Puritan Blister (Free subscription) | yesterday
(click on the title below to download the entire show as a single mp3ixtape) AN IDUMEAR. 11.27.09 repeat setlist: 1. Doc Watson- Idumea --------sermon: hell's banana 2. Antony & The Johnsons- Idumea --------sermon: peacable habitation 3. Frankie Armstrong- Idumea --------sermon: white conquistadors 4. Patrick Wolf- Idumea --------sermon: beer death 5. Holly Figueroa- Idumea 6. Richard & Elula...
AlbumArtExchange Blog (Free subscription) | 21/11/2009
Soft Cell : Bedsitter, originally uploaded by See Gee. Related articles: GIG REVIEW: Marc Almond (yorkshireeveningpost.co.uk)...
The Independent (Free subscription) | 18/11/2009
Maggie K de Monde (Scarlet Fantastic, Swans Way) has teamed up with Martin Watkins, Marc Almond’s co writer, together making Maggie and Martin.
News Scotsman (Free subscription) | 17/11/2009
THIS decade began with Dido as the biggest British female recording artist, but it ends with that crucial position filled by not one but several far more interesting women per
Louise Baldock (Free subscription) | 15/11/2009
Unlike last year when I found the money to stay in the Vincent Hotel (and met Marc Almond coming out as I went in), this year I drove up to Southport for the Saturday and Sunday sessions of conference. We heard from the General Secretary of the Labour Party, Ray Collins with a presentation about the General Election strategy. Harriet Harman spoke about the battle lines for 2010 - all that the Tories...
Cosmic Disco (Free subscription) | 13/11/2009
Now, anyone who regularly listens to our podcasts, mixes or even has chance to hear us play out will no doubt know that we don’t restrict ourselves to just playing weird French disco or obscure tracks taken from foreign film soundtracks but we also have somewhat have a penchant for 80’s pop. New Mancunian band Performance [...]
FAZED (Free subscription) | 09/11/2009
Twenty most excellent movie villain pumpkins. Comments
Worrapolava (Free subscription) | 07/11/2009
Soul Inside (UK Number 16 September 1983) In 1983 Marc Almond, being Marc Almond, had announced he was retiring, aged 27. 27 years later he's still going strong and better than ever, but just after the letter to every mag and newspaper had sealed Soft Cell's doom they released the first single from their last (brilliant) album This Last Night in Sodom called Soul Inside . They were already massive...
Manchester Evening News (Free subscription) | 30/10/2009
DESPITE having scored number one hits, courted endless controversy and even survived a near-fatal motorcycle accident, Marc Almond retains the capacity to surprise.
New Musical Express (Free subscription) | 29/10/2009
Plus Marc Almond and Alec Empire to join Wolf for Palladium gig
Puritan Blister (Free subscription) | 29/10/2009
"I thought, Christ eats the dead ." --Rodney Jones 1. Hellsongs- Symphony Of Destruction (Megadeth) 2. Hellsongs- Breaking The Law (Judas Priest) 3. The Damned- Jet Boy Jet Girl (Elton Motello) 4. Cathy Berberian- Ticket To Ride (Beatles) 5. Bwl- Bela Lugosi's Dead (Bauhaus) 1. Hood Internet- Knocking Fablez Down (Pimp C vs New Pornographers) 2. CjR- Missing In The Fog (Everything But The...
Londonist (Free subscription) | 28/10/2009
As you've probably noticed by now, Spandau Ballet are back and we reckon they're 'definitely the best reformed band of the year'. They're also one of the most Londony, as Gary Kemp's just-published biography reveals. Anyone with even an ounce of fame must occasionally ponder what they'd call their autobiography. Gary Kemp, chief songsmith of Spandau Ballet, seems to have purposely seeded the band's...
Intermezzo (Free subscription) | 23/10/2009
Carousel: The Songs of Jacques Brel Featuring Arno, Marc Almond, Diamanda Galás, Arthur H, Momus, Camille O'Sullivan - Barbican, 22 October 2009 Is any excuse really necessary for performing Brel songs? This year would have seen his 80th birthday which...
kenneth in the (212) (Free subscription) | 21/10/2009
Channeling Marc Almond in his Soft Cell heyday, New York electropop trio Whore's Mascara returns to the scene with a brand new video for their '80s-inspired single, "Monogamous." The clip was directed by noted fashion photographer Patrik Andersson, who has shot everyone from Kate Moss and Gwyneth Paltrow to Lenny Kravitz and Mick Jagger. (Go to the iTunes store HERE .)
Moments and Musings (Free subscription) | 20/10/2009
Yep it’s true. I’m back and bigger and better than ever. Firstly, I need to make some apologies. To those of you who I haven’t spoken to enough, when I really should have done; to those who I argued with and upset and was mean to – I apologise. I apologise for not talking, or for talking too much – for the tears and the tantrums, for the arguing and the pain. Basically,...
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