New Statesman - <![CDATA[Tom Ravenscroft]]> http://www.newstatesman.com/writers/tom_ravenscroft en <![CDATA[Not raving, but drowning]]> http://www.newstatesman.com/blogs/tom-ravenscroft/2012/02/dance-music-1990s-record http://www.newstatesman.com/blogs/tom-ravenscroft/2012/02/dance-music-1990s-record Sun, 05 Feb 2012 00:00:00 GMT Tom Ravenscroft Tom Ravenscroft misses 1990s dance music, the only kind he could dance to.

]]> <![CDATA[A year in culture: Pop music]]> http://www.newstatesman.com/rock-and-pop-(albums)/2011/12/critics-choice-dark-music http://www.newstatesman.com/rock-and-pop-(albums)/2011/12/critics-choice-dark-music Mon, 12 Dec 2011 00:00:00 GMT Tom Ravenscroft Critics' Choice: The Best of 2011

]]> <![CDATA[In your dreams]]> http://www.newstatesman.com/music/2011/11/taking-collective-nap-dreams http://www.newstatesman.com/music/2011/11/taking-collective-nap-dreams Mon, 28 Nov 2011 00:00:00 GMT Tom Ravenscroft Tom Ravenscroft finds musicians of all genres taking a collective nap.

]]> <![CDATA["Through the Cervix of Hawwah": don't judge a song by its title ]]> http://www.newstatesman.com/blogs/tom-ravenscroft/2011/11/metal-records-hawwah-cervix http://www.newstatesman.com/blogs/tom-ravenscroft/2011/11/metal-records-hawwah-cervix Thu, 17 Nov 2011 12:48:21 GMT Tom Ravenscroft The oddly-named metal records you must listen to.

]]> <![CDATA[Why I wasn't in a band ]]> http://www.newstatesman.com/blogs/tom-ravenscroft/2011/10/revisit-songs-listen-hard-band http://www.newstatesman.com/blogs/tom-ravenscroft/2011/10/revisit-songs-listen-hard-band Wed, 19 Oct 2011 16:53:36 GMT Tom Ravenscroft In tribute to hard-working bands, I revisit songs I didn't like on first listen.

]]> <![CDATA[In praise of John Fahey]]> http://www.newstatesman.com/blogs/tom-ravenscroft/2011/10/bedroom-wall-posters-guitarist http://www.newstatesman.com/blogs/tom-ravenscroft/2011/10/bedroom-wall-posters-guitarist Wed, 12 Oct 2011 12:42:13 GMT Tom Ravenscroft He's my favourite guitarist and I want posters for my bedroom wall.

]]> <![CDATA[Chinese punk and autumnal hip hop]]> http://www.newstatesman.com/blogs/tom-ravenscroft/2011/09/scene-shanghai-looking-hip http://www.newstatesman.com/blogs/tom-ravenscroft/2011/09/scene-shanghai-looking-hip Thu, 29 Sep 2011 14:31:27 GMT Tom Ravenscroft There must be a scene in Shanghai I don't know about.

]]> <![CDATA[Music that makes me smile]]> http://www.newstatesman.com/blogs/tom-ravenscroft/2011/08/rollo-jean-fruit-bats-tunes http://www.newstatesman.com/blogs/tom-ravenscroft/2011/08/rollo-jean-fruit-bats-tunes Wed, 24 Aug 2011 09:46:08 GMT Tom Ravenscroft New tunes by Fruit Bats and Rollo Jean.

]]> <![CDATA[Wild imaginings]]> http://www.newstatesman.com/blogs/tom-ravenscroft/2011/08/ergo-phizmiz-brien-speechless http://www.newstatesman.com/blogs/tom-ravenscroft/2011/08/ergo-phizmiz-brien-speechless Wed, 17 Aug 2011 12:51:56 GMT Tom Ravenscroft Ergo Phizmiz's operatic adaptation of Flann O'Brien will leave you speechless.

]]> <![CDATA[Riot fire must not stop the music]]> http://www.newstatesman.com/blogs/cultural-capital/2011/08/music-recordings-pias http://www.newstatesman.com/blogs/cultural-capital/2011/08/music-recordings-pias Wed, 10 Aug 2011 13:21:50 GMT Tom Ravenscroft The destroyed Pias warehouse contained recordings of some of the UK's best independent music.

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