April 2007
Anna Wood tackles the challenging sounds of freeform jazzer Albert Ayler, then bathes in the immense quiet of ‘Into Great Silence’
My Name is Albert Ayler
Dir: Kasper Collin
Cert tbc
Into Great Silence
Dir: Philip Groning
Cert U
Is it true that sometimes a man (it’s usually a man) suffers a more elegant, lonely pain than most of us will ever suffer and the music they make is part and parcel of that suffering? And is it true that there will, inevitably, eventually, be a documentary about it? They suffer, and we reap the musical benefits – but the film isn’t always such a pleasure. (more…)
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April 2007
Beatmag Games guru Khalid Mallassi lets his 7 1/2 – year old son Noah take the hot seat.
Ultimate Marvel Alliance
(Xbox 360 / Nintendo DS/ PSP / Playstation)
My Dad loves comics even though he’s much older than me, he has millions of them and I think he reads them under the covers when he’s supposed to be asleep too. He loves superheroes so I love them too. They are all like BISH and BAM and SLAM! (more…)
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April 2007
Maverick scribbler Tim Wild reviews… things
This month – Top 5 Rejected Top 5s
Top 5 Albums I’m Supposed To Know About But Don’t
While the list of seminal, world-changing albums I’ve never heard is certainly of an impressive length, this idea bit the dust fairly quickly. I’d made all my limp jokes about musical bores (real ale, Taliban-style denunciations of people who don’t treat their vinyl properly etc) within the first three sentences, then I realised that apart from ‘Blood on the Tracks’ by Dylan, I don’t even know the names of most of the albums I’m vaguely guessing other people regard as classics. (more…)
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Hardknocks
School Of Hardknocks (Wild Pitch, 1991)
The freshest forgotten albums of yesteryear. Not the usual fawned over suspects but albums that ‘net-trawlers and second hand record shop aficionados may come across and should snap up now.
This month Blackbelt Jonez digs into the hip hop archives for…
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April 2007
Beatmag’s rundown of the best to throw your hard-earned money at.
Beatmag Album(s) of the Issue
1. The Aliens
Astronomy For Dogs (Pet Rock/EMI) (more…)
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April 2007
SINGLE OF THE MONTH
Braintax
Syriana Style/Anti-Grey (Low Life) (more…)
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OMD
When it comes to polling the most influential British electro pop bands of the late 70s/early 80s, the results invariably follow a repeated pattern in under-valuing one of the best bands of that period: the bombastically named Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark, more commonly referred to as OMD. (more…)
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The maddest label in the world
Anyone who has come across Accretions Records may have been mystified by their extremely challenging sounds. The San Diego label never compromises and has released some of the most difficult to digest albums ever made, one after another, relentlessly. After some years of coming across them we became mystified as to who they were, why they did it, how they kept going, who bought the records, etc. (more…)
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Rapid Fire interview
Graham Gouldman began his pop career as a successful 1960s songwriter for the likes of The Yardbirds, Hermans Hermits and The Hollies. Working at Strawberry Studios near Stockport he came together with a line-up of musicians – Eric Stewart, Kevin Godley and Lol Crème – and recorded bubblegum hits under a multiplicity of different pseudonyms. By 1972 the outfit signed to Jonathan King’s UK Records as 10cc and went onto have a string of global hits, including the gigantic ‘I’m Not In Love’. (more…)
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John Major
Where Beatmag Defends The Indefensible
Writer and mysterious musical artist Nag’s Head defends the Grey Man
It’s easy to feel like one of the little people, powerless to challenge the injustice of the world. Maybe you think your life is going nowhere fast. A quick look at the rise and fall of John Major could change all of this. He proves that anyone can realise their true potential, and even reach the highest public office in a small island off the coast of Norway. His example is a beacon of hope to us all. (more…)
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