Friday, December 29, 2006
MySpace generation boosts live music
Matthew Taylor
The Guardian
29 Dec 2006
On a blustery Sunday afternoon under the arches near the Thames hundreds of people are waiting for the doors to open on what many believe is becoming one of the most exciting scenes in UK music. These are children — most between 14 and 16 but some... read more...
Wednesday, December 20, 2006
Rise of the fierce girl
BernadetteMcNulty
Arts & Books
16 Dec 2006
Corrine Bailey Rae may have been the first female star of 2006, but her “nice as pie” mould was quickly broken by a new tribe – fierce girls. No longer trapped in the tired template of Madonna’s exhibitionism or the Spice Girls’ laddishness, this new... read more...
MySpace odyssey
Michael Deacon
Arts & Books
16 Dec 2006
It was going to make big record companies practically redundant. It was to thank for Arctic Monkeys. It was to blame for Sandi Thom. In fact, none of these was strictly true of the “social networking” website MySpace this year. Thom’s PR people spun... read more...