This month’s compilation is from London menswear designer Lee Roach. Italian Vogue tagged him as the London fashion scene’s purist and his A/W ’12 presentation was a standout from the LFW menswear day. Here, Lee gives us an insight into the sounds of his studio by picking his favourite tunes and why he loves them so much. MADONNA ‘LIKE A PRAYER’ “Madonna’s Blonde Ambition tour, 1990; stylistically this was her most incredible period.” DEPECHE MODE 'BEHIND THE WHEEL’ “Featured in the brilliant Depeche Mode 101 documentary, which follows the band and a group of fans who ...

Llevábamos años intentando que Dominique A viniera al programa, pero costaba hacer cuadrar agendas. Por fin lo conseguimos. El de Provins , uno de los músicos francófonos más importantes de las dos últimas décadas, nos acompañó junto a la chasca del Fotomatón Bar una semana antes de que "Vers les lueurs", su noveno álbum de estudio, sea publicado en nuestro país. Empezó cansado y algo tenso, contestando en su idioma materno, pero poco a poco se fue soltando y terminó haciendo su primera entrevista radiofónica en castellano. Con un par, Mesié Ané. Nacho hizo fotos. Vinieron amigos. Clara nos prestó su ...

After considerable fruitless searching, someone finally decided to re-release the Sound 's debut album Jeopardy  on CD in 2012. All I can say is, about damn time. This album has been sadly overlooked for most of its existence, even by post-punk fans, and it has taken a while before it has been sort of re-discovered, some time after the follow up album, From the Lion's Mouth . For an album which came out in 1980, the album is remarkably far advanced. Although on first listen you can clearly hear elements of Wire , Magazine or the Gang of Four in the ...

Chelsea F.C.-Blue is the Colour Sticking a chapter about football into a book about music seems at best daft and at worst a seemingly shameless attempt to appear 'lad-ish', but in fact, neither of these is true your honour. At times (and at the risk of sounding like Nick Hornby) football and music and football have run almost parallel lines through my life. I have a drawer where I keep all my ticket stubs and amongst the odd flyer and set list the tickets from gigs and football matches sit, I think, quite proudly together. And as I ...

There is no perfect way to grow out of hardcore, what with its sublimely teenaged palette of growled salvos, amped-up riffs, jackhammer drums, song-eschewing brevity, and hostile irreverence. In fact, most of the genre's trailblazers came of age in unusual ways. Minor Threat did it with tolling chimes and acoustic guitar on "Salad Days," not to mention covering the Standells. Black Flag jumped ship for sludge metal and then wove Sonny Sharrock-style free jazz guitar into the mix. Circle Jerks recorded with Debbie Gibson. Still, they all either retained a hard edge or just broke up. Ceremony, a Bay ...

I’ve heard it. It’s a hoax and it’s bloody awful. They’re quite clever, these guys, they sound like college kids to me, they’ve captured the atmosphere quite well, but it’s a hoax. If Ian Curtis ever sang lyrics like that, I’d have kicked him up the arse. —Peter Hook exposes that “new,” totally fake Joy Division song to NME . Read and comment. From thedailyswarm.com.

When "Rohnert Park" dropped in 2010, it marked a significant change for Ceremony. 80's influences have always been a prevalent force in terms of their sound, but where their earlier records concentrated on the fast, brutal elements of hardcore that leant more towards power-violence, "Rohnert Park" harnessed the same hostility - previously unleashed in powerful minute-long bursts - and strung it out into a more pacing, caged form of aggression that completely nailed the sense of suburban claustrophobia. Since "Violence Violence," Ceremony have gradually shifted their focus; now using their old school influences as a template for further development. "Zoo," then ...

Peter Hook has branded the track at the centre of a recent Joy Division hoax as "bloody awful". The internet has notorious fact-checking issues. In the rush to be first to any given story, some bloggers through caution to the wind and report things that aren't perhaps 100% accurate. Want an example? Recently, a track named 'Aerial' appeared online which purported to be a lost Joy Division cut from the 'Unknown Pleasures'. Listen to it below. Now Peter Hook has given his opinion on the hoax. The genial bass player told the NME : "I've heard it. It's ...

1977-1980: Joy Division - Substance by Winston O'Boogie">Dr. Winston O'Boogie on 02-28-2012 I don’t feel like counting right now, so I’ll go ahead and guesstimate that since Joy Division’s dissolution in 1980 there have been around a dozen compilation albums scraped together and shoved at fans. For those keeping score, that’s six times more releases than the band put out themselves, trumping even The Smiths’ fondness for repackaging their goodies every five or so years. These anthologies aren’t all bad by any means, but what baffles me is why after the near perfect ...

are you a lover or a sadsack? two new mixes one for those in love and one for those who ain't songs to love and hold and celebrate songs to curl and hide and commiserate for lovers are you a glass is half full kind of person? do you like rainbows and sunsets and walking along the beach, hand in hand, gazing longingly into the eyes of your one true love?  then this mix is for you! download and share with your loved one, smiling with goopy eyes and a warm burn inside. Happy Valentine's Day! Be still ...

The Tree of Life Terrence Malick envisions the origin of the universe and ponders some of life's deepest questions. It has it's flaws, but it's strengths far outweigh them if you buy into his vision. View the trailer here . The Debt This underrated film is told in flashbacks about a covert mission three agents undertook and the personal cost it played in their lives. View the trailer here . Beginners This film is about about love and family, more specifically about a son and his dying gay father. View the trailer here . Waiting For Superman Davis Guggenheim's ...

After White Lies drummer, Jack Brown, claiming that Manchester has the best crowds in the UK, we were expecting White Lies to be particularly charged for this show. With Manchester having such a great musical heritage it’s always a great city to watch great live music, with that comes very passionate crowds who are die-hard fans of the bands they go to see. The combination of a band who loves to play in Manchester, who won a few awards after their debut album in 2009 including, Best New Band and Breakthrough Artist, and a crowd who is always one ...

Tell us what music you've been enjoying recently, and listen to some recommendations Looking for something to listen to? Here's a selection of what some of our readers have been listening to recently. Listen to all these recommendations in one go with this YouTube playlist . FreddieB Iron & Wine - Kiss Each Other Clean. When a friend gave me 'The Shepherd's Dog' (an earlier LP by Iron and Wine) at the beginning of this year, I was initially underwhelmed. Repeated listens, however, have turned me into something of a raving convert. And now I find the process repeating itself ...

When Codeine was a band back in the 1990s, their songs unfurled at a glacial pace. Which is why they called their first record Frigid Stars . Because glaciers are frigid. Hrmm. That said, Codeine applied that gradual pace to all aspects of their band. Some say that back in 1998, Codeine began reforming. Consequence of Sound says that the band finished their reforming this year by planning a number of shows in Europe, the US, and the UK. Those dates will surely be revealed in a very languid manner, but one date has been announced: ATP’s I’ll Be ...

HIGH ANXIETY..... I was listening to an interview, this morning on the radio, with former Liverpool and Aston Villa manager Gerard Houllier. He talked of the stress and pressure of the job that caused him to quit his position because of heart trouble. It got me thinking about the musical artists that I know that have found that stress, anxiety and stage fright that has caused them to stop performing live and touring. One of the first pieces I wrote for JC told of the problems that XTC’s Andy Partridge had with acute stage fright. He suffered a breakdown ...