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Five Day Forecast – w/c 23 Apr 2012
By Andy Malt | Published on Monday 23 April 2012
Did you all enjoy Record Store Day? Did you buy stuff? Did you? There was a lot of stuff to buy. A lot. Perhaps too much. Still, I came home with some records I really wanted and two which, in hindsight, I may not really have needed. Ah well, I can just sling them up on eBay later (just kidding, the people who do that are a bunch of bastards). I also went and watched the London Marathon from a number of different vantage points yesterday. I tell you, it was exhausting running around all day like that. Anyway, here’s what’s happening this week.
01: Music Week Awards. The big ceremony for Music Week’s annual music industry awards bash, covering labels, publishing, retail, radio, venues and management, takes place on Thursday at The Brewery in central London. All nominations were announced back in March, though the winner of the lifetime achievement award, The Strat as it is known, will be kept a secret until the night. My money’s on Jessie J for that one.
02: GIT Award. The inaugural GIT Award, the “Scouse Mercury Prize” set up by music blog Getintothis in recognition of Liverpool’s best new music, will be announced by John Robb at a ceremony in the city this Friday. The final twelve have been chosen from over 381 entries and include Bang On, Forest Swords, Outfit and Stealing Sheep.
03: Anyone Can Play Guitar screening. The Oxford music scene, while oft referenced, has never reached the lofty reverence of, say, Liverpool or Manchester. This despite a fairly constant stream of great bands emerging from the city over the last 30 years. ‘Anyone Can Play Guitar’ speaks to the bands that made it and the bands that didn’t to examine the scene’s history. The film will be screened at The Social in London on Tuesday, while director Jon Spira will DJ and Ride’s Mark Gardiner will play an acoustic set.
04: New releases. There are a few big releases this week, with the return of Rufus Wainwright, Jack White‘s debut solo album, and Santigold‘s second effort. As well as that, aggressive hip hop outfit Death Grips make their unlikely debut on a major label, and there are more debuts from Jay-Z approved R&B-tinged electronica types Poliça and Finnish techno producer Ukkonnen. You still want more? Well, London indie label Communion has a new compilation out too.
05: Gigs. The mighty Dillinger Escape Plan return to London for a one-off show at The Garage in London this Thursday, supported by fellow CMU favourites Three Trapped Tigers. Though it is, as you might expect, sold out. Still, maybe another act will take your fancy, there are plenty of them on tour this week, including New Order, Example, Rizzle Kicks, Of Montreal, Ladyhawke, Blood Red Shoes, Niki And The Dove, Cate Le Bon, and Karima Francis.
And don’t forget to check out the latest edition of the CMU podcast, which is available to stream and download here.
Andy Malt
Editor, CMU
