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Roxy Music to release career-spanning DVD

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Roxy Music to release career-spanning DVD

A double-disc DVD of vintage Roxy Music performances is set to be released. “The Thrill Of It All: A Visual History (1972-1982)” charts the band from their inception and first two albums with Brian Eno to the release of their final album to date, 1982's “Avalon”. Due for release in the US on February 5, the set includes 38 performances taken from various TV shows, gigs and videos, including an early performance of early classic “Re-make/Re-model” and the band's version of “Dance Away” from the ABBA In Switzerland TV special from 1979. The videos included are: Disc One (1972-1976): “Re-make/Re-model” 06/72 – Royal College Of Art “Ladytron” 06/20/72 – Old Grey Whistle Test “Virginia Plain” 08/24/72 – Top of the Pops “For Your Pleasure” 11/25/72 – Full House “Do The Strand” 04/03/73 – Old Grey Whistle Test “In Every Dream Home A Heartache” 04/03/73 – Old Grey Whistle Test “Editions Of You” (Live) 04/29/73 – Golden Rose Festival “Pyjamarama” 01/23/74 – Musikladen “Amazona” 01/23/74 – Musikladen “Psalm” 01/23/74 – Musikladen “All I Want Is You” 10/04/74 – Top of the Pops “Both Ends Burning” 10/75 – Empire Pool, Wembley “Love Is The Drug” 10/09/75 – Supersonic “The Thrill Of It All” (Live) 01/23/76 – Stockholm “Mother Of Pearl” (Live) 01/23/76 – Stockholm “Nightingale” (Live) 01/23/76 – Stockholm “Out Of The Blue” (Live) 01/23/76 – Stockholm “Street Life” (Live) 01/23/76 – Stockholm Disc Two (1979-1982): “Dance Away” 04/16/79 – ABBA In Switzerland “Manifesto” (Live) 05/06&07/79 – Manchester Apollo “A Song For Europe” (Live) 05/06&07/79 – Manchester “Apollo” “Still Falls The Rain” (Live) 05/06&07/79 – Manchester Apollo “Ain”t That So” (Live) 05/06&07/79 – Manchester Apollo “Angel Eyes” 08/79 – promo video “Trash” 1979 – promo video “Over You” 05/15/80 – Top of the Pops “Oh Yeah (On The Radio)" 08/07/80 – Top of the Pops “Same Old Scene” 11/80 – promo video “Rain, Rain, Rain” 12/19/80 – Rockpop In Concert “Flesh And Blood” 12/19/80 – Rockpop In Concert “Jealous Guy” 02/81 – promo video “The Main Thing” (Live) 08/27/82 – Frejus, “France” “While My Heart Is Still Beating” (Live) 08/27/82 – Frejus, France “Avalon” (Live) 08/27/82 – Frejus, France “My Only Love” (Live) 08/27/82 – Frejus, France “More Than This” 04/82 – promo video “Avalon” 06/82 – promo video Bonus Track: “The Main Thing” 1982 – promo video

A double-disc DVD of vintage Roxy Music performances is set to be released.

“The Thrill Of It All: A Visual History (1972-1982)” charts the band from their inception and first two albums with Brian Eno to the release of their final album to date, 1982’s “Avalon”.

Due for release in the US on February 5, the set includes 38 performances taken from various TV shows, gigs and videos, including an early performance of early classic “Re-make/Re-model” and the band’s version of “Dance Away” from the ABBA In Switzerland TV special from 1979.

The videos included are:

Disc One (1972-1976):

“Re-make/Re-model” 06/72 – Royal College Of Art

“Ladytron” 06/20/72 – Old Grey Whistle Test

“Virginia Plain” 08/24/72 – Top of the Pops

“For Your Pleasure” 11/25/72 – Full House

“Do The Strand” 04/03/73 – Old Grey Whistle Test

“In Every Dream Home A Heartache” 04/03/73 – Old Grey Whistle Test

“Editions Of You” (Live) 04/29/73 – Golden Rose Festival

“Pyjamarama” 01/23/74 – Musikladen

“Amazona” 01/23/74 – Musikladen

“Psalm” 01/23/74 – Musikladen

“All I Want Is You” 10/04/74 – Top of the Pops

“Both Ends Burning” 10/75 – Empire Pool, Wembley

“Love Is The Drug” 10/09/75 – Supersonic

“The Thrill Of It All” (Live) 01/23/76 – Stockholm

“Mother Of Pearl” (Live) 01/23/76 – Stockholm

“Nightingale” (Live) 01/23/76 – Stockholm

“Out Of The Blue” (Live) 01/23/76 – Stockholm

“Street Life” (Live) 01/23/76 – Stockholm

Disc Two (1979-1982):

“Dance Away” 04/16/79 – ABBA In Switzerland

“Manifesto” (Live) 05/06&07/79 – Manchester Apollo

“A Song For Europe” (Live) 05/06&07/79 – Manchester “Apollo”

“Still Falls The Rain” (Live) 05/06&07/79 – Manchester Apollo

“Ain”t That So” (Live) 05/06&07/79 – Manchester Apollo

“Angel Eyes” 08/79 – promo video

“Trash” 1979 – promo video

“Over You” 05/15/80 – Top of the Pops

“Oh Yeah (On The Radio)” 08/07/80 – Top of the Pops

“Same Old Scene” 11/80 – promo video

“Rain, Rain, Rain” 12/19/80 – Rockpop In Concert

“Flesh And Blood” 12/19/80 – Rockpop In Concert

“Jealous Guy” 02/81 – promo video

“The Main Thing” (Live) 08/27/82 – Frejus, “France”

“While My Heart Is Still Beating” (Live) 08/27/82 – Frejus, France

“Avalon” (Live) 08/27/82 – Frejus, France

“My Only Love” (Live) 08/27/82 – Frejus, France

“More Than This” 04/82 – promo video

“Avalon” 06/82 – promo video

Bonus Track: “The Main Thing” 1982 – promo video

OMD Reissue Dazzle Ships

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OMD Reissue Dazzle Ships

After playing a critical role in the resistible rise of Atomic Kitten, Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark are once again keen to remind us of their radical youth. After last year's relaunch of 1981's seminal "Architecture And Morality", the 1983 follow-up, "Dazzle Ships", now gets the deluxe reissue treatment. It features the minor hit single, "Genetic Engineering", along with a bunch of more leftfield electronic pieces. “'Dazzle Ships' is a strange LP,” says bandmember Andy McCluskey in the reissue's sleevenotes, “because obviously it was possibly the lowest selling album that we ever released and yet I am inordinately proud of it. Maybe we did something that was commercial suicide, but we did that album for the right reasons.” The new version is released by Virgin/EMI on March 3. The bonus tracks are: "Telegraph (The Manor Version 1981)" "4-Neu" (B-Side of "Genetic Engineering" single) "Genetic Engineering (312MM Version)" (12" version) "66 And Fading" (B-Side of "Telegraph" single) "Telegraph (Extended Version)" (12" version) "Swiss Radio International" (Album out-take)

After playing a critical role in the resistible rise of Atomic Kitten, Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark are once again keen to remind us of their radical youth.

After last year’s relaunch of 1981’s seminal “Architecture And Morality”, the 1983 follow-up, “Dazzle Ships”, now gets the deluxe reissue treatment. It features the minor hit single, “Genetic Engineering”, along with a bunch of more leftfield electronic pieces.

“’Dazzle Ships’ is a strange LP,” says bandmember Andy McCluskey in the reissue’s sleevenotes, “because obviously it was possibly the lowest selling album that we ever released and yet I am inordinately proud of it. Maybe we did something that was commercial suicide, but we did that album for the right reasons.”

The new version is released by Virgin/EMI on March 3.

The bonus tracks are:

“Telegraph (The Manor Version 1981)”

“4-Neu” (B-Side of “Genetic Engineering” single)

“Genetic Engineering (312MM Version)” (12″ version)

“66 And Fading” (B-Side of “Telegraph” single)

“Telegraph (Extended Version)” (12″ version)

“Swiss Radio International” (Album out-take)

Imaginational Anthems Volume Three

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Nice thing turned up in the post the other day from one of my favourite labels at the moment, Tompkins Square. The New York label tends to specialise in fingerpicking guitarists who are very much in the tradition of the Takoma school, which they categorise, neatly enough, as “American Primitive Guitar”. “Imaginational Anthems Volume Three” is their latest comp of this stuff, and they continue to amaze me with a facility of finding both old and new guitarists in the tradition to celebrate. Out of the 11 players here, I’m only familiar with four of them – Greg Davis, Steffan Basho-Jungans, Mark Fosson and Shawn David McMillen. I must admit, too, that I don’t have the technical expertise to meticulously delineate between these players, as they orbit around American roots tradition and psych-raga expansiveness in generally similar – but individually quite distinctive – ways to John Fahey, Robbie Basho and so on; Tompkins Square’s reissue of “Venus In Cancer” by Basho, incidentally, is one of the records I’ve played most at home in the past year or so. There’s a vague echo of Basho’s medieval courtliness in the opening “Zocalo” by one Richard Crandell – a subterranean hero thanks to sundry private press recordings, apparently – though the track carries a faint hint of John Renbourn to my imprecise ears, too. Steffan Basho-Jungans, of course, went so far as to change his name to incorporate that of his hero, and his “Blue Mountain Raga II” here is a vast – 14 minute – piece of ebbing acoustic ripple that has that shiny intensity, that zen negotiation between mellowness and incredible concentration, that I love about James Blackshaw (another Tompkins Square alumnus who I’ve written about at length round here before). There’s actually a slight divide on this album between the more cosmic players (notably Greg Davis, whose “Here Toucheth Blues” has a treated, warped air that makes it seem in places like an acoustic companion to the music of Growing, maybe) and more traditional players like Nathan Salsburg, George Stavis (a ferociously elaborate banjo player and Vanguard veteran) and the great Mark Fosson (the forgotten man of Takoma, whose ’77 album finally emerged a year or two back on Drag City). But I struggle to recall any recent comps that glide together as seamlessly as these Tompkins Square projects, and “Volume Three” is no exception. Contemplative, intricate, a simple but ornate school of folk that hangs effortlessly between the ancient and the avant-garde – I could listen to this stuff all day. And to be honest, especially at the weekend and in the car (full of knackered James Blackshaw CDRs, chiefly), I often do.

Nice thing turned up in the post the other day from one of my favourite labels at the moment, Tompkins Square. The New York label tends to specialise in fingerpicking guitarists who are very much in the tradition of the Takoma school, which they categorise, neatly enough, as “American Primitive Guitar”.

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The Rolling Stones Announce Their Latest Live Album

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The Rolling Stones Announce Their Latest Live Album

The latest in a long line of Rolling Stones live albums arrives in March, when "Shine A Light" is released by the Universal Music Group. It will be released in the UK by Polydor Records. The album was recorded at New York’s Beacon Theatre in the autumn of 2006 - the same gig which features in Martin Scorsese's forthcoming film of the same name. "Shine A Light" - the movie, that is - will open next month's Berlin Film Festival, and should turn up in cinemas sometime in April. Special guests at the New York show, joining the Stones onstage, were Jack White, Buddy Guy and Christina Aguilera. "Shine A Light" is being released by Universal in a one-album deal. Their contract with EMI subsidiary Virgin is reported to end next month, when the Stones will be able to talk with other labels. A spokesman for The Rolling Stones said, “The band are looking forward to working with Universal Music and are excited about this new venture.” Universal, understandably, are equally excited. “We are really proud to be working with The Rolling Stones and so is everybody in Universal Music globally.” says Lucian Grainge, Chairman/CEO of Universal Music Group International, while David Joseph, Universal Music Operations president, adds: “The Rolling Stones define rock and roll, they are true music legends.”

The latest in a long line of Rolling Stones live albums arrives in March, when “Shine A Light” is released by the Universal Music Group. It will be released in the UK by Polydor Records.

The album was recorded at New York’s Beacon Theatre in the autumn of 2006 – the same gig which features in Martin Scorsese’s forthcoming film of the same name. “Shine A Light” – the movie, that is – will open next month’s Berlin Film Festival, and should turn up in cinemas sometime in April.

Special guests at the New York show, joining the Stones onstage, were Jack White, Buddy Guy and Christina Aguilera.

“Shine A Light” is being released by Universal in a one-album deal. Their contract with EMI subsidiary Virgin is reported to end next month, when the Stones will be able to talk with other labels.

A spokesman for The Rolling Stones said, “The band are looking forward to working with Universal Music and are excited about this new venture.”

Universal, understandably, are equally excited. “We are really proud to be working with The Rolling Stones and so is everybody in Universal Music globally.” says Lucian Grainge, Chairman/CEO of Universal Music Group International, while David Joseph, Universal Music Operations president, adds: “The Rolling Stones define rock and roll, they are true music legends.”

Black Mountain Set Out On Mammoth North American Tour

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Black Mountain Set Out On Mammoth North American Tour

Uncut's favourite heavy psych masters Black Mountain are to follow the release of their second album, "In The Future", with an extensive tour round the US and their native Canada. The album is released next Monday in the UK (January 21) and the tour begins ten days later in Seattle, when Black Mountain head up a stellar bill also featuring Howlin' Rain, Yeasayer and MGMT. The mighty Howlin' Rain (the choogling Comets On Fire spin-off, whose second great album is due in the spring) then join Black Mountain for more West Coast dates. Other excellent support acts later in the tour include Ladyhawk, Dead Meadow, Blood On The Wall and hotly-tipped new folkie, Bon Iver. In other Black Mountain news, the band make their national television debut on Late Night with Conan O'Brien on Thursday, February 21. And you can currently listen to a full album stream of "In The Future" on the band's myspace page, at http://www.myspace.com/blackmountain . Here are those tour dates: 01/31/08 Seattle, WA - Neumo's w/ Yeasayer, MGMT, Howlin' Rain 02/02/08 Portland, OR - The Doug Fir w/ Howlin' Rain 02/04/08 San Francisco, CA - The Independent w/ Howlin' Rain 02/05/08 Los Angeles, CA - The Troubadour w/ Howlin' Rain 02/07/08 San Diego, CA - Casbah w/ Howlin' Rain 02/08/08 Tucson, AZ - Club Congress w/ Blood on the Wall 02/10/08 Austin, TX - Emo's w/ Blood on the Wall + Dead Meadow 02/11/08 Dallas, TX - Granada Theatre w/ Blood on the Wall + Dead Meadow 02/13/08 Birmingham, AL - Bottle Tree w/ Blood on the Wall 02/15/08 Atlanta, GA - The EARL w/ Blood on the Wall 02/16/08 Asheville, NC - Grey Eagle w/ Blood on the Wall 02/17/08 Chapel Hill, NC - The Local 506 w/ Blood on the Wall 02/19/08 Washington, DC - The Rock and Roll Hotel w/ Bon Iver 02/20/08 Philadelphia, PA - Johnny Brenda's w/ Bon Iver 02/22/08 New York, NY - Bowery Ballroom w/ Bon Iver 02/24/08 Boston, MA - Middle East Upstairs w/ Bon Iver 02/25/08 Portland, ME - The Space Gallery w/ Bon Iver 02/26/08 Muncton, NB - The Manhattan w/ Bon Iver 02/27/08 Halifax, NS - The Marquee Club w/ Bon Iver 02/29/08 Montreal, QC - La Sala Rosa w/ Bon Iver 03/05/08 Toronto, ON - Lee's Palace w/ Bon Iver 03/06/08 Cleveland, OH - The Grog Shop w/ Bon Iver 03/07/08 Louisville, KY - Headliners w/ Bon Iver 03/09/08 Knoxville, TN - The Pilot Light w/ Bon Iver 03/10/08 Nashville, TN - Exit/In w/ Bon Iver 03/20/08 Kansas City, MO - Record Bar 03/22/08 Chicago, IL - Empty Bottle 03/23/08 Madison, WI - High Noon Saloon 03/24/08 Minneapolis, MN - 7th St. Entry 03/25/08 Fargo, ND - Aquarium 03/27/08 Winnipeg, MB - Pyramid Cabaret w/ Ladyhawk 03/28/08 Regina, SK - The Distrikt w/ Ladyhawk 03/29/08 Saskatoon, SK - Amigo's w/ Ladyhawk 03/31/08 Edmonton, AB - Starlite Room w/ Ladyhawk 04/01/08 Calgary, AB - The Warehouse w/ Ladyhawk 04/05/08 Vancouver, BC - Commodore Ballroom w/ Ladyhawk

Uncut’s favourite heavy psych masters Black Mountain are to follow the release of their second album, “In The Future”, with an extensive tour round the US and their native Canada.

The album is released next Monday in the UK (January 21) and the tour begins ten days later in Seattle, when Black Mountain head up a stellar bill also featuring Howlin’ Rain, Yeasayer and MGMT. The mighty Howlin’ Rain (the choogling Comets On Fire spin-off, whose second great album is due in the spring) then join Black Mountain for more West Coast dates.

Other excellent support acts later in the tour include Ladyhawk, Dead Meadow, Blood On The Wall and hotly-tipped new folkie, Bon Iver.

In other Black Mountain news, the band make their national television debut on Late Night with Conan O’Brien on Thursday, February 21. And you can currently listen to a full album stream of “In The Future” on the band’s myspace page, at http://www.myspace.com/blackmountain .

Here are those tour dates:

01/31/08 Seattle, WA – Neumo’s w/ Yeasayer, MGMT, Howlin’ Rain

02/02/08 Portland, OR – The Doug Fir w/ Howlin’ Rain

02/04/08 San Francisco, CA – The Independent w/ Howlin’ Rain

02/05/08 Los Angeles, CA – The Troubadour w/ Howlin’ Rain

02/07/08 San Diego, CA – Casbah w/ Howlin’ Rain

02/08/08 Tucson, AZ – Club Congress w/ Blood on the Wall

02/10/08 Austin, TX – Emo’s w/ Blood on the Wall + Dead Meadow

02/11/08 Dallas, TX – Granada Theatre w/ Blood on the Wall + Dead Meadow

02/13/08 Birmingham, AL – Bottle Tree w/ Blood on the Wall

02/15/08 Atlanta, GA – The EARL w/ Blood on the Wall

02/16/08 Asheville, NC – Grey Eagle w/ Blood on the Wall

02/17/08 Chapel Hill, NC – The Local 506 w/ Blood on the Wall

02/19/08 Washington, DC – The Rock and Roll Hotel w/ Bon Iver

02/20/08 Philadelphia, PA – Johnny Brenda’s w/ Bon Iver

02/22/08 New York, NY – Bowery Ballroom w/ Bon Iver

02/24/08 Boston, MA – Middle East Upstairs w/ Bon Iver

02/25/08 Portland, ME – The Space Gallery w/ Bon Iver

02/26/08 Muncton, NB – The Manhattan w/ Bon Iver

02/27/08 Halifax, NS – The Marquee Club w/ Bon Iver

02/29/08 Montreal, QC – La Sala Rosa w/ Bon Iver

03/05/08 Toronto, ON – Lee’s Palace w/ Bon Iver

03/06/08 Cleveland, OH – The Grog Shop w/ Bon Iver

03/07/08 Louisville, KY – Headliners w/ Bon Iver

03/09/08 Knoxville, TN – The Pilot Light w/ Bon Iver

03/10/08 Nashville, TN – Exit/In w/ Bon Iver

03/20/08 Kansas City, MO – Record Bar

03/22/08 Chicago, IL – Empty Bottle

03/23/08 Madison, WI – High Noon Saloon

03/24/08 Minneapolis, MN – 7th St. Entry

03/25/08 Fargo, ND – Aquarium

03/27/08 Winnipeg, MB – Pyramid Cabaret w/ Ladyhawk

03/28/08 Regina, SK – The Distrikt w/ Ladyhawk

03/29/08 Saskatoon, SK – Amigo’s w/ Ladyhawk

03/31/08 Edmonton, AB – Starlite Room w/ Ladyhawk

04/01/08 Calgary, AB – The Warehouse w/ Ladyhawk

04/05/08 Vancouver, BC – Commodore Ballroom w/ Ladyhawk

Ike Turner’s Death Caused By Cocaine Overdose

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Ike Turner’s Death Caused By Cocaine Overdose

According to the report of a San Diego medical examiner, Ike Turner had died of a cocaine overdose when he was found at his home near San Diego on December 12. The legendary ex of Tina Turner was 76. Paul Parker, chief investigator at the medical examiner's office, told the Associated Press, "We are listing that he abused cocaine, and that's what resulted in the cocaine toxicity." But it was also noted that Turner's autopsy showed that a long history of cardiovascular disease and emphysema had contributed to his death. Turner was no stranger to cocaine, with a long history of involvement with the drug and several drug-related arrests.

According to the report of a San Diego medical examiner, Ike Turner had died of a cocaine overdose when he was found at his home near San Diego on December 12. The legendary ex of Tina Turner was 76.

Paul Parker, chief investigator at the medical examiner’s office, told the Associated Press, “We are listing that he abused cocaine, and that’s what resulted in the cocaine toxicity.”

But it was also noted that Turner’s autopsy showed that a long history of cardiovascular disease and emphysema had contributed to his death.

Turner was no stranger to cocaine, with a long history of involvement with the drug and several drug-related arrests.

Radiohead Bring Rainbows To The East End

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Radiohead Bring Rainbows To The East End

After all their gripping internet shenanigans, Radiohead got back to the business of proper live gigs last night (January 16). The surprise show was originally scheduled to take place at the Rough Trade East shop in Brick Lane. But following safety concerns, the police moved the gig to the nearby 93 Feet East venue. Consequently, Radiohead arrived onstage at 10.20pm, two hours later than planned, with a rueful Thom Yorke commenting, “What a fucking day." As expected, the band played their chart-topping "In Rainbows" album in its entirety, chronologically. In spite of the day's stresses, the band appeared in cheerful form, laughing their way through occasional bum notes. Before "Jigsaw Falling Into Place", though, Yorke commented, “It’s been a very strange day so it’s possible I might have to have a drink at the end of this. I’m trying to cut down, but today seems a bad day to cut down.” After the final "In Rainbows" song, "Videotape", Yorke played a solo acoustic version of "Up On The Ladder", the stand-out track from the bonus discbox CD of "In Rainbows". The band then worked through a lengthy encore of old favourites: "You And Whose Army?", "The National Anthem", "My Iron Lung" and "The Bends". Radiohead played: '15 Step' 'Bodysnatchers' 'Nude' 'Weird Fishes/Arpeggi' 'All I Need' 'Faust Arp' 'Reckoner' 'House Of Cards' 'Jigsaw Falling Into Place' 'Videotape' 'Up On The Ladder' 'You And Whose Army?' 'The National Anthem' 'My Iron Lung' 'The Bends'

After all their gripping internet shenanigans, Radiohead got back to the business of proper live gigs last night (January 16).

The surprise show was originally scheduled to take place at the Rough Trade East shop in Brick Lane. But following safety concerns, the police moved the gig to the nearby 93 Feet East venue.

Consequently, Radiohead arrived onstage at 10.20pm, two hours later than planned, with a rueful Thom Yorke commenting, “What a fucking day.” As expected, the band played their chart-topping “In Rainbows” album in its entirety, chronologically.

In spite of the day’s stresses, the band appeared in cheerful form, laughing their way through occasional bum notes. Before “Jigsaw Falling Into Place”, though, Yorke commented, “It’s been a very strange day so it’s possible I might have to have a drink at the end of this. I’m trying to cut down, but today seems a bad day to cut down.”

After the final “In Rainbows” song, “Videotape”, Yorke played a solo acoustic version of “Up On The Ladder”, the stand-out track from the bonus discbox CD of “In Rainbows”.

The band then worked through a lengthy encore of old favourites: “You And Whose Army?”, “The National Anthem”, “My Iron Lung” and “The Bends”.

Radiohead played:

’15 Step’

‘Bodysnatchers’

‘Nude’

‘Weird Fishes/Arpeggi’

‘All I Need’

‘Faust Arp’

‘Reckoner’

‘House Of Cards’

‘Jigsaw Falling Into Place’

‘Videotape’

‘Up On The Ladder’

‘You And Whose Army?’

‘The National Anthem’

‘My Iron Lung’

‘The Bends’

The Fiery Furnaces ask fans to choose their next album

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The Fiery Furnaces ask fans to choose their next album
The Fiery Furnaces have asked fans to choose the title and concept of their next album from eight possibilities. The band, who are notoriously prolific, have released a string of complex concept albums including “Blueberry Boat”, “Rehearsing My Choir” and last year's “Widow City”. In k...

The Fiery Furnaces have asked fans to choose the title and concept of their next album from eight possibilities.

The band, who are notoriously prolific, have released a string of complex concept albums including “Blueberry Boat”, “Rehearsing My Choir” and last year’s “Widow City”.

In keeping with the current US election caucuses, the eight ideas on the band’s website are split into red and blue candidates.

Among the options are “Kythphiaxkis Traans-Oinomaos”, an album about the relationships between two hermaphrodites set to Abba and Bee Gees-style tunes, “Archer Ave. Cupid’s Corner”, an album about autumn in Chicago set to early 80’s Fall-esque tunes, and “Catamite Corner”, which will consist of songs “like ‘Kashmir’, but faster, with real strings”.

At the end of the post, the band state: “Now, there might be a Rich Independent Candidate Album waiting in the wings. But in the meantime, Voice of the People-ize!”

It is not yet confirmed whether the ‘voice of the people’ is binding on The Fiery Furnaces’ choice for their new direction.

Les Savy Fav to play UK club date

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Les Savy Fav to play UK club date
Les Savy Fav have announced a small UK gig in preparation for their Shockwaves NME Awards Show. The New Yorkers will play Bedford Esquires on February 9, the day before their gig at London’s Astoria. They will be supported by Future Of The Left, Los Campesinos! and Cut Off Your Hands at the Lond...

Les Savy Fav have announced a small UK gig in preparation for their Shockwaves NME Awards Show.

The New Yorkers will play Bedford Esquires on February 9, the day before their gig at London’s Astoria.

They will be supported by Future Of The Left, Los Campesinos! and Cut Off Your Hands at the London date.

The band are returning to the UK following the positive reception to their most recent album, “Let’s Stay Friends”, released last September.

Notably, the album was placed at Number 24 in Uncut’s Albums of 2007, while NME awarded it 5th place in their poll.

My Morning Jacket announce new album

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My Morning Jacket announce new album
My Morning Jacket have shed light on their forthcoming album, due for release on June 10 in America. The band's as-yet-untitled follow-up to 2005's "Z" was recorded in New York, but worked on and arranged in Colorado, where the band stayed in a remote compound. Guitarist Carl Broemel explained: "T...

My Morning Jacket have shed light on their forthcoming album, due for release on June 10 in America.

The band’s as-yet-untitled follow-up to 2005’s “Z” was recorded in New York, but worked on and arranged in Colorado, where the band stayed in a remote compound.

Guitarist Carl Broemel explained: “That was priceless, because we don’t all live in the same city. We just got together and played.”

The album is presently unsequenced, according to Broemel, who told Billboard: “We’re seeing every song to its end before we think about sequencing or which songs belong. We’re just starting to be open to how they relate. In general, the record is different in a way I don’t even think any of us realized until we started recording.”

Produced by Joe Chiccarelli, the album is likely to be released in early June in the UK, although this has yet to be confirmed.

My Morning Jacket have also announced “An Evening With…”, a special gig at New York’s historic Radio City Music Hall, to be held on June 20.

Radiohead’s Jonny Greenwood scoops BAFTA nomination

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Radiohead’s Jonny Greenwood scoops BAFTA nomination
Jonny Greenwood has received a BAFTA nomination for his most recent soundtrack work. The Radiohead guitarist's soundtrack to the Paul Thomas Anderson film "There Will Be Blood" is one of the five nominations in the Best Music category. The soundtracks Greenwood is up against include Marc Streitenf...

Jonny Greenwood has received a BAFTA nomination for his most recent soundtrack work.

The Radiohead guitarist’s soundtrack to the Paul Thomas Anderson film “There Will Be Blood” is one of the five nominations in the Best Music category.

The soundtracks Greenwood is up against include Marc Streitenfeld’s music for “American Gangster” and Dario Marianelli’s soundtrack for “Atonement”.

In response to his nomination, Greenwood said: “I’m delighted, and very grateful to the BAFTA members who nominated me, to Paul Thomas Anderson for giving me the opportunity to collaborate with him on his amazing film and to the BBC Concert Orchestra for making the most of what I wrote.”

“There Will Be Blood” is Greenwood’s second full soundtrack work, following his music for 2003’s “Bodysong”.

The BAFTAs ceremony takes place on February 10 at London’s Royal Opera House.

Amy Winehouse to record a Christmas/Hanukkah album

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Amy Winehouse to record a Christmas/Hanukkah album
Amy Winehouse and Mark Ronson are teaming up again to record a festive album of Christmas and Hanukkah songs. Tracks already mooted for the project include "Kosher Kisses" and "Alone Under The Mistletoe". Ronson explained that Winehouse and himself, who both have Jewish roots, wanted to give Jews ...

Amy Winehouse and Mark Ronson are teaming up again to record a festive album of Christmas and Hanukkah songs.

Tracks already mooted for the project include “Kosher Kisses” and “Alone Under The Mistletoe”.

Ronson explained that Winehouse and himself, who both have Jewish roots, wanted to give Jews something better to listen to around Christmas time.

“You have all these amazing records to play for Christmas like Motown and Carla Thomas and the Charlie Brown Christmas and, unfortunately, us Jews have nothing that cool to listen to,” the producer told Rolling Stone.

The record is likely to be ready for next Christmas, as Ronson and Winehouse are planning to enter the studio sometime this year, once the singer has written enough songs for the project, which will consist of half Christmas songs and half Jewish tracks.

LIGHTSPEED CHAMPION – FALLING OFF THE LAVENDER BRIDGE

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Devonte Hynes' CV reads a bit like a Mighty Boosh parody of east London's incestuous indie world. The Houston-born, Essex-raised, Dalston-based maverick has called himself "Dev Metal", "IVed" and "Nigga Bullshit"; formed a glam metal project called the NLS Crew, collaborated with Michigan's Whirlwin...

Devonte Hynes‘ CV reads a bit like a Mighty Boosh parody of east London’s incestuous indie world. The Houston-born, Essex-raised, Dalston-based maverick has called himself “Dev Metal”, “IVed” and “Nigga Bullshit”; formed a glam metal project called the NLS Crew, collaborated with Michigan’s Whirlwind Heat, and joined an indie, ahem, supergroup called Naked Babes. He remains best known, however, as guitarist in the agreeably silly electro punk trio Test Icicles, who amicably split up last year because, as Hynes puts it, “we never really liked our music”.

His personal taste has always been a much broader church – Broadway musicals, 80s hair metal, thrash punk, country, hip hop – and he claims to “obsess over songwriting to the point where I hear the song rather than the genre”. It’s fitting that this debut contains at least half a dozen exquisite songs that could work in any idiom, although Hynes’s default setting – Americana-tinged acoustic rock, peppered with major-sevenths and flecked with the subtle use of pedal steel, strings and woodwind – suits his material perfectly.

Recorded in Omaha by Saddle Creek’s resident producer Mike Mogis, it’s about as far as you can get from the boisterous electroclash of Test Icicles, recalling an improbable hybrid of Wilco, Aztec Camera and Todd Rundgren. The songs are, by turns, witty, eccentric and often oddly moving: the lovelorn “Midnight Surprise” is his epic, 10-minute voyage into hook-laden power-pop; “No Surprise” is a Fleetwood Mac-inspired tribute to his mother Wendela; “I Could Have Done This Myself” a bittersweet memoir of losing his virginity; while Roddy Frame would kill to be able to once again write songs like the jaunty, tragi-comic shuffle “Everyone I Know Is Listening To Crunk”.

On tracks like “Tell Me What It’s Worth” and “Devil Tricks For A Bitch”, Hynes – as a black indie kid – confronts the peculiar racism he gets from other black youth (“I feel the nigger eyes they’re staring/makes me want to rip off my skin” he spits). That he’s able to enter such discomfiting territory while making you laugh is a tribute to his songcraft.

JOHN LEWIS

Rolling Stones premiere to open Berlin Film Festival

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Martin Scorsese’s Rolling Stones concert film ‘Shine A Light’ is to premiere at the Berlin Film Festival, opening the event. The film captures the band in concert in 2006, as well as featuring a host of historical clips, backstage footage and famous collaborators, including Jack White. Direc...

Martin Scorsese’s Rolling Stones concert film ‘Shine A Light’ is to premiere at the Berlin Film Festival, opening the event.

The film captures the band in concert in 2006, as well as featuring a host of historical clips, backstage footage and famous collaborators, including Jack White.

Director of the festival Dieter Kosslick said: “We are extremely excited to have the world premiere of this magnificent film as our opening gala.”

It is likely that Scorsese and The Rolling Stones will turn up to the premiere, to be held on February 7 in the German capital.

Scorsese, who directed the acclaimed Dylan documentary “No Direction Home”, is also set to direct “The Long Play”, a film about two rock star friends, which has been produced by Mick Jagger.

EELS – Meet The Eels, Useless Trinkets

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It was clear within seconds of the commencement of Eels' first single, 1996's "Novocaine For The Soul", that intriguing things were afoot. Eels - a flag of convenience for Californian songwriter Mark Everett - were instantly a revelation. "Novocaine For The Soul" was weird, assembled from electronic drums, strings, crashing guitars and the tinkling if toy instruments, but nevertheless a colossal pop song. If it had been a one-shot novelty it would have been likeable. It was, however, a marker for a consistently astounding career. Eels exude all that can be wonderful about what is - often derisively - described as college rock (intelligence, wit, sensitivity, disdain of oppressive machismo, fascinated horror of cliche) without being disfigured by its all-too-common blemishes (soullessness, zaniness, resemblance to They Might Be Giants). As a songwriter, E, whose weather-beaten whisper is a perfect vehicle for his bleakly droll songs of death, dysfunction and heartbreak, suggests the result of a (frankly overdue) laboratory experiment to combine the defining merits of Mark Eitzel and Randy Newman. This trove commemorating Eels' first decade is in two parts. Meet The Eels is a straightforward best of accompanied by a DVD of promo videos - even if the inclusion of just two cuts from Eels' masterpiece, 1998's Electro-Shock Blues is curious. Useless Trinkets is a 50-track double CD of b-sides, out-takes, radio sessions, live recordings and unreleased sundries, accompanied by a DVD from a show at Lollapalooza 2006. While Meet The Eels is a solid introduction for the unenlightened, Useless Trinkets is several successive Christmases for the fan. The more obvious of the included treasures are the covers ("Dark End Of The Street", "I Could Never Take The Place Of Your Man", "Can't Help Falling In Love") but the sum reveals that Eels' seam of wry melancholy runs even deeper than previously imagined. And, of course, E remains rock's most judicious swearer: one thrills, again, to consider the vast canon of longing balladry rendered redundant by the lines, "It's a motherfucker, being here without you." ANDREW MUELLER Q AND A: MARK EVERETT Is the ‘1996-2006’ subtitle indicative of a chapter closing? Kind of. Universal wanted to do a best of a couple of years ago, but we weren't ready - we wanted to get involved and get it right, but yes, there was a feeling of clearing the decks to think ahead. How much stuff did you have to listen to to compile Useless Trinkets? It's by no means all-inclusive. There was a lot of stuff to sift through - it took about two years, in between doing other things. Did you enjoy listening to it all? I really don't like to look back, and it has been weird because all I've been doing is looking back. If you're not cringing at some things you've done you haven't grown, but I'm really looking forward to getting back to the future. INTERVIEW: ANDREW MUELLER

It was clear within seconds of the commencement of Eels‘ first single, 1996’s “Novocaine For The Soul”, that intriguing things were afoot. Eels – a flag of convenience for Californian songwriter Mark Everett – were instantly a revelation. “Novocaine For The Soul” was weird, assembled from electronic drums, strings, crashing guitars and the tinkling if toy instruments, but nevertheless a colossal pop song. If it had been a one-shot novelty it would have been likeable. It was, however, a marker for a consistently astounding career.

Eels exude all that can be wonderful about what is – often derisively – described as college rock (intelligence, wit, sensitivity, disdain of oppressive machismo, fascinated horror of cliche) without being disfigured by its all-too-common blemishes (soullessness, zaniness, resemblance to They Might Be Giants). As a songwriter, E, whose weather-beaten whisper is a perfect vehicle for his bleakly droll songs of death, dysfunction and heartbreak, suggests the result of a (frankly overdue) laboratory experiment to combine the defining merits of Mark Eitzel and Randy Newman.

This trove commemorating Eels‘ first decade is in two parts. Meet The Eels is a straightforward best of accompanied by a DVD of promo videos – even if the inclusion of just two cuts from Eels‘ masterpiece, 1998’s Electro-Shock Blues is curious. Useless Trinkets is a 50-track double CD of b-sides, out-takes, radio sessions, live recordings and unreleased sundries, accompanied by a DVD from a show at Lollapalooza 2006.

While Meet The Eels is a solid introduction for the unenlightened, Useless Trinkets is several successive Christmases for the fan. The more obvious of the included treasures are the covers (“Dark End Of The Street”, “I Could Never Take The Place Of Your Man”, “Can’t Help Falling In Love”) but the sum reveals that Eels‘ seam of wry melancholy runs even deeper than previously imagined. And, of course, E remains rock’s most judicious swearer: one thrills, again, to consider the vast canon of longing balladry rendered redundant by the lines, “It’s a motherfucker, being here without you.”

ANDREW MUELLER

Q AND A: MARK EVERETT

Is the ‘1996-2006’ subtitle indicative of a chapter closing?

Kind of. Universal wanted to do a best of a couple of years ago, but we weren’t ready – we wanted to get involved and get it right, but yes, there was a feeling of clearing the decks to think ahead.

How much stuff did you have to listen to to compile Useless Trinkets?

It’s by no means all-inclusive. There was a lot of stuff to sift through – it took about two years, in between doing other things.

Did you enjoy listening to it all?

I really don’t like to look back, and it has been weird because all I’ve been doing is looking back. If you’re not cringing at some things you’ve done you haven’t grown, but I’m really looking forward to getting back to the future.

INTERVIEW: ANDREW MUELLER

Elbow reveal full details of their new album

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Elbow have revealed full details of their new album, "The Seldom Seen Kid". The record, the band's fourth and follow-up to 2005's "Leaders Of The Free World", is set for release on March 17. Produced by keyboardist Craig Potter, the album includes the lead single "Grounds For Divorce" and stately ...

Elbow have revealed full details of their new album, “The Seldom Seen Kid”.

The record, the band’s fourth and follow-up to 2005’s “Leaders Of The Free World”, is set for release on March 17.

Produced by keyboardist Craig Potter, the album includes the lead single “Grounds For Divorce” and stately ballad “Weather To Fly”.

You can read Uncut‘s first review of the album by taking a look at John Mulvey‘s Wild Mercury Sound blog.

“The Seldom Seen Kid”‘s tracklisting is as follows:

“Starlings”

“The Bones Of You”

“Mirrorball”

“Grounds For Divorce”

“An Audience With The Pope”

“Weather To Fly”

“The Loneliness Of A Tower Crane Driver”

“The Fix”

“Some Riot”

“One Day Like This”

“Friend Of Ours”

Drive-By Truckers: “Brighter Than Creation’s Dark”

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A few of you have been asking for me to write something about the new Drive-By Truckers album and, to be honest, I’ve been putting off doing so for weeks now, playing the record again and again to come to terms with it. As I guess I’ve mentioned before, the point of Wild Mercury Sound isn’t...

A few of you have been asking for me to write something about the new Drive-By Truckers album and, to be honest, I’ve been putting off doing so for weeks now, playing the record again and again to come to terms with it.

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Radiohead to play free London gig – tonight!

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Radiohead have announced that they will play a free London gig tonight (Jan 16) at Rough Trade East on Brick Lane. The band will perform a short set of songs from “In Rainbows”, which recently charted at Number One in the UK and US after its physical release. The show, where admittance is on a...

Radiohead have announced that they will play a free London gig tonight (Jan 16) at Rough Trade East on Brick Lane.

The band will perform a short set of songs from “In Rainbows”, which recently charted at Number One in the UK and US after its physical release.

The show, where admittance is on a first come first served basis, will begin at 8pm, an hour after the doors of the store are opened.

Each person queuing will receive a number, meaning that those waiting can leave to get refreshments and use the store’s toilets.

Posting on the band’s site, Jonny Greenwood wrote: “For those who can’t get in – and it’s pretty small in there – we’ll have some screens and speakers outside, if we’re allowed. I think we are. And we’ll also webcast it.”

For more details, visit Radiohead.com.

Gogol Bordello return for UK headline tour

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Gogol Bordello are set to return to British shores this spring for a full headlining tour. The jaunt, in support of the gypsy-punks’ new single “American Wedding”, out on March 24, will call at Academy venues around England, kicking off on March 28 in Newcastle. Before the tour, frontman Eug...

Gogol Bordello are set to return to British shores this spring for a full headlining tour.

The jaunt, in support of the gypsy-punks’ new single “American Wedding”, out on March 24, will call at Academy venues around England, kicking off on March 28 in Newcastle.

Before the tour, frontman Eugene Hutz will attend the Berlin International Film Festival in February for the premiere of ‘Filth & Wisdom’, directed by Madonna, in which Hutz stars.

Gogol Bordello will call at:

Newcastle Academy (March 28)

Leeds Met (29)

Manchester Academy (30)

Bristol Academy (April 1)

London Brixton Academy (2)

Birmingham Academy (22)

Oxford Academy (23)

The Third Uncut Playlist of 2008

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With the next issue out of the way, we had a fairly constructive bash through a backlog of new releases today, hence not much here has figured on previous playlists. As usual, please let me know what you've been listening to: further to the Cave Singers tip I mentioned the other day, I've been quite taken with Health, who cropped up in one of your posts the other day. In the meantime. One especially conspicuous steaming turd amidst this lot, and I bet some of you can guess which one. . . 1. Hans-Joachim Roedelius & Tim Story - Inlandish (Gronland) 2. Various Artists - Inspirational Anthems Volume 3 (Tompkins Square) 3. Joe Lean & The Jing Jang Jong - Lonely Buoy (Mercury) 4. The Futureheads - The Beginning Of The Twist (Nul) 5. The Mae Shi - HLLLYH (Moshi Moshi) 6. Marian Segal With Silver Jade - Fly On Strangewings (DJM) 7. White Hinterland - Phylactery Factory (Dead Oceans) 8. Jarvis Cocker - A radio documentary about fanzines (Radio 4 Listen Again) 9. Kelley Polar - I Need You To Hold On While The Sky Is Falling (Environ) 10. Ulaan Khol - I (Soft Abuse) 11. Band Of Horses - Cease To Begin (Sub Pop) 12. Gowns - Red State (Upset The Rhythm) 13. The Ruby Suns - Sea Lion ( Memphis Industries)

With the next issue out of the way, we had a fairly constructive bash through a backlog of new releases today, hence not much here has figured on previous playlists. As usual, please let me know what you’ve been listening to: further to the Cave Singers tip I mentioned the other day, I’ve been quite taken with Health, who cropped up in one of your posts the other day.

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