Wedding Music
November 4, 2024
The soundtrack to my wedding in May, with some passing thoughts about the music choices that contributed towards a memorable day. … More Wedding Music
Category: Music
Review of Alphaville, Eternally Yours (2022)
September 30, 2022
Synth-pop veterans Alphaville begin their 40th anniversary celebrations with a new album of symphonic recordings with the Deutsches Filmorchester Babelsberg. … More Review of Alphaville, Eternally Yours (2022)
Review of Keane, Cause and Effect (2019)
October 5, 2019
This restrained return for the princes of piano pop is easy to like but harder to love. … More Review of Keane, Cause and Effect (2019)
Review of Alphaville: Live at the Whisky a Go Go. From Hollywood with Love (2018)
February 23, 2019
Alphaville’s two-night extravanganza at the Whisky a Go Go makes a late but compelling case that they are much more than a synth-pop band. … More Review of Alphaville: Live at the Whisky a Go Go. From Hollywood with Love (2018)
Tom Chaplin, Royal Festival Hall, 12 December
December 16, 2017
Keane frontman Tom Chaplin provides a warm and thought-provoking approach to Christmas. … More Tom Chaplin, Royal Festival Hall, 12 December
Review of Alphaville, Strange Attractor (2017)
April 11, 2017
“A committed attempt to add something different to the pop landscape.” A review of Alphaville’s latest album, Strange Attractor (Universal, 2017). … More Review of Alphaville, Strange Attractor (2017)
Finite Fortunes: An Epilogue, 2014
February 9, 2015
2014 had all the ingredients to be the best year I’ve ever had. That it turned out to be one of the worst is quite remarkable. … More Finite Fortunes: An Epilogue, 2014
Mortal Longing
June 26, 2012
More people than ever are still looking for a philosophy on life that offers any comfort. During the New Year, a time when we deliberately parse our minds for retrospection and hope, I thought about the paradox of interconnectedness: how, by superficially feeling closer together than ever before, we might never feel further apart. … More Mortal Longing
Sovereign Lights: Keane’s Strangeland
May 13, 2012
Should Keane top the charts with Strangeland later today, they will swiftly follow Coldplay (and another of my dear charges, Erasure) into an exclusive list of British bands to have achieved a fifth consecutive number one album. … More Sovereign Lights: Keane’s Strangeland
Music: Between Minds, Between Friends
June 26, 2011
So console myself of a difficult anniversary, I have turned to the virtues of music, setting myself a challenge to select songs for friends that reflected how I see them. … More Music: Between Minds, Between Friends
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