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CMU Planner – w/c 29 Jul 2013
By CMU Editorial | Published on Monday 29 July 2013
Hey everyone, the Edinburgh Festival starts this week, which is exciting. It’s the biggest cultural festival in the entire world, don’t you know? As ever, CMU’s sister magazine ThreeWeeks will be there covering it all in print and online, more on which below. As for CMU, this week we’ll have an interview with Raffertie and a playlist from Alela Diane to coincide with their new album releases.
Now, here’s a look through events, news stories, new releases and gigs takeing place this week…
ThreeWeeks at the Edinburgh Festival. The Edinburgh Festival begins this week. Wednesday, in fact. As ever, CMU’s sister title ThreeWeeks will be there – in print and online – to observe, digest and review it all (well, most of it – 1600 shows in all were covered last year). The preview edition is online for you to read now. Edinburgh-residents could be getting a copy through their letterbox this week, or can pick up copies from most festival venues from Wednesday. Hurrah!
Andy Malt on ‘It’s Amazing’. CMU Editor Andy Malt will appear on Amazing Radio’s ‘It’s Amazing!’ this weekend with presenter Jon Hillcock, to mercilessly critique a selection of new music. Tune in at midday on Saturday.
Camp Bestival. Are you ready to get family-friendly? Well, you’d better be if you’re planning to head down to Camp Bestival this weekend. There’ll be the usual mix of music, comedy, theatre and other attractions for adults and kids alike. I don’t have kids, but apparently Mr Tumble is always a big draw, so you’ll be pleased to know he’s back again this year.
The Sun launches paywall. The Sun is due to add a paywall to its website on Thursday, just at the crack of August. Access to the tabloid’s site will be £2 per week. Incentives that, publisher News UK hopes, will persuade subscribers to pay up will include “exclusive offers and promotions” and, perhaps more importantly, Premier League football highlights, which the tabloid secured exclusive online rights to in a deal back in January.
David Jacobs leaves Radio 2. Veteran radio DJ David Jacobs will step down from his weekly Radio 2 show this week. The presenter, who has hosted ‘The David Jacobs Collection’ for the BBC station since 1998, is departing for health reasons, though says he will return for occasional special programmes. His final show will air on 4 Aug.
New releases. It’s a bit of a quiet release week, but it’s quality not quantity that counts, right? Well good, because AlunaGeorge‘s incredibly long-awaited debut album is finally out, and it is very good. ‘Nouveau grunge’ types Swim Deep also have their debut out, Luke Haines is back with a new record featuring narration from comedian Julia Davies, and The Crimea are back with an album to mark their imminent demise. If you like looking at moving pictures, Robbie Williams is releasing a tenth anniversary edition of his live at Knebworth DVD. Or if you struggle with your attention span, Sampha has an EP out (people with longer attention spans may also like to check this out).
Gigs and tours. Ludovico Einaudi will be playing two nights at The Barbican in London and Shit And Shine will play a trio of shows around the country. Meanwhile, back in London, Mutya Keisha Siobhan will play their first ever live show (as Mutya Keisha Siobhan), and The Crimea will play their last ever show before splitting up (told you it was imminent).
