenon, designed by and for intense young men in hooded sweatshirts. Certainly... more info

Steve Reich: Double Sextet; 2x5 | CD review

5495 days ago
Guardian Music(Nonesuch)Steve Reich's influence has always spun in all directions, but even he must have surprised himself here: rock-band instruments playing in riffs and grooves with the notated precision of classical chamber music. Double Sextet uses Grammy-win... more info

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