Clipping.
Dec 4th
The critically acclaimed West Coast-based experimental hip-hop trio,
“clipping” consist of producers Jonathan Snipes and William Hutson,
alongside multi-hyphenate MC, Daveed Diggs. Clipping initially rose to
prominence with their debut album MIDCITY and follow up CLPPNG.
In 2016 they released their opus, SPLENDOR & MISERY, a science fiction concept album that garnered international critical acclaim, including a Hugo Award nomination for Best Dramatic Presentation. This was only the second time ever a music album was nominated, putting them up against the likes of GAME OF THRONES and BLACK MIRROR.
Their follow up, THE DEEP, garnered similar attention including another Hugo Award nomination as well as influencing a Simon & Schuster published novel of the same name. Most recently the band diverted from their sci-fi storytelling and released a horror-based concept album, THERE EXISTED AN ADDITION TO BLOOD.
Line of Best Fit’s Jack Bray hailed it as “sonically intriguing” and “another successful experiment for the group and one of the eeriest examples of modern hip-hop to date.” This was followed up by their acclaimed ‘sequel’ album, VISIONS OF BODIES BEING BURNED.
Wee Dub Club: MUNGO'S HI FI & SOLO BANTON
Edinburgh
Nov 26th
Wee Dub Club Presents
MUNGO’S HI-FI SOUNDSYSTEM
SOLO BANTON
Support From
Nem & Kinsman (Decades of Dub)
The Mighty Scottish Soundsystem Champs Return. Come rally round for an intimate session with Glasgow’s Mungo’s Hi-Fi performing alongside long-time vocal collaborator Solo Banton at La Belle Angele on their full soundsystem. 2 hour set with support from local selectors Nem and Kinsman (Decade of Dub).
Hugh Cornwell
Moments of Madness Tour
Dec 1st
CosmixON!
MOMENTS OF MADNESS
NOVEMBER 2022 UK TOUR
Hugh Cornwell returns with his sensational and highly anticipated tenth solo album Moments of Madness with ten outstanding tracks that are set to stun. The album is released on Friday October 7, 2022. The album is available to pre-order from https://hughcornwell.tmstor.es/
To dovetail with the new album, Hugh will embark on a 21-date Planet Rock presents nationwide UK tour from November 4 to December 4, 2022. A 48-hour ticket pre-sale will start at 10am on Tuesday April 19 via https://hughcornwell.tmstor.es/ . Tickets will then go on general sale on at 10am on Thursday April 21 via www.seetickets.com and www.thegigcartel.com.
When future historians of music draw up a list of the movers and shakers who changed the modern musical landscape, there will be no doubt that Hugh Cornwell’s name will be prominent amongst them. As a pioneering musician, songwriter, and performer his pervasive influence persists in the record collections of music aficionados, across this spinning globe’s radio waves, and on stages around the world. Hugh’s presence is unquestionable. Born in Tufnell Park, North London, Hugh attended school with another celebrated musician Richard Thompson before achieving a degree in biochemistry. He performed his first solo gigs at restaurants owned by celebrated TV chef Keith Floyd who used The Strangler’s Peaches music on his food programmes.
As leader of The Stranglers, Hugh was the main songwriter of all the band’s most memorable songs across ten stellar albums. Their 1977 debut Rattus Norvegicus – featuring seminal songs Peaches, (Get A) Grip, (On Yourself), and more – follow up albums No More Heroes, Black and White, The Raven and The Gospel According To The MenInBlack – which Hugh cites as his favourite Stranglers album – consolidated Cornwell’s stature as a unique songwriter and musician. His lyrics to Golden Brown, from the La Folie album, and their multiple meanings, is a songwriting masterclass with the song reaching number 2 in the UK singles charts. After releasing his final album 10 with the band Hugh embarked on a solo career.
In fact, Hugh’s first adventure into solo sound occurred in collaboration with Capt. Beefheart’s drummer Robert Williams on the 1979 release Nosferatu. It’s a seminal album that garners critical praise for its punk/gothic experimentalism. His first solo release Wolf found favour in America, especially on the alternative charts, as do all of Hugh’s solo albums. Cornwell finds inspiration from many disparate sources, and as a committed lover of celluloid, he found inspiration in a Robert Mitcham movie, for Guilty’s Black Hair Black Eyes Black Suit.
In 2016 Hugh released This Time It’s Personal with punk poet John Cooper Clarke, which comprised of their inimitable takes on songs that shaped their youth. Critics declared it a musical masterpiece. As much was said when Hugh released his ninth solo record Monster in 2018, on which he wrote about the idols that shaped and influenced his life, including La Grande Dame, a song dedicated to his mother.
2022’s Moments of Madness is an album of acute, pithy, and witty observations and social commentary across ten singular songs, that confirms Hugh as the poet laureate of the punk era and beyond.
Call Me Maybe - 2010s Party
Edinburgh
Nov 25th
Join us as we say our farewells to the decade that came right at us like a Wrecking Ball!
The decade that broke the internet, the years that brought you Netflix and Chill, Snapchat Filters, Instagram and more importantly amazing music!
If you kept up with the Kardashians , fell in love with Stranger Things then come and Shake It Off like 1 of those California Gurls. If you love the 2010s then…Call Me Maybe?
Expect to hear: One Direction/ Miley Cyrus/ Taylor Swift/Katy Perry/ Drake/ Justin Bieber/ Ariana Grande/ Ava Max/ Ed Sheeran/Sia/ Macklemore & Ryan Lewis/ Rihanna / Demi Lovato/ Little Mix/ Selena Gomez/ Carly Rae Jepsen/ Halsey/ Billie Eilish/ Avril Lavigne/ Adele and Many more!
Celebrating your birthday between Nov 18th – December 3rd? Then you get free entry. E-mail us on hello@throwbackevents.co.uk with the subject ‘CMM Edinburgh’ to claim.