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- Watch Beardyman live at The Social
Join us from 7pm to watch beatboxing champ Beardyman play a live interactive gig
Tonight from 7pm Beardyman takes to the stage at The Social in London for an hour's worth of beatboxing, audience interaction and tracks from his new album, I Done a Album. You can watch the show live in the stream above.
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Keyboard swells, scratchy guitars and swampy vocals ... just what will Gordon Brown make of this?
One of the more unexpected TV highlights of 2010 came when a black-clad PJ Harvey performed the title track from her forthcoming album, Let England Shake, in front of then prime minister Gordon Brown. As Brown sat soberly, Harvey – resplendent in a feather coat – played an autoharp over a repeated sample of the Four Lads' Istanbul (Not Constantinople), relishing the line "England's dancing days are done". Eight months later and we have another album taster, Written On the Forehead. While Harvey's last solo LP, White Chalk, stripped her distinctive take on blues rock back to ghostly piano and haunting vocals, Written On the Forehead seems fuller, opening with keyboard swells and swampy vocals before scratchy guitars and jangly percussion play over distant vocal samples.
guardian.co.uk © Guardian News & Media Limited 2010 | Use of this content is subject to our Terms & Conditions | More FeedsПереслать - Musical advent calendar: Robert Wyatt's pop playlist
1 December: Celebrate 24 plays of Christmas with our audio advent calendar. Today we kick things off with Robert Wyatt's favourite pop songs (and a rather special picture)
We've teamed up with Domino and Warp Records to offer you 24 days of audio advent treats, from festive playlists to exclusive downloads. Which has to be better than a square of Kinnerton chocolate, right? To kick things off Robert Wyatt picks his 10 favourite pop songs. And dresses up as Santa. Here's what he had to say:
For me the magic of pop records arrived via jukeboxes in cafes. The music could fill the awkward silences among us clumsy and/or shy adolescents. I realised that pop records have to be short, and that anybody who thinks it must be easy to pack an instantly effective and memorable couple of minutes of music on to a record should try it themselves. I got my missus to help me out with two or three suggestions. Not saying which ones, though – maybe you can guess? Or maybe not."guardian.co.uk © Guardian News & Media Limited 2010 | Use of this content is subject to our Terms & Conditions | More FeedsПереслать - Will the Manics' appearance on Strictly Come Dancing be subversive or just submissive?
The one-time Generation Terrorists performing on prime-time TV could be a riot. But I fear they are putting record sales before their reputation
The announcement yesterday that Manic Street Preachers will follow the likes of Robbie Williams, James Blunt and Pandre by appearing on Strictly Come Dancing's results show was met not with a gulp of disbelief but a sigh of exasperation.
The Manics are a band who demand unerring loyalty from fans. Those old enough to have followed them since their early days have found themselves having to grit their teeth through a series of highs and lows that would test the mettle of any fan. Such a TV appearance wouldn't really matter if the band hadn't propelled themselves to glory by offering a genuine alternative to the staid mainstream culture of the early-90s. You have to ask why they're doing this. And the answer can only be: record sales matter more than reputation.
Strictly Come Dancing is a place where good taste goes to die and careers are reborn. Ideally the Manics would use this as an opportunity for some Situationist mischief-making or a chance to take Ann Widdecombe to task over some of the draconian opinions she has expressed in recent years (her stance against homosexuality, denial of climate change and disgust at the ordination of women) but it's not going to happen.
The Manics' recent acclaimed album, Postcards from a Young Man, was billed as their "last shot at mass communication", yet few have pointed out that they are already deeply embedded in mainstream culture. That happened when they stopped dressing like Tiger Bay tarts and starting wearing cagoules and trainers. Which is fine: bands must evolve, change, mature.
You suspect the Manics will spin their Strictly appearance as a subversive act, but what is subversive about a mainstream band appearing on a mainstream TV show, even if one of them is wearing a dress? This is the era of Grayson Perry, after all.
Such an appearance prompts questions about where the line is drawn between a rock band subverting the norm and killing off any final traces of credibility. Would having a song featured on Glee be considered too much? An appearance on The X Factor? What if Sean Moore ate kangaroo penis on I'm a Celebrity ...?
True acts of televisual subversion or spontaneity by underground bands are rarer than hen's teeth. The Sex Pistols' swearing was subversive because it changed the way we consider language, as was Jerry Lewis tearing it up in 1964, KLF joining forces with Extreme Noise Terror at the Brit awards and At the Drive-In murdering their latest single on Later with Jools Holland. But perhaps, like a riot, such moments can only ever be spontaneous.
So who knows what the Manics may have in store. It could be great – I certainly hope so. Nicky Wire may break his bass guitar twice in the same song, as he did on The Word in 1991. Perhaps singer James Dean Bradfield will dust down the balaclava that he wore on Top of the Pops in 1994, but this time with Bruce Forsyth's toupee on top. Or maybe they'll just play their new single and smile sweetly for the cameras.
I suspect this is the more likely outcome.
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