Archive for February, 2009
Miami’s favourite son Flo Rida has spent the past year basking in the afterglow of having given the world of rap a much needed shot in the arm - remember his worldwide smash Low? Course you do. RealMusic Blog touched base with Mr Rida when he was in London recently and managed to rap a lil’ with the man himself about how he got started, his influences, working with Michelle Williams and his new album…
One Eskimo - Shepherd’s Bush Empire, London, February 20th
One Eskimo are that very modern of phenomena - an animated band - with their sugar-coated cartoon characters conjured up by none other than Passion Pictures (the team behind Gorillaz) and their debut album All Balloons produced by Rollo from Faithless. Connected and cute, then. A penguin, eskimo, giraffe and monkey make up the band proper. Tonight though, the animations remain a fixture at the back of the stage, allowing the four humans lurking in the background to step into the spotlight and dazzle with their meandering, delicate sound…
Ever wondered what bands do after they come off stage? If you’re Keane, evidently you drag other celebrities backstage with you, stick a video camera in their face and ask them what they think of a range of topics including dressing up, religion, Barack Obama and celebrity culture. First up is Matt Lucas, who waxes lyrical and then some about David Walliams’ dress sense, how you can polish a turd and quite a lot about his mum…
After months of will-he-won’t-he speculation it was finally confirmed this week that Bruce Springsteen will be the Saturday night headliner at this year’s Glastonbury festival. The Boss will be filling the slot occupied so controversially last year by Jay-Z, returning the showpiece spot to its Glastonbury rock roots with his own brand of blue-collar rawk. Following on the ‘dad rock’ theme, other rumoured headliners include the evergreen Neil Young and the newly reformed Brit-pop outfit Blur…
