Beyond The Loop

The Durutti Column play King's Place (Hall One) in London on Friday 9 October with support from the John Metcalfe Band.

Tickets are available now priced 17.50, 14.50 11.50 and 6.50 (Saver Seat) [all in GBP].

The gig is but one highlight of the week long concert series 'Beyond The Loop' curated by one-time Durutti man John Metcalfe.

As well as masterminding everything and playing with his own band, John will make appearances with The Duke Quartet and with the The Bays, Simon Hale and The Heritage Orchestra to close proceedings on Saturday 10 October.

Auteur Labels: Factory Records: 1984

Auteur Labels: Factory Records: 1984

The Durutti Column features on a new compilation from LTM which highlights the output of Factory Records from 1984. The featured Durutti track is Duet (Without Mercy).

Auteur Labels: Factory Records 1984 is released on 1 June 2009 but is available to buy now from the LTM Mail Order store.

Love in the Time of Recession Japanese edition

Love in the Time of Recession; Japanese edition on Imperial Records

The Japanese edition of Love in the Time of Recession is set for release on 24 June 2009 according to hmv.co.jp.

Three bonus tracks are listed:

The Secret Between The Blade And Me, Duet For Piano And Guitar and Everybody's Laughing (I Don't Care).

Love in the Sunday Times

Love in the Time of Recession

Rather belatedly, Mark Edwards in today's Sunday Times has reviewed Love in the Time of Recession and given it four stars.

He notes that album-opener In Memory of Anthony, "heads off into a world of wailing noise that brings to mind Gimme Shelter-era Rolling Stones." and that Loser "wanders through a chord sequence that Noel Gallagher could easily turn into a hit single".

Things I Have Learned

There's a new interview with Vini Reilly by Alex Ogg in The Quietus under the title Always The Bridesmaid, Never The Bride with topics covering cross-dressing, Manchester City, the Sandpaper Sleeve and writing songs.

Vini Reilly's Self-Portrait in MOJO

Reilly by Vini

Vini contributes both literally and artistically to the new edition of MOJO (#186) as part of their Self-Portrait series.

Above a hand-drawn and signed portrait (see right - "Rabbit pie, yummee!"), Vini answers questions such as what his most treasured possession is (his handmade 1967 Juan Montero Aguilera guitar and his Fender custom Strat), his biggest regret (that he's never made a decent album) and what his formal qualifications are (won music prize at his Catholic boys school three years in a row).

MOJO is out now (it's the one with John Lennon and Yoko Ono on the cover) in all good newsagents.

allgigs.co.uk reviews Love in the Time of Recession

Check out Paul Pledger's review of Love in the Time of Recession at allgigs.co.uk.