http://www.musictowers.co.uk Another Music Blog Mon, 05 Jan 2009 20:25:19 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Joseph Mount and his merry men, who the world knows as Metronomy, seemed to have blagged themmselve a world tour. Blimey! Look at that. I guess the UK has spent all its money so there's no point sticking around here. Here's an interview with Metronomy we did years ago. And down ... http://www.musictowers.co.uk/2009/01/metronomy-tour-world-tou/ The Forum is packed full of people denying the Winter outside. The Latin vibe, mixed with the inter-rail generation is filling Kentish Town to its very brim. Music Towers struggles our way to the front, with people getting pretty stroppy till we get to all the funsters at the front. Manu ... http://www.musictowers.co.uk/2009/01/live-manu-chao-kentish-town-forum-16th-december/ By the time you read this, it'll be Christmas Day. Music Towers will have shut up shop for a while (at least until we've put the finishing touches to our 2008 Almanac), and will have settled down to watch the Dr Who Xmas Special with a big bottle of gin. ... http://www.musictowers.co.uk/2008/12/musical-advent-calendar-recap-days-21-24/ Well, as predicted, Zavvi, the UK's largest high street music retailer, has gone into administration today. The death knell came when the collapse of Woolworths took distributors EUK down with it - without it, Zavvi found themselves unable to re-stock, and the current financial climate was just too severe for ... http://www.musictowers.co.uk/2008/12/zavvi-goes-into-administration/ Have you done your Christmas shopping yet? We have. We're so up on Christmas like you would not believe. We've taken to striding about our office dressed as Santa Claus. Local children are terrified when thye see us struttung up and down the high street like a gaggle of red-clad ... http://www.musictowers.co.uk/2008/12/musical-advent-calendar-recap-days-16-20/ Bah-chuffing-Humbug. I my mind, Christmas isn't a time of merriment, it's a time to reflect on how this year was a bit crappier than last year, and how next year already looks like it's going to be bloody awful. Christmas TV these days seems to kick off with a teenager saying "I ... http://www.musictowers.co.uk/2008/12/2008-the-music-industry-is-screwed-i-blame-x-factor-bah-humbug/ OHMYGODTHERE'S JUSTTENDAYSTOGO! No, we don't know why Christmas makes us so exicted here at Music Towers. Maybe because we know we'll be getting that White Zombie boxset we've had our eye on for the last few weeks. Or maybe because there's a Doctor Who special on TV. Or maybe because of ... http://www.musictowers.co.uk/2008/12/musical-advent-calendar-recap-days-11-15/ Dance music hasn’t always agreed with everyone at Music Towers. To this day, I still believe that whenever I go clubbing it fucks with my bodyclock. I wake up the next day with a hangover as fierce as a pride of pissed-off lions, even if all I drank was Red Bull ... http://www.musictowers.co.uk/2008/12/album-deadmau5-at-play/ Did you come to the big Music Towers 'Oh Christmas!' party last night? It was amazing. The police turned up. There was blood everywhere. People danced till they hurt, and everyone who could get sexy, got sexy. Jon Bon Jonas and Death & Glory stole the night with a sing-a-long ... http://www.musictowers.co.uk/2008/12/more-reasons-to-be-christmassy/ The results of Days 6 through 10 of our Musical Advent Calendar, presented for those who might've missed a day. Day 6 - 'Christmas Duel' - The Hives and Cyndi Lauper Day 7 - 'Dick in a Box' - Saturday Night Live and Justin Timberlake Day 8 - 'Heavy Metal Jingle Bells' Day 9 ... http://www.musictowers.co.uk/2008/12/musical-advent-calendar-recap-days-6-10/ When All Tomorrow's Parties started this Christmas Festival, everyone said they were mad: "It's Christmas time, do people want to go festivaling, what with the financial pressure, the weather, the location? Who wants to go to Minehead at this time of year?" Well, we do! ATP choose unique artists to curate ... http://www.musictowers.co.uk/2008/12/atp-nightmare-before-christmas/ Having got the Mini-KP pinched at Glastonbury was an excuse to head up to Kilburn and have a nose at around that DJ kit shop there. The Pioneer EFX 500 was my aim, priced at about £300. But Korg's Kaos Pad KP3 has just been reduced to £230 - not ... http://www.musictowers.co.uk/2008/12/gear-review-kaos-pads-mini-kp-vs-kp3/ What do you mean, you don 't read Music Towers every day? Are you some kind of cretin? Man, you used to be cool. Well, since it IS getting near Christmas and all, we'll forgive you. And to show that we really mena it, here's a recap of all the wonderous ... http://www.musictowers.co.uk/2008/12/musical-advent-calendar-recap-days-1-5/ Music Towers got mugged after getting off a nightbus once. We were coming back from DJ'ing at some shindig or another, and had a big box of weird records with us. We got off at our usual stop in North London, and a pair of goodofrnothing thundercunts threatened us with ... http://www.musictowers.co.uk/2008/12/something-for-the-weekend-the-tunics/ Bronzerat Records seem to be really drudging up the best in sleazey lo-fi rock'n'roll right now. They'cw just finished this ace video for Joe Gideon and the Sharks' track, 'Daughter of a Loony (DOL)'. This is the kind of song that makes me want to put a band together, rustle ... http://www.musictowers.co.uk/2008/12/joe-gideon-and-the-shark/