Dizzee Rascal Music Photos: Gravity Skank : dance music: Chase .

Last Thursday I returned to a venue close to my heart, Kentish Town Forum, for the Chase & Status album launch party. The gig was set up as part of the Q Awards, a rather bizarrely matched series of events to count downwards to the annual music prizegiving. (I say bizarrely matched because Q magazine is aimed at an older, mainstream market, whereas the music of Chase &

Gravity Skank : dance music: Chase & Status album launch

Last Thursday I returned to a venue close to my heart, Kentish Town Forum, for the Chase & Status album launch party. The gig was set up as percentage of the Q Awards, a rather bizarrely matched series of events to look down to the annual music prizegiving. (I say bizarrely matched because Q magazine is aimed at an older, mainstream market, whereas the medicine of Chase &

Spork: An audience with Marnie Stern

An audience with Marnie Stern

I called Marnie Stern last week just as she was walking into a chocolate shop in New York City. She told me, "I would care for masses to conceive of me as a songwriter instead of just a guitar player because it becomes like a circus act." It`s light to see how she might seen as a novelty: a chick wields a double-neck axe and rips out firm and nasty licks.