| Un-convention / Music Blog |  | | CYNIC GURU to play live @ UN-CONVENTION |  Los Angeles / Reykjavik based singer/songwriter/violin guy Roland Hartwell has been creating one helluva buzz with his alt/pop/rock band Cynic Guru, which combines elements of Tears For Fears, The Beatles and leftfield oddness into an affable pop mix. A violinist with the Iceland Symphony Orchestra (who’ve also crossed musical paths with native daughter Bjork), Hartwell has played for Dr. Dre, Cher, P. Diddy, Mandy Moore, Burt Bacharach, Elvis Costello, Brian Adams, Leanne Rimes, Dionne Warwick, and Barry White.
Catch them Sunday Evening @ UN-CONvenTION
Un-convention will be held at the Sacred Trinity Church, Chapel Street, Salford, M3 5DW, England. | | 2008-09-18 10:47:48 | | | MAGIC ARM WILL PLAY LIVE Acoustic Performances @ UN-CONvenTION | Hailed by Iron & Wine’s Samuel Beam as ‘the master of the loop pedal’, multi instrumentalist Marc Rigelsford, AKA the Manchester based Magic Arm, is set to release ‘Widths and Heights’ on Switchflicker Records in July. Splendidly eclectic, ‘Widths and Heights’ is a masterpiece of musicianship, with layers of sounds, bleeps and vocals all fighting for supremacy over each other, yet working side by side to produce a playfully organic gem, whilst at the same time serving the best interests of pop music.
Radio 1’s Huw Stephens, always the baton bearer for new music, championed Magic Arm’s last release, the ‘Outdoor Games’ EP, released last year - After the successful release of the EP, which received critical acclaim from the press, Marc locked himself away to write for four months, and then spent a further six months in the studio to put the finishing touches to ‘Widths and Heights’, and his debut album with Robin Housman.
Catch then Tuesday Day 2pm @ UN-CONvenTION | | 2008-09-18 08:55:14 | | BLOG ARCHIVE
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