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You don’t have to be hip to get gloriously
lost in music.
What being able to access music in new ways
has done is to take the timeless pleasure of
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music – those amazing moments when a tune, a
riff or a lyric opens up our emotions or taps into our
memories – and allowed us to carry that pleasure
with us wherever we are, whatever we’re doing.
We are playlist people, who are not chained to
original album running orders or the tyranny of
A-sides and B-sides; we decide what sounds good
next to what, or we throw a set of loose rules at our
music library and see what comes out. If it works,
we’ll send it to a friend, if it doesn’t, we’ll delete.
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Music is changing, but how it makes us feel is
still as powerful as it was in 1761 when
a five-year-old Mozart entertained his parents
at the clavier, in 1942 when lovers in the
dancehalls swooned to Glenn Miller, and in
2008 when young men felt strangely moved
by Katy Perry…
People of a certain age might still wax lyrical
about how great vinyl sounds, whilst their nieces
and nephews barely know what a CD is, but even
those of us who can’t quite bring ourselves to
consign our tattered old albums to the attic have
to concede that the era of downloading music
has transformed our favourite pastime. The
instant delivery and quality of what we can have
in the palm of our hands has not only given
music fans something to cheer about, but has
brought music back to the masses. Look around
you on the tube – how many people now sit with
headphones on, who would never bother to dust
off their stereo at home?
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Music is aways evolving, and downloading
tracks is simply the easiest way to hear the
music you love whatever you want, wherever
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THE FUTURE OF MUSIC
It’s a music revolution: we are the DJs of our
own worlds.
Just as we might contemplate what combination
of clothes we pull out of the wardrobe every
morning, we can chop and change, we can
re-arrange the tracks we want to hear, and we love
the unexpected places it takes us. Today, T. Rex
might lead us straight to Goldfrapp and on to Kings
of Leon – children of the revolution, ooh la la, sex
on fire! Tomorrow, ‘Let’s Get It On’ by Marvin Gaye
might lead us off on a very different adventure –
our stories are just a few clicks away…
COVER PICTURE: OLIVIA RUTHERFORD / TIME OUT
© Time Out Group 2008. Universal House, 251 Tottenham Court Road, London
W1T 7AB. Tel 020 7813 3000. All rights reserved.
This, once you’ve bought your Nokia Comes With
Music phone, is essentially what’s on offer here.
The Nokia 5310, a sleek and capable handset,
costs just £129.95 on pay-as-you-go from
Carphone Warehouse. It has dedicated music
player buttons and, crucially, a 3.5mm headphone
jack, so you can use the supplied headphones or
substitute your favourite ones. Once you’re home,
check out the Nokia music store, where you’ll find
literally millions of tracks at reasonable prices.
But once you’ve entered the supplied PIN code,
the prices disappear and you can download
unlimited tracks to your PC and transfer them to
play on your phone. As you’d imagine with Nokia,
this is a simple and intuitive process.
With music rental services, when your
subscription runs out, the tracks you’ve been
renting vanish. However, with Nokia Comes With
Music you have access to the Nokia store for a
year, and then – and here’s the beautiful part –
every song you’ve downloaded is yours to keep. No
extra costs, nothing. It’s a simple but spectacular
way to build up a great music library, which you can
play on your phone and through your PC.
Dedicated music keys
for easy access
Integrated loudspeaker
Up to 20 hours music playback
Nokia Comes With Music
Unlimited downloads
Millions of tracks
Yours to keep
The perfect balance of style and music.
The Nokia 5310 Comes With Music Edition comes
with over three million free tracks that you can
download – and they are yours to keep. Basically,
the whole Nokia music store is included when you
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Terms and conditions can be found online.
To enter, go to
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and answer the simple question.
Imagine walking into a record shop where
there are no prices on the CDs. Ask why,
and you’re told to help yourself to as many
as you’d like, free. Take them – and no, you
don’t have to bring them back. Incredible,
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GIG GUIDE
pilgrims’. They also play
Shepherds Bush
Empire on Nov 28.
from the glam-tinged
pop of his solo debut
into a heavier, rock ’n’
roll world as his postPulp odyssey continues.
Saturday 29 Nov
Estelle
indigO2, 7pm, £17.50
West London blingstress
and Mercury nominee
whose neo-soul rub-up
against Kanye West,
‘American Boy’, gave her
a Number One in March.
Wednesday 26 Nov
Waterson: Carthy
East Wintergarden,
7pm, £13
UK folk linchpins Norma
Waterson and Martin
Carthy are joined by
daughter Eliza and
Norma’s brother Mike
for a journey through
the traditions.
WHITE LIES
Wednesday 26 Nov
Masekela leads the
finest African revue this
side of Africa Express.
White Lies
Koko, 7pm, £11.50
Epic, early ’80s sounds
abound with these very
serious west Londoners,
heirs to the success of
The Killers and Interpol.
Wednesday 26 Nov
Thursday 27 Nov
NOVEMBER
Wednesday 26 Nov
Stars Of Africa:
Hugh Masekela +
Angelique Kidjo +
Bassekou Kouyate
Royal Albert Hall,
£35-£15
South African trumpeter
Jarvis Cocker
Shepherds Bush
Empire, 7pm, £20
Cocker steps away
MGMT
The Forum, 7pm, £15
Chaotic synth-pop
from these ‘psychic
charm the pants off you
with her sweet voice and
groovily swaggering pop,
even though sometimes
her lyrics tend a little
towards the explicit…
Saturday 29 Nov
Saturday 29 Nov
Roisin Murphy
Brixton Academy, 7pm,
£18.50
The foxy former Moloko
singer performs electroglam cum grown-up
dance.
Simple Minds
Wembley Arena,
7.30pm, £35-£32.50
Jim Kerr and the chaps
move back into the
arenas they dominated
for so long in the ’80s.
Saturday 29 Nov
Saturday 29 Nov
The Futureheads
Astoria, 7pm, £14
Sunderland’s finest
whip up an angular,
anthemic storm live.
Taio Cruz
Shepherds Bush
Empire, 6.30pm,
£12.50
Rihanna’s ‘Umbrella’
SHIP IN THE SKY
LITTLE GREEN MAN
IN THE GARDEN
I COME IN PEACE
DON’T HURT ME
GIVE PEACE A CHANCE
WATCH MY HEAD EXPLODE
TYPICAL
THE FUTUREHEADS
Thursday 27 Nov
Ida Maria
Scala,7.30pm, £10
Scandinavia’s spunky
pop-punkster airs her
‘Fortress Round My
Heart’ album. She has
such a frenetic stage
presence that she’s
been known to end her
gigs covered in blood!
Friday 28 Nov
Lykke Li
Koko, 7pm, £12
This indie soul Swede will
was originally destined
for this UK talent. He
didn't need it, so good
is his spankingly tight,
electro-driven R&B.
for a concert paying
tribute to one of the
greatest cellists of the
20th century, Mstislav
Rostropovich, who died
last year.
Sunday 30 Nov
Slava! A Tribute
to Mstislav
Rostropovich
Cadogan Hall, 7pm,
£32-£18
The London Cello
Society gathers
distinguished musical
friends and colleagues
3:01 WOODY GUTHRIE
5:23 JESUS VOLT
ROISIN MURPHY
2:16 JO STAFFORD
JANE MCLEISH KELSEY
Chris Parkin and Jonathan Lennie pick the best
of the winter gigs…
Sunday 30 Nov to
Thursday 4 Dec
6:33 ENVIRONMENTALIST BRIGADE
4:50 ZEROCROP
Abdullah Ibrahim
Ronnie Scott’s, 6pm
& 11pm, £50-£35
Legendary South
African jazz pianist
and bandleader who
tempers his burning
creativity with the
calmness of his
Islamic beliefs.
0:39 COUGHS
2:45 THE HEIGHTS
5:17 INVERTIGO
DECEMBER
Tuesday 2 Dec
Glasvegas
Shepherds Bush Empire,
7pm, £13
Expect seasonal faves
from the Glaswegian
rockers, whose frontman
James Allan is a huge
fan of Phil Spector’s ‘A
Christmas Gift For You’.
London Sinfonietta
40th Anniversary
Concert
Queen Elizabeth Hall,
7.30pm, £22-£9
The contemporary music
ensemble celebrates 40
years of fearlessly
tackling new music.
Monday 1 Dec
Wednesday 3 Dec
Imelda May
Bush Hall, 7.30pm, £10
Highly enjoyable, Joolsapproved swing and
rockabilly singer – set for
bigger things in 2009.
Messiah
Barbican Hall, 7pm,
£35-£9
Harry Christophers
conducts The Sixteen
and a stunning cast of
soloists in Handel’s
perennial favourite.
Justly revered Philly hip
hoppers – top live rap.
Thursday 4 Dec &
Friday 5 Dec
Saturday 6 Dec
Pendulum
Brixton Academy,
Thur 7pm, Fri 9pm-3am,
£22.50
Drum ’n’ bass for
Kerrang! readers and
whiner-rock for club kids.
Friday 5 Dec &
Saturday 6 Dec
The Roots
The Forum, Fri 7pm, £20;
Sat 7pm-2am, £25
Saint Nicolas Cantata
Barbican Hall, 3pm, £5;
7.30pm, £30-£5
TV’s Gareth Malone
conducts tenor Ian
Bostridge in Benjamin
Britten’s choral work for
adult and child singers.
Sunday 7 Dec
Bon Iver
Apollo Victoria, 7pm,
£18.50
Should Time Out have
an award for Voice of the
Year, Justin Vernon’s fine
Americana and countrysoul falsetto would win
hands-down.
Monday 8 Dec
Isobel Campbell
& Mark Lanegan
Union Chapel, 7pm,
£16.50
Campbell’s sweet,
sultry voice and
Lanegan’s thrilling growl
combine to suggest
a modern-day Nancy
Sinatra and Lee
Hazelwood pairing.
Monday 1 Dec &
Wednesday 3 Dec
Slipknot
Hammersmith Apollo,
7pm, £32.50
The angry, mask-wearing
screamers might not
vomit into the crowd any
more, but they still disturb
parents and delight kids.
LOST IN THE SUPERMARKET
EVIL
CHICKEN
I CAN’T RUN
WEIRD DREAM
BIG CHEESE
BAD IDEA
BEFORE I SLEEP
Sir Simon
Rattle Conducts
Royal Festival Hall,
7.30pm, £50-£6
Britain’s top export
returns to conduct
the Orchestra of the
Age of Enlightenment
in Berlioz overtures and
Schumann symphonies.
Thursday 11 Dec
3:02 PHILIPPE SEABRA
Rachel Unthank
& The Winterset
Union Chapel, 8pm, £15
Mercury-nominated folk
sisters who’ve immersed
themselves in the olde
music of the north-east.
3:03 BELGIAN ASOCIALITY
Thursday 11 Dec
Monday 1 Dec
Keith Jarrett
Royal Festival Hall,
7.30pm, £60-£15
Jarrett’s ME condition
restricts his touring, so
savour this rare outing
from the ECM piano titan.
Monday 8 Dec &
Tuesday 9 Dec
3:26 WEEPING TILE
4:13 CHALICE
2:11 BOY-GIRL BAND
5:23 DOUG MARKLEY BAND
Kings of Leon
O2 Arena, 6.30pm,
£27.50
Newly arena-inhabiting
US band add soft rock
and glam to a palette that
once consisted only of
urgent swamp rock. Also
playing here on Dec 22.
4:14 THEA GILMORE
Friday 12 Dec
2:10 MAZZY STAR
Friendly Fires
Koko, 7pm, £11
The infectious, epic indiedisco of this St Albans
trio will be a hit at
festivals in 2009, for
sure. Catch them now.
Monday 15 Dec,
Wednesday 17 Dec
& Friday 19 Dec
Saturday 13 Dec
Bach Series
Christ Church,
Spitalfields, 7.30pm
(Mon), 6.30 & 8.30pm
(Wed/Fri), £40-£5
John Eliot Gardiner,
the Monteverdi Choir
and English Baroque
Soloists in three
concerts comprising
a motet, a Christmas
Oratorio cantata and a
Brandenburg concerto.
Chromeo
Shepherds Bush
Empire, 7.30pm, £15
Electro from Dave 1 and
P-Thugg, who describe
themselves as ‘the only
successful Arab-Jewish
collaboration since the
beginning of time’.
Sunday 14 Dec &
Monday 15 Dec
The Wainwright family
has done it; now the
Thompsons follow suit.
Teddy and Kamila join
still-glam mum Linda.
Wednesday 17 Dec
The Hold Steady
Roundhouse, 7pm,
£16.50
The blue-collar rockers
churn through their
dark-hearted tales.
Thursday 18 Dec
Gogol Bordello
Roundhouse, 7pm,
£19.50
Get in the Christmas
spirit with Eugene Hütz
and his punky, misfit
gypsy refugees.
The Who
indigO2, 7.30pm,
£75-£45
Long since done with
hoping they die before
they get old, Daltrey
and Townshend dust
down the decades with
a few of their anthems.
Friday 19 Dec
The Game
The Forum, 7pm, £20
Beef-starting gangster
rapper from LA. Expect
a thrillingly moody time.
Sunday 14 Dec to
Tuesday 16 Dec
Coldplay
O2 Arena, 6.30pm,
£42.50-£38.50
Chris Martin and co
do the business with
their stadium-filling
pop, playing from their
really rather good
recent album, ‘Viva
La Vida’.
THE HOLD STEADY
Wednesday 17 Dec
A Thompson
Family Christmas
Queen Elizabeth Hall,
7.30pm, £20-£10
DAN MONICK
Monday 1 Dec
Monday 22 Dec
(to 23 Jan 2009)
Turandot
Royal Opera House,
7.30pm, £180-£8
Hear world-class
tenor José Cura sing
‘Nessun Dorma’ in this
spectacular production.
LONDON MUSIC VENUES
NW1 7JE (0844 847
2258/www.koko.
uk.com) Mornington
Crescent tube.
Apollo Victoria
17 Wilton Rd, SW1V 1LL
(0870 040 0046/www.
apollovictoriatheatre.
com) Victoria tube.
Brixton Academy
211 Stockwell Rd, SW9
9SL (0844 477 2000/
www.brixton-academy.
co.uk) Brixton tube.
Cargo
83 Rivington St, EC2A
3AY (020 7739 3440/
www.cargo-london.com)
Old St tube.
Astoria
157 Charing Cross Rd,
WC2 8EN (020 7434
9592/www.festival
republic.com) Tottenham
Court Rd tube.
Bush Hall
310 Uxbridge Rd, W12
7LJ (020 8222 6955/
www.bushhallmusic.
co.uk) Shepherd’s
Bush Market tube.
Christ Church,
Spitalfields
Commercial St, E1 6LY
(020 7377 6793/www.
spitalfields venue.org)
Liverpool St tube.
Royal Albert Hall
Kensington Gore, SW7
2AP (020 7589 8212/
www.royalalberthall.com)
South Kensington tube.
Barbican Hall
Barbican Centre, Silk
St, EC2Y 8DS (020
7638 8891/www.
barbican.org.uk)
Barbican tube.
Cadogan Hall
5 Sloane Terrace,
SW1X 9DQ (020 7730
4500/www.cadogan
hall.com) Sloane
Square tube.
East Wintergarden
43 Bank St, E14 5AB
(08700 600 100/www.
eastwintergarden.com)
Canary Wharf tube.
Royal Festival Hall
Southbank Centre,
Belvedere Rd, SE1 8XX
(0871 663 2500/
www.southbankcentre.
co.uk) Waterloo tube.
The Forum
9-17 Highgate Rd,
NW5 1JY (0844 847
2405/www.kentish
townforum.com)
Kentish Town tube.
Hammersmith Apollo
45 Queen Caroline St,
W6 9QH (020 8563
3800/www.hammer
smithapollo.net)
Hammersmith tube.
indigO2
Millennium Way, SE10
0AX (0844 844 0002/
www.theindigo2.co.uk)
North Greenwich tube.
GLASVEGAS
Koko
1A Camden High St,
LYKKE LI
O2 Arena
Millennium Way, SE10
0AX (0844 856 0202/
www.theo2.co.uk)
North Greenwich tube.
Queen Elizabeth Hall
Southbank Centre,
Belvedere Rd, SE1 8XX
(0871 663 2500/www.
southbankcente.co.uk)
Waterloo tube.
Ronnie Scott’s
47 Frith St, W1D 4HT
(020 7439 0747/www.
ronniescotts.co.uk)
Tottenham Ct Rd tube.
Roundhouse
Chalk Farm Rd, NW1
8EH (0844 482 8008/
www.roundhouse.org.uk)
Chalk Farm tube.
Royal Opera House
Bow St, WC2E 9DD
(020 7304 4000/
www.roh.org.uk) Covent
Garden tube.
Scala
275 Pentonville Rd, N1
9NL (020 7833 2022/
www.scala-london.co.uk)
King’s Cross tube.
Shepherds Bush
Empire
Shepherds Bush Green,
W12 8TT (0870 771
2000/www.shepherdsbush-empire.co.uk)
Goldhawk Road tube.
SOMETHING ON MY MIND
CAN’T REMEMBER
OH WELL
HONEY, I’M HOME
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Compton Terrace, N1
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org.uk) Highbury &
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Wembley Arena
Empire Way, HA9 0DW
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Wembley Park tube.
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