http://www.audioscribbler.co.uk We review and feature a variety of media, such as music, movies and videogames. Sat, 04 Jul 2009 21:06:25 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Before "Chinatown" and "Rosemary's baby", Roman Polanski created "Repulsion", a thought provoking, if not frustrating film that hits on repressed childhood memories and how they can mess a person up in the future. "Carol" is alone, but why? The world around her is full of life and people who care about ... http://www.audioscribbler.co.uk/reviews/12461 The boss of the Swedish technology firm which has paid $7.9 million to buy The Pirate Bay says he will turn to rogue BitTorrent tracker into a legit licensed content distribution operation. Though he admits he hasn't actually spoken to the record companies or music publishers about how he might ... http://www.audioscribbler.co.uk/news/12457 Finally Lady GaGa and I can agree on something. She has revealed that she considers her music "shallow" and "soulless". But she thinks that by doing that she's being clever. Here's what she told Maxim: "Warhol said art should be meaningful in the most shallow way. He was able to make ... http://www.audioscribbler.co.uk/news/12455 UK Music top man Feargal Sharkey met with the Tories' culture team this week, the first time a rep of the music business has attended one of the opposition's regular meetings to discuss the cultural industries. Shadow arts minister Ed Vaizey and shadow culture secretary Jeremy Hunt were also there. ... http://www.audioscribbler.co.uk/news/12453 Grizzly Bear have announced that they will play live with the London Symphony Orchestra at London's Barbican Centre in October, which sounds lovely. I would like to go to that. They will be playing other shows in the UK too, but those ones won't feature any orchestras. Unless orchestras start ... http://www.audioscribbler.co.uk/news/12451 My Morning Jacket's frontman Jim James is to release a six track EP of George Harrison covers that he recorded following the death of the late Beatle back in 2001. Songs appearing on the collection, entitled 'Tribute To', include Harrison's first solo number one hit 'My Sweet Lord' as well ... http://www.audioscribbler.co.uk/news/12449 Foals man Yannis Philippakis has been talking about the material the band are making for their next album, and says they're not soaking up the kind of influences you might expect. He told 6Music: "Basically, everything that we didn't like before, we've got into now. We don't really listen to ... http://www.audioscribbler.co.uk/news/12447 According to reports, Dave Grohl, Josh Homme and Led Zeppelin's John Paul Jones are currently recording together. The news follows rumours that the trio were working together dating back to 2005, and appears to have been confirmed by Homme's wife, Distillers/Spinnerette star Brody Dalle, who says: "I'm not at liberty ... http://www.audioscribbler.co.uk/news/12445 Look Over Your Shoulder is our new feature which will cast a look back in time at standout musical releases and personal favourites . Jack Ohms kicks off the first with a reappraisal of the classic release 'Scott 3'. It rained continually for three months from the turn of 1992: a ... http://www.audioscribbler.co.uk/features/12433 Artist: Dolby Anol//Zun Zun Egui//Chops//Cowtown Venue: The Brudenell Social Club Location: Queens Road, LS6 Event Date: Friday 10th July Price: £5 OTD Other Info: Dolby Anol (Tigerbass and Back Yard Recordings) Label mates with Gossip, Chromeo, KID606 and Eats Tapes, DOLBY ANOL are big Leeds favourite faces! They play all over the place from NYC to ... http://www.audioscribbler.co.uk/listings/12410 Three years is far too long a break for a band as talented and respected as Alexisonfire. Unfortunately, their comeback falls marginally short of mind-blowing. It would be fair to say that this Canadian five-piece is ‘too punk’, and indeed their self-titled debut was dangerously rough and disjointed. However, they developed ... http://www.audioscribbler.co.uk/reviews/12349 Professor Green hasn’t exactly caught alight; once signed to Mike Skinner’s label The Beats, the London based MC has struggled to breakthrough (I'm not sure we can count that appearence on the remix of that Twang song 'Either Way'). Though talk of attaining commercial success seems rather trivial considering Green got ... http://www.audioscribbler.co.uk/reviews/12395 Upon their arrival on the Dublin scene in 2007, these four youngsters from Terenure were hailed by the Irish media as a cross between Jeff Buckley and The Libertines, with perhaps a touch of Phil Lynott's second coming. Fronted by Danny O'Reilly (son of Mary Black), and nominated for three Meteor ... http://www.audioscribbler.co.uk/reviews/12403 As well as her previously reported 22 Aug gig at the Edge Festival - you know, the music strand within the Edinburgh Festival Fringe - CMU favourite Amanda Palmer has also confirmed a concert at London's Union Chapel on 12 Sep. Author Neil Gaiman will be on hand to sign ... http://www.audioscribbler.co.uk/news/12383 White Lies have been talking about having a good year of it, and have concluded that they deserved it. Bassist Charlie Cave told Absolute Radio: "All the things we've achieved we can instantly relate X number of hours of immensely hard work to. Whether it be touring, which means the ... http://www.audioscribbler.co.uk/news/12380 Now Sweden's Court Of Appeal has confirmed that the judge who oversaw the high profile Pirate Bay trial was not biased. As previously reported, after the three founders and main funder of the rogue BitTorrent tracker were found guilty of all kinds of copyright infringement and sentenced to a year ... http://www.audioscribbler.co.uk/news/12378