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Five Day Forecast – w/c 6 June 2011
By Andy Malt | Published on Monday 6 June 2011
So, to console myself over the fact that I might now not be able to go to Amon Tobin’s stunning looking show at The Roundhouse next week, I visited the installation the producer had created with artist Tessa Farmer at The Crypt Gallery this weekend. Farmer’s work can be seen on the artwork for Tobin’s new album, ‘ISAM’, but those pictures couldn’t prepare you for her incredible, intricately constructed insect battle scenes, which filled the dark space below St Pancras Church while Tobin’s music boomed out. The exhibition is closed now, though, sorry. So, let’s look at some new things you could take part in this week instead.
01: Domino Radio. Domino Records launched its own radio station at midnight, and will broadcast 24 hours a day with shows presented by the label’s impressive roster of artists, including Animal Collective, Four Tet, Alexis Taylor and Wild Beasts, and other friends, such as Bobby Gillespie, Faris Badwan, Angular Records, and more. The only bad thing about this is that it’ll only last for a week, but right now you can tune your radio to 87.7FM in London, or point your computer at dominorad.io anywhere, to listen in.
02: Creation film screening. The rather fine Creation Records documentary ‘Upside Down‘ will be screened at the 100 Club in London this Wednesday. Directed by Danny O’Connor, it includes interviews with most of the key artists and behind-the-scenes players – main man Alan McGee among them – who were involved in the rise, peak and fall of the iconic former British indie label. After the film, former Creation band The Loft will play live, and Ride’s Mark Gardener will DJ.
03: Kerrang! Awards. Marking the magazine’s 30th anniversary, the Kerrang! Awards will take place in London this Thursday. Leading the pack this year are My Chemical Romance, with five nods. This year’s winner of the Kerrang! Legend Award, Oswold Osbourne, will also headline a special 30th anniversary show at the Hammersmith Apollo on 21 Jun.
04: New releases. Blimey, it’s a busy one this week. That new Arctic Monkeys album is out. Plus, we’ve got new albums from CMU faves Chilly Gonzales and FM Belfast – Gonzales with the first ever all-orchestral rap album, ‘The Unspeakable Chilly Gonzales’, which is possibly his most ambitious and personal album to date. There are also new albums from Black Lips, Idiot Glee, When Saints Go Machine, Ford & Lopatin, and Steve Spiro. Oh, and Battles, whose new album our reviewer didn’t think much of. On the singles and EPs front, you might like to check out the new stuff from Skream, Elan Tamara, and Stealing Sheep.
05: Gigs. This Thursday, I’ll be one of the judges at the third round of the Road To Standon competition, which will result in another band being put forward to win a slot on the main stage at Standon Calling. Then on Friday I’ll be off to see Vessels at The Lexington followed by the Noise Of Art 2011 events launch party at Big Chill House. But before that, on Tuesday, I’ll be seeing Japanese post-rockers Mono performing with an orchestra on the London date of their UK tour, which kicks off in Brighton tonight. Also this week, Emmy The Great will be playing three nights at St Pancras Church, Scala & Kolacny Brothers will play Union Chapel on Thursday, plus Erasure and Kitty Daisy & Lewis are touring.
And don’t forget to listen to this week’s CMU podcast, which this week has gone out with every single one of my botched attempts to deliver a quote from Lady Gaga left in, thus destroying any ideas you might have had that everything was done in one slick take. I’m not quite sure why you would have had that opinion anyway, but listen in here: www.theCMUwebsite.com/podcast
Andy Malt
Editor, CMU
