As a child, mother’s aluminium head-lice comb Was more beautiful than any princess’s diadem. I saw it’s avatars in music box clockworks, Turnstile’s thaumatropes , science fair spectroscopes And lately, on the Grosvenor Road . The park railings diffraction grating Transfigured the wet road. The tram-lined aurora of traffic and car lights Slothful as […]
The enlarged photograph hangs low on the opposite wall. She is sitting at the edge of her sepia chair, sipping at her cup of cappuccino which she finds expensive and doesn’t like much. The doorman sweats and bows outside the glass door. She can hear the behind-the-counter bustle of aproned men and women running this […]
Danish band Efterklang (recently interviewed in TMO here ) premier two new videos for songs from their superb Piramida album today. The videos are for the tracks Black Summer and Between the Walls. The video releases coincide with the start of the band’s 5 week European tour – which, on their site, they suggest will […]
Martha C. Nussbaum’s central argument in Not for Profit: Why Democracy Needs the Humanities (2010) is that a high quotient of liberal arts education is essential for healthful democracies and human happiness. Education needs to be for something, after all, and this sweeping aim (freedom and joy) would be difficult for most to argue against […]
Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds have announced the release of a new live album, ‘Live from KCRW‘, which will come out at the end of November (in the US – European release date is December 2nd). The live album was recorded earlier this year at Apogee Studios in Los Angeles, in between the Bad Seeds’ […]
Irish singer-songwriter James Vincent McMorrow has made available a track, Cavalier, from his forthcoming second album Post Tropical (due for release in January 2014). Blessed with an unforgettable voice coupled to a unique songwriting vision McMorrow is a firm favourite with the Monkeys, and this slow building soulful track bodes well for the new album. […]
Australian band Cloud Control have put an acoustic live version of their latest album, Dream Cave, online for free download here. There are no details as to how long it’s going to be available, so we advise downloading it as soon as possible. Dream Cave has picked up various accolades in Australia, and is a […]
The new dan le sac Vs Scroobius Pip album, Repent Replenish Repeat is being streamed (via dutch public broadcast site 3voor12). The hip-hop/spoken-word/eletronic duo’s third album was released on October 7th.
The David Letterman Show pulled off a coup last night when it paired the Yoko Ono Plastic Band with the Flaming Lips for a version of Cheshire Cat Cry. The song is from Ono’s latest album Take me to the land of Hell – the studio version includes guitar playing by Lenny Kravits. Ono and […]
