David McKenna
Low Culture Essay
Low Culture 15: Lucio Battisti’s Anima Latina
Lucio Battisti was a huge star at home in Italy but he tended to be regarded as a teenybopper abroad (despite once being David Bowie's favourite singer). It is time this view is questioned, says David McKenna, so we can start celebrating him as the godfather of Italian spiritual cosmic fusion
Low Culture Essay
Low Culture 15: Lucio Battisti’s Anima Latina
Lucio Battisti was a huge star at home in Italy but he tended to be regarded as a teenybopper abroad (despite once being David Bowie's favourite singer). It is time this view is questioned, says David McKenna, so we can start celebrating him as the godfather of Italian spiritual cosmic fusion
The Quietus International
Rockfort! French Music For June Reviewed By David McKenna
David McKenna flags up some French compilations released in response to the Covid-19 crisis and reviews new music from Felicia Atkinson, Franco-Senegalese rapper Zuukou Mayzie and the final album from Black Devil Disco Club
The Quietus International
Rockfort! French Music For June Reviewed By David McKenna
David McKenna flags up some French compilations released in response to the Covid-19 crisis and reviews new music from Felicia Atkinson, Franco-Senegalese rapper Zuukou Mayzie and the final album from Black Devil Disco Club
Baker's Dozen
A Babylonian Tower: Marc Hollander’s Favourite Music
Marc Hollander's Aksak Maboul have released one of the albums of the year and his Crammed Discs label have consistently provided a wide-ranging soundtrack to the globe. He guides David McKenna through favourite albums in this week's Baker's Dozen
Baker's Dozen
A Babylonian Tower: Marc Hollander’s Favourite Music
Marc Hollander's Aksak Maboul have released one of the albums of the year and his Crammed Discs label have consistently provided a wide-ranging soundtrack to the globe. He guides David McKenna through favourite albums in this week's Baker's Dozen
Books
What We Talk About When We Talk About Pop: Agnès Gayraud
Agnès Gayraud makes pop music under the name La Féline but she is also a philosopher, and her latest book The Dialectic of Pop, newly published by Urbanomic, explores the theory behind the music we love. She talks to David McKenna about Adorno, Hegel, and writing pop songs inspired by science fiction
Books
What We Talk About When We Talk About Pop: Agnès Gayraud
Agnès Gayraud makes pop music under the name La Féline but she is also a philosopher, and her latest book The Dialectic of Pop, newly published by Urbanomic, explores the theory behind the music we love. She talks to David McKenna about Adorno, Hegel, and writing pop songs inspired by science fiction
The Quietus International
Rockfort! French Music For September Reviewed By David McKenna
With more focus on the revolutionary French sounds of the late 60s than ever before thanks to a revitalised Magma and interest in 'rock choucroute' via the Nurse With Wound list, David McKenna casts his ears around for today's far out sounds
The Quietus International
Rockfort! French Music For September Reviewed By David McKenna
With more focus on the revolutionary French sounds of the late 60s than ever before thanks to a revitalised Magma and interest in 'rock choucroute' via the Nurse With Wound list, David McKenna casts his ears around for today's far out sounds
Books
Quit Your Band! Musical Notes From The Japanese Underground
As an outsider, It's tempting to view Japan through an extremely narrow musical lens, a caricature typified by jazz and karaoke – if you're lucky someone might mention either Sakamoto – but Ian F. Martin's new book is a wide angle shot of a sprawling scene
Books
Quit Your Band! Musical Notes From The Japanese Underground
As an outsider, It's tempting to view Japan through an extremely narrow musical lens, a caricature typified by jazz and karaoke – if you're lucky someone might mention either Sakamoto – but Ian F. Martin's new book is a wide angle shot of a sprawling scene
News
Things Learned At: Wysing Polyphonic
At this year's all-analogue edition of Wysing Festival, David McKenna finds that serious music need not always be pofaced, a bowl and a sheet of paper can be a powerful instrument, and – as any child will tell you – in the absence of a microphone a hairbrush will do just fine. (Photographs by Jane Harman)
News
Things Learned At: Wysing Polyphonic
At this year's all-analogue edition of Wysing Festival, David McKenna finds that serious music need not always be pofaced, a bowl and a sheet of paper can be a powerful instrument, and – as any child will tell you – in the absence of a microphone a hairbrush will do just fine. (Photographs by Jane Harman)
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