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Ian Astbury Vs Boris

ade — Fri, 03 Sep 2010 15:38:24 +0000

As collaborations go Ian Astbury’s new project with Japanese metal band Boris is probably as strange as it gets. Having already teamed up with Slash, The Doors and UNKLE… this time the Cult frontman experiments with Boris’ unique brand of avant garde doom rock. The result is BXI – a three track EP that includes a cover of the Cult’s Rain and it’s out now.

Ian astbury pkg by adelarks

Lemon Jelly’s Nick and a Theremin

ade — Fri, 03 Sep 2010 15:26:16 +0000

Nick Franglen from Lemon Jelly has been using London Bridge and its human traffic to create a 24-hour piece of music – armed only with a theremin.

Hiding beneath the arches – surrounded by effects pedals and a mixing desk I caught up with the musician just as it all got going.

Lemon jelly by adelarks

UNKLE: Relentless: Lives Of Artists

ade — Thu, 26 Aug 2010 10:30:14 +0000

Relentless Energy Drink gears up to the release of their second installment of the cinematic documentary series, ‘The Lives of the Artists’.

Exploring true artistry within sport and music, this year’s ‘Lives of the Artists’ stars UNKLE’s James Lavelle and snowboarders Xavier de le Rue and Jeremy Jones.

Royksopp Too Senior to Play Live

ade — Thu, 19 Aug 2010 10:35:51 +0000

Interview with Royksopp ahead of the release of the new album Senior.

Royksopp Interview by adelarks

Midlake: “not a festival band”

ade — Fri, 30 Jul 2010 14:26:52 +0000

In this interview with Midlake, frontman Tim Smith reveals how worried the band are about their finances and admits they have concerns about playing live. There’s also talk of solo projects in the future.

Midlake Interview by adelarks

Caribou Gig

ade — Thu, 29 Jul 2010 16:30:25 +0000

One of the best gigs i have been to in a long while…. Dan Snaith triumphs on the new album Swim.



Is Twitter really music to the industry’s ears?
ade — Fri, 16 Jul 2010 13:54:54 +0000

Last week Prince declared that the internet was dead, try telling  Twitter fans that.
106 million plus people are now using the social networking phenomenon.
Bands and artists are at it too now, but just how important is it for  the music industry?
Adrian Larkin has been digging deeper into the world of music related  tweets.
 Twitter This? by adelarks 



Strokes Interview
ade — Fri, 16 Jul 2010 13:26:29 +0000
Backstage at Glastobury by the John Peel Stage and I catch up with Julian Casablancas who tells me the currently-untitled record is still only “half-way done” and won’t be ready until at least March.
 Exclusive Strokes Interview by adelarks



Universal’s London 2012 Deal
ade — Tue, 15 Jun 2010 17:22:39 +0000

Universal  Music says it hasn’t ruled out Amy Winehouse opening the London Olympics  in 2012.

In an interview with 6 Music Marc Robinson, director of film and music,  claimed any of Universal’s artists could feature and there’s been a  great deal of interest already from some acts.
“I think every artist is keen to get involved in these events, obviously  they (Olympic commitee) are going to have a strong vision of what they  want in their ceremonies so it’s up to us to assist them with what they  can do musically,” he said.
It’s the first partnership of its kind by an Olympic organiser.
 Olympics package by adelarks 



Recession? What recession?
ade — Tue, 15 Jun 2010 17:04:44 +0000

New  figures out this month show that the festival market is contributing more that £130million to the UK economy.  But it’s also costing festival organisers more than ever with claims artist fees are reaching  unsustainable levels.
 The Rise in Artist's Fees by adelarks