Welcome to Spannered’s music feature and review archive. What’s in here then? Well, since the site was launched in December 2006, Spannered has run in-depth interviews with globetrotting tastemakers Kode9, DJ Ripley and Maga Bo, tripped over to Barcelona's Sónar festival, fallen over at the first ever Bloc Weekend, toured New York's global music circuit and gotten tinnitus in Bristol and São Paulo.
 
Spannered's archive stretches all the way back to 2000 however. Have a dig about and you'll unearth interviews and features with musical innovators Jeff Mills and Photek, write-ups of Cat Power, Caribou and Matmos gigs, and album reviews spanning Aphex Twin to NoMeansNo. You can also visit Spannered's music blog.
 
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The Fall
live   
11 March 2008
The Fall
at The Robin 2
After three decades of curmudgeonly scowling, has Mark E Smith finally earned the right to act like James Brown? Martin Longley treks to the UK's West Midlands to find out...
by Martin Longley
NYC Winter Jazzfest
live   
6 March 2008
NYC Winter Jazzfest
2008
Martin Longley crams himself into New York's Knitting Factory venue for 2008's Winter Jazzfest.
by Martin Longley
Ecstatic Peace!
live   
20 February 2008
Ecstatic Peace!
Thurston Moore Groop, MV & EE, Tall Firs
Bring the noise! Martin Longley catches Sonic Youth's ever-youthful Thurston Moore in New York at the recent showcase gig for his Ecstatic Peace! imprint.
by Martin Longley
The Claudia Quintet/The John hollenbeck Large Ensemble
live   
30 December 2007
The Claudia Quintet/The John hollenbeck Large Ensemble
In New York
Drummer and composer John Hollenbeck comes across as a combination of benign control freak and supremely modest humorist. He's very much the...
by Martin Longley
George Wein & The Newport All-Stars
live   
20 November 2007
George Wein & The Newport All-Stars
In New York
The avuncular George Wein is beaming like he's holding his own personal jam session at home, inviting his favourite players and basking in...
by Martin Longley
The Randy Weston African Rhythms Trio
live   
20 November 2007
The Randy Weston African Rhythms Trio
In New York
The incredibly tall Weston hunkers over his dwarfed piano, looking years younger than his eight decades ought to demand. He's in relaxed mode...
by Martin Longley
Mark Murphy
live   
20 November 2007
Mark Murphy
In New York
Most folks would probably deem Mark Murphy a bit of an eccentric figure, but it's this very individuality that as marked him out as one of the...
by Martin Longley
Subloaded
live   
23 October 2007
Subloaded
Underwater Dancehall Album Launch
Al Fresco surfaces from a night out in Bristol with sore ears and a severe bout of decompression sickness.
by Al Fresco
Napoleon Murphy Brock & Project/Object
live   
16 October 2007
Napoleon Murphy Brock & Project/Object
In New York
There are two meaningful Frank Zappa cover bands operating In the UK, each of them excellent in their differing ways. But, as you might expect,...
by Martin Longley
Bettye LaVette
live   
10 October 2007
Bettye LaVette
In New York
The sixty-one-year-old Bettye LaVette admits that she thought there might not be another album left in her career, but now The Scene Of The...
by Martin Longley
Kronos Quartet/Kluster/Erik Sanko
live   
7 October 2007
Kronos Quartet/Kluster/Erik Sanko
at the Next Wave Festival
The Brooklyn Academy Of Music's Next Wave festival is now celebrating its twenty-fifth year, combining music, dance, film, theatre, visual art,...
by Martin Longley
The Vinicius Cantuária Quintet
live   
1 October 2007
The Vinicius Cantuária Quintet
In New York
Brazilian singer-guitarist Vinicius Cantuária moved from Rio De Janeiro to New York in 1995, and arguably started to become more...
by Martin Longley
Junior Brown
live   
26 September 2007
Junior Brown
In New York
Meet the maker of Down Home Chrome, Semi Crazy and Guit With It, gangling, besuited and topped by a voluminous...
by Martin Longley
Clean Feed
live   
24 September 2007
Clean Feed
NYC Fest
Martin Longley pulls together highlights from the recent NYC fest thrown by Lisbon's forward-looking jazz label, Clean Feed.
by Martin Longley
Sónar Festival 2007
live   
27 June 2007
Sónar Festival 2007
Una Cerveza Con Limón, Señor
Kone-R reports back on the sights and sounds of the 14th annual festival of advanced music and multimedia art.
by Kone-R
Gamelan Sekar Petak
live   
28 May 2007
Gamelan Sekar Petak
In York
Opportunities are rare enough to witness a fully jangling gamelan array (outside of Indonesia, of course), but to hear this ornate collection...
by Martin Longley
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