Chrome Hoof aren’t a band to be pigeonholed. They take genre-trashing to a whole new level, thrillingly taking apart and reconstructing everything from prog to disco. Lola Olafisoye, their bewitching frontwoman, delves into a magical world of cosmic rock while the band charge through their hyperactive sonic exercises and visually-spectacular theatrics.
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Where Did The Night Go
Gil Scott-Heron’s I’m New Here represents one of the most talked-about and most welcome artistic comebacks of recent years. Stark, tough, modern, wise and utterly uncompromising Scott-Heron’s new record has had praise lavished on it from all corners of the music press, The Observer declaring:
‘This is as [...]
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‘The revolution will not be televised. The revolution will be live’
- Gil Scott-Heron
Ether, Southbank Centre’s annual music festival of innovation, art, technology and cross-arts experimentation, returns from 16 – 24 April this year with a mix of rock iconoclasts, rap pioneers, audiovisual experimenters and contemporary-classical innovators.
This year’s festival features a very special show from Lou [...]
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