Tim Wright of Pere Ubu and DNA has died.
The bassist joined Pere Ubu in 1975, staying with the group for three years before he relocated to New York. He joined DNA - formed by Arto Lindsay and Robin Crutchfield - shortly afterwards. Four DNA tracks ('Egomaniac's Kiss', 'Lionel', 'Not Moving' and 'Size') featured on Brian Eno's 1978 compilation No New York.
HMV has announced that it will return to the 363 Oxford Street store, which it opened more than 90 years ago.
The site was the first HMV and was opened by Sir Edward Elgar in July 1921. The music and entertainment retailer occupied the site until 2000.
Patti Smith, St Vincent and The National's Matt Berninger are amongst those set to appear on Volume Two of the soundtrack to hit HBO show Boardwalk Empire.
Due for release on September 3, the compilation follows Volume One, which won a Grammy for Best Compilation Soundtrack. The new release sees artists tackling songs from the 1920s.
Arcade Fire will team up with director Spike Jonze to provide the score for his new film, Her.
The film stars Joaquin Phoenix and Scarlett Johansson and follows a man who falls in love with a computer operating system. It will be released in selected cinemas on November 20.
I was reading this interesting Wilco piece a few days ago, which talks about how Jeff Tweedy has parlayed cult success into what appears to be a viable business model. It made me think of the strategies used by Mark Kozelek these past few years: how he keeps a steady stream of music, predominantly live albums, coming through his Caldo Verde label to satisfy his obsessive fans (and I suspect Kozelek fans tend to be by nature obsessive; I know I am).
Greil Marcus has re-evaluated Bob Dylan’s Self Portrait in the new issue of Uncut, out now, over three decades after he wrote his infamous ‘what is this shit?’ review of the record for Rolling Stone.
Bill Callahan is to release a new single on August 19, featuring dub versions of two songs from his forthcoming album, Dream River.
The single features "Expanding Dub" - a take on the song "Javelin Unlanding" - backed with "High In The Mid-40's Dub", a version of the album's closing track, "Winter Road".
Scroll down to hear "Expanding Dub".
Dream River is released on September 16 on Drag City.
You find us at that time in the month when things start getting more than a wee bit hectic, deadlines fast approaching as we head into the final week or so of work on the new issue, for which I am reviewing Roy Harper’s Man & Myth, his first album of new material since The Green Man, 13 years ago. There’s also the small matter of next month’s cover story, which I’m also writing, which means it’s all go at the moment.
