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GIGS OF THE WEEK BIRMINGHAM
Who: Swim Deep Where:Town Hall, Birmingham When: September 20 Why: The four-piece
band play a hometown gig on their biggest UK headline tour to date. Their debut album Where The Heaven Are We was released in August via Sony.
DIGITAL VS 37.4%
61.5%
MANCHESTER
Who:The 1975 Where: The Ritz, Manchester When: September 21 Why: After releasing
their self-titled UK No.1 debut album earlier this month, the Manchester band play a UK headline tour. They are joined by London four-piece Night Engine and Oxford act MMX.
PHYSICAL 38%
61%
TOP 5 STORIES ON
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Musicweek.com’s most-read stories for period ending Sept. 16
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£3m in Government grants offered to indies for music exports Thursday, September 12 Gatfield: Music business ‘looking more positive than it has for a long time’ Thursday, September 12 US charts: Bastille and The 1975 break Billboard 200 Top 40 Thursday, September 12 Amazon vinyl sales up 100% year-on-year Friday, September 13 Robbie Williams Swings Both Ways album features Lily Allen, Michael Buble and more Thursday, September 12
LONDON
Who:CSS Where: Heaven Nightclub, London When: September 22 Why: The Brazilian
band embark on a European tour in support of their David Sitek produced fourth album Planta – released in June. Their latest single Hangover is out now.
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front of this month’s Songlines magazine is Congolese ‘Rebel General’ Jupiter Bokondji and his band Okwess International. Inside the musician reveals his long- fought battle to modernise his country’s music. Elsewhere, Finland’s ‘quiet har- monium master’ Timo Alakotila discusses his 30-year career ‘spear- heading a renaissance in Finnish folk’ while ‘father of Ethio-jazz’ Mulatu Astatke recalls his pioneer- ing of a new musical style. Family Atlantica talk about the
forming of the band and their debut album. Four years in the making, the record ties together “rhythms, traditions and stories” and serves as an “astoundingly varied and intimate document of musicians,” says Russ Slater. In the reviews pages, the third
yes: 80% no: 33%
album from Tal National gets four stars out of five from Nigel Williamson. The “rich hybrid sound” creates “something rewardingly fresh and different,” says the critic. Maria Lord gives Cyprus trio Monsieur Doumani’s Grippy Grappa five out of five. With “scarcely a note out of place” it would “be a great addition to anyone’s CD shelves.”
LIFE IS TWEET WE FOLLOW THE INDUSTRY’S FINEST
@jamesmeadows84 Some awesome albums announced not many surpris- es @MercuryPrize predictions top 3: @disclosure @lauramvula @David
BowieReal good luck everyone (James Meadows, Universal Music UK) Wednesday, September 11
@yasminlajoie Dinner with one of my writers: “Bernie and I used to get real- ly crazy…” “Bernie who?” I ask, like a loser. “BERNIE TAUPIN.” Of course.
(Yasmin Lajoie, Sony/ATV) Thursday, September 12
@mckamber Can I go on record to say that I find Spotify’s Discover button one of the most patronising things, ever. (Amber McKenzie, ITB)
Thursday, September 12
@samrumney “@Harry_Styles: Just lis- tening to the @foyvance album for the first time. Wow.” wow indeed! (Sam Rumney, Glassnote Records)
Thursday, September 12
@Llia Somewhere between work and Waterloo, someone put three blue clothes pegs along the edge of my umbrella. Is this a sign? WHAT DOES
THIS MEAN? (Llia Apostolou, Absolute Radio) Friday, September 13
@jamesbassett New Sony Music UK website. Worth looking at just for the photos of Miley Cyrus and her gui- tarist.
http://www.sonymusic.co.uk
(James Bassett, Friday, Sony Music UK) September 13
TWEET OF THE WEEK @TimWestwood After I got fired job offers came rolling in – you’re not gonna see me on I’m A Celebrity Jungle – sorry Ant & Dec (Tim
Westwood) Saturday, September 14
@illsun Is there a twitter account for the guy who puts the fader up on #XFactor? I want to hail him up - always on point (Sunil Singhvi, Twitter)
Saturday, September 14 Follow us on Twitter for up-to-the-minute alerts @MusicWeekNews
@TashaGuthrie One of the best nights in Ibiza @booomibiza @DefectedRecords smashed it up!! (Natasha Guthrie, Domino Records)
Sunday, September 15
@timchipping I bet Gary Barlow puts his hand up to stop the music whenev- er Howard brings a new song to rehearsals #XFactor (Tim Chipping,
Holy Moly) Sunday, September 15
@MartinTalbot It's a long time since I’ve been in a pub with vomit in the sink. #HawleyArms #authenticCamdenexperience (Martin
Talbot, Official Charts Company) Saturday, September 14
@iancr “When thinking about the importance of newspapers, remem- ber, you can’t pack boxes with plates and glasses wrapped in iPads...”
@Mediaredef (Ian Rogers, Beats Music) Sunday, September 15
THE MAGIC NUMBERS
Amaze colleagues and bamboozle rivals with these head-spinning facts and figures...
66
Years, eight months and three days old makes David Bowie the Mercury Prize’s oldest nominee, beating jazz pianist Stan Tracey by just one month
5th
Consecutive No.1 album with their latest Domino
Records released AM makes the Arctic Monkeys the first indie act to achieve such a feat in British chart history
50th
Anniversary of the Compact Cassette. The format
brought tracks such as The Rolling Stones’ Satisfaction and Nirvana’s Nevermind to the public
12
People will be recognised this year for BASCA’s 40th annual Gold Badge Awards. Taking place on October 16, recipients include Bill
Wyman, Bonnie Tyler, jazz trumpeter Guy Barker and DJ Johnnie Walker
50,000
People have signed a peti- tion asking YouTube to take down the video for Robin Thicke’s Blurred Lines. The song has been banned from use at Edinburgh University student events for violating their policy against “rape culture and lad banter”
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