December 12, 2010

Here’s a Christmas gift idea for the fan of intelligent, literate and articulate music in your family. No its not a dinner with Oprah Winfrey, it’s a ticket to see Lloyd Cole perform with his newish band, the Small Ensemble.

November 17, 2010

Den brittiske låtsmeden Lloyd Cole är dubbelt aktuell i höst, dels med nya albumet Broken record, dels med en turné som når Uppsala nu på fredag. Med sig har han två musiker, Mark Schwaber på gitarr och mandolin och Matt Cullen på gitarr och banjo.

November 6, 2010

Lloyd Cole, afincado en Massachusetts, confirma su recuperación artística con Broken Record, disco que añade tintes conuntry a su folk-rock y con el que vuelve al formato de banda. “Prefiero las canciones de significación maleable, nada de didactismos”

October 31, 2010

1984 satt jag med munnen öppen och såg ett liveframträdande av Lloyd Cole and the Commotions på Bagen som leddes av Cia Berg, och textraden ”She’s got cheekbones like geometry …

October 27, 2010

This is the link to BBC R4 for Lloyd’s interview with the splendid Mark Lawson. He begins at 14min 52 sec!

October 23, 2010

I have an article in October 24th’s IOS magazine – I was commissioned to write 1500 words on my cottage industry.

Publication date: 23/10/10

October 15, 2010

The new album is a band effort. Were you tiring of the solitariness of being a singer-songwriter? Not necessarily, but as soon as we started into rehearsals and recording it in the old-school fashion, it dawned on me that I really didn’t want to go back to the small room on my own again.