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Five Day Forecast – w/c 18 Jul 2011

By | Published on Monday 18 July 2011

Andy Malt

I hope all of you who were at festivals this weekend survived the rain. It was quite rainy, wasn’t it? Still, that’s the rain for the summer out of the way. There won’t be any more until September now. I think that’s the rule, anyway. I’ll have to consult my book of weather when I get home.

It’s not all bad, though. Yesterday I sheltered under a bridge during a torrential downpour and watched some live hip hop. Live music under bridges is the way forward, my friends. Though I don’t have any in this here Five Day Forecast, sorry.

01: Mercury shortlist announcement. Hey, it’s the Mercury Prize shortlist announcement tomorrow (19 Jul). I hope you’re ready to put your complaining hat on. For no really good reason I can think of, I had a go at predicting who might be on the list this year. I did the same last year and didn’t do that well. Looking back, it was probably foolish to select Stornoway over Mumford & Sons as my pop-folk choice of 2010. Anyway, nominations are going to happen. That’s the important thing.

02: AIM Women In Music & Entertainment. The Association Of Independent Music’s next Women In Music & Entertainment event will take place at Proud’s City venue this evening (18 Jul), celebrating the successes of women in the entertainment industry. On the panel will be UK Music’s Andy Heath, Westbury Music’s Paulette Long, AEG Live’s Jessica Koravos, Buzzin Fly’s Marianne Frederick and AIM chief Alison Wenham.

03: Portishead curating ATP’s I’ll Be Your Mirror. There is a right flipping treat for you this weekend, live music fans. ATP’s Portishead-curated I’ll Be Your Mirror will be taking place at Alexandra Palace on Saturday and Sunday. Amongst the performers are PJ Harvey, Grinderman, Beach House, MF Doom, Company Flow, The Books, Swans, Liars, Portishead themselves, and more. It’s an absolutely amazing line-up.

04: New releases. The time has come, people. This is the week that Rebecca Black unveils her second single. Although she’s now got some more credible songwriters and producers on board, it nonetheless seems to be a little bit of an own goal – the song is about her sudden rise to fame and is called ‘My Moment’, which almost seems to suggest that moment is over. Meanwhile, if you want something to actually listen to and enjoy, how about the massive new Rufus Wainwright boxset, or the new solo album from Demdike Stare’s Miles Whittaker?

05: Gigs. Let’s start with a gig that’s happening tonight, shall we? The CMU approved Strangers will be launching their second EP at The Social in London, which should be a great show. As well as that, Dirty Beaches will be playing at The Victoria in Dalston tomorrow night, The Good Natured will play HB&K on Wednesday, and touring the shit out of this country will be Bonjay, Iron Maiden and Vivian Girls. What a bloody week.

Now get yourself along to www.completemusicupdate.com/podcast and download or stream the latest edition of the CMU podcast. It contains important ‘Pigeon Street’ news.

Andy Malt
Editor, CMU



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