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Museum cans heavy metal gig
London’s Victoria and Albert Museum (V&A) has cancelled an experimental concert by extreme metal band Napalm Death, fearing the noise level could damage the 104-year-old building. Ceramic artist Keith Harrison from the V&A, the world’s largest museum of decorative arts and design, collaborated with Napalm Death on a set to be played through a sculptural sound system which would disintegrate under decibel stress.
Mad Men stars to tie the knot
Former Gilmore Girl Alexis Bledel and Mad Men star Vincent Kartheiser are engaged. The Mad Men stars have announced plans to tie the knot after around one year of dating.
Ryan Gosling is taking a break
What’s Ryan Gosling’s secret to his on-screen poise, his ability to disarm and provoke merely by his laconic presence “Just try not to blink,” he says with a self-deprecating smile.
Kanye West ‘picks baby name’
Kanye West reportedly wants to call his baby North. The international rap star and girlfriend Kim Kardashian are currently expecting their first child together.
Album review: House on Fire – Jeff Healey Band
HOUSE ON FIRE Jeff Healey Band (Shock) If you were around at the time, probably the most enduring memory of blind Canadian guitarist Jeff Healey was his small part role as Cody the leader of the house band in the 1989 Patrick Swayze movie Road House.
Album review: Stranger In My Land – Roger Knox
STRANGER IN MY LAND Roger Knox (Southbound) He’s been described as the Black Elvis of Australia and is a regular of its iconic Tamworth country music festival and now, with the help of ex-Mekons frontman Jon Langford, Roger Knox finally realises a long-cherished dream.
Album review: Bye Bye Manchester – Melanie Pain
BYE BYE MANCHESTER Melanie Pain (Border) With her second album, Melanie Pain has well and truly left behind the “one of various singers” tag she had with French band Nouvelle Vague.
Album review: The Bitter Sea – Nina McSweeney
THE BITTER SEA Nina McSweeney (FMR) Don’t be fooled by the Massive Attack approach of the opening track on Nina McSweeney’s debut album. There’s a lot more depth and substance to the Kiwi songwriter, who has featured on the Concord Dawn tracks Easy Life and The River, than the sound-alike single Lost In Translation might suggest.
Album review: EP II – Mmdelai
EPII MMDELAI (Self released) A couple of years ago, Annemarie Duff’s first-up full-lengther For Sleep and Creativity did what it said on the tin…drifting, ambient electronica suited for starry-eyed dreamers or reiki therapists’ waiting rooms. Now with three other conspirators (student friend Jess Hix, Danny Webster and philosophy graduate Josh Black) behind her, the music has filled out: not only are Duff’s breathy vocals underpinned by dark, Bjork-ish tones of dread and wonder, but there’s a sparkling, ethereal quality to the synths and a whip-crack depth to the bass and beats