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Titus Andronicus News:
Pitchfork Invades Austin!
From www.pitchfork.com at 12/03/10 08:55 PM. 0 comments.
For a large version of this poster, click here. Graphics by Erez Avissar
Pitchfork is throwing two big parties in Austin, Texas on March 19 and 20. Come hang with us!
We've once again teamed up with our friends at the Windish Agency to present the fifth annual Pitchfork/Windish Austin Party. The party will go down at Emo's (603 Red River St.) on Friday March 19 from 12 - 6 p.m. It features 12 bands on both the outdoor stage and the Emo's Jr. indoor stage. The party is free and open to the public, but be warned: Lines get long if you don't show up early. Thanks to our friends at Ticketweb for helping out.
Bands playing the Pitchfork/Windish Austin Bash include Neon Indian, Japandroids, Real Estate, Memory Tapes, Surfer Blood, Local Natives, Best Coast, and more.
On Saturday, March 20, from 7 p.m. to 2 a.m., we'll kick off the first ever official Pitchfork SXSW Showcase at the Scoot Inn (1308 East 4th St.). This is a full-on SXSW show, so badges and wristbands will be free, with a very limited number of tickets possibly available at the door. (Stay tuned to SXSW.com for more info.) The showcase lineup features Titus Andronicus, Sleigh Bells, the Very Best, Bear in Heaven, and more.
Check out the lineups and set times for both shows below. See...
Dizzee Rascal News:
Why urban acts are long overdue as art critics
From www.guardian.co.uk at 12/03/10 05:16 PM. 0 comments.
Grime MCs rapping about Chris Ofili paintings? If it challenges white, middle-aged art critics then it can only be a good thing
The art world thrives on the reactions of critics. Sensationalist work damned as "gratuitous" or "pretentious" is what makes the Turner prize so exciting. The most media-worthy pieces of the last 10 years have been the work of the YBAs: an unmade bed, a light flashing on and off, a black Mary. Opinions may differ on works such as these, but one thing remains constant: the views belong to white, middle-class (mostly) male critics. Certainly academics are seen as credible authorities, but what of those outside the artistic elite?
It seems like the Tate has realised the importance of having diverse voices to challenge and criticise the way art is seen. Over the next two Sundays, Tate Britain will be inviting urban acts, producers and poets to show the art world a new side to criticism. Each artist â€' including the current UK No 1 Tinie Tempah â€' will use the space to present individual responses to artwork by Chris Ofili (in this particular instance Tinie will be spitting 32 bars about one of Ofili's paintings).
The Tate, then, has done something not only long overdue, but relatively unheard of: it's taking artists from the urban underground (Rapper Rinse MC, producer Cooly G) and giving them a forum to speak about the same kind of things that the likes of Andrew...
Radiohead News:
Pink Floyd's legal victory over EMI is a triumph for artistic integrity
From www.guardian.co.uk at 12/03/10 03:32 PM. 0 comments.
The prog-rock band's court win against their record label is a vindication of the album as a creative format
They don't often look cheery in photos â€' and at least two of them can barely stand to be in the same room â€' but Pink Floyd have a lot to celebrate. The prog-rock legends won a pivotal victory against record company EMI over the sale of their own music. Basically, EMI wanted to make their classic concept albums available to download as individual songs. The band, however, prefer their albums to be downloaded as they were made: in their entirety, as complete musical works. And the judge agreed with Floyd.
At first glance, their motivation seems a little pretentious, recalling a time when supergroups like Led Zeppelin only released albums because they were serious artists and above all that pop stuff, man. However, Floyd's victory is more than just musical snobbery: it's a triumph for artistic integrity.
Michelangelo wouldn't have wanted his Sistine Chapel ceiling to be chiselled into bits and flogged to individual buyers, so why should the same fate happen to Floyd's painstakingly crafted The Dark Side of the Moon? Floyd's most famous album appeared in 1973, when "long-playing records" appeared on vinyl. Back then, unless acts released tracks as singles, the only way of hearing individual tracks alone was to fiddle with the needle or hold a microphone in front of the stereo â€' a popular pastime among 70s...
Vampire Weekend News:
The Cribs, Foals, Mumford & Sons added to Benicassim line-up
From www.nme.com at 12/03/10 02:26 AM. 0 comments.
Acts will join Kasabian, The Prodigy and Vampire Weekend at the event
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The White Stripes News:
Conan O'Brien Announces Music/Comedy Tour!
From www.pitchfork.com at 11/03/10 09:00 PM. 0 comments.
Ever since Conan O'Brien was unceremoniously kicked off "The Tonight Show" stage, there's been a certain missing feeling going around-- a feeling Jay Leno's fast-food-fart of a return to the show did little to quell. But Team Coco can rejoice as the big-haired comedian is plotting a North American tour described as "a night of music, comedy, hugging, and the occasional awkward silence" on its official site.
Amazingly, the endeavor is called "The Legally Prohibited From Being Funny on Television Tour." (Conan's $32.5 million payout from NBC included a stipulation that he can't appear on TV until September 1, according to The New York Times.)
The show will reportedly feature sidekick Andy Richter and members of the "Tonight Show" band. And, considering Conan's guitar skills and his ties with artists like the White Stripes (who performed on his last "Late Night") and Beck (who performed on his last "Tonight Show"), we could be in for some very special musical moments along with the requisite lulz. Not to mention the fact that he's playing Bonnaroo-- who knows what could go down there.
Dates below:
Conan O'Brien:
04-12 Eugene, OR - Hult Ceter for the Performing Arts
04-13 Vancouver, British Columbia - Orpheum Theatre
04-14 Vancouver, British Columbia - Orpheum Theatre
04-16 Spokane, WA - INB Performing Arts Center
04-17 Enoch, Alberta - River Cree Resort & Casino
04-18 Seattle, WA - Marion Oliver McCaw Hall
04-19 Seattle, WA - Marion Oliver McCaw Hall
04-22 San Francisco, CA - Nob Hill...
Peaches News:
News in Brief: The Strokes, Peaches, Dr. Dog, Ether Festival
From www.pitchfork.com at 11/03/10 06:05 PM. 0 comments.
Photo by Cody Smyth
-- The Strokes have announced their first American show in years. The Chicago Tribune confirms that the band will serve as headliners at this year's Lollapalooza, which goes down in Chicago's Grant Park August 6-8. Talking to the Trib, frontman Julian Casablancas says that he thinks the band's new album, which they're recording now, will be out in September. Other rumored Lolla artists include Arcade Fire, Phoenix, Soundgarden, Green Day, and Lady Gaga.
-- Last month, the people who owned the rights to the musical Jesus Christ Superstar blocked electroclash shock-rapper Peaches from performing the one-woman version of it that she was planning to stage in Berlin. But Expatriarch reports that Peaches has successfully negotiated with those rights-holders, and now the musical is back on. She'll perform it March 26-28 at Berlin's HAU1. Sacrilege reigns!
-- On April 6, Anti- will release Shame, Shame, the new album from Philly chooglers Dr. Dog. It'll be the group's first record since signing with the label last year.
-- The Ether Festival will come to the venues of London's Southbank Centre April 16-24. This year's fest will include shows from Lou Reed's Metal Machine Trio,...
Beck News:
Atari Teenage Riot Reunite
From www.pitchfork.com at 11/03/10 05:30 PM. 0 comments.
German electro-punks Atari Teenage Riot had something of a zeitgeist moment in the mid-90s by blurring hardcore punk, jungle, noise, and bloodcurdling screaming, turning all that stuff into a hyperspeed mush that basically forced you (well, me) to stop doing your homework and run around your bedroom screaming, "Deutschland! Has gotta! Dieeeee!" The one time I saw them live, they exited the stage to a wall of white noise so loud it made my stomach hurt. They were something to behold.
Atari Teenage Riot were signed to the Beastie Boys' Grand Royal label and toured with the likes of Beck, Rage Against the Machine, and the Wu-Tang Clan. The group has been effectively disbanded since founding member Carl Crack died of a drug overdose in 2001. But NME reports that the group will reunite, with founders Alec Empire and Hanin Elias joined by late-90s member Nic Endo and new recruit CX Kidtronik, who has worked with Saul Williams.
According to Alec Empire's website, Atari Teenage Riot have several tour dates lined up for Europe this summer. NME reports that on May 17, they'll release the new single "Reactivate" on their own Digital Hardcore label. It may very well have some screaming on it.
Gil Scott-Heron News:
And in other news ... Smashing Pumpkins want YOU (but you want Taio Cruz and the Prodigy)
From www.guardian.co.uk at 11/03/10 03:25 PM. 0 comments.
All the news that's fit to link
Want to play bass in Smashing Pumpkins? Here's your chance (via smashingpumpkins.com)
Murdoc says Gorillaz turned down Katy Perry for a guest spot on their new album because she's got "Russell Brand all over her" (via Contact Music)
Kelis, as photographed by Rankin (via The Wonderland of Alexandra)
The US women's hockey team talk about being inspired by Beyonce's music (via Jezebel)
The Prodigy will headline this year's Bestival (via prodigy.com)
New Madlib tracks, taken from forthcoming album Beat Konducta in Africa (via Gorilla Vs Bear)
The revolution will not be blogged: Gil Scott-Heron on his new album
(via Daily Swarm)
MGMT show off their new, freaky (unlistenable?) direction
(via Stereogum)
First Jay Sean, now Taio Cruz: UK R&B tops the US charts (via BBC)
Ratatat News:
Kid Cudi's "Pursuit of Happiness" With MGMT and Ratatat Gets Another Video
From www.pitchfork.com at 11/03/10 03:00 PM. 0 comments.
"Pursuit of Happiness", Kid Cudi's spaced-out MGMT/Ratatat collaboration, already had a video. It involved both Drake and slow-motion champagne spillage, and it wasn't that good.
But an alternate video for the same song made its way onto the internet earlier this week, as New York magazine points out. And hey! This one is way better! Director Megaforce brings out some gravitational weirdness that could well make you nauseous, and Ratatat actually show up in this one. Watch it below:
Radiohead News:
Are women really on top when it comes to the charts?
From www.guardian.co.uk at 11/03/10 12:37 PM. 1 comments.
This week saw the most successful UK charts run ever enjoyed by female artists. But marketing women in pop hasn't changed much from the poster girls of postwar Britain
It's not often you spot a trend started by Vera Lynn. She might be a mistress of the music hall and soldiers' sweetheart, but fashionably ahead of the curve at 93? You'd hardly bet on it.
But, in September last year, Lynn's best of album went to the top of the charts and as Music Week pointed out recently, it was the first of 11 No 1s out of the last 18 to come from solo female artists. Last Sunday, Ellie Goulding's hyped debut landed in the top spot, sealing the most successful run on the UK charts ever enjoyed by women. Swap a Cheryl Cole for a Colbe Caillat, Whitney Houston for Leona Lewis, and the picture in the US is near identical; 10 of the last 16 Billboard No 1s are from solo female singers.
It's a triumph, especially for such a male-dominated industry â€' only 23% of senior management and 34% of UK jobs in music are held by women. And that the girls have come out on top can only inspire another wave of female musicians, singers, and innovators. Whether the fashion for kooky pop stars in hairbands and heavy eye make-up will hold is one thing; that they're there in such strong numbers â€' and making classic...
Dizzee Rascal News:
Mark Owen: 'I've had 10 affairs behind my wife's back' - Daily Gossip
From www.nme.com at 11/03/10 11:06 AM. 0 comments.
Snow Patrol's Lightbody breaks jaw, Busted to reform, Dizzee to stop Lily's retirement? â€' your music gossip stop
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Radiohead News:
Happy Birthday
From www.radiohead.com at 11/03/10 07:53 AM. 0 comments.
BBC 6 Music - 8 years old today. Something worth celebrating: I mean, when Chris Moyles and Ken Bruce aren't for you - and Radios 1 and 2 strive to appeal to ever younger and older listeners - where else can you turn during the day?
Happy Birthday 6 Music, and all you other nerdy music lovers everywhere....now let's fight for many happy returns.
Jonny
Radiohead News:
Happy Birthdaty
From www.radiohead.com at 11/03/10 07:49 AM. 0 comments.
BBC 6 Music - 8 years old today. Something worth celebrating: I mean, when Chris Moyles and Ken Bruce aren't for you - and Radios 1 and 2 strive to appeal to ever younger and older listeners - where else can you turn during the day?
Happy Birthday 6 Music, and all you other nerdy music lovers everywhere....now let's fight for many happy returns.
Jonny
Radiohead News:
Happy Birthday
From www.radiohead.com at 11/03/10 06:52 AM. 0 comments.
BBC 6 Music - 8 years old today. Something worth celebrating: I mean, when Chris Moyles and Ken Bruce aren't for you - and Radios 1 and 2 strive to appeal to ever younger and older listeners - where else can you turn?
Happy Birthday 6 Music, and all you other nerdy music lovers everywhere....now let's fight for many happy returns.
Jonny
Beck News:
Beck Recruits St. Vincent, Liars, and Os Mutantes for Next Record Club
From www.pitchfork.com at 10/03/10 09:00 PM. 0 comments.
Beck's Record Club is arguably the best reason to make sure you're regularly checking the man's website. Record Club is a project wherein Beck rounds up a few of his friends, famous and otherwise, and records a cover version of an entire album in one day. He then posts the results to his website one song at a time.
Thus far, he's done the Velvet Underground's The Velvet Underground and Nico with Nigel Godrich and Giovanni Ribisi, Leonard Cohen's Songs of Leonard Cohen with MGMT and Devendra Banhart, and, most recently, Skip Spence's Oar with Wilco, Feist, and Jamie Lidell. And the next one should be a hell of a thing.
In a post on her Twitter earlier this afternoon, St. Vincent leader Annie Clark revealed that she'd recorded a Record Club with Beck, Liars, and Brazilian tropicalia legends Os Mutantes last week: "It will be online soonish. Serious fun." She did not reveal which album that particularly badass crew had recorded. But given the level of talent in this mob, the result would be worth a listen even if they were taking on Ugly Kid Joe's America's Least Wanted. (Or, hell, especially if they were taking on America's Least...
Vampire Weekend News:
Florence And The Machine, Belle And Sebastian, Vampire Weekend to headline Latitude
From www.nme.com at 09/03/10 07:15 PM. 0 comments.
Empire Of The Sun, Maccabees also set for Suffolk festival
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Vampire Weekend News:
Florence And The Machine, Belle And Sebastian, Vampire Weekend to headline Latitude
From www.nme.com at 09/03/10 07:15 PM. 0 comments.
Empire Of The Sun, Maccabees also set for Suffolk festival
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Friendly Fires News:
FF vs HG split 12" [2]
From wearefriendlyfires.com at 09/03/10 04:56 PM. 0 comments.
Just a short note to say that our split 12” and download with our friends Holy Ghost! is available in shops from today. We contribute a cover of their excellent song ‘Hold On’, and on the other side they molded our song ‘On Board’ in their own image. Shout to the late great Jerry Fuchs who plays drums on Holy Ghost’s side.
It first got floated as an idea through a boozy, sunshine-y, beachy haze at the beautiful Calvi On The Rocks festival in Corsica (if you haven’t been, go; book it this very instant), and unlike so many other drunken ideas, it has actually come to fruition. Here’s hoping you like it.
Rough Trade 12”:
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iTunes:
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All the best
FFx
Basement Jaxx News:
Streets of London: The city's shifting soundtrack
From www.guardian.co.uk at 09/03/10 03:39 PM. 0 comments.
The capital's soul is harder to pin down than other cities because its musical climate can change between postcodes
If London had the grid system of Manhattan, or had been rebuilt entirely like the Paris of Haussmann, then maybe it would have a readily identifiable sound. After all, you can spot the sound of Manchester â€' whether it's the Hollies, Joy Division, the Stone Roses or MC Tunes â€' at 20 paces. London has always been more fluid, in its architecture and its population. Different eras, and different postcodes, define the sound of the city at any given time. The Barbican's forthcoming Songs In the Key of London event could have included such mismatched performers as Chas & Dave, Rod Stewart, and Dizzee Rascal on the bill and it would have all made perfect sense.
Instead, along with likely lads Suggs and Chris Difford, it features a bunch of singers who aren't even from London â€' Robyn Hitchcock is Cambridge to his toes, Kathryn Williams's Byker Grove accent is a bit of a giveaway. The reason they will be sharing a stage with compere Phil Daniels is that most of the great London songs have been written by outsiders and suburbanites.
David Bowie, tucked away on the fringes of Kent in Beckenham, wrote a few pre-fame songs in the 60s about moving to the big bad city: Can't Help Thinking About Me...
M.I.A. News:
MIA to headline Underage Festival
From news.bbc.co.uk at 09/03/10 03:36 PM. 0 comments.
Tinchy Stryder, Chase & Status and Ellie Goulding join MIA to play at this summer's Underage Festival in London's east end.
Dizzee Rascal News:
Lily Allen walks offstage after crowd ruckus at joint Dizzee Rascal gig - Daily Gossip
From www.nme.com at 09/03/10 10:56 AM. 0 comments.
Ronnie Wood on Skype, Elton's Oscars party, JLS' condoms â€' your music gossip stop
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The White Stripes News:
Listen: The White Stripes' Live Album
From www.pitchfork.com at 08/03/10 08:20 PM. 0 comments.
The White Stripes documentary film and live album Under Great White Northern Lights is out next Tuesday, March 16, in several formats-- DVD, CD, super-deluxe box set. But you can stream the audio from the set now through release day, courtesy of those soothing voices at NPR.
Below is the tracklist for the Under Great White Northern Lights album, which collects audio from various shows on the Stripes' 2007 Canadian tour.
Under Great White Northern Lights:
01 Let's Shake Hands
02 Black Math
03 Little Ghost
04 Blue Orchid
05 The Union Forever
06 Ball and Biscuit
07 Icky Thump
08 I'm Slowly Turning Into You
09 Jolene
10 300 M.P.H. Torrential Outpour Blues
11 We Are Going to Be Friends
12 I Just Don't Know What to Do With Myself
13 Prickly Thorn, But Sweetly Worn
14 Fell In Love With a Girl
15 When I Hear My Name
16 Seven Nation Army
17 End
Radiohead News:
Artists React to the Death of Sparklehorse's Mark Linkous
From www.pitchfork.com at 08/03/10 05:35 PM. 0 comments.
Photo by James Cadden
This weekend, we learned the sad news that Sparklehorse frontman Mark Linkous had taken his own life. The New York Times reports that Linkous shot himself in the heart in Knoxville, Tennessee. He was 47.
Over the course of his career, Linkous toured and collaborated with a lots of musicians, and he made admirers of many more. As the news of his death circulated, many of those artists took to the internet, Twitter especially, to air out their feelings for Linkous. Below, we've rounded up some of those reactions.
Radiohead bassist Colin Greenwood: "I was very sad to hear the news that Mark Linkous has died. He and his band toured with us in Europe, at the start of OK Computer, and they were great every night. His first two records were very important to me, and I carried his music from the tour into my life, and my friends' lives too. He was softly spoken, with an Old South courtesy I hadn't heard before: he introduced me to Daniel Johnston's music, and the West Virginian writing of Pinckney Benedict. Mark wrote and played some beautiful music, and we're lucky to have it. Rest in Peace."
Death Cab for Cutie guitarist Chris Walla: "Rest in peace, Mark Linkous. I...
Vampire Weekend News:
Aziz Ansari, Dave Sitek, and Nick Zinner Take on Justin Bieber
From www.pitchfork.com at 08/03/10 05:00 PM. 0 comments.
Between Vampire Weekend enlisting Jonas Brother Joe Jonas to star in their "Giving Up the Gun" video and a burgeoning war between Justin Bieber and Raaaaaaaandy (aka comedian Aziz Ansari), it looks like the indie world has finally figured out how to capitalize on the current teen-pop boom.
As we wait on the official release of Raaaaaaaandy and TV on the Radio producer-guitarist Dave Sitek's hip-hop mixtape, the duo have a new video on Funny or Die that claims Canadian moppet Bieber shot Raaaaaaaandy in the knee and stole a Raaaaaaaandy track called "Baby Baby" and turned it into his smash hit "Baby". Yeah Yeah Yeahs' Nick Zinner makes a guitar-swaying cameo in the skit.
Check out the first track from the mixtape, "AAAAAAAANGRY", here. Download Raaaaaaaandy's "Baby Baby" and watch the Bieber vs. Raaaaaaaandy saga below.
And-- because this is the only chance I'll ever get to embed a Justin Bieber video on Pitchfork-- the original "Baby" video is after the jump, too. The kid really let himself go:
"Raaaaaaaandy Declares War on Justin Bieber"
MP3:> Raaaaaaaandy: "Baby Baby" [ft. DJ Ol' Youngin]
Justin Bieber: "Baby"
Vampire Weekend News:
Watch Vampire Weekend Perform on "Saturday Night Live"
From www.pitchfork.com at 08/03/10 03:50 PM. 0 comments.
New York City's own Vampire Weekend played "Saturday Night Live" over the weekend. They didn't wear pastels, shorts, or scarves. They did play "Cousins" and "Giving Up the Gun". Check out the performances below--who says you can't sound good on "SNL"?
"Cousins"
"Giving Up the Gun"
Peaches News:
Peaches on 'Sound Opinions' 91.5FM, Chicago Public Radio
From www.peachesofficialblog.com at 08/03/10 02:58 PM. 0 comments.
It’s Jan 2009, Peaches and Sweet Machine are on tearing up the road touring the US, for the third time, since ‘I Feel Cream’ dropped in Spring 09′.
Chicago Public Radios, ‘Sound Opinions’ hosts take time to draw out some interesting facts, that Peaches, naturally expands on.
For the entire audio, please the shows homepage: http://www.soundopinions.org
Sigur Rós News:
jonsi ‘go’ limited edition now on sale
From www.sigur-ros.co.uk at 08/03/10 02:18 PM. 0 comments.
the limited edition of 'go' is now available to preorder over on jonsi.com. the limited edition includes, among other things, a new film called 'go quiet', featuring jonsi performing all the songs on the album acoustically at home in reykjavik. the limited edition is available to buy in physical or digital format.
Radiohead News:
Sparklehorse took the ugly and made it beautiful
From www.guardian.co.uk at 08/03/10 12:05 PM. 0 comments.
The genius of Mark Linkous, who died tragically on Saturday, was to transform the twisted and cruel into the tender and transcendent
My introduction to Sparklehorse was an ugly and brutal experience. Detuned guitars hammering away relentlessly, as unforgiving as a smithy's forge, with a distorted vocal over the top. I might never have listened again had I not read an interview with Mark Linkous, in which he revealed the inspiration for the song: finding an injured bird and nursing it back to health. Never one for the literal, the lyrics to Hammering the Cramps run: "Hey little dog, can you fly? Hammering the cramps ..."
It was heartbreaking on Sunday morning to hear that Linkous had taken his own life. Any sudden death comes as a shock, but as with Elliott Smith or Kurt Cobain, the news can't be totally unexpected for Sparklehorse fans. Linkous had already been declared technically dead once before in 1996, after an overdose of valium and anti-depressants while on tour with Radiohead.
Linkous channelled whatever optimism he could muster after his near-death experience into the second Sparklehorse album, 1998's Good Morning Spider. Animals and escaping into nature are recurring themes in Linkous's lyrics. "The owls have been talking to me," he sang on the shimmering Spirit Ditch. Elswhere, Linkous transformed a biblical passage from Luke 12:6 over glockenspiel: "Every hair on your head is counted/You are worth hundreds of sparrows."
Whether using squealing grunge guitars (
Radiohead News:
Radiohead pay tribute to Sparklehorse's Mark Linkous
From www.nme.com at 08/03/10 11:52 AM. 0 comments.
Linkous had toured with the Oxford band in the 1990s
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Radiohead News:
Mark Linkous RIP
From www.radiohead.com at 08/03/10 10:57 AM. 0 comments.
I was very sad to hear the news that Mark Linkous has died. He and his band toured with us in Europe, at the start of OK Computer, and they were great every night. His first two records were very important to me, and I carried his music from the tour into my life, and my friends lives too. He was softly spoken, with an Old South courtesy I hadnt heard before: he introduced me to Daniel Johnstons music, and the West Virginian writing of Pinckney Benedict. Mark wrote and played some beautiful music, and were lucky to have it. Rest in Peace.
Colin
M.I.A. News:
MIA to headline Underage Festival 2010 â€' ticket details
From www.nme.com at 08/03/10 09:59 AM. 0 comments.
Ellie Goulding, TInchy Stryder also set to play Londno event
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Blue Roses News:
Leeds tomorrow w/ Grammatics
From blogs.myspace.com at 07/03/10 10:58 AM. 0 comments.
Hello friends,Just a quick one to let you know I'm playing in Leeds tomorrow night with the splendid Grammatics at their SXSW fundraiser show. Sadly Lone Wolf had to pull out of the gig (he is in my ...
Dizzee Rascal News:
Dizzee signs autobiography deal
From news.bbc.co.uk at 06/03/10 12:40 PM. 0 comments.
Brit award winner Dizzee Rascal signs a deal for his autobiography promising to "lift the lid" on his troubled background.
Dizzee Rascal News:
Lily Allen flouts smoking ban at co-headline gig with Dizzee Rascal
From www.nme.com at 06/03/10 01:53 AM. 0 comments.
Singer overcomes bronchitis to play Manchester MEN Arena show
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Titus Andronicus News:
Dreams come true
From titusandronicustheband.blogspot.com at 05/03/10 05:48 PM. 0 comments.
First of all, a super big thank you to all the good people who made this Saturday's record release show the second-ever Titus Andronicus headlining appearance to sell all of its tickets! And a full two days in advance! Unbelievable. If only my teenage self could see me now, he whose life was so transformed within the walls of the Bowery Ballroom by the likes of the Arcade Fire and Ted Leo/RX and the Fiery Furnaces and Against Me! and all the other greats bands that me and my buddies have seen there. In fact, you all deserve two thank you's, since I promised myself that if that show sold out, I would buy myself a Playstation 2 (yes, 2 - the place isn't that big). Liberty City, here I come!
Speaking of my wildest dreams coming to brilliant life, could that version of myself, who, at sixteen, was never far from his Discman (remember those?) with the ever-present Slanted and Enchanted or Crooked Rain, Crooked Rain, ever imagine that this summer Titus Andronicus would be playing with PAVEMENT not once but TWICE?!?!? Okay, those mindfucks will be going down at big-ass festivals where oodles of bands will be sharing in the unfathomable honor, but shit... remember Pavement? Seriously, though. Pavement! Okay, yeah, Silver Jews are better in a lot of ways (we can not live on smirking alone, after all), but shit - IT'S PAVEMENT, FOR GOD'S SAKE! We have already heard about the Primavera Sound Festival, so...
Radiohead News:
1 2 3 4 .... Chieftain Mews anyone?
From www.radiohead.com at 05/03/10 03:07 PM. 0 comments.
For those who dont know or remember, Senor Chieftain Mews,as he likes to be addressed now, was our slightly disturbing host on the most gigantic lying mouth of all time . Well, his comrade in arms and occasional masseuse, Chris Bran (who has also been hugely involved in our webcasts since we started them back in 2000), has a pilot out of his new comedy called This is Jinsy .. it went out last Monday night on BBC 3 and you can still watch it on the BBC iplayer, but only for a few more days hurray whilst stocks last Go check it out .. Its mental:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b00r8z4r/This_Is_Jinsy/
If we are on the subject of things you should watch then allow me to point you in the direction of the film 1 2 3 4. It was written and directed by an old friend of ours from Oxford, Giles Borg. Giles was a true mensch of the Oxford scene back in the day .. he directed videos (Colin starred in one he made for the Candyskins, and it's on youtube..),and made a fine documentary on Ride. Well, hes made his first feature film and its the story of an indie band forming and trying to get a deal Sound familiar?...I love it.. You can see a trailer of it at:
http://www.1234themovie.co.uk/
Its showing around the UK at the moment:
http://www.nbcq.co.uk/
Spring is sprunging
Ed
Titus Andronicus News:
Broken Social Scene, Panda Bear, Girls, El-P Join Pitchfork Music Festival!
From www.pitchfork.com at 05/03/10 02:00 PM. 0 comments.
Get ready for another Pitchfork Music Festival lineup announcement! We've already revealed that Pavement, Modest Mouse, LCD Soundsystem, Raekwon, and many more are on board for this summer's fest, which goes down July 16-18 in Chicago's Union Park. And it's about to get even awesomer.
The artists joining this year's already-stacked bill are: Canadian guitar battalion Broken Social Scene, Animal Collective's own Panda Bear, infamous garage-soul power trio the Jon Spencer Blues Explosion, underground hip-hop warrior El-P, West Coast indie heartbreakers Girls, Jersey ragers Titus Andronicus, Brooklyn synth-rock crew Bear in Heaven, Indiana rap bruiser Freddie Gibbs, glam-garage upstarts the Smith Westerns, L.A. roller-rink funk visionary Dam-Funk, experimental psych band Cave, and krautrockers Alla.
Below, you'll find the lineup broken down by day. And we still have plenty of artists left to announce!
When you're planning your weekend, keep in mind that Union Park will open at 3 p.m. on Friday, and the day will feature more music than it has in previous years. Three-day passes are already sold out, so you're going to want to grab those single-day passes as quickly as you can. Get your tickets here.
Here's the lineup so far:
Friday, July 16:
-- Modest Mouse
-- Broken Social Scene
-- El-P
Saturday, July 17:
-- LCD Soundsystem
-- Panda Bear
-- The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion
Dizzee Rascal News:
Dizzee Rascal's life story to be told in official book
From www.nme.com at 05/03/10 12:35 PM. 0 comments.
'The Dizzee Rascal Story' to be published in October
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The White Stripes News:
Lots of chances to see The White Stripes Under Great White Northern Lights
From blogs.myspace.com at 05/03/10 12:21 PM. 0 comments.
The White Stripes Under Great White Northern Lights makes it's US premiere next Friday, March 12th at the Paramount Theater in Austin, TX at 10 PM as part of the South By South West Music Conference. ...
Radiohead News:
Radiohead's Jonny Greenwood-soundtracked film 'Bodysong' for DVD release
From www.nme.com at 05/03/10 12:19 PM. 0 comments.
2003 film set to come out this month
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Discovery News:
MOG v Spotify: the battle begins | Helienne Lindvall
From www.guardian.co.uk at 05/03/10 12:04 PM. 0 comments.
A new music streaming service, MOG, has set up shop. While its payment structure is unclear, it seems that the revenue split destined for artists and composers is even more uncertain than that from Spotify
For the past year, Spotify has dominated much of the debate around music streaming sites. While it's been praised by users, questions have been asked as to whether its business model is sustainable if they don't manage to convert enough of its free subscription service users to premium, paying subscribers. Record labels have largely been positive (which might have something to do with them owning equity in the service), but artists have been less so as they're wondering if any revenue will filter down to them.
Now a new American streaming service called MOG is planning to take on both Spotify and Pandora (currently only available in the US due to licensing restrictions) by offering a hybrid of on-demand and radio. I spoke to president and CEO of MOG, David Hyman, who is certainly a confident man: "I built Gracenote, monetised it and the patent is still under my name. I built my first music website, Addicted to Noise, in 1994, and it became the biggest at the time. I ended up selling it to MTV."
MOG is a $5 a month all-you-can-eat subscription user interface (Hyman says it'll probably be £5 a month in the UK as European publishing rates are higher). The service will be...
RJD2 News:
New videos!!!
From blogs.myspace.com at 05/03/10 08:33 AM. 0 comments.
ok, first up: "A Spaceship for Now" video is done. check it out here:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uJdZ5JN0RwAsecond, a little behind the scenes thing i shot about custom built pieces for the show im...
Gil Scott-Heron News:
Readers recommend: Songs about beauty
From www.guardian.co.uk at 05/03/10 12:01 AM. 0 comments.
Last time focused on blurring the truth. This week we're after songs that are lost in the allure
A warm hello to each and every one of you. What a week. I think we can safely say that, looking at the size and quality of responses, popular music does deception with incredible style. All those freaks and outsiders finally getting the chance to stand up and point the finger, right the wrongs, try to make amends for every half-arsed lie that's been pushed down their throat? That's a mighty powerful tool for anyone to have at their disposal.
In the two lists there is deception at personal, familial, societal, governmental, religious and supernatural levels. However, in a lot â€' but not all of them â€' there's a sense that this deceit, these lies, actually work for the people concerned. They keep the wheels moving, keep the show on the road. Do we really want to be deceived?
A-list: The Who â€' It's Not True; the Carpenters â€' This Masquerade; David Bowie â€' God Knows I'm Good; Dead Kennedys â€' Religious Vomit; the Louvin Brothers â€' Satan Lied to Me; the MC5 â€' The American Ruse; Immortal Technique â€' Bin Laden; the Unthanks â€' Sexy Sadie; Hello Saferide â€' Long Lost Penpal; Mary Gauthier â€' I Drink.
And as for the B ...
Okkerville River â€' Pop Lie
The 'Ville tackle one of the grandest illusions of all â€' the emotional attachments...
Discovery News:
Jane's Addiction Bassist Quits, Lil Wayne Still Free
From www.billboard.com at 04/03/10 11:49 PM. 0 comments.
Jane's Addiction bassist quits again, Sean Lennon defends mom Yoko for allowing dad John's image in a car ad, Lil Wayne sentencing rescheduled again, Jimmy Fallon and ?uestlove talk band discovery.
Vampire Weekend News:
SNL & Jimmy Fallon
From blogs.myspace.com at 04/03/10 05:00 PM. 0 comments.
We are very excited about a couple upcoming TV appearances.This Saturday we will be returning to the legendary Saturday Night Live with guest host Zach Galifianakis. It's CT's birthday on Saturday, so...
Monkey News:
Kano and Bashy: How to handle Gorillaz
From www.guardian.co.uk at 04/03/10 04:48 PM. 0 comments.
The grime stars go back to back on the Plastic Beach track White Flag. So what was it like working with a load of cartoons?
Kano: 'I was a bit worried someone was going to turn me into a cartoon'
You may think it's weird working with a cartoon band but there are a lot of characters in grime, especially since the early days. The scene was built on strong characters â€' I could imagine someone animating Wiley! I was always a bit worried that the label was going to turn me into a cartoon character because they always wanted to exaggerate everything.
I first met Damon when we did a song together, Feel Free, for my album London Town. I went down to his studio and he was working on his Monkey: Journey to the West project. We're definitely on the same page musically, but we're not too similar: it's important to be on a different wavelength as well. In the same way, I think Gorillaz are on a totally different wavelength to most popular music.
When Damon explained the concept of the Plastic Beach album to me I was pretty blown away. He said the idea was that there was this place in the middle of the Pacific ocean and basically all the musicians from around the world were coming to meet at that one place. Once he played me some music I really started to get the idea. I thought it would...
Holly Miranda News:
In Brief: Nels Cline, We Were Promised Jetpacks, Nada Surf, Mission Creek
From www.pitchfork.com at 04/03/10 03:00 PM. 0 comments.
-- When he's not wrecking axes in Wilco, avant garde guitar hero Nels Cline leads his trio the Nels Cline Singers, among various other side projects. On April 13, Cryptogramopone will release Initiate, the Singers' new double album. Members of Deerhoof and Cibo Matto's Yuka Honda guest, and the second disc was taped live at San Francisco's Cafe du Nord.
-- On March 9, FatCat will release The Last Place You'll Look, the new EP from anthemic Scottish indie crew We Were Promised Jetpacks. The band is on tour in the U.S. right now.
-- Brooklyn Buzz Bin vets Nada Surf have a new covers album called If I Had a Hi-Fi. On June 8, Nada Surf's own Mardev Records will release the album, which includes their takes on tracks from Spoon, Kate Bush, Depeche Mode, and more. Until then, you'll only be able to buy it at the band's shows. Holly Miranda and Calexico's Martin Wenk make guest appearances.
-- The annual Mission Creek Music Festival will once again take over venues around Iowa City March 30 - April 3. This year, performers will include Camera Obscura, Xiu Xiu, Acid Mothers Temple, Tim...
Peaches News:
Peaches Has Great Fans- Part Deux
From www.peachesofficialblog.com at 04/03/10 02:31 PM. 0 comments.
Peaches TV wants YOU! We turned the camera back on the fans to bring you the second round of Peaches’ devotees in the spotlight!
We love this series!!!It’s our chance to show off all the gorgeous Peaches fans all over the world!
Leave us a comment below.
Peaches News:
Peaches Has Great Fans- Part Deux
From www.peachesofficialblog.com at 04/03/10 02:31 PM. 0 comments.
Peaches TV wants YOU! We turned the camera back on the fans to bring you the second round of Peaches’ devotees in the spotlight!
We love this series!!!It’s our chance to show off all the gorgeous Peaches fans all over the world!
Leave us a comment below.
Radiohead News:
Radiohead's Ed O'Brien pleads with BBC not to axe 6 Music
From www.nme.com at 04/03/10 12:26 PM. 0 comments.
He labels BBC Director General as 'Herr' Mark Thompson
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Holly Miranda Link:
The Selby Times - Great Album Review
From www.selbytimes.co.uk at 04/03/10 10:34 AM. 0 comments.
M.I.A. News:
Paul Weller and MIA added to Oya Festival line-up
From www.nme.com at 03/03/10 11:27 PM. 0 comments.
Acts to join Pavement and Iggy And The Stooges at the Norwegian event
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Radiohead News:
Radiohead, David Bowie, Lily Allen Blast BBC Over 6 Music Closure Threat
From www.pitchfork.com at 03/03/10 09:00 PM. 0 comments.
When the British Broadcasting Corporation announced plans to potentially shut down 6 Music, the digital radio station they launched in 2002, people were not happy.
According to its website, 6 Music "brings together the cutting edge music of today, the iconic and groundbreaking music of the past 40 years and unlimited access to the BBC's wonderful music archive." It focuses on more non-mainstream tunes than the BBC's more popular radio stations.
Though heavily rumored for days, the official announcement came at a BBC press conference yesterday, as Billboard reports. At the press conference, BBC Director-General Mark Thompson put forward a cost-cutting plan called Putting Quality First, which proposes closing 6 Music and the Asian culture station the Asian Network, and reducing funds for the BBC's websites. For now, though, it's only a proposal, subject to "a 12-week public consultation," according to Billboard. For the plan to go into effect, the BBC Trust will have to approve it this autumn. The public can contribute their opinions here.
Many high-profile artists have responded to the news with dismay. Reuters reports that David Bowie issued a quick statement on his website: "6music keeps the spirit of broadcasters like John Peel alive and for new artists to lose this station would be a great shame."
On Radiohead's Dead Air Space website, guitarist
Vampire Weekend News:
Lil Wayne's Luck On Fire, Sade Still On Top
From www.billboard.com at 03/03/10 08:28 PM. 0 comments.
Lil Wayne's sentencing delayed again, Sade holds at No. 1 on album charts for third week, Gang Starr's Guru recovering from heart surgery, Vampire Weekend talks autotune.
Radiohead News:
Listen: Blonde Redhead Remix Liars
From www.pitchfork.com at 03/03/10 04:50 PM. 0 comments.
For the double-disc edition of their new album Sisterworld (out March 9 on Mute), Liars called on a bunch of friends to "reinterpret" the tracks from the album. Friends like Radiohead's Thom Yorke, TV on the Radio's Tunde Adebimpe, and Bradford Cox of Deerhunter/Atlas Sound. And Blonde Redhead frontwoman Kazu Makino, whose take on "Drip" you can hear right here, right now.
You can also stream Sisterworld in its entirety over at Liars' MySpace.
Radiohead News:
6 Music
From www.radiohead.com at 03/03/10 03:16 PM. 0 comments.
Mark Thompson, Herr Director General of the BBC, announced yesterday that 6 music was to be closed ... which is obviously a ludicrous decision for those who actually love hearing great music on the radio ... so I've written to the BBC Trust, who apparently have the ability to reverse the decision, and if you feel this way inclined the link is https://consultations.external.bbc.co.uk/departments/bbc/bbc-strategy-review/consultation/consult_view
Here's what I wrote:
To whom it may concern,
I am writing regarding the news today that 6 Music is going to be closed, in the hope that you reconsider this decision. To be honest I, along with a vast number of other musicians, music industry types and real music fans, are completely shocked and baffled by this news. I wonder if those who made this decision are actually aware of the hugely important role that 6 music plays in fostering and promoting new bands, as well as still playing the likes of the band that I am in. It literally is the radio lifeblood for music outside of the mainstream. Not to denigrate Radio's 1 and 2, but it really is the only station that puts music first, and that's from a punters point of view and not some bloke in a band. Nowhere else can you hear an archived session track from T Rex juxtaposed next to Midlake's latest release. As David Bowie, put it ... it keeps the spirit of...
Golden Silvers News:
BRONZE CLUB RETURNS!!!
From goldensilvers.co.uk at 03/03/10 02:27 PM. 0 comments.
The bronze club nights at the macbeth have gone quarterly and we have a very special lineup for our first night of 2010…
Radiohead News:
sticky Tar Chart rant
From www.radiohead.com at 03/03/10 10:35 AM. 0 comments.
so yes rumour has it that the canadians came to the copenhagen summit demanding to increase their co2 emmissions.
principally cuz of the tar sands and how much money the faceless motherfuckers in the oil industry stand to make out of it.. who are obviously bankrolling the government there.
i find it hard to correlate this all with the canadians i know who are very forward thinking..
the frightening thing about it is that just such a project could send the climate over the tipping point.
here's a link.. but just google if you wanna know more
people and planet on tar sands
....i try to imagine what it must be like to work in the political lobby office of BP or whatever (ok not often).. must be nice to not give a shit... i've met some people involved in the oil industry they seem nice enough... u know..
but hey, they might cry, were all answerable to the shareholders..
err hang on isnt that most of us? pension funds etc? tricky. but then again not really. what use is a fuckin pension when there aint nowhere to live?
an yway
this is an office chart for all u shareholders out there>>>>
Intro: Live At Skateland (1986) Cutty Ranks
Brothers Gonna Work It Out Public Enemy Fear of a Black Planet
Cyclic Bit Raymond Scott
Audience No. 2 Autolux
New York Is Killing Me (Original Clapping Version) Gil Scott-Heron
Natty DVA
Sing Four Tet
Titus Andronicus News:
Stream New Albums From Titus Andronicus, Liars, Gorillaz, Broken Bells
From www.pitchfork.com at 02/03/10 10:40 PM. 0 comments.
Next Tuesday, March 9, is a big record release day in the U.S. Several titles coming out next week are available for your listening pleasure right now. Click below for links to stream new albums from Titus Andronicus, the Shins' James Mercer and Danger Mouse's Broken Bells, Gorillaz, Liars, and more:
-- Titus Andronicus: The Monitor
-- Broken Bells: Broken Bells
-- Gorillaz: Plastic Beach
-- Liars: Sisterworld
-- Frightened Rabbit: The Winter of Mixed Drinks
-- Gonjasufi: A Sufi and a Killer
-- Free Energy: Stuck on Nothing
-- The Morning Benders: Big Echo
-- The Besnard Lakes: The Besnard Lakes Are the Roaring Night
Vampire Weekend News:
Vampire Weekend, Clipse, Very Best to Play the Roots' Roots Picnic Festival
From www.pitchfork.com at 02/03/10 09:50 PM. 0 comments.
Roots drummer ?uestlove maintains one of the most entertaining Twitters in music; follow him stat if you aren't already. Last night, followers were treated to a video of ?uestlove, backstage at "Late Night With Jimmy Fallon" (where the Roots are the house band), announcing the lineup for the Roots Picnic, the festival the band has put on in its hometown of Philadelphia three years in a row.
This year's Roots Picnic will go down June 5 at Festival Pier on Penn's Landing, and the lineup reflects the band's eclectic tastes. Headliners Vampire Weekend will be joined by Clipse, the Very Best, tUnE-yArDs, Mayer Hawthorne, Pattern Is Movement, Das Racist, and more. The Roots themselves will play, as will two side projects: ?uestlove teaming up with DJ Jazzy Jeff and MC Black Thought's collaboration with Dice Raw and Truck North, Money Making Jam Boys.
In the video, ?uestlove promises that the Picnic will also feature an amazing reunion, but doesn't come out and say who it is. Watch the video to see why we think it's Run-D.M.C.
Radiohead News:
UPDATE: Arcade Fire NOT Covering Peter Gabriel's "Games Without Frontiers"
From www.pitchfork.com at 02/03/10 05:00 PM. 0 comments.
Arcade Fire photo by Kathryn Yu
UPDATE: According to Arcade Fire's publicist, The New York Times incorrectly reported that the band is covering "Games Without Frontiers". The band is not covering that song. It is unclear if they are covering another Peter Gabriel song or not participating in the project at all.
Peter Gabriel's album Scratch My Back, in which he covers songs by Arcade Fire, Bon Iver, David Bowie, Lou Reed, Magnetic Fields, Radiohead, and more, is out today in the U.S. As previously reported, Gabriel is preparing a companion volume called I'll Scratch Yours, in which the artists Gabriel tackled on Scratch My Back cover songs from Gabriel's own back catalogue. We've heard Stephin Merritt's take on "Not One of Us", and Thom Yorke's version of "Wallflower" is allegedly in the works, though that seems to be progressing slowly. Paul Simon's cover of "Biko" is out now.
Yesterday, The New York Times reported that Arcade Fire is "working on" a cover of "Games Without Frontiers", from Gabriel's 1980 solo album. Take a listen to the original below, and imagine how it would sound with Win Butler or Regine Chassagne singing:
Titus Andronicus News:
The Beatles were for sale - we give it away
From titusandronicustheband.blogspot.com at 02/03/10 05:46 AM. 0 comments.
Speaking of instant gratification, it is about time we took that concept to its logical conclusion. If you head over to our MySpace (OurSpace?) you may now stream our new album, The Monitor, in it's entirety for free, just because we like you guys so much. I have been trying very hard over the past hour to put the songs in order, but it just isn't happening. How annoying. Anyway, you already know what the tracklist is, so you shouldn't have too much trouble. This streaming thing is only going to be happening until the 3rd, or maybe just until the 2nd. I never know with this sort of thing. Just to be safe, you better listen to it right this second.
Hey, stop reading this. Didn't I just say to go listen to our record on MySpace right now?
Well, as long as yr here, we might as well talk about some of the appearances we are going to be making at this year's SXSW music conference. We already heard about the Fucked Up Saves Music showcase that is going down on the 20th at Red 7 Patio, but did you know that we are also going to be playing with Fucked Up at a BrooklynVegan day party on the 17th at Emo's? Two shows with Fucked Up - how lucky are we? Fucked Up is one of the greatest bands in the world, even though my father doesn't approve of their name (nor Fuck...
Vampire Weekend News:
Vampire Weekend Anchors Third Roots Picnic Fest
From www.billboard.com at 02/03/10 04:07 AM. 0 comments.
Vampire Weekend will headline the third annual Roots Picnic in Philadelphia.
Tapes 'n Tapes News:
We're Playing a Show (and making a record!)
From www.tapesntapes.com at 01/03/10 10:32 PM. 0 comments.
Hey you! Long time no see. We hope you're having a good winter. Our winter has been focused on less talk and more rock. We've got a bunch of new rock, a full album's worth actually. We are going in to the studio to record our third LP. We're really excited for all of you to hear what we've been working on for all this time.
On the eve of entering the studio, Sunday, March 21, we're going to be playing a rock show at the 7th St. Entry with our good friends Vampire Hands and Minneapolis Dub Ensemble. We're gonna need to get the kinks out and have some fun playing new songs and old. It's going to be a rocking good time.
Tickets for the show are on sale now through all First Avenue outlets.
See ya soon,
tapes 'n tapes
Basement Jaxx News:
Sayonara
From www.basementjaxx.net at 01/03/10 03:28 PM. 0 comments.
The “Scars” tour officially came to an end in Tokyo last Saturday night with a storming show at a packed out Studio Coast venue.
Nearly 3000 Japanese Jaxx-freaks witnessed almost 2 hours of the usual mayhem which was followed by tears & champagne backstage afterwards.
Simon & Felix would like to thank their amazing live band, dedicated crew and all the thousands of fans around the world who came along to the shows.
Thank You & Goodnight !
Thom Yorke News:
Flying Lotus to Perform Live Experimental Film Score
From www.pitchfork.com at 01/03/10 02:00 PM. 0 comments.
Flying Lotus's mutant beats have a certain woozy cinematic quality to them; they're a great soundtrack for when you press your thumbs into your eyelids and see weird shapes. So it stands to reason that his music would make fitting accompaniment for some avant-garde animation. We'll find out for certain next month, when FlyLo drops by the Ann Arbor Film Festival on March 26 to premiere a live score for Harry Smith's 1962 experimental film Heaven & Earth Magic.
FlyLo will follow up his live score by headlining a festival afterparty at the Blind Pig, with VJ Dr. Strangeloop manipulating images while FlyLo performs. Mahjongg will open.
It's all part of a very busy few months for Flying Lotus. On May 3 in the UK and May 4 in the U.S., Warp will release Cosmogramma, his new album, which features a guest appearance from one Thom Yorke. FlyLo will also do opening act duties on the Spring American tour from Mr. Yorke's new band Atoms for Peace.
Elvis Perkins News:
Elvis and Norah Jones
From blogs.myspace.com at 01/03/10 11:58 AM. 0 comments.
Elvis is going on tour with Norah Jones on the following dates. He will be playing these shows solo:March 20 Chicago, IL Chicago TheatreMay 06 Mobile, AL Saenger TheatreMay 08 Memphis, TN Orphe...
Sigur Rós News:
jonsi's solo album "go" available to preorder
From blogs.myspace.com at 01/03/10 11:29 AM. 0 comments.
the limited edition of 'go' is now available to preorder on jonsi.com. the limited edition includes, among other things, a new film called 'go quiet', featuring jonsi performing all the songs on the a...
Vampire Weekend Photos:
Vampire Weekend @ Sala Penelope (27/02/2010)
From www.flickr.com at 28/02/10 12:57 PM. 0 comments.
Vampire Weekend Photos:
Chris Baio, Vampire Weekend, Barcelona, 27 de febrero
From www.flickr.com at 28/02/10 03:13 AM. 0 comments.
Titus Andronicus News:
Instant gratification
From titusandronicustheband.blogspot.com at 27/02/10 12:59 AM. 0 comments.
When my brother and sister and I were kids, our father tried to teach us the value of delayed gratification. If we went on some outing, like to the zoo or a museum or wherever, he would allow us to pick out one souvenir, but we would always have to wait until it was time to go home before we could make that decision. That way, he thought, we'd figure out that, by waiting, we'd be able to determine what we really wanted and not miss out by being rash. It was his hope that we'd learn the value of long-term planning, being goal oriented, look at the big picture, that sort of thing, a lesson that would surely serve us well throughout life.
Well, forget that. Everybody knows delaying yr gratification sucks. With that in mind, let Titus Andronicus give you what you think you want right this second, damn the consequences, in the following two ways.
Firstly, it is our pleasure to share with you another song from our forthcoming record The Monitor. It is the first song on said record, and it is called "A More Perfect Union." You know, as in, "We, the people, in order to form a more perfect union, establish justice, insure domestic tranquility..." and so forth. You know, the preamble to our United States Constitution, that most beautiful and beloved of documents. Get it? First song... preamble... come on, it makes perfect sense. What is that, you don't know...
Titus Andronicus News:
Sprawling New Titus Andronicus Track: "A More Perfect Union"
From www.pitchfork.com at 26/02/10 10:55 PM. 0 comments.
Photo by Rez Avissar
MP3:> Titus Andronicus: "A More Perfect Union"
On March 9, XL will release The Monitor, the sprawling, blown-out, vaguely Civil-War-themed sophomore album from Jersey rockers Titus Andronicus. And up above, you can download the album's charged-up seven-minute opener "A More Perfect Union". If, after hearing that one, you're not totally convinced about the album, click below to watch the stirring YouTube trailer for it.
In the coming months, Titus Andronicus will engage in an insane amount of touring. Go see them and let them crash on your floor.
Radiohead News:
Videos of the Week: Shakira Seduces Rafael Nadal, Ke$ha Covers Radiohead, Sade Whips a Horse
From www.billboard.com at 26/02/10 07:59 PM. 0 comments.
In this week's top 10 videos that had everyone buzzing: Shakira gets steamy with tennis star Rafael Nadal, a 13-year-old Ke$ha covers Radiohead, Sade gets feisty with a horse, Carrie Underwood smooches a pig, and more.
Titus Andronicus News:
Limited Edition Tour Poster
From titusandronicustheband.blogspot.com at 26/02/10 06:44 PM. 0 comments.
Limited Edition Titus Andronicus "Monitour" tour posters available on our upcoming tour. 150 Made, Hand screened and numbered.
The White Stripes News:
More theatrical screenings announced!
From blogs.myspace.com at 26/02/10 05:07 PM. 0 comments.
More theatrical screenings announced!Please find a list of cinemas below where you can see The White Stripes Under Great White Northern Lights across the pond as well as one more in the Great White No...
Radiohead News:
Watch: Three New Thom Yorke Songs
From www.pitchfork.com at 26/02/10 03:25 PM. 0 comments.
Thom Yorke, still monopolizing our front page. During a benefit show for the UK's Green Party last night at the Cambridge Corn Exchange, Yorke played three brand new, never-before-heard songs: "The Daily Mail", "Give Up the Ghost" (whoa), and "Mouse Dog Bird". Watch solid-sounding YouTubes of the tunes after the jump, via At Ease.
Yorke performed without his newly christened band Atoms for Peace, which is touring the U.S. in April. Check out the night's entire setlist-- which included the rarity "I Froze Up", most of The Eraser, and some Radiohead faves-- at At Ease.
"Give Up the Ghost":
"The Daily Mail":
"Mouse Dog Bird":
Radiohead News:
Thom Yorke debuts three new tracks at Green Party benefit gig
From www.nme.com at 26/02/10 05:05 AM. 0 comments.
Radiohead frontman also talks about environmental issues at Cambridge concert
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Gil Scott-Heron News:
Readers recommend: Songs about deception
From www.guardian.co.uk at 26/02/10 12:01 AM. 0 comments.
Last time was all about losing your footing. This week we're after songs with something to hide
Greetings to you all. Big week, this week â€' falling provoked a huge outpouring of ideas and, has, in turn, put me in front of a couple of people I'd never even heard of before. It's a big hello then to Hank Locklin and Al Hibbler â€' thanks for those two. And, frankly, for all the others â€' any week that sees me spending time agonising over whether to go for Gil Scott-Heron or Serge Gainsbourg is, in all honesty, a week well spent.
So we have in the two lists: falling in love, falling out of love, falling through space, falling off a cliff, falling out of a window, falling over drunk and many others. But can you tell where?
A-list: The Versatiles â€' Teardrops Falling; Tom Waits â€' Tango Til They're Sore; Al Hibbler â€' The Blues Came Falling Down; Patsy Cline â€' I Fall to Pieces; Jesus and Mary Chain â€' You Trip Me Up; Sigur Ros â€' Viorar Vel Til Loftarasa; Mos Def â€' Pistola; Julee Cruise â€' Falling; Kings of Convenience â€' Free Fallin' (Live); Grant McLennan â€' Fingers.
And as for the B:
One Dove â€' Fallen
Properly pie-eyed, long-haired, leather-trousered, post acid-house, emoto-thon from never-were Glaswegian heroes. The true sound of the early 90s.
Donald Byrd â€' (Fallin' Like) Dominoes
A bassline that looked to the future and saw...
Radiohead News:
Thom Yorke Names New Band Atoms For Peace, Announces Tour
From www.billboard.com at 25/02/10 06:01 PM. 0 comments.
Radiohead frontman Thom Yorke announced today (Feb. 25) that his side project, now officially named Atoms for Peace, will play an eight-date U.S. tour leading up to its performance at the Coachella Music & Arts Festival.
The Cool Kids News:
Neon Indian Teams With Mountain Dew
From www.pitchfork.com at 25/02/10 05:20 PM. 0 comments.
More than their prettified chillwave peers, Neon Indian sound like they recorded their particular brand of hazy, jittery synthpop after an all-night bender on Sega Genesis and Mountain Dew. So it kind of makes sense that Mountain Dew's internet record label Green Label Sound is set to release a new Neon Indian jam into the world.
The label announced on their site yesterday that they'll release an exclusive Neon Indian single as a free download next month. It'll be the first new Neon Indian material we've heard this year. Green Label Sound has already released free mp3s from artists like Matt and Kim, the Cool Kids, and Chromeo.
Related: Have you guys tried that Mountain Dew Game Fuel stuff yet? Terrible name, but that shit is really good. Best New Sodas.
The White Stripes News:
Phosphorescent Announce New Album
From www.pitchfork.com at 25/02/10 04:45 PM. 1 comments.
MP3:> Phosphorescent: "It's Hard to Be Humble (When You're From Alabama)"
Last year, Matthew Houck's Brooklyn-based indie folk project Phosphorescent released To Willie, a collection of Willie Nelson covers, but it's been a good three years since we've heard an album of new material from Houck. On May 11, we'll get the follow-up to 2007's Pride, when Dead Oceans releases Here's to Taking It Easy, the new Phosphorescent album.
In the past, Houck's played every instrument on Phosphorescent records, but this is a full-band deal, featuring the entire six-piece touring ensemble. The band recorded the LP by themselves in their practice space, though they enlisted the mixing assistance of White Stripes/Cat Power collaborator Stuart Sikes. UPDATE: The band actually recorded the LP at Williamsburg's Headgear Studios with engineer Alex Lipsen. Houck then overdubbed, arranged, and layered it at the band's practice space. Above, you can stream or download horn-infused album opener "It's Hard to Be Humble (When You're From Alabama)".
This spring, the band will hit the road opening for MOR Brit David Gray, and we've got all their dates below. (There's also a headlining tour on the way this summer, but they haven't announced those dates yet.) Also below, you'll find the album's tracklist waiting for you.
Here's to Taking It Easy:
01 It's Hard to...
Radiohead News:
Ticket Info
From www.radiohead.com at 25/02/10 04:17 PM. 0 comments.
As per Thoms announcement below w.a.s.t.e has a pre-sale allocation of tickets for each show. Info for this and the general on sale can all be found here.
W.A.S.T.E.
Thom Yorke News:
Thom Yorke christens solo band and announces more gigs and ticket details
From www.nme.com at 25/02/10 04:03 PM. 0 comments.
Flea and Nigel Godrich also feature in Yorke's 'Eraser' band
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Radiohead News:
Thom Yorke Names Solo Band, Lines Up American Spring Tour
From www.pitchfork.com at 25/02/10 03:30 PM. 0 comments.
Front page photo by Colin Greenwood
Thom Yorke's other band-- you know, the one with Radiohead producer Nigel Godrich, Beck/R.E.M. drummer Joey Waronker, percussionist/multi-instrumentalist Mauro Refosco, and Flea-- now has a name: Atoms for Peace. The news comes straight from Thom himself via Radiohead's Dead Air Space blog.
(The more you know: Atoms for Peace was the name of a speech and program spearheaded by President Dwight D. Eisenhower in the 50s that set to promote peaceful nuclear energy and aided countries including Iran in their development of atomic power. It's also the name of a track on Yorke's solo bow, The Eraser.)
And, along with a previously announced set at this year's Coachella, the band is plotting a two-week, eight-date tour of some major U.S. cities this April. Flying Lotus will open up the gigs, which are listed below:
Atoms for Peace:
04-05 New York, NY - Roseland Ballroom *
04-06 New York, NY - Roseland Ballroom *
04-08 Boston, MA - Citi Wang Theatre *
04-10 Chicago, IL - Aragon Ballroom *
04-11 Chicago, IL - Aragon Ballroom *
04-14 Oakland, CA - Fox Theatre *
04-15 Oakland, CA - Fox Theatre *
04-17 Santa Barbara, CA - Santa Barbara Bowl *
04-18 Indio, CA - Coachella
* with Flying Lotus
Peaches News:
Peaches & Iggy Pop on 'La Musicale'
From www.peachesofficialblog.com at 25/02/10 02:42 PM. 0 comments.
Yes, that IS the one and only Iggy Pop, making a rare TV appearance on France’s Canal Plus, with special guest star, Peaches.
PeachesTV filmed rehearsals on Monday, April 27th, 2009 as Peaches appeared alongside Iggy Pop for a special edition of the French TV show ‘La Musicale’.This edition was dubbed ’Nightclubbing II’, and featured songs from Pop’s ‘Preliminaires’ album.
Check out Iggy’s awesome ‘Three Stooges’ lounge pants!
Peaches News:
Peaches & Iggy Pop on 'La Musicale'
From www.peachesofficialblog.com at 25/02/10 02:42 PM. 0 comments.
Yes, that IS the one and only Iggy Pop, making a rare TV appearance on France’s Canal Plus, with special guest star, Peaches.
PeachesTV filmed rehearsals on Monday, April 27th, 2009 as Peaches appeared alongside Iggy Pop for a special edition of the French TV show ‘La Musicale’.This edition was dubbed ’Nightclubbing II’, and featured songs from Pop’s ‘Preliminaires’ album.
Check out Iggy’s awesome ‘Three Stooges’ lounge pants!
Dizzee Rascal News:
Has the internet killed the myth of the rock star?
From www.guardian.co.uk at 25/02/10 02:27 PM. 0 comments.
We are in danger of destroying rock-star mystique because the web is less in thrall to image than traditional media
"In the last three or four years the internet's taken a stranglehold and killed off the myth of the rock star," Tom Meighan of Kasabian told Bangshowbiz last week. "You know when you used to buy records and there was a myth behind them? There's too much on blogs now and I think it's killed it off. There are so many rock stars writing these self-pitying blogs and it's not in the spirit of rock'n'roll."
The irony of giving such a headline-grabbing opinion to an internet-only news service seems to have been lost on Meighan, but as a singer clearly in thrall to the mystique of Bowie, Bolan and Bjoerk, he makes a good point. For all the wrong reasons.
We are in danger of losing the enigma of the rock star: you only have to stand Grizzly Bear next to pop stars like Dizzee Rascal, Florence Welch, or Lady Gaga in her blowtorch bra to see that the mainstream has gazumped alt-rock in terms of retina-frying freakishness. Dolled up in Napoleon outfits for their last promo stint Kasabian seem like a throwback to a time when rock favoured the fantastical. A time before hair metal made dressing up seem corny, long before lad rock forced music to be "real", and long before Pitchfork made a star of the bearded troubadour.
But it's not Twitter...
Radiohead News:
?????? New Shows
From www.radiohead.com at 25/02/10 02:19 PM. 0 comments.
hey everyone
ok so in April the other band.. that i got together to do the eraser and other stuff u know .. Mauro, Flea, Me, Joey and Nigel is going back out to do some shows in the US.. ending with playing with Coachella. we had too much fun to just leave it there...
it has been decided that we call ourselves Atoms For Peace. hope you like the name.. it seemed bleedin' obvious.
these are the shows + Flying Lotus is opening for us -
New York Roseland Ballroom 5th + 6th
Boston Citi Wang Theatre 8th
Chicago Aragon Ballroom 10th + 11th
Oakland Fox Theatre 14th + 15th
Santa Barbara Bowl 17th
for further details follow this link
all warmth
Thom
The White Stripes News:
Jack White produces wife Karen Elson's debut album
From www.nme.com at 25/02/10 11:49 AM. 0 comments.
White Stripe spouse's musical effort will be out this summer
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The White Stripes News:
Sneak Peek Screenings of Under Great White Northern Lights Announced/Host your own screening!
From blogs.myspace.com at 25/02/10 09:10 AM. 0 comments.
On March 16th, audiences across the country will have the opportunity to host their own screenings of The White Stripes Under the Great White Northern Lights. Fans have the chance to "Be a Part of the...
Peaches News:
PEACHES CHRIST SUPERSTAR 3 Nights Only-Berlin
From blogs.myspace.com at 25/02/10 08:17 AM. 0 comments.
PEACHES CHRIST SUPERSTARFEATURING CHILLY GONZALESPremiere March 25th. Also running on the 26th and 27th March 2010.Peaches, the bad girl of electro punk, and Chilly Gonzales, pianovirtuoso and rap ent...
Titus Andronicus News:
Getting Ready for Tour
From titusandronicustheband.blogspot.com at 25/02/10 02:53 AM. 0 comments.
Titus Andronicus News:
New merch for tour
From titusandronicustheband.blogspot.com at 25/02/10 02:52 AM. 0 comments.
Titus Andronicus News:
Titus Andronicus Poster + Team Work
From titusandronicustheband.blogspot.com at 25/02/10 02:52 AM. 0 comments.
Radiohead News:
Radiohead win Shockwaves NME Awards Best Band Blog honour
From www.nme.com at 25/02/10 12:25 AM. 0 comments.
Band triumph over Muse and Noel Gallagher
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The White Stripes News:
Jack White Produces Wife's Debut LP
From www.pitchfork.com at 24/02/10 08:25 PM. 0 comments.
Photo by Kate Elson
You may remember Karen Elson from her role as the very pale, very red-headed model wearing those very insane high heels in the White Stripes' "Blue Orchid" video. But Jack White's wife is more than a pretty face. Her debut solo album, The Ghost Who Walks, was produced by Jack and is due out this summer on Third Man/XL.
Elson has a few musical credentials already. She turned Serge Gainsbourg's steamy "Je T'aime Moi Non Plus" into a quasi-gay duet with Cat Power in 2006 and has performed with the cabaret act the Citizens Band.
Watch the Jack White-directed video for a live acoustic take on The Ghost Who Walks's believably haunted title track after the jump, and head over to Elson's site to download an MP3 of the song in exchange for an e-mail address:
Vampire Weekend News:
Vampire Weekend to Perform on "Saturday Night Live" Again
From www.pitchfork.com at 24/02/10 06:15 PM. 0 comments.
Photos by Napoleon Habeica
On March 6, Vampire Weekend will make their second appearance on "Saturday Night Live". The host is Zach Galifianakis, who's making his "SNL" debut. Safe to say: This episode could very well be a season high, so set the DVR now. If it's half as entertaining as VW's "Giving Up the Gun" video, we'll be in decent shape.
For the record, I will not be happy unless Ezra gets his Digital Short on.
Gil Scott-Heron News:
Why someone in Whitney Houston's condition shouldn't be on stage
From www.guardian.co.uk at 24/02/10 04:03 PM. 0 comments.
The troubled diva recently gave a car-crash concert in Australia. She should stop performing until she can deliver something worthy of her name
Whitney Houston has a problem. In fact, she seems to have a lot of problems. According to reports from Monday night's concert in Brisbane, Australia the singer was breathless, shambolic and out of control. The 46-year old â€' whose drug problems during her marriage to fellow musician Bobby Brown have been well-documented â€' struggled throughout her comeback show, much to fans' fury. One woman commented that Houston "can't sing, couldn't perform and was the worst act we've ever seen", sentiments echoed by many others. "She couldn't entertain a dead rat," was another comment.
Houston has a history of this kind of behaviour. When I reviewed her concert for the Guardian in 1999 she could barely sing, was hardly ever on stage and when she was, she missed notes and fell over. Still, that was when she was having "personal problems". This time, her tour manager defended her, asking fans to support the troubled diva in "difficult times".
"[She] is now up on stage, warts and all, presenting herself like an open book for the world to see and they want to ridicule Whitney. If they expected to hear the Whitney of 20 years ago, go buy a CD. If they want to see a true professional artist give 100%, well come along and enjoy the ride of an amazing talent, on...
M.I.A. News:
M.I.A. Album Out in June?
From www.pitchfork.com at 24/02/10 03:50 PM. 0 comments.
Last night, M.I.A. rifled off three quick posts on her Twitter: "BANNED FROM LEAVING THE U.S, FAMILY BANNED FROM COMING TO U.S TO SEE ME, BABY, RECORDING LP, SIGNING THE DOPEST ACTS THATS HITTIN 2010," "I THINK IM READY," and "JUNE 2010."
Which seems to suggest the U.S. government still believes she's some sort of threat and that her much anticipated third album is coming out in June. Either that, or she just really likes the month of June and wants to tell people about it. (She also posted a link to photos from a Jeremy Scott fashion show, saying "IRANIAN PRINCESS SADE IS SPREADING.")
M.I.A. worked with producers Diplo, Rusko, Switch, Blaqstarr, and Sleigh Bells' Derek Miller on the LP. (Could the currently label-less Rising duo Sleigh Bells be one of said "DOPEST ACTS"?) Last week, Rusko Tweeted that the album is finished. And she posted a version of new song "Space Odyssey" on her Twitter last month. More info as we get it.
Vampire Weekend News:
Courteeners, Editors, Noah & The Whale for Isle Of Wight Festival
From www.nme.com at 24/02/10 05:55 AM. 0 comments.
Acts to join The Strokes, Jay-Z and Vampire Weekend at June event
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Vampire Weekend News:
Vampire Weekend, Beck, Grizzly Bear, Of Montreal on Haiti Benefit Comp
From www.pitchfork.com at 23/02/10 06:20 PM. 0 comments.
Hear to Help is a new charity compilation put together by American Eagle Outfitters and Filter that features rarities, covers, and remixes from all the folks in those headlines along with Camera Obscura, Surfer Blood, Air and more. The CD is currently available in all American Eagle stores through March 19-- and at their website starting tomorrow-- with all proceeds going to Oxfam America. Click on to see the tracklist:
Hear to Help:
01 Beck: "Volcano" (acoustic version)
02 Snow Patrol: "You Will. You? Will. You? Will. You? Will." (Bright Eyes cover)
03 Keane: "Black Burning Heart" (French version)
04 Air: "So Light Is Her Footfall" (Breakbot Remix)
05 Charlotte Gainsbourg: "Dandelion"
06 Julian Casablancas: "Long Island Blues"
07 Black Rebel Motorcycle Club: "Am I Only" (ReMix)
08 The Breeders: "We're Gonna Rise"
09 Vampire Weekend: "Cousinz" (Toy Selectah Mex-More Remix)
10 Noah and the Whale: "Love of an Orchestra" (Chew Fu Fix)
11 Camera Obscura: "The World Is Full of Strangers"
12 Minus the Bear: "Broken China"
13 of Montreal: "Take Me Out" (live) (Franz Ferdinand cover)
14 Busdriver: "Running Water"
15 Surfer Blood: "Take It Easy" (Drop the Lime Remix)
16 Grizzly Bear: "Boy From School" (Hot Chip cover)
17 AM: "Endings Are Beginnings" (Piano Mix)
Giggs News:
Banning rap shows will not help gun crime
From www.guardian.co.uk at 23/02/10 05:08 PM. 0 comments.
Police should persuade gangsta rappers like Giggs to speak out against gun crime, rather than stop their concerts
As the UK tour by Peckham gangsta rapper Giggs is cancelled due to police intervention, let's compare the amount of people that Operation Trident has prevented from shooting each other with the amount of people they've stopped from going to a club night.
Since Trident's inception in 1998, gun crime in the UK has risen by 89%, with London bearing the brunt of these sad figures. I think it's time to say that no matter how many Lethal Bizzle concerts are cancelled, the policy of banning rap shows is simply not working and so maybe it's time to start thinking differently.
Firstly, you can see why police don't like Giggs and why they contacted XL Records to tell them not to sign him. He's one of the UK's few genuine gangsta rappers, having served two years in jail on firearms offences. On his debut single, Don't Go There, Giggs raps about leaving a life of crime but that he's still prepared to murder somebody with a gun, should the need be.
He runs with a crew from Peckham called SN1 (Spare No One) and the boys in his videos wear black bandanas. His slo-mo raps wouldn't sound out of place on an early Mobb Deep album and, gangsta-wise, he's pretty authentic. When he raps, "Walk in the party sportin' Armani/Half the crowd be snortin' my Charlie",...
Holly Miranda Link:
The Line of Best Fit - Interview
From www.thelineofbestfit.com at 23/02/10 12:26 PM. 0 comments.
Vampire Weekend News:
Vampire Weekend, Julian Casablancas and Beck to feature on Haiti benefit Album
From www.nme.com at 23/02/10 12:11 AM. 0 comments.
Proceeds will go to Oxfam's Haitian relief effort
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Vampire Weekend News:
Vampire Weekend Scoffs at Sales, Justin Bieber Not Dead Again
From www.billboard.com at 22/02/10 10:21 PM. 1 comments.
Vampire Weekend dismisses interest in album sales and releases new video, Spanish-language "We Are the World" recorded, more false Justin Bieber death rumors, Cheap Trick goes 8-track.
Peaches News:
Angel Ceballos Photo Shoot. Seattle, WA
From www.peachesofficialblog.com at 22/02/10 11:48 AM. 0 comments.
Peaches shot these hot photos with Seattle based photographer Angel Ceballos, back in the fall when she was tearing up the road in the States. This photo shoot featuring costumes that Pea’s personally nicknamed; the Pink Gladiator, and the Dick Face cape. Can you guess which one is the latter?
Peaches TV brings you behind-the-scenes footage from the day of the shoot.
Click here to view the embedded video.
Photos courtesy Angel Ceballos.
Peaches News:
Angel Ceballos Photo Shoot. Seattle, WA
From www.peachesofficialblog.com at 22/02/10 11:48 AM. 0 comments.
Peaches shot these hot photos with Seattle based photographer Angel Ceballos, back in the fall when she was tearing up the road in the States. This photo shoot featuring costumes that Pea’s personally nicknamed; the Pink Gladiator, and the Dick Face cape. Can you guess which one is the latter?
Peaches TV brings you behind-the-scenes footage from the day of the shoot.
Click here to view the embedded video.
Photos courtesy Angel Ceballos.
Vampire Weekend Photos:
Vampire Weekend - Kingston Jan 2010
From www.flickr.com at 20/02/10 05:21 PM. 0 comments.
Vampire Weekend News:
Watch Vampire Weekend's new all-star video for 'Giving Up The Gun'
From www.nme.com at 20/02/10 12:52 AM. 0 comments.
Ezra Koenig and co unveil video starring Wu-Tang's Rza, Lil Jon, Joe Jonas and Jake Gyllenhaal
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Titus Andronicus News:
Further MONITOUR information
From titusandronicustheband.blogspot.com at 19/02/10 10:54 PM. 0 comments.
Hello again friends. Just wanted to dash off a quick note to keep you up to date with the latest additions to the MONITOUR schedule.
On March 15th, which so happens to be our beloved Ian Graetzer's birthday, we will play a concert in Tulsa, OK at a place called the Eclipse Cultural House. This will be a FREE show, and is being organized by our friend Jay, who worked at the late, lamented DIY venue The Monolith (who we all remember from this blog, surely). Okay, great! Not long after, on March 25th, we will play a show at in San Luis Obispo, CA at the SLO Arts Center. We played here with the So So Glos during the Bring On the Dudes tour. That band Cotton Jones was also there. As I recall, most of the people went home before we played, but that's all right. It bodes well for whoever happens to be opening for us that day. Speaking of...
We are pleased to announce another one of the fine bands who will support us on this MONITOUR, for the first run of proper shows following the record store trip and SXSW. Exploring the West Coast with us, all the way from El Paso to Vancouver, will be none other than English twee upstarts Let's Wrestle. Somehow, we always get mixed up with these sorts of characters. Anyway, their debut full-length, In the Court of the Wrestling Let's, later this year on Merge...
Holly Miranda News:
New dates added!
From www.hollymiranda.com at 19/02/10 06:04 PM. 0 comments.
Hi friends,
Tickets for my May 26 show at Bowery Ballroom go on-sale today at Noon!! Purchase tickets here!
We’ve also added a few other dates in March and April.
See you soon!
xoxo,
Holly
Tuesday, March 9
Cafe Du Nord
San Francisco, CA
Tuesday, March 23
The Waiting Room
Omaha, NE
Friday, April 9
High Dive
Seattle, WA
Tickets – ON SALE FRIDAY 2/19
Monday, April 12
400 Bar
Minneapolis, MN
Wednesday, May 26
Bowery Ballroom
New York, NY
Tickets – ON SALE FRIDAY 2/19
Vampire Weekend News:
Watch: Vampire Weekend Video With RZA, Jake Gyllenhaal, Lil Jon, Joe Jonas
From www.pitchfork.com at 19/02/10 05:45 PM. 0 comments.
And here it is: The tennis-themed Vampire Weekend video for "Giving Up the Gun", directed by the Malloys and featuring chair umpire RZA (stoic), a drunk Jake Gyllenhaal (phenomenal), a French-speaking Lil Jon (goofy), and a spazzed-out Joe Jonas (helplessly corny), along with a star turn from VW buddy Jenny Murray, who nearly steals the whole OMG affair.
All I'm going to say is the last time Gyllenhaal randomly popped up in an amazingly silly video, that song hit number two on Billboard's Hot 100.
The embed awaits (via Spinner):
Gil Scott-Heron Link:
Front page profile of 11 minute documentary on Pitchfork
From pitchfork.com at 19/02/10 03:36 PM. 0 comments.
Radiohead News:
Manic Street Preachers attack Radiohead at tiny Glasgow show
From www.nme.com at 19/02/10 10:11 AM. 0 comments.
Band celebrate King Tut's Wah Wah Hut's 20th birthday
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Gil Scott-Heron News:
Gil Scott-Heron announces UK tour dates and ticket details
From www.nme.com at 19/02/10 03:32 AM. 0 comments.
Political poet and singer begins the gig-run in April
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Peaches News:
Peaches &.....Peaches (Geldof)
From www.peachesofficialblog.com at 18/02/10 12:49 PM. 0 comments.
Peaches hangs with Peaches Geldof backstage. The two P’s joke about P’s fans consistently sending PG tweets, saying ‘great show’, ‘you’re amazing’…
By the way, if you want to hit up the real P on Twitter
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Peaches News:
Peaches &.....Peaches (Geldof)
From www.peachesofficialblog.com at 18/02/10 12:49 PM. 0 comments.
Peaches hangs with Peaches Geldof backstage. The two P’s joke about P’s fans consistently sending PG tweets, saying ‘great show’, ‘you’re amazing’…
By the way, if you want to hit up the real P on Twitter
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Vampire Weekend Photos:
Vampire Weekend at Brixton Academy
From www.flickr.com at 17/02/10 06:11 PM. 0 comments.
Peaches News:
Peaches' Jesus Christ Superstar Performance Shut Down
From www.pitchfork.com at 17/02/10 03:55 PM. 0 comments.
This March, electro-shock provocateur Peaches was due to perform a one-woman version of Andrew Lloyd Weber's Jesus Christ Superstar at Berlin's Hebbel Theatre, with piano accompaniment by Chilly Gonzales. But apparently the German people in control of the rights to the musical didn't want to risk a weird Peaches-as-Jesus scandal, so they preemptively shut it down, according to Peaches' Twitter. (Via The Guardian.)
In a statement, Peaches wrote: "It's a shame that the authorities feel threatened by this new fresh approach. I know a lot of people who really love the music and would appreciate this stripped down down solo performance. I have so much respect for the music and lyrics from the original score and this was my way of honouring that." She also added: "PEACHES CHRIST SUPERSTAR CRUCIFIED BEFORE OPENING NIGHT!"
Looks like the sanctity of the Lord is safe...for now.
Radiohead News:
Abbey Road studios must be saved | John Harris
From www.guardian.co.uk at 17/02/10 03:49 PM. 0 comments.
The place where the Beatles recorded is full of wonder. So why are we so bad at preserving our pop-cultural heritage?
A simple fact: the British are crap at preserving their pop-cultural heritage. In the States, you cannot move for Halls of Fame, proudly curated museums, and streets named after everyone from Dave Grohl to Elvis. In the UK, however, if the sums fail to add up, in come the demolition men, and there goes another piece of history.
Manchester's Hacienda was razed to the ground to make way for what used to be called "yuppie flats". In Liverpool, the original Cavern Club â€' now a car park â€' was belatedly replaced by an ersatz version. In central London, the Astoria has gone, making room for the Crossrail project. The site of the Marquee Club on Wardour Street â€' the spiritual home of the Who â€' is now the home of two restaurants and some high-end apartments. The list goes on: if these venues were associated with authors or composers, they might have survived, but associations with mere pop music are never quite enough to save them.
And now a shadow falls on Abbey Road â€' as with the almost-as-legendary Olympic studios in Barnes, a potential casualty of EMI's lack of business acumen. In the age of platinum albums done on laptops, we're told, it's a tragic relic. Read the quote from a media...
Vampire Weekend Link:
Gigwise: photos from London
From www.gigwise.com at 17/02/10 12:06 PM. 0 comments.
Dizzee Rascal News:
Lady Gaga, Kasabian, Florence triumph at Brit Awards 2010
From www.nme.com at 16/02/10 11:26 PM. 0 comments.
Oasis, Dizzee Rascal and Jay-Z also scoop gongs
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Dizzee Rascal News:
Dizzee Rascal wins best male Brit
From news.bbc.co.uk at 16/02/10 09:11 PM. 0 comments.
Dizzee Rascal is named best British male at the 2010 Brit Awards in London.
Dizzee Rascal News:
Brit awards 2010: full coverage with our live blog
From www.guardian.co.uk at 16/02/10 06:48 PM. 0 comments.
• Lady Gaga wins hat-trick of prizes at Brit awards 2010
• In pictures: the stars come out for music industry bash
It's the biggest night in the British music calendar, and guardian.co.uk/music is there â€' covering every minute from, er, a cupboard at the back of Earls Court
Post your comments and questions below. You can also email paul.macinnes@guardian.co.uk or tweet us using #britawards
This year sees the 30th anniversary of the Brit awards at its honourable home of Earls Court in London. The show will feature performances from Lily Allen, Jay-Z and Lady Gaga, while organisers have promised a special version of You Got the Love from Florence and the Machine with Dizzee Rascal (otherwise known as the inevitable Brits mash-up.)
Winners will be announced from 8pm, with Peter Kay playing host and Robbie Williams closing the show by accepting the oustanding achievement award (and no doubt performing the inevitable Brits medley).
17.10 Good evening. The event proper starts at 20.00, I'm still in the office and so, bearing in mind the traffic, expect this sucker to start moving at 19.30. I will be using the 24hr clock all night.
18.57 Well, if it isn't Earl's Court. It's sloshing it down outside and Rufus Hound and a young woman whom I'm afraid I don't recognise are gladhanding celebs doing their best not to look cheesed off by the rain.
I had a...
Radiohead News:
EMI Plans to Sell Abbey Road Studios
From www.pitchfork.com at 16/02/10 05:25 PM. 0 comments.
The Financial Times reports that EMI has put the famous London recording complex Abbey Road on the market. The label converted the building into the world's first custom-built recording studio in 1929. But Abbey Road remains most famous because the Beatles did most of their recording there and named their final album after the studio UPDATE: The album was named after the street, and the studio was renamed after the release of the album. Pink Floyd recorded Dark Side of the Moon there, and Radiohead, Blur, and more have worked there. In recent years, the studios have been used to record film scores and television programs.
But according to the Financial Times, the studios are becoming prohibitively expensive to use, and EMI is in desperate need of cash. It's not clear yet whether EMI is selling the Abbey Road brand name along with the studio itself. The Financial Times quotes a media lawyer as saying, "the brand is worth more that the building." So if you're planning to buy Abbey Road, you might have to rename it Rabbey Oad or something.
Dizzee Rascal News:
Dizzee Rascal named British Male Solo Artist at Brit Awards 2010
From www.nme.com at 16/02/10 04:44 PM. 0 comments.
Bow-born rapper takes the gong at the London ceremony
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Dizzee Rascal News:
Lady Gaga, Florence Set To Shine At BRIT Awards
From www.billboard.com at 16/02/10 04:24 PM. 1 comments.
Lady Gaga, Florence and the Machine, Dizzee Rascal, Robbie Williams and Jay-Z should all get a sales boost from the U.K.'s BRIT Awards.
Vampire Weekend News:
My Morning Jacket, MGMT, Vampire Weekened To Head Sasquatch 2010
From www.billboard.com at 16/02/10 03:26 PM. 0 comments.
My Morning Jacket, Massive Attack, Vampire Weekend and MGMT are among the dozens of bands that will play the 2010 Sasquatch Music Festival, the annual Memorial Day weekend event at The Gorge near Seattle, Wash.
Dizzee Rascal News:
Brit Awards 2010 â€' Daily Gossip Special
From www.nme.com at 16/02/10 12:56 PM. 0 comments.
Oasis to show up? Cheryl Cole's heartache, Flo and Dizzee to give away 'dirtee' cash
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Thom Yorke News:
And in other news ... the Brits are back, and so is Erykah Badu
From www.guardian.co.uk at 16/02/10 12:40 PM. 0 comments.
All the news that's fit to click to
• Erykah Badu's new kaleidoscope-effect music video featuring Lil Wayne is still on her website, also featuring hand puppets and Barack Obama (Via erykahbadu.com)
• Grainy footage of Prince rehearsing in a warehouse, apparently from 1984 (Via Daily Swarm)
The Brits section begins:
• The tabs decide Lady Gaga is being a diva ... (Via Digital Spy)
• And take bets on Cheryl Cole's lovelife ahead of her primetime performance (Via The Mirror)
• After giving props to Susan Boyle, Jay-Z continues his charm offensive (Via Gigwise)
• The Pope has been nominated in the Classical Brits category. We look forward to a drunken acceptance speech (Via BBC)
Brits section ends
• Kate Nash's new single suggests she spent a long time listening to the second Horrors album. Or Britpop. Or something (Via Idolator)
• Florence Welch says she'd like to work with Thom Yorke. No word from Thom (Via BBC 6 Music)
• Fancy owning Abbey Road studios? Yours for just "tens of millions of pounds" (Via Bloomberg)
Vampire Weekend News:
Sasquatch! Festival Announces Lineup
From www.pitchfork.com at 16/02/10 08:00 AM. 0 comments.
The Sasquatch! Festival will once again come to the Gorge in Quincy, Washington May 29-31 (Memorial Day weekend). Pavement has already announced that they'll headline one day of the fest. Well, now we know the other two headliners, as well as the rest of the bill, and there's a whole lot to like here. Pavement will share headlining duties with My Morning Jacket and Massive Attack, but the whole bill, top to bottom, is pretty stacked.
The list of bands taking the stage on Memorial Day Weekend includes Vampire Weekend, MGMT, the National, LCD Soundsystem, Band of Horses, Ween, Tegan and Sara, Broken Social Scene, Passion Pit, Public Enemy, She & Him, the New Pornographers, the Hold Steady, the xx, Dirty Projectors, No Age, Drive-By Truckers, Kid Cudi, the Mountain Goats, Quasi, Camera Obscura, Midlake, Caribou, Girls, WHY?, Japandroids, Wale, YACHT, Cymbals Eat Guitars, the Very Best, Neon Indian, tUnE-YarDs, Local Natives, the Tallest Man on Earth, Fool's Gold, A-Trak, and a whole mess of others.
Head on over to the Sasquatch! site for all the details.
Titus Andronicus News:
Spring 2010 Line Preview
From titusandronicustheband.blogspot.com at 16/02/10 03:54 AM. 0 comments.
more to come soon
Radiohead News:
Echo Chamber: Peter Gabriel
From www.pitchfork.com at 15/02/10 10:30 PM. 0 comments.
"I still haven't had a response from Thom Yorke ... He originally wrote to say he wanted to do a version of 'Wallflower', but I haven't heard what he thinks of my version of ['Street Spirit'] ... Not everyone likes it, and I've no real idea whether he likes it or hates it. We have a little clue, though. We gave out codes for the artists to listen to their songs on a stream and we could see how many times they've heard them. I think he's only streamed 'Street Spirit' once, which isn't a good sign, but who knows?"
-- Peter Gabriel, who might've spoken too soon about Thom Yorke covering his song "Wallflower". (via The Sun, via NME)
Thom Yorke News:
Florence And The Machine singer reveals she'd 'like to work with Thom Yorke'
From www.nme.com at 15/02/10 09:38 PM. 0 comments.
Florence Welch also explains that their new album is going to be 'chemical and elemental'
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Dizzee Rascal News:
The xx and Fever Ray added to Bestival line-up
From www.nme.com at 15/02/10 02:58 PM. 0 comments.
Flaming Lips, Dizzee Rascal also on bill for festival
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Friendly Fires News:
Friendly Fires and Holy Ghost cover each other for split single
From www.nme.com at 15/02/10 12:09 PM. 0 comments.
Drunken conversation leads to joint release
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The White Stripes News:
Watch The White Stripes perform live on NME.COM now - video
From www.nme.com at 15/02/10 11:28 AM. 0 comments.
Footage of the band performing 'Dead Leaves And The Dirty Ground' online now
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Peaches News:
Peaches Corrects Her 'Wikipedia' Files
From www.peachesofficialblog.com at 15/02/10 10:44 AM. 0 comments.
Peaches was recently a guest on The Wikipedia Files ,Chicago’s Public Radio fact-checking interview show, hosted by Justin Kaufmann. Peaches dispells the myths, states the facts, and expands on some pretty-well known stories surrounding her unconventional rise to fame. over
If you thought you knew all there was to know about Peaches- you’ll want to take another look.
Peaches News:
Peaches Corrects Her 'Wikipedia' Files
From www.peachesofficialblog.com at 15/02/10 10:44 AM. 0 comments.
Peaches was recently a guest on The Wikipedia Files ,Chicago’s Public Radio fact-checking interview show, hosted by Justin Kaufmann. Peaches dispells the myths, states the facts, and expands on some pretty-well known stories surrounding her unconventional rise to fame. over
If you thought you knew all there was to know about Peaches- you’ll want to take another look.
Vampire Weekend News:
This week on NME Radio: February 15-19
From www.nme.com at 14/02/10 06:00 AM. 0 comments.
Vampire Weekend interview and session set to air
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Thom Yorke News:
Rag and Bone Womenswear A/W 10-11
From www.dazeddigital.com at 13/02/10 06:47 PM. 0 comments.
We all go hiking to a Thom Yorke mixed soundtrack at Rag and Bone womenswear. 
We already got inkling from the menswear show that both boys and girls at Rag and Bone would have a happy camping trip for next season exploiting all elements of outdoors wear. Trucker plaids were mixed and layered to great effect. Socks were knitted and thick and paired with chunky boots. Layers of knits, shirts and outerwear were piled on top of each other to create off-kilter proportions. Leather sock garters and leather pouches completed the outdoors outfitting. Thom Yorke's eclectic soundtrack mix for the show also provided a suitable contrast point to the show.
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Titus Andronicus News:
Four Score and Seven Inches
From titusandronicustheband.blogspot.com at 13/02/10 02:11 AM. 0 comments.
DISCLAIMER: For all that the internet is great, it is also a very baffling place, and I don't know how to make it so that every picture I posted doesn't get cropped so that it looks shitty and stupid. If you want to look at this blog where it isn't so ugly, try TitusAndronicus.net.
First of all, let me give a big thank you to all the people who have responded to our plea for places to sleep/play. I had pretty much figured that I would put it out there and it would dissipate into the ether, so imagine my great surprise and delight to see so many of you opening yr hearts to us. So far, we have received about 130 e-mails in response to our last blog, and I am looking forward to the Herculean task of going through them all. Good to know we have so many friends!! :)
So yeah - hopefully soon we'll be able to announce some more shows. So far, we have been able to fill one off-day - on the sixth of April, we'll be playing at Project Lodge in Madison, WI. Neat! In addition, we can confirm that on the 1st of April, we will play a place simply called Cobalt in Vancouver, BC. Speaking of Vancouver, have you guys been pumping that new Japandroids song "Art Czars?" That is the fucking jam!
Also, there was some misinformation in with those tour dates. On the 11th of...
Dizzee Rascal News:
Faithless and Dizzee Rascal to headline Global Gathering 2010 â€' ticket details
From www.nme.com at 13/02/10 12:01 AM. 0 comments.
Dance and rap acts set for July bash
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The White Stripes News:
Watch the Strokes Recording New LP
From www.pitchfork.com at 12/02/10 11:10 PM. 0 comments.
A few days ago, Strokes drummer Fab Moretti told the BBC that his band had finished recording the basic tracks for their upcoming fourth album, tentatively due in September. And now we have video proof that the New York City quintet have indeed been working on the record, thanks to an official behind-the-scenes video recently uploaded to YouTube.
Though singer Julian Casablancas is conspicuously absent from the nine-minute clip, the band's other four members are featured playing Scrabble, teasing each other, making joke songs, and generally having what looks like a pretty solid amount of fun.
Some facts gleaned from the video: Albert Hammond, Jr. cut his hair, the band are working on a new song called "Taken for a Fool", and they recorded in Manhattan's Avatar Studios with producer Joe Chiccarelli (White Stripes, Shins, My Morning Jacket). The video is embedded below.
In other Strokes news, Casablancas told the NME that the band's two announced summer festival appearances-- at England's Isle of Wight Fest and Scotland's Rock Ness-- are the only shows they'll play this summer. But Casablancas is heading out on the road with his own band in the coming months to support his recent solo album, Phrazes for the Young.
UPDATE: The Strokes are also lined up to play two German festivals this summer-- Hurricane and Southside-- according to the fests' official sites. (Via Consequence of Sound.)
M.I.A. News:
Diplo Mashes Up M.I.A. and Rihanna
From www.pitchfork.com at 12/02/10 06:45 PM. 0 comments.
MP3:> Rihanna: "Rude Boy (Diplo Rudeboyz Remix)"
Yesterday, Diplo took to his Twitter to point out the obvious similarities between Rihanna's new "Rude Boy" video and M.I.A.'s "Boyz" video. But the similarities don't end with the videos, which Diplo made all the more obvious when he posted something else on his Twitter: A blend of "Rude Boy" and "Boyz". They fit pretty naturally together! Click above to stream or download it, via the Fader.
Diplo's Twitter has seen a whole lot of action over the last day or so, including a running dialogue with the dudes from Vampire Weekend.
Diplo to Ezra Koenig: "dude are u gonna sing on major lazer 2 or what?"
Ezra to Diplo: "YES, as long as i can be a villain called Patagonia Killer".
Rostam Batmanglij to Diplo: "will you model for the cover of VW LP3?"
The White Stripes News:
Video: Watch a Live Performance From the White Stripes Box Set
From www.pitchfork.com at 12/02/10 05:50 PM. 0 comments.
On March 16, the White Stripes return (kinda) with an incredible-sounding box set that orbits around their live film Under Great White Northern Lights. (Watch the trailer here.)
Along with the Under Great White Northern Lights documentary on DVD, a live album, and a 208-page book, the box includes a DVD of the duo's 10th anniversary show, dubbed The White Stripes Under Nova Scotian Lights. And now you can watch an excerpt from Nova Scotian Lights-- a grainy and intense take on "Dead Leaves and the Dirty Ground" is after the jump (via Spinner).
Dear Meg, please come back:
Discovery News:
5-10-15-20: Ted Leo
From www.pitchfork.com at 12/02/10 03:00 PM. 0 comments.
Photo by Jody VB
Welcome to 5-10-15-20, where we talk to artists about the music they loved at five-year interval points in their lives. Maybe we'll get a detailed roadmap of how their tastes and passions helped make them who they are. Maybe we'll just learn that they really liked hearing the "Kids Incorporated" theme song over and over when they were kids. Either way, it'll be fun.
For this edition, we spoke with punk rock institution Ted Leo, 39. Ted's forthcoming album with his band the Pharmacists is called The Brutalist Bricks and it's out March 9 on Matador.
Buddy Holly: "Rave On"
I had the radio on all the time. I would wake up to it, go to sleep to it. I had one of those devices that seem so hilarious now-- it was a little speaker that's shaped like a White Castle hamburger bun, and you're supposed to stick it under your pillow and fall asleep to music. It was a hard plastic. I don't know why they thought that would be a good idea [laughs]. But I had it.
I was young as shit, but I do remember a lot of good radio. Elton John was everywhere, and I was also into bubblegum pop like ELO. There was already a lot of weird nostalgia for 60s stuff like Buddy Holly and the Beatles, too. If I was...
Radiohead News:
Peter Gabriel: 'Thom Yorke won't respond to my cover of 'Street Spirit''
From www.nme.com at 12/02/10 02:55 PM. 0 comments.
Radiohead man is supposed to cover 'Wallflower' by Gabriel
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Gil Scott-Heron News:
Music Weekly: Gil Scott-Heron
From www.guardian.co.uk at 12/02/10 02:04 PM. 1 comments.
Hello podders, and welcome to your latest edition of Music Weekly. We begin this week's show with a look at the new Gil Scott-Heron album, I'm New Here, through the eyes of XL boss Richard Russell. Russell is largely responsible for getting GSH back in the studio after a lengthy absence from the world of music, and he spoke to Rosie Swash about working with his hero and trying to push musical boundaries.
Alexis Petridis is joined by Tim Jonze and Rosie for Singles Club, in which the panel cast their ears over new music by Perfume Genius, Kindness and The Boy Who Trapped the Sun. The latter caused the panel to remember two long-forgotten pseudo-genres: the New Acoustic Movement (or NAM) and skunk-rock. Do let us know of any other spurious trends you recall below.
Finally, there's a double helping of new music this week; LA's Hebrew-singing Afro-poppers Fool's Gold bring their bawdy brood to the studio for some live music, and we have a live track from Swedish electro-pop band Miike Snow.
That's all for this week, your next instalment of Music Weekly will be on Wednesday so the panel can dissect the Brit awards from the night before. As always, you can friend us on Facebook, follow us on Twitter or subscribe to the show on iTunes by searching for "Guardian Music Weekly".
Radiohead News:
Radiohead's Thom Yorke, MIA feature on new Major Lazer EP
From www.nme.com at 12/02/10 12:22 PM. 0 comments.
'Lazers Never Die' EP set for April release
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Discovery News:
Readers recommend: Whispering songs
From www.guardian.co.uk at 12/02/10 08:58 AM. 0 comments.
Last week we asked for songs that went doo doo la la etc. Now we're going to lower the tone â€' literally
Bonjour mes petites chouxfleures und wilkommen nach este neue edicion de la jugado de memoria y sabor musicale que se llama Readers Recommend. Obrigado.
I'm your host, Paul MacInnes, and I just lurrrrrve foreign languages. Especially when they're sung. Or, in the case of the French, muttered smokily. I hope that's all clear.
Last week brought a thoroughly enjoyable and nigh-on record-breaking thread that included the customary fascinating diversions; amongst other things into doo wop and glossolalia. After much reading and listening, I plumped for the following A-list:
The Beatles â€' Hey Jude; Van Morrison â€' Brown Eyed Girl; J Geils Band â€' Centerfold; Pink Floyd â€' The Great Gig in the Sky; The Gladiolas â€' Little Darling; The Crystals â€' Da Doo Ron Ron; Beyonce â€' Single Ladies; Doug E Fresh â€' La Di Da Di; Sister Nancy â€' Bam Bam; Tom Waits â€' Jersey Girl.
(For those who posted and wanted to know the thoughts behind my selections, you can get something of an idea from the column)
Now then now then, let's B having you:
Barry Mann â€' Who Put the Bomp
After Rocking Mitch was forced to step in and clear up the attribution issues, I was free to select this tongue-twisting classic. It almost made the A-list, but I plumped for some real doo-wop instead.
Louis Armstrong and his Hot Five - Heebie...
Thom Yorke News:
Billboard Bits: Rage Against the Machine, Thom Yorke, Lady Gaga and More
From www.billboard.com at 11/02/10 11:56 PM. 0 comments.
Billboard Bits serves up the best bite-sized nuggets of music news and gossip every afternoon.
Dizzee Rascal News:
Muse thank Rick Rubin for teaching them 'how not to produce' at Music Producers Guild Awards
From www.nme.com at 11/02/10 11:34 PM. 0 comments.
Matt Bellamy and co join the likes of Franz, Dizzee Rascal, Florence Welch, Jamie T and Paul Epworth at London ceremony
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M.I.A. News:
Echo Chamber: Diplo
From www.pitchfork.com at 11/02/10 10:10 PM. 0 comments.
"riri is lookin soo damn hawt in this video but its super boyz boyz boyz #howmaydere ? yahmsayin?"
-- Diplo, who would know, joins the growing chorus of people who think Rihanna's new "Rude Boy" video looks like a serious M.I.A. bite. He has a point. (via @diplo)
M.I.A. News:
Thom Yorke to Remix Major Lazer
From www.pitchfork.com at 11/02/10 06:55 PM. 0 comments.
Diplo and Thom Yorke, together at last! On the new EP coming down the pipeline from Diplo and Switch's dancehall project Major Lazer, Yorke will contribute a remix of "Jump Up", the kinetic Leftside/Supahype team-up from last year's Guns Don't Kill People-- Lazers Do album.
Yesterday, Diplo's Mad Decent blog announced the existence of the EP, due in April and titled Lazers Never Die. It'll also include the M.I.A./Busy Signal collaboration "Sound of Siren", and people like Buraka Som Sistema and Collie Buddz will also show up.
We've got the tracklist below.
Lazers Never Die:
01 Sound of Siren [ft. M.I.A. and Busy Signal]
02 Good Enough [ft. Collie Buddz and Lindi Ortega]
03 Can't Stop Now (Kicks Like a Mule Remix) [ft. Ms. Banks]
04 Bruk Out (Buraka Som Sistema Mix)
05 Jump Up (Thom Yorke Remix)
M.I.A. News:
Rihanna Sizzles In New 'Rude Boy' Music Video
From www.billboard.com at 11/02/10 06:17 PM. 0 comments.
Rihanna takes music video eye candy to the next level with the colorful, Salt-N-Pepa-meets-M.I.A. visuals for her new single, "Rude Boy,"
Peaches News:
Iggy and the Stooges to Release Massive Raw Power Reissue Box Set
From www.pitchfork.com at 11/02/10 06:05 PM. 0 comments.
Previously unreleased Iggy and the Stooges tracks: They still exist! The punk rock forefathers' catalog has been mined incessantly in the past 40 years or so, but a new reissue of watershed 1973 album Raw Power will unearth a few more tracks that still haven't seen commercial release, if you can believe it.
On April 13, Columbia/Legacy will release Raw Power: Legacy Edition. Two weeks later, on April 27, they'll follow it up with the even more deluxe Deluxe Edition.
The Legacy Edition will include a remastered version of the original album, featuring David Bowie's original mix, on its first disc. The second disc, titled Georgia Peaches, includes a complete recording of a heavily bootlegged Atlanta live show from 1973-- with two previously unreleased bonus tracks to boot: the studio outtake "Doojiman" and a studio rehearsal performance of "Head On". It'll also include a 24-page booklet with essays about the band and introductions from surviving members.
All that stuff will also show up in the Deluxe Edition. Both discs will share space with a third disc, Rarities, Outtakes, & Alternates From the Raw Power Era, which will include eight tracks from different sources (five of them previously unreleased). The fourth disc is a 30-minute documentary DVD called The Making of Raw Power.
And yeah, there's more. You'll also get a reproduction of a rare Japanese picture sleeve 7" single of "Raw Power" and "Search and Destroy", five 5x7 photo prints, and...
Vampire Weekend Link:
Line of Best Fit: photos from Cambridge
From www.thelineofbestfit.com at 11/02/10 04:55 PM. 0 comments.
Titus Andronicus News:
Titus Andronicus Announce "Monitour"
From www.pitchfork.com at 11/02/10 03:00 PM. 0 comments.
Photo by Rez Avissar
On March 9, XL will release The Monitor, the ridiculously ambitious sophomore album from roaring Jersey party-rockers Titus Andronicus. Sounds like a pretty good excuse for a tour! And indeed, Titus frontman Patrick Stickles has taken to the band's blog to announce a huge number of tour dates that'll take them from March to April. (He's calling it The Monitour, because of course he is.) Before the grand tour kicks off, they'll also play a number of free record-shop in-stores across the country.
But the gentlemen of Titus Andronicus also need your help. For one thing, they're indulging in that time-honored punk-rock tradition of asking for a place to sleep when they come to your town. Stickles writes, "Accommodations need not be anything special at all - a floor and a ceiling are our only two requirements, though beds/couches/beanbags/etc. are always nice." So if you wake up one morning to find a whole mess of bearded punk rock dudes sprawled out on your living room floor, don't be alarmed; your roommate has simply answered the call. Titus will bestow guest-list accommodations upon whoever offers them a place to stay. Email TitusAndronicusTheBand@Gmail.com if you're interested!
They're also looking to fill the off-days on their schedule, and they're asking for people in specific areas to book them: "If you have a PA system,...
Radiohead News:
Cambridge Tickets
From www.radiohead.com at 11/02/10 11:57 AM. 0 comments.
Tickets for the Cambridge show as per below are now available here.
W.A.S.T.E.
Friendly Fires News:
Slight Change of Plan....... [5]
From wearefriendlyfires.com at 11/02/10 10:40 AM. 0 comments.
Although it might be scant consolation for people who were looking forward to seeing us play, I (Jack) will be flying in as a special disco envoy to DJ at all the Good Vibrations shows. If you see me there, be sure to say hi.
J x