Madness have announced plans for a winter UK tour.
The string of shows, entitled The Charge of the Mad Brigade, will kick off at the band's previously announced second annual House Of Fun Weekender at Butlins Minehead from November 23-26, which will see the iconic ska-pop band playing two live se...
Madness have announced plans for a winter UK tour.
The string of shows, entitled The Charge of the Mad Brigade, will kick off at the band’s previously announced second annual House Of Fun Weekender at Butlins Minehead from November 23-26, which will see the iconic ska-pop band playing two live sets over the weekend.
The band then travel to Dublin O2 for November 28, before playing across the UK, finishing up on December 14 at London’s O2 Arena.
Madness are due to release their brand new album, the follow up to ‘The Liberty Of Norton Folgate’, later this year. The band will be playing songs from the as-yet-untitled LP at the weekender and the arena shows.
The Flaming Lips will attempt to break the Guinness World Record for the most live shows in 24 hours in multiple cities.
The record is currently held by Jay-Z, who in 2006 performed seven shows in seven cities in a day.
The Lips will attempt the record on June 27 with eight concerts, which will stream live for the [url=http://www.omusicawards.com]O Music Awards[/url].
In a press release, Flaming Lips singer Wayne Coyne said: "I don't remember if I was asked or if I volunteered… But, I've accepted the job of, not DRIVING, but commandeering the Magical Mystery Merry Prankster bus."
He added: "I've accepted the attempt at breaking the world record of performing eight shows in 24 hours. And I've explained to the music freaks at MTV, VH1 and CMT that I am not a host… But, I always liked the way Jerry Lewis would get all sweaty toward the end of his yearly telethon… To play and sing Flaming Lips songs at eight in the morning… Well, I'm open to new experiences…"
The band aren’t the only ones bidding to break world records this week – with Jack White claiming he would attempt to "break the world record for most metaphors in a single concert''.
The Flaming Lips will attempt to break the Guinness World Record for the most live shows in 24 hours in multiple cities.
The record is currently held by Jay-Z, who in 2006 performed seven shows in seven cities in a day.
The Lips will attempt the record on June 27 with eight concerts, which will stream live for the [url=http://www.omusicawards.com]O Music Awards[/url].
In a press release, Flaming Lips singer Wayne Coyne said: “I don’t remember if I was asked or if I volunteered… But, I’ve accepted the job of, not DRIVING, but commandeering the Magical Mystery Merry Prankster bus.”
He added: “I’ve accepted the attempt at breaking the world record of performing eight shows in 24 hours. And I’ve explained to the music freaks at MTV, VH1 and CMT that I am not a host… But, I always liked the way Jerry Lewis would get all sweaty toward the end of his yearly telethon… To play and sing Flaming Lips songs at eight in the morning… Well, I’m open to new experiences…”
The band aren’t the only ones bidding to break world records this week – with Jack White claiming he would attempt to “break the world record for most metaphors in a single concert”.
A lot of good things this week, and I should quickly mention that the new Uncut is now in the shops (in the UK at least). This link here has all the details of the issue contents, plus there’s a piece/interview by me about Bill Fay’s impending comeback.
A plug for the free CD, too, not least because it includes a bunch of stuff discussed here over the past few weeks: Dexys, Chris Robinson Brotherhood, Spacin’, and Ty Segall & White Fence.
In other related publishing news, we’ve just finished the next Uncut Ultimate Music Guide, dedicated to Led Zeppelin - hence the appearance of “The Song Remains The Same” in this week’s rundown (also been revisiting Page & Plant’s “No Quarter” album a lot, next to more obvious selections). On sale June 6, I’m told.
If you’ve been following my Twitter feed at www.twitter.com/JohnRMulvey, you probably found out about a bunch of these records as they arrived in the Uncut office (though not, perhaps, the dodgier ones on this list). Much love this week, anyway, for Entrance Band, Sir Richard Bishop, the Black Twigs, the Six Organs/Comets jam of course, and the amazing Caroline Crawford track, an obsession with which has temporarily prevented me getting much further than Disc 3 of the Philly box set.
Maybe best of all, there’s the new Mark Kozelek; definitely the funniest, and possibly also one of the saddest records of his storied career. I have a lot more to say about that one, I promise…
1 Sun Kil Moon – Among The Leaves
2 Black Twig Pickers – Whompyjawed (Thrill Jockey)
3 Antony And The Johnsons – Cut The World (Rough Trade)
4 Entrance Band – Entrance Band (Latitudes)
5 Six Organs Of Admittance – Ascent (Drag City)
6 Sir Richard Bishop – Intermezzo (Ideologic Organ)
7 Led Zeppelin – The Song Remains The Same (Swan Song)
8 Julia Holter – Ekstasis (RVNG INTL)
9 Stevie Jackson – (I Can’t Get No) Stevie Jackson (Banchory)
10 Marissa Nadler – The Sister (Box Of Cedear)
11 Seaworthy – Bellows And Breath (Preservation)
12 Poliça – Give You The Ghost (Memphis Industries)
13 Man Forever – Pansophical Cataract (Thrill Jockey)
14 Plant And See – Plant And See (Paradise Of Bachelors)
15 Sun Kil Moon – Ghosts Of The Great Highway (Jet Set)
16 Caroline Crawford – If You Move, You Lose (Philadelphia International)
17 Spain – The Soul Of Spain (Glitterhouse)
18 Chris Robinson Brotherhood – Big Moon Ritual (Silver Arrow)Follow me on Twitter: www.twitter.com/JohnRMulvey
A lot of good things this week, and I should quickly mention that the new Uncut is now in the shops (in the UK at least). This link here has all the details of the issue contents, plus there’s a piece/interview by me about Bill Fay’s impending comeback.
In other related publishing news, we’ve just finished the next Uncut Ultimate Music Guide, dedicated to Led Zeppelin – hence the appearance of “The Song Remains The Same” in this week’s rundown (also been revisiting Page & Plant’s “No Quarter” album a lot, next to more obvious selections). On sale June 6, I’m told.
If you’ve been following my Twitter feed at www.twitter.com/JohnRMulvey, you probably found out about a bunch of these records as they arrived in the Uncut office (though not, perhaps, the dodgier ones on this list). Much love this week, anyway, for Entrance Band, Sir Richard Bishop, the Black Twigs, the Six Organs/Comets jam of course, and the amazing Caroline Crawford track, an obsession with which has temporarily prevented me getting much further than Disc 3 of the Philly box set.
Maybe best of all, there’s the new Mark Kozelek; definitely the funniest, and possibly also one of the saddest records of his storied career. I have a lot more to say about that one, I promise…
1 Sun Kil Moon – Among The Leaves
2 Black Twig Pickers – Whompyjawed (Thrill Jockey)
3 Antony And The Johnsons – Cut The World (Rough Trade)
Quiet ones from the quiet one...
Now, it seems, the slow unpeeling of the George Harrison archive is beginning.
Designed to accompany the Martin Scorsese documentary boxed set, Early Takes Vol. 1 – even the title sounds like a bootleg – is a collection of ten demos, six of which ended up on All Things Must Pass, two glorious covers (Dylan’s “Mama You’ve Been On My Mind”, which Harrison had played during the Let It Be sessions, and the Everlys’ “Let It Be Me”) and two songs saved for later albums, “The Light That has Lighted The World” and “Woman Don’t You Cry For Me”.
All of them – except, arguably, “My Sweet Lord” – benefit from these spartan, bandless versions, as Harrison brings a delicacy to the material that Phil Spector, for one, chose not to. This is a delightful and charming addition to the original body of George’s work, which highlights the quality of his songwriting and presents the material in a fresh light.
Sadly, it’s unclear why quality has not been matched by quantity; those of us growing up in the 1970s who thought George’s Beatle/solo greatest hits was short weight will be nostalgically jolted back in time when they realise that this collection barely makes it past the 30 minute mark.
DAVID QUANTICK
Quiet ones from the quiet one…
Now, it seems, the slow unpeeling of the George Harrison archive is beginning.
Designed to accompany the Martin Scorsese documentary boxed set, Early Takes Vol. 1 – even the title sounds like a bootleg – is a collection of ten demos, six of which ended up on All Things Must Pass, two glorious covers (Dylan’s “Mama You’ve Been On My Mind”, which Harrison had played during the Let It Be sessions, and the Everlys’ “Let It Be Me”) and two songs saved for later albums, “The Light That has Lighted The World” and “Woman Don’t You Cry For Me”.
All of them – except, arguably, “My Sweet Lord” – benefit from these spartan, bandless versions, as Harrison brings a delicacy to the material that Phil Spector, for one, chose not to. This is a delightful and charming addition to the original body of George’s work, which highlights the quality of his songwriting and presents the material in a fresh light.
Sadly, it’s unclear why quality has not been matched by quantity; those of us growing up in the 1970s who thought George’s Beatle/solo greatest hits was short weight will be nostalgically jolted back in time when they realise that this collection barely makes it past the 30 minute mark.
Yeasayer have announced full details of their third studio album, which is to be titled 'Fragrant World'.
The album is the follow-up to their 2010 second album 'Odd Blood' and is due for release on August 20.
The album will contain a total of 11 tracks, including 'Henrietta', which the band rec...
Yeasayer have announced full details of their third studio album, which is to be titled ‘Fragrant World’.
The album is the follow-up to their 2010 second album ‘Odd Blood’ and is due for release on August 20.
The album will contain a total of 11 tracks, including ‘Henrietta’, which the band recently released.
That track was sent out to members of the band’s mailing list, with a physical CD containing the song sent to every person who had signed up to updates from Yeasayer. You can hear the track by scrolling down to the bottom of the page and clicking.
Late last year, the band spoke about ‘Fragrant World’ and said that it is shaping up to be “like a demented R&B record”. Multi-instrumentalist Chris Keating said of it: “It’s like an Aaliyah album if you played it backwards and slowed it down. Or David Bowie’s ‘Lodger’. Those two are major influences.”
Yeasayer will return to the UK in July to play Latitude Festival.
The tracklisting for ‘Fragrant World’ is as follows:
A rare photograph showing The Beatles walking 'backwards' across Abbey Road has sold for £16,000 at auction this afternoon (May 22).
The snap, taken by late photographer Iain Macmillan, shows the band walking right to left across the zebra crossing outside the London studio where they made their 1969 album - the opposite direction to the photograph which appears on the album cover.
There are other notable differences, including the fact Paul McCartney is wearing sandals rather than walking with bare feet. The cigarette he's holding on the album version is also missing.
The photograph was expected to sell for around £9,000, but ended up going for £7,000 more than that after frenzied bidding took place at the Bloomsbury auction house in Central London this afternoon. Initially bidding began at £6,000, but quickly escalated and ended up with a figure of £16,000 in less than one minute.
Beatles artefacts regularly fetch big prices at auctions - last year a document showing how the Fab Four refused to play to segregated crowds was sold for $23,000 (£14,407).
A rare photograph showing The Beatles walking ‘backwards’ across Abbey Road has sold for £16,000 at auction this afternoon (May 22).
The snap, taken by late photographer Iain Macmillan, shows the band walking right to left across the zebra crossing outside the London studio where they made their 1969 album – the opposite direction to the photograph which appears on the album cover.
There are other notable differences, including the fact Paul McCartney is wearing sandals rather than walking with bare feet. The cigarette he’s holding on the album version is also missing.
The photograph was expected to sell for around £9,000, but ended up going for £7,000 more than that after frenzied bidding took place at the Bloomsbury auction house in Central London this afternoon. Initially bidding began at £6,000, but quickly escalated and ended up with a figure of £16,000 in less than one minute.
Beatles artefacts regularly fetch big prices at auctions – last year a document showing how the Fab Four refused to play to segregated crowds was sold for $23,000 (£14,407).
Pete Doherty's acting debut in Confession Of A Child Of The Century has been given scathing reviews by critics.
The film, which also stars Charlotte Gainsbourg and Lily Cole, was shown to the world's press at the Cannes film festival over the weekend and got a universal thumbs down.
In the film...
Pete Doherty‘s acting debut in Confession Of A Child Of The Century has been given scathing reviews by critics.
The film, which also stars Charlotte Gainsbourg and Lily Cole, was shown to the world’s press at the Cannes film festival over the weekend and got a universal thumbs down.
In the film, Doherty plays Octave, a young romantic who falls into depression and debauchery after discovering his mistress (Cole) is unfaithful. It is his first foray into acting, and, according to the reviews, it should also be his last. You can watch the trailer for the film by scrolling down to the bottom of the page and clicking.
The Guardian labeled Doherty’s acting as full of “shambling amateurisim”, while Screen Daily said that Doherty delivers “a wooden performance” in “a turgid adaptation”.
The Hollywood Reporter was a little kinder, but only in that they chose to blame the film’s director Sylvie Verheyde rather than Doherty. They wrote of the former Libertines man: “It’s hard to recall an actor looking more uncomfortable on screen”, but adds, “it was perhaps too much to expect a first-timer to shoulder a demanding lead”.
The harshest of all were Cine Vue, who called Doherty “a sixth former who hasn’t learnt his lines for drama class” and said he “joins a long line of successful musicians and pop stars who have become truly awful actors”.
To read a new interview with Doherty, pick up the new issue of NME, which is on newsstands tomorrow (May 23) or available digitally.
Blur mainman Damon Albarn and Portishead singer Beth Gibbons have collaborated with rapper JJ Doom on a new track for his forthcoming album 'Key To The Kuffs'.
The rapper confirmed the collaboration over the weekend, tweeting: "Just did a song with Beth of Portishead and Damon Albarn! I figured I...
Blur mainman Damon Albarn and Portishead singer Beth Gibbons have collaborated with rapper JJ Doom on a new track for his forthcoming album ‘Key To The Kuffs’.
The rapper confirmed the collaboration over the weekend, tweeting: “Just did a song with Beth of Portishead and Damon Albarn! I figured I’ll say it since it’s already leaked in press!”
‘Key To The Kuffs’ is due out in the near future via Lex Records. You can hear the album’s lead-off single ‘Banished’ by scrolling down to the bottom of the page and clicking.
Damon Albarn is currently gearing up with his bandmates in Blur for their huge summer shows. The band announced an intimate tour last week, which will see them play four shows, beginning at Margate’s Winter Gardens on August 1. They will then play two shows at Wolverhampton’s Civic Hall on August 5 and 6, before finishing off at Plymouth’s Pavilions on August 7.
The shows will act as a warm-up for the band’s huge outdoor gig at London’s Hyde Park on August 12. That show sees Blur topping a bill that also includes New Order and The Specials. The gig has been put on to coincide with the closing ceremony of the Olympic games.
Along with playing at Hyde Park, Blur are also scheduled to headline Sweden’s Way Out West festival in August.
Portishead are currently working on their fourth studio album and tour mainland Europe this summer.
November tour announced
Having stormed back onto the UK charts with their top ten album "Weapons", Lostprophets will release their new single "We Bring An Arsenal" on June 4th. Lostprophets have also announced a massive UK tour for later this year following their sold out April/May tour.
Guitari...
November tour announced
Having stormed back onto the UK charts with their top ten album “Weapons“, Lostprophets will release their new single “We Bring An Arsenal” on June 4th. Lostprophets have also announced a massive UK tour for later this year following their sold out April/May tour.
Guitarist Mike Lewis says: “We Bring An Arsenal is about us as a band, our gang mentality. We’ve always had that, even before we formed Lostprophets. When we were just mates growing up, we had that us vs. them, underdog mentality. That song is about that – whatever you throw at us we’ll come back with more.”
As well as being confirmed for Radio 1’s Hackney Weekender in June, Lostprophets will also be playing the following venues this November:
Mick Ronson once fell asleep on me during an interview, the glam rock guitar god nodding off towards the end of what had become quite an emotional late night outburst on his part about how he had been betrayed by David Bowie after thanklessly contributing so much to Bowie’s success.
One moment, Ronson was seething at Bowie’s evident duplicity, devious manipulation and other such unappealing behaviour. The next, Mick was declaring his unqualified love for ‘Dave’, as he called Bowie, who had wooed and jilted him but nevertheless continued to be held in conflicted affection by his former musical lieutenant. His turmoil was palpable and evidently exhausting and the next thing I knew he’d gone very quiet and on closer inspection was found to be sleeping, when for a panicky second or two there I rather feared he had slipped his mortal moorings, his soul beckoned by some distant light to a better place.
I was just about to leave him snoring lightly in the darkened room at Newcastle’s Holiday Inn where we had until several minutes earlier been talking, when he woke up as if someone had run an electric current through his apparently comatose body, Mick sitting up suddenly like someone rising from the dead and giving us both a bit of a fright as he took a further minute or two to remember where and possibly who he was.
To my recollection, however, I’ve never had to sit and watch during an interview while someone broke down and actually wept in front of me, although I have a distant memory of Bryan Ferry getting awfully maudlin, to the point where I thought he might start blubbing somewhat uncontrollably, when during a chat about his Bride Stripped Bare album the conversation turned to Jerry Hall, who not long previously had rather unceremoniously dumped him for Mick Jagger.
This means I’ve never quite been in the position David Cavanagh found himself when he interviewed Patti Smith for the cover story of the new Uncut, which goes on sale today, during which conversation mention of first Kurt Cobain and then her children reduced her to tears. Further sobbing ensued as she recalled Michael Stipe telling her how special she is, and more weeping followed when David told her the story of Bob Dylan visiting Neil Young’s childhood home in Winnipeg a few years ago.
We’ve trailed the feature as Patti’s most revealing ever, an easy claim to make when it happens to be true, Patti opening up to David during the three hours he spent with her and displaying a rare candour for someone not best known for revealing too much of her private self in meetings with the press.
Emotions also run high in the new issue in our tribute to the great Levon Helm, who is movingly remembered by among others his former Band mate Garth Hudson and Larry Campbell, Levon’s co-producer on his two last great albums, Dirt Farmer and Electric Dirt. Many Uncut readers were also touched enough by Levon’s sad passing to write in with their own heartfelt tributes for someone whose music, especially the music he made with The Band, had clearly meant so much to them for so long. Thanks to everyone for writing and apologies for not having the space in the issue to print all your letters.
Elsewhere in the new issue, Andy Gill is on the road in America with band-of-the-moment The Alabama Shakes, Rob Young looks back at the ‘fiery creativity’ of King Crimson in the company of key members of its original line-up, Dr John holds court in An Audience With, there’s an outrageous chat with La legend Kim Fowley, Jhn Mulvey tracks down Jimmy page’s ‘demonic lost album’, Lucifer’s Rising and Suede talk us through the making of “The Drowners”.
Our recently expanded reviews section, meanwhile, is host to an impressive line-up of new releases, including Neil Young’s Americana, Patti Smith’s Bangra, Dexys’ One Day I’m Going To Soar, The Chris Robinson Brotherhood’s Big Moon Ritual, Giant Giant Sand’s Tucson, Bobby Womack’s The Bravest Man In The Universe and Beachwood Sparks’ The Tarnished Gold. In our Archive section, look out for reviews of new box sets and reissues from Can (pariticularly brilliant unreleased stuff), Paul Simon, David Bowie and Van Dyke Parks.
As ever, we’re keen to hear what you think of the issue and what’s in, so drop me a line if you have a moment. You can reach me at allan_jones@ipcmedia.com.
Have a good week.
Allan
Patti Smith pic: Melodie McDaniel
Mick Ronson once fell asleep on me during an interview, the glam rock guitar god nodding off towards the end of what had become quite an emotional late night outburst on his part about how he had been betrayed by David Bowie after thanklessly contributing so much to Bowie’s success.
One moment, Ronson was seething at Bowie’s evident duplicity, devious manipulation and other such unappealing behaviour. The next, Mick was declaring his unqualified love for ‘Dave’, as he called Bowie, who had wooed and jilted him but nevertheless continued to be held in conflicted affection by his former musical lieutenant. His turmoil was palpable and evidently exhausting and the next thing I knew he’d gone very quiet and on closer inspection was found to be sleeping, when for a panicky second or two there I rather feared he had slipped his mortal moorings, his soul beckoned by some distant light to a better place.
I was just about to leave him snoring lightly in the darkened room at Newcastle’s Holiday Inn where we had until several minutes earlier been talking, when he woke up as if someone had run an electric current through his apparently comatose body, Mick sitting up suddenly like someone rising from the dead and giving us both a bit of a fright as he took a further minute or two to remember where and possibly who he was.
To my recollection, however, I’ve never had to sit and watch during an interview while someone broke down and actually wept in front of me, although I have a distant memory of Bryan Ferry getting awfully maudlin, to the point where I thought he might start blubbing somewhat uncontrollably, when during a chat about his Bride Stripped Bare album the conversation turned to Jerry Hall, who not long previously had rather unceremoniously dumped him for Mick Jagger.
This means I’ve never quite been in the position David Cavanagh found himself when he interviewed Patti Smith for the cover story of the new Uncut, which goes on sale today, during which conversation mention of first Kurt Cobain and then her children reduced her to tears. Further sobbing ensued as she recalled Michael Stipe telling her how special she is, and more weeping followed when David told her the story of Bob Dylan visiting Neil Young’s childhood home in Winnipeg a few years ago.
We’ve trailed the feature as Patti’s most revealing ever, an easy claim to make when it happens to be true, Patti opening up to David during the three hours he spent with her and displaying a rare candour for someone not best known for revealing too much of her private self in meetings with the press.
Emotions also run high in the new issue in our tribute to the great Levon Helm, who is movingly remembered by among others his former Band mate Garth Hudson and Larry Campbell, Levon’s co-producer on his two last great albums, Dirt Farmer and Electric Dirt. Many Uncut readers were also touched enough by Levon’s sad passing to write in with their own heartfelt tributes for someone whose music, especially the music he made with The Band, had clearly meant so much to them for so long. Thanks to everyone for writing and apologies for not having the space in the issue to print all your letters.
Elsewhere in the new issue, Andy Gill is on the road in America with band-of-the-moment The Alabama Shakes, Rob Young looks back at the ‘fiery creativity’ of King Crimson in the company of key members of its original line-up, Dr John holds court in An Audience With, there’s an outrageous chat with La legend Kim Fowley, Jhn Mulvey tracks down Jimmy page’s ‘demonic lost album’, Lucifer’s Rising and Suede talk us through the making of “The Drowners”.
Our recently expanded reviews section, meanwhile, is host to an impressive line-up of new releases, including Neil Young’s Americana, Patti Smith’s Bangra, Dexys’ One Day I’m Going To Soar, The Chris Robinson Brotherhood’s Big Moon Ritual, Giant Giant Sand’s Tucson, Bobby Womack’s The Bravest Man In The Universe and Beachwood Sparks’ The Tarnished Gold. In our Archive section, look out for reviews of new box sets and reissues from Can (pariticularly brilliant unreleased stuff), Paul Simon, David Bowie and Van Dyke Parks.
As ever, we’re keen to hear what you think of the issue and what’s in, so drop me a line if you have a moment. You can reach me at allan_jones@ipcmedia.com.
The Hacienda's 30th anniversary has been celebrated with a rave in an underground car park.
The celebration, which took place last night (May 21) on the original site of the legendary Manchester club and venue, was organised by former New Order and Joy Division bassist Peter Hook.
Some of the DJ...
The Hacienda‘s 30th anniversary has been celebrated with a rave in an underground car park.
The celebration, which took place last night (May 21) on the original site of the legendary Manchester club and venue, was organised by former New Order and Joy Division bassist Peter Hook.
Some of the DJs who packed out the club in its glory days also returned to perform, including 808 State, Dave Haslam and Jon DaSilva.
Speaking to the BBC, Hook said: “The idea came about to celebrate the 30th simply because Graeme Park and I thought that we might not be here for the 40th. I’m hoping so, but I’m not sure I’ll be in any fit state to rave.”
Proceeds from the event were given to a music therapy charity.
Mystery Jets, Marcus Foster and Fionn Regan are all confirmed to perform at this year's Bushstock festival.
The event will take place on June 2 in the Shepherds Bush area of London and is being put on by Communion Records, the label part run by Mumford And Sons' Ben Lovett (pictured far right).
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Mystery Jets, Marcus Foster and Fionn Regan are all confirmed to perform at this year’s Bushstock festival.
The event will take place on June 2 in the Shepherds Bush area of London and is being put on by Communion Records, the label part run by Mumford And Sons‘ Ben Lovett (pictured far right).
Also confirmed to play at the event are Bastille, Daughter, Alessi’s Ark, Jamie N Commons, Lanterns On The Lake, Juan Zelada, Matthew And The Atlas, Ellen & The Escapades, Dog Is Dead and over 20 others.
Speaking about the label, Lovett said: “It’s an artist run label. It started as a club night and morphed into many different things. But we’re basically trying to help out artists who are getting screwed over, who aren’t getting what they deserve.”
For more information about the event and for full stage times, visit Bushstock.co.uk/.
Dexys have announced a full UK tour for this September.
The band will play 10 dates on the run. These begin at Cambridge Corn Exchange on September 11 and continue until September 25, when the band headline Oxford New Theatre.
Dexys will release their long-awaited new album 'One Day I'm Going To...
Dexys have announced a full UK tour for this September.
The band will play 10 dates on the run. These begin at Cambridge Corn Exchange on September 11 and continue until September 25, when the band headline Oxford New Theatre.
Dexys will release their long-awaited new album ‘One Day I’m Going To Soar’ on June 4.
The record is the band’s first since 1985’s ‘Don’t Stand Me Down’ and features the band’s members Kevin Rowland, Mick Talbot, Pete Williams and Jim Paterson as well as new recruits Neil Hubbard, Tim Cansfield, Madeleine Hyland, Lucy Morgan and Ben Trigg.
Dexys are also booked to perform at this summer’s Latitude and Lounge On The Farm festivals.
The new issue of Uncut, which hits shelves today, Tuesday (May 22), features Patti Smith, Alabama Shakes, Dr John, Neil Young and King Crimson.
Smith is on the cover, giving an incredible interview about her entire career, from her early days in the Chelsea Hotel to her creative rebirth with new album Banga.
Elsewhere in the issue, Alabama Shakes reveal what it’s like to be the biggest new band in the world, Dr John answers your questions about New Orleans voodoo and getting shot, and King Crimson’s bizarre story is told.
Neil Young’s new album with Crazy Horse, Americana, is reviewed, alongside new releases and reissues from the likes of Dexys, Paul Simon, David Bowie, Can and Beachwood Sparks.
The Beach Boys, Arbouretum and New Order are caught live, and The Grateful Dead, The Raconteurs, Pink Floyd and The Beatles are in our DVDs & Blu-ray section, alongside reviews of upcoming films Ill Manors, Dark Horse, Killer Joe, and more.
The free CD, New Directions Home, features tracks from Dexys, The Walkmen, Giant Giant Sand, Ty Segall & White Fence, Cold Specks, and more.
The new issue of Uncut is out now on newsstands.
The new issue of Uncut, which hits shelves today, Tuesday (May 22), features Patti Smith, Alabama Shakes, Dr John, Neil Young and King Crimson.
Smith is on the cover, giving an incredible interview about her entire career, from her early days in the Chelsea Hotel to her creative rebirth with new album Banga.
Elsewhere in the issue, Alabama Shakes reveal what it’s like to be the biggest new band in the world, Dr John answers your questions about New Orleans voodoo and getting shot, and King Crimson’s bizarre story is told.
Neil Young’s new album with Crazy Horse, Americana, is reviewed, alongside new releases and reissues from the likes of Dexys, Paul Simon, David Bowie, Can and Beachwood Sparks.
The Beach Boys, Arbouretum and New Order are caught live, and The Grateful Dead, The Raconteurs, Pink Floyd and The Beatles are in our DVDs & Blu-ray section, alongside reviews of upcoming films Ill Manors, Dark Horse, Killer Joe, and more.
The free CD, New Directions Home, features tracks from Dexys, The Walkmen, Giant Giant Sand, Ty Segall & White Fence, Cold Specks, and more.
Antony and the Johnsons have announced plans to release their fifth album, 'Cut The World', on August 6.
The album is made up of live symphonic versions of tracks from the band's previous four LPs - 'Antony & the Johnsons', 'I Am A Bird Now', 'The Crying Light' and 'Swanlights'. It was record...
Antony and the Johnsons have announced plans to release their fifth album, ‘Cut The World’, on August 6.
The album is made up of live symphonic versions of tracks from the band’s previous four LPs – ‘Antony & the Johnsons’, ‘I Am A Bird Now’, ‘The Crying Light’ and ‘Swanlights’. It was recorded last year in Copenhagen with the Danish National Chamber Orchestra.
Brand new track ‘Cut The World’ is the only studio recorded song on the record. Scroll down to watch a video Antony Hegarty made for ‘Future Feminism’, a speech by Hegarty which is included on the record.
The ‘Cut The World’ tracklisting is:
‘Cut the World’
‘Future Feminism’
‘Cripple and the Starfish’
‘You Are My Sister’
‘Swanlights’
‘Epilepsy Is Dancing’
‘Another World’
‘Kiss My Name’
‘I Fell In Love With a Dead Boy’
‘The Rapture’
‘The Crying Light’
‘Twilight’
Antony Hegarty is curating this year’s Meltdown festival at London’s Southbank Centre, which runs from August 1-12. This summer the event will see performances from the Cocteau Twins‘ Elizabeth Fraser, Diamanda Galás, Laurie Anderson, CocoRosie and Buffy Sainte-Marie while Marc Almond will present Marc and The Mambas’ Torment and Toreros.
The Stone Roses "have at least three or four new tracks recorded", according to Chris Coghill, the writer of the new film which is set at their 1990 Spike Island show.
Coghill, who has penned the film, suitably named Spike Island after the 30,000-capacity Merseyside gig, said when asked if he'd h...
The Stone Roses “have at least three or four new tracks recorded”, according to Chris Coghill, the writer of the new film which is set at their 1990 Spike Island show.
Coghill, who has penned the film, suitably named Spike Island after the 30,000-capacity Merseyside gig, said when asked if he’d heard any new music that the reformed legends “have at least three or four songs recorded”.
24 Hour Party People actor Coghill has also revealed that the band have given him and the movie “their blessing”. The movie revolves around an unsigned band from a council estate in Manchester.
Speaking to the BBC about the film, which premiered in Cannes last weekend, Coghill said: “Mani and Ian Brown said, ‘Whatever we can do to help.’ Essentially, it’s my love letter to the Stone Roses and being 16 years old in 1990 in Manchester. There’s a little bit of me in all the boys.”
Asked how the band responded, he said: “I’m mates with Mani and I know Ian a bit, and when we first started talking about it, I emailed them both an outline of what we wanted to do and they said, ‘You have our support, you have our blessing, whatever you need.”
The trailer for Spike Island, which has been shown to selected journalists, features several Stone Roses songs. Coghill says he hopes to complete the film by November.
The Stone Roses kick off their reunion gigs with two warm-up shows at Club Razzmatazz in Barcelona on June 8 and 9, before moving on to dates in Holland, Sweden, Denmark, Germany and France ahead of their trio of homecoming gigs at Heaton Park (29, 30 and July 1).
Following the hometown shows, they’ll then play at Dublin’s Phoenix Park (5) and Spain’s Benicassim (12-15), along with shows in Italy and the Far East.
Weekly UK Album chart sales fell to their lowest level since 1996 over the weekend.
Keane's fifth album 'Strangeland' topped the chart with sales of 19,982, which was over 58% lower than their sales for the previous week, where they also took the Number One spot.
It is the second time a UK Number One has sold fewer than 20,000 copies in any of the 646 weeks of the 21st century with the other occurring four weeks ago, when Adele's '21' took the Number One spot with sales of only 17,065.
Tenacious D had looked odds-on for Number One all week, but only managed to sell 15,971 copies, which still landed them the Number Two spot, according to Music Week.
Total sales for the week are just under 1.35 million, which is 7.5% down from last week and almost 250,000 lower than this time last year. It is the lowest seven-day sale tally recorded since week-ending 22 June 1996 when just 1,277,279 albums were sold.
Singles sales are also down from last year's mark by almost 7% to just over 3.15 million for 2012 so far.
Weekly UK Album chart sales fell to their lowest level since 1996 over the weekend.
Keane’s fifth album ‘Strangeland’ topped the chart with sales of 19,982, which was over 58% lower than their sales for the previous week, where they also took the Number One spot.
It is the second time a UK Number One has sold fewer than 20,000 copies in any of the 646 weeks of the 21st century with the other occurring four weeks ago, when Adele’s ’21’ took the Number One spot with sales of only 17,065.
Tenacious D had looked odds-on for Number One all week, but only managed to sell 15,971 copies, which still landed them the Number Two spot, according to Music Week.
Total sales for the week are just under 1.35 million, which is 7.5% down from last week and almost 250,000 lower than this time last year. It is the lowest seven-day sale tally recorded since week-ending 22 June 1996 when just 1,277,279 albums were sold.
Singles sales are also down from last year’s mark by almost 7% to just over 3.15 million for 2012 so far.
Beach House have told their fans that they shouldn't be angry at Volkswagen for mimicking one of their songs in a new commercial, but should blame the advertising agency instead.
Fans of the Baltimore duo have commented angrily on the similarities between the band's track 'Take Care', which featu...
Beach House have told their fans that they shouldn’t be angry at Volkswagen for mimicking one of their songs in a new commercial, but should blame the advertising agency instead.
Fans of the Baltimore duo have commented angrily on the similarities between the band’s track ‘Take Care’, which featured on their 2010 album ‘Teen Dream’, and the music used in a commercial for the car company’s new Polo model, which you can watch by scrolling down to the bottom of the page and clicking.
Writing on their Facebook page, however, Victoria Legrand and Alex Scally said that people should be angry at the agency responsible for the advert rather than Volkswagen themselves.
“The ad agency actively tried to license ‘Take Care’ from us for weeks, to which we politely declined,” they wrote, before adding: “People’s comments/anger should not be directed towards VW or us. It was the ad agency that made these moves.”
They went on: “I hope this also clarifies to fans and non-fans just how ‘Take Care’ and the VW ad song are related. We will release a proper statement weeks from now when we don’t have more interesting things to do/talk about.”
Beach House released their fourth studio album ‘Bloom’ earlier this week (May 15). Speaking to NME about the album, Legrand said that the LP is darker than its predecessor ‘Teen Dream’, explaining that its themes are “death [and] loss of innocence”. “As we’ve got older and as we’ve evolved, it’s normal that there would be darker themes,” she said, but also added: “There’s lightness, it’s not all dark.”
You can hear the first single from the album, ‘Lazuli’, by scrolling down to the bottom of the page and clicking.
Blur's Graham Coxon has hit out at TV talent shows such as The X Factor and The Voice by labelling them as "disgraceful".
Speaking to the Independent, the guitarist said that he disapproved of the idea that aspiring artists could achieve immediate success in the music industry and claimed that he...
Blur‘s Graham Coxon has hit out at TV talent shows such as The X Factor and The Voice by labelling them as “disgraceful”.
Speaking to the Independent, the guitarist said that he disapproved of the idea that aspiring artists could achieve immediate success in the music industry and claimed that he believed in “doing things right”.
“To get better at anything you have to practice a lot,” he said of his approach to songwriting. “It doesn’t just appear.
“I’ve only got myself to please. When I’m on my own in my front room with a guitar, there’s no one going to say to me, ‘That’s really great’ if I play some old rubbish,” he added. “I do believe in doing things right. Which is why The X Factor and The Voice are so disgraceful to me.”
He then went on to say: “That’s how I feel about it. Perhaps I’m old-fashioned in that sense – that I believe you have to pay your dues. Being a musician is not something you can become overnight.”
Coxon also paid tribute to his Blur bandmate Damon Albarn’s varied musical projects and said he would like to challenge himself in a similar fashion by working outside of his comfort zone. “Damon’s gone off to Mali and worked with all sorts of different people,” he said. “Musically, he’s put himself in some weird areas where he might have struggled. He’s made some brave and adventurous moves and that’s probably what I want to do.”
Coxon released his eighth solo album ‘A+E’ in April of this year, and will join up with Blur again to play the Olympic closing ceremony concert on August 12.
Black Sabbath made their live return on Saturday night (May 19) with a homecoming gig at Birmingham's O2 Academy.
Back in city for the first time in over a decade, Ozzy Osbourne, Tony Iommi, and Geezer Butler, together with drummer Tommy Clufetos – the replacement for original sticksman Bill Wa...
Black Sabbath made their live return on Saturday night (May 19) with a homecoming gig at Birmingham’s O2 Academy.
Back in city for the first time in over a decade, Ozzy Osbourne, Tony Iommi, and Geezer Butler, together with drummer Tommy Clufetos – the replacement for original sticksman Bill Ward, whose contractual disputes with the rest of the band remain unresolved – blazed through a career-spanning set to a sell-out crowd.
Billed as a warm-up for their forthcoming headline slot at this year’s Download Festival, the heavy metal pioneers opened with ‘Into The Void’ from 1971’s ‘Master Of Reality’.
Shortly after ‘Under The Sun’, the emotional crowd began chanting Tony Iommi’s name – a clear demonstration of their support for the guitarist, who is currently battling cancer. The gesture didn’t go unnoticed by Osbourne, who hugged the guitarist on behalf of the fans.
Ripping through ‘Snowblind’, the crowd – including Ozzy’s wife and manager Sharon Osbourne – were once again whipped up into a frenzy, which continued throughout the rest of a set. The band treated their fans to classic tracks such as ‘War Pigs’, ‘Black Sabbath’, ‘Iron Man’ and finished their triumphant set with ‘Paranoid’.
Posting on his website shortly after the performance, bassist Geezer Butler thanked the “best fans ever” and praised his friend and bandmate Tony Iommi.
He wrote: “Thank you, thank you, thank you Birmingham. Best fans ever- you brought out the best in us. It was a privilege playing for you tonight. Tony was a hero- you were the best medicine he has had. Proud to be a Brummie.”
