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Five Day Forecast – w/c 13 June 2011

By | Published on Monday 13 June 2011

Andy Malt

Well, I had my post-rock tendencies fully satisfied last week, as I saw Mono performing with an orchestra at Koko on Tuesday, and then Vessels playing The Lexington on Friday.

It was the first time I’d seen Vessels play songs from their excellent second album, ‘Helioscope’, and the first time I’d ever seen Mono play live at all. Neither disappointed, both bringing to life music that sounds brilliant on record, but which completely envelopes you when performed live. So, last week did very well for itself. Let’s see how this week compares…

01: Metal Hammer Golden Gods. I know metallers have a reputation for hard living, but whoever schedules the metal calendar seems to have a death wish. After the Kerrang! Awards last Thursday, followed immediately by three days at Download, tonight it’s the Metal Hammer Golden Gods awards ceremony. One person who’s hoping to make it the whole way through is Alice Cooper, who picked up the Icon Award from Kerrang! last week, headlined the second stage at Download on Saturday and will be hosting tonight’s ceremony with comedian Andrew O’Neill. Maybe he’ll stand by his comments last week and refuse to give out any awards on the grounds that rock bands today lack attitude.

02: International Radio Festival. The second International Radio Festival takes place in Zurich this week, which will see DJs representing cutting edge radio stations from 30 countries head over to Switzerland to broadcast specially commissioned shows to a worldwide audience. Amongst those appearing at the festival are NME Radio’s Jason Bryant and Kerrang! Radio’s James Walshe plus DJs from Urgent FM in Belgium, Samurai FM in Japan, Scanner FM in Spain, Radio P6 in Denmark, and East Village Radio in the US. Tony Blackburn will also be there apparently. Tomorrow and Wednesday will focus in particular on British radio, with British pirate radio under the spotlight on Wednesday.

03: CMU Training. This Wednesday is your latest chance to attend our ‘Music Rights – Inside & Out‘ training course. In it you’ll learn everything you need to know about copyright law, licensing, monetising copyright, the fight against piracy and the future of the music rights industry. There are still a few places left for this week’s event, which cost just £95 + VAT. That gets you lunch and some of the finest music business training around. Bargain.

04: New releases. Right then, so the big release of the week is Take That‘s ‘Progressed’, a repackaged version of their ‘Progress’ album featuring a bonus EP. See what they’ve done there? You could also get your hands on the debut EP from Eminem and Royce Da 5’9 collaboration Bad Meets Evil, Dananananaykroyd‘s second LP, ‘There Is A Way’, The Bug‘s new dancehall compilation, Vessels guitarist Lee J Malcolm‘s solo techno album, Wu Lyf‘s debut, and re-issued versions of Paul McCartney‘s two eponymous solo albums.

05: Gigs. So many great gigs this week, so few that I can actually go to. One I can make, and one I urge you all to join me at, is Danish pop star Fallulah‘s first ever UK show at Hoxton Bar & Kitchen on Wednesday. On Tuesday you have to decide between the mighty Converge at Islington Academy and James Blake at Koko, and then on Friday it’s decision time again, with Demdike Stare playing at The Lexington, Amon Tobin‘s absolutely amazing looking 3D show hitting The Roundhouse, and the premiere of Scott Walker‘s new score for dance performance ‘Duet For One’. Although the latter does run until 25 Jun, which perhaps makes the decision slightly easier.

And now, we reach the part of the Five Day Forecast where I plug the latest edition of the CMU podcast. Consider it thoroughly plugged: www.completemusicupdate.com/podcast

Andy Malt
Editor, CMU

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