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Straight back into it after the Easter break, went down to Mark Ronson's album launch party last night at Allsopp Wedel in Westbourne Park. The venue is a small art gallery so it’s all one room, bit of an informal mini warehouse style vibe holding around 250-300 people. Now, the offer of a totally free bar from 8pm till stupid o’clock with Mark Ronson and his mates from YoYo Djing throughout is a hard one to refuse… so few did. The place was packed by the time Daniel Merriweather took to the stage to join Ronson for an ‘unplugged’ version of their current single “Stop Me” (the cover of the Smith’s song that you cant get away from on radio at the moment). That album is gonna blow up this summer, there just isn’t a bad track on it! Oh to be Ronson at the moment… So many artists would sell their parent’s homes to work with him, if I were him I’d be demanding at least £20k just to get out of bed in the morning… and then I’d probably have to kick the 27 women out of it first. He pulled in an impressive amount of recognisable faces to the party too... Candie Payne, Natasha Bedingfield, Will Young, Edith Bowman all there dancing till the early hours…
Right, I’m off to wrap my ears around the new Editors album again… been listening to some of the tracks over the last 2 weeks but finally got a full copy yesterday and cant leave it alone. Definitely the album I’ve been looking forward to most for the last 12 months… and I’m so glad to say it really doesn’t disappoint! Anyone who saw the shows at the end of the last album (I went to all 3 nights at Brixton!) will recognise a couple of the tracks “Weight Of The World” and “Bones”, they’ve totally nailed them in the studio…. WOTW in an epic masterpiece, but believe me the new track “Smokers Outside The Hospital Doors” should take them to a whole new level, the sound of a band that have totally upped the bar.
And finally, if you’re Australian, write for music trade magazine and have a loud mouthed girlfriend… stop reading my blog and learn to buy your own cigarettes.
