Timeless elegance: JOHN CALE’s POPTICAL ILLUSION mesmerises with reflective pop
John Cale's POPtical Illusion, though overlong at 13 songs and nearly an hour, is an effervescent and elegant set of electronic pop songs.
John Cale's POPtical Illusion, though overlong at 13 songs and nearly an hour, is an effervescent and elegant set of electronic pop songs.
From the Warhol years via Reed’s Transformer to Cale’s recent beauty Mercy, there is much to devour and savour within the pages of Velvet Underground oral history Loaded.
John Cale's Mercy is a deeply affective creation, immersed in dark electronica and flirting with cutting-edge r’n’b with guests: Animal Collective, Laurel Halo and Weyes Blood.
John Cale’s Llais performance promised “special guests” when announced in July, confirmed as James Dean Bradfield, Cate Le Bon and Gruff Rhys.
THIS WEEK’S NEW ALBUMS REVIEWED | FEATURE ENO/CALE Wrong Way Up ENO/WOBBLE Spinner (both All Saints) Two reissues, from 1990 and 95 respectively, which comprise two pairings of …
Endaf Emlyn – Salem Syrffio Mewn Cariad Dawnsionara Sain Although Endaf Emlyn’s film and television career …
VELVET VOICE Musician, singer-songwriter, and founding member of the Velvet Underground, John Cale speaks with Kieran Owen about rap, Wales and Lou Reed. “I’d like to see Kokane do Back …
“Thing is,” said my friend. He took a drag on his rollie and waited for a woman in a huge cardboard box to dance past us. “Thing is, I think Green Man’s at a kind of crossroads this year. It’s become big now, y’know? It’s not just be this mad little hippie thing anymore. It’s changing.”