M magazine online extras: summer 2013

M magazine online extras: summer 2013

We serve up a smorgasbord of online extras to accompany our latest print issue. Go on, get stuck in!

Plugged in: make the most of social media

Plugged in: make the most of social media

Eamonn Forde talks to those in the know about how songwriters can build a successful social media presence.

New jazz generation

New jazz generation

We discover a new breed of British jazz artists doing their bit to blow away outdated stereotypes surrounding the genre

Gaggle, Summer Camp join Women in Music event

Gaggle, Summer Camp join Women in Music event

PRS for Music to host roundtable with Summer Camp’s Elizabeth Sankey, Mira Calix & Gaggle Choir’s Deborah Coughlin.

M magazine online extras: summer 2013

M magazine online extras: summer 2013

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Plugged in: make the most of social media

Plugged in: make the most of social media

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New jazz generation

New jazz generation

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Gaggle, Summer Camp join Women in Music event

Gaggle, Summer Camp join Women in Music event

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FEATURED

  • Money
    Featured artist

    Featured artist: Money

    posted June 17, 2013

    Esoteric Manchester band Money wear their hearts on their sleeve with first album The Shadow of Heaven. It’s an ambitious debut that’s halfway between the euphoria of Wu Lyf and the epic magic of Grizzly Bear or Beach House. Proclaiming that ‘Manchester is paradise’, they use the city as their muse, making music to reflect its ‘transvestites, drunken lovers, drug takers and holy fools’. After two singles for smaller indies, Bella Union has just added the band to its impressive roster.

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30 seconds

  • Huw Costin
    30 Seconds

    30 Seconds interview: Huw Costin

    posted June 14, 2013

    ‘Yes, I believe that we are doomed’ isn’t the most optimistic of opening lines but captures the heart and grim humour of Huw Costin and his music. His new album Something/Nothing is a collection of songs which offers the perfect introduction to him and his beautiful musical balancing of light and dark. If you like the work of Big Star and previous collaborators Brian Eno and Mark Lanegan, then Huw’s music is for you…

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AUDIO

  • Orlando Gough
    Audio

    Sound Effect: Orlando Gough

    posted June 14, 2013

    Composer Orlando Gough has built his career around a taste for the unconventional. The former maths teacher has crafted music for battleships, choirs, TV operas, theatre productions, ballet and, most recently, for a lighthouse foghorn. Here, he talks us through the diverse music that soundtracks his life – expect gems from Animal Collective, The Small Faces, Monteverdi, Fairport Convention, Henry Purcell, Joe Zawinul and more….

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SESSIONS

  • Tropics
    Sessions

    In session: Tropics

    posted May 24, 2013

    Somewhere between the rich, percussive instrumentation of Daphni and the layered synth hooks of M83 resides Tropics, aka Southampton artist Chris Ward. His music delivers a tropical warmth garnered from vintage synths, Rhodes piano, guitars, real drums – whatever the 25-year-old multi-instrumentalist can lay his hands on. Watch him perform Home and Consonance on a south London pub organ…

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INTERVIEWS

  • The Blow Monkeys
    Interviews

    Interview: Dr Robert, The Blow Monkeys

    posted June 17, 2013

    Songwriter Robert Howard, aka Dr Robert, formed The Blow Monkeys in 1981and has since cultivated a success career spanning 30 years. As a soloist he’s contributed to Paul Weller’s solo debut album and co-written material Dee C Lee, Kym Mazelle and Beth Orton. Here he tells us why songwriting is like casting spells.

  • Ben Watt

    Interview: Ben Watt

    posted June 13, 2013

    Ben Watt is best known as one half of Everything But The Girl, DJ and head of electronica label Buzzin’ Fly. As he scales back the label, M quizzed him on his musical past, present and what his future might hold…

  • Kit Downes hairy face

    Interview: Kit Downes

    posted June 12, 2013

    Mercury Music Prize nominated Kit Downes talks about the piano, the cosmos, working with Matthew Herbert and what it means to be a jazz artist in 2013…

  • Nitin Sawhney

    INTERVIEW: NITIN SAWHNEY

    posted June 7, 2013

    We interview acclaimed songwriter and composer Nitin Sawhney from the Ivor Novello Awards’ red carpet to talk about recording new album OneZero, collaborations and the British music he is currently loving…

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