Beth Ditto

Mary Beth Patterson, known by her stage name Beth Ditto (born February 19, 1981, in Searcy, Arkansas), is an American singer-songwriter, most famous for her work with the indie rock band Gossip.[1]

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Gossip Live In Liverpool (Columbia)/Rocket From The Crypt RIP (Vagrant)
Some of you, of a certain age, just need to read the words “Julia Carling on Top Of The Pops” and you’ll know what that’s about. A greater, more…contemporary number can get a clue via “Guardian agony column” or “pro-fat Heat front cover”, or another choice moment which signalled that Gossip were no one’s exclusive property. A decade...
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EXCLUSIVE NEW DOWNLOAD: BURNS + Gossip + Passion Pit
Punch! Yay! Mitsubishi! B U R N S is totally strobe-ing out the UK electro scene right now, and rising hype says he’s the new Calvin Harris.  Put down your drink, we have to go dance like this minute or this beat’s gonna kick through our ribs like Alien! He’s remixing Beth Ditto into a basement maze and boozing up Passion Pit. His own jam is stadium electric guitar and it...
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Dead Weather - Horehound
I find it difficult to get excited about The Dead Weather - and I’m a big fan of Jack White.  I think he’s one of the true musical geniuses of his generation - a creative force of nature.  But I’ve always found The Kills to be a bit flat, and Alison Mosshart’s voice to be a bit lacking in charisma. <!--break--> Unfortunately, Alison’s performance...
The Duke Spirit
Venue: The Revue Bar, Soho, London Teaser: How we’ve longed to feel those voodoo vibrations again! Artrocker.com welcomes back The Duke Spirit, with Rob Hastings bringing us this exclusive review of their top secret comeback gig… Pull quote 2: She might be the polar opposite of Beth Ditto in the looks department, but she is the musical fulcrum of her band’s live...
This weeks singles reviewed!
Band name: New Young Pony Club, Good Shoes, Maximo Park, Broken Family Band and more Teaser: Ric reviews this weeks singles, with new releases from Gossip, Broken Family Band, The Thermals, Good Shoes, Maximo Park and more Pull quote 2: Jesus- Beth Ditto is turning into Aretha Franklin and her band are turning into Doctor Teeth and The Electric Mayhem First para:...
The Gossip - Music For Men
 The Gossip - Music For Men 2/10 There’s no doubting Beth Ditto’s voice has a certain sting but let’s be honest, the reason The Gossip is popular is not because of their music. It’s because people are fascinated by the band’s obese lead singer, who has been painted by many in the entertainment media as some kind of freak. She’s posed naked for both...
30th Century Man
Director: Scott Walker Film company: Verve Pictures Teaser: Dave D takes a look into the 30th Century… Pull quote 2: This is largely to do with the fact that Scott is, for want of a better word, a bit of a nut job. First para: Whoa! Fucking creepy. This documentary charts the rise and fall and ‘return’ of Scott Walker, hailed by many as one of the most...
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