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M.I.A. News:
MIA forced to cut short Big Chill Festival headline set due to stage invasion
From www.nme.com at 08/08/10 05:49 PM. 0 comments.
Fans' 'overwhelming demand' forces MIA to end her set early
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M.I.A. News:
MIA cuts set after stage invasion
From www.bbc.co.uk at 08/08/10 04:27 PM. 0 comments.
Rapper MIA cut her set at the Big Chill festival in Herefordshire short after up to 200 people climbed on stage during her headline set.
Radiohead News:
Radiohead's Philip Selway Gets 'Familial' on Solo Album
From www.billboard.com at 08/08/10 04:27 PM. 0 comments.
Following in the footsteps of Ringo Starr, Dave Grohl and Phil Collins, Radiohead's Philip Selway is the latest big-name drummer to step out from behind his kit and make a solo record.
The White Stripes News:
Autumn de Wilde book signing at Third Man Records
From blogs.myspace.com at 08/08/10 12:23 PM. 2 comments.
Third Man Records is very happy to announce that on Saturday, August 21st, world renowned photographer Autumn de Wilde will join us at our Third Man shop in Nashville for a rare and special signing of...
The White Stripes News:
Jack White labels New York celebrity crowd 'motherfuckers' for not 'rocking the fuck out'
From www.nme.com at 07/08/10 11:59 AM. 0 comments.
Dead Weather man in onstage outburst to audience including Sean Lennon and Liv Tyler
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Radiohead News:
Kanye West to release new album 'sometime in November'
From www.nme.com at 06/08/10 11:40 PM. 0 comments.
Rapper also cites Trent Reznor and Radiohead's Thom Yorke as influences
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Thom Yorke News:
New Kanye Album in November, Inspired by Thom Yorke, Trent Reznor
From pitchfork.com at 06/08/10 09:35 PM. 0 comments.
Earlier this afternoon, Kanye West jumped on the live video-streaming service Ustream for a quick chat session with his faithful, mostly looking bewildered at the sheer number and speed of questions coming at him. And though he didn't answer too many of those questions, he did announce that his new album, which is no longer titled Good Ass Job, is due "sometime in November."
Looking dapper in the same clothes he wore in the "Flashing Lights" video and speaking from a Korean airport, Kanye also promised a new single in about 20 days, noting that he'd probably pick a song called "Lost in the World" or another called "All of the Lights". He played a quick clip of "All of the Lights", and it sounded awesome. You can re-watch the video chat here.
Beck News:
Scott Pilgrim Film
From blogs.myspace.com at 06/08/10 03:36 PM. 0 comments.
Pre-order and listen to songs Beck has written for Scott Pilgrim Vs. the World soundtrack on itunes
Titus Andronicus News:
Watch: Titus Andronicus Crash "Fallon"
From pitchfork.com at 06/08/10 03:20 PM. 0 comments.
It even looks like frontman Pat Stickles trimmed his beard for the occasion! Titus' album The Monitor is in stores now. The "Late Night With Jimmy Fallon" performance of "A More Perfect Union" is below (via The Audio Perv):
Karen Elson News:
Scheduling change for Fall European Tour
From blogs.myspace.com at 06/08/10 10:17 AM. 0 comments.
Due to scheduling reasons, the Paris show at La Boule Noire has now been moved from October 3rd to October 2nd. If you purchased tickets for the original date they will still be valid despite the dat...
Discovery News:
Readers recommend: songs about old age
From www.guardian.co.uk at 05/08/10 11:02 PM. 0 comments.
Last week was all about the thrill of the hunt. Now we want songs that rage against the dying of the light
Greetings, wrinklies. Now, don't get me wrong, I know that those wrinkles are not a sign of age, merely a result of a brow furrowed in scepticism: "Who does he think he is calling me wrinkly? He should have a look in the mirror first, the simian half-man." You are right, of course, but wrinkles will one day come to us all and that eventuality is the concern of this week's topic.
But first, the A-list (and a column that discusses it): Blood Sports â€' The Style Council; Marvelettes â€' The Hunter Gets Captured By the Game; William Cornysh â€' Blow Thy Horn Hunter; The Seeker â€' The Who; Pentangle â€' The Hunting Song; Dread Zeppelin â€' Moby Dick; Dead Kennedys â€' Winnebago Warrior; Ronnie Lane â€' The Poacher; Gene Vincent â€' Bird Dogging; Sonny Terry, Brownie Mghee â€' Fox Hunt
Tally ho! Straight to the B-list we go:
Alasdair Roberts â€' I Went Hunting
I see there's a video of Roberts elsewhere on this website. This track is thoughtful, delicate and well-composed with a delightful intricacy to the vocal line. Great nom from Mnemonic too (I think I often say that).
Show of Hands â€' Longdog
Here's a straight-up, honest-to-goodness hunter and he's not afraid to admit it. This sounds...
Basement Jaxx News:
Listen: Basement Jaxx Take Vampire Weekend's "White Sky" to the Club
From pitchfork.com at 05/08/10 04:50 PM. 0 comments.
Photo by Nilina Mason-Campbell
Vampire Weekend: "White Sky" (Basement Jaxx Remix)
Vampire Weekend get a club-ready makeover with this Basement Jaxx remix of "White Sky". Kinda bonkers. (Via Basement Jaxx's site.)
The song was played on Annie Mac's BBC radio program.
Devendra Banhart News:
Hear the Beck/Devendra/Todd Solondz Collaboration "Life During Wartime"
From pitchfork.com at 05/08/10 03:00 PM. 0 comments.
Devendra Banhart photo by Lauren Dukoff
Last year, we reported that space-case buddies Beck and Devendra Banhart had teamed up to record a song for Life During Wartime, the new movie from ooky auteur Todd Solondz. (It's a sequel to Solondz's deeply disturbing 1998 black comedy Happiness.) The song, also called "Life During Wartime", has now made its way to the internet, and you can stream it above, via Spin. It's not a Talking Heads cover.
According to Spin, Solondz himself, along with Beck, wrote the song's lyrics, and composer Marc Shaiman wrote the music. The wispy, delicate track marks the first time we've ever heard Devendra sing the word "iPhone".
Basement Jaxx News:
Jaxx Remix Vampire Weekend
From www.basementjaxx.net at 05/08/10 02:33 PM. 0 comments.
Currently doing the rounds of dancefloors around the world, a Basement Jaxx remix of “White Sky” by Vampire Weekend.
Check it out here
Basement Jaxx News:
Simon swims to Bestival
From www.basementjaxx.net at 05/08/10 12:34 PM. 0 comments.
Mr. Simon Ratcliffe will be braving the waters of The Solent to swim from the UK to The Isle of Wight for the “Swim To Bestival” event on September 9th.
Mr. Ratcliffe told reporters “It’s 3 miles, chilly and there are lots of large ships. I’ve tried on my first wetsuit and I look ridiculous. So we’re all set”.
To sponsor Simon and raise money for Cancer Research UK, please click on this picture of Simon training for the event.
Vampire Weekend News:
Second London Date Added + UK Support Acts Announced
From blogs.myspace.com at 05/08/10 10:07 AM. 0 comments.
Vampire Weekend are pleased to announce a second night at London's Alexandra Palace on December 3rd, 2010 after their December 2nd show at the venue sold out.Tickets for the second show will go on gen...
The xx News:
Festivals in Brief: Outside Lands, Mile High, Pukkelpop, Strom
From pitchfork.com at 04/08/10 04:05 PM. 0 comments.
WHAT: Outside Lands Music and Art Festival
WHEN: August 14-15
WHERE: San Francisco, CA
WHO: The Strokes, Phoenix, My Morning Jacket, Cat Power, Gogol Bordello, Janelle Monae, Nas and Damian Marley, Chromeo, Empire of the Sun, Al Green, Wild Beasts, Kings of Leon, Tokyo Police Club, Nas and Damian "Jr. Gong" Marley
WHAT: Mile High Music Festival
WHEN: August 14-15
WHERE: Denver, CO
WHO: Phoenix, My Morning Jacket, Weezer, Nas and Damian Marley, Atmosphere, Drive-By Truckers, Jimmy Cliff, Cypress Hill, Mayer Hawthorne
WHAT: Pukkelpop
WHEN: August 19-21
WHERE: Hasselt, Belgium
WHO: Queens of the Stone Age, the Flaming Lips, the National, Band of Horses, the xx, Hot Chip, Yeasayer, Major Lazer, Diplo, Beach House, Girls, Jonsi, Goldfrapp, Broken Bells, Die Antwoord, Flying Lotus, Caribou, Four Tet, These New Puritans, Kele, Fuck Buttons, Local Natives, Washed Out, Bear in Heaven, Gonjasufi, Joker and Nomad, Frightened Rabbit, Tame Impala, Tallest Man on Earth, Surfer Blood, Toro Y Moi
WHAT: Strom Festival
WHEN: August 16-22
WHERE: Copenhagen, Denmark
WHO: LCD Soundsystem, Jonsi, Four Tet, Pantha du Prince, Mount Kimbie, Untold, Nosaj Thing, Wolfgang Flur, No Bra, Actress, Kasper Bjorke, Thomas Fehlmann, Gonjasufi, Barbara Morgenstern, To Rococo Rot, Jimmy Edgar, Gold Panda
Vampire Weekend News:
Hear the best new bands of 2010
From www.guardian.co.uk at 04/08/10 02:50 PM. 0 comments.
In collaboration with SoundCloud, we present the best tracks from artists featured in New Band of the Day. But what does it say about the nature of music in 2010?
We're just over halfway through 2010 and already people are wondering if this is shaping up to be a classic year for music. But it's become impossible to measure, hasn't it? You used to be able to argue that one year was better than another because each was, broadly speaking, about a particular movement â€' 1967 belonged to psychedelia, 1972 glam, 1976 punk, 1981 synth pop, and so on, until the mid 80s, when the narrative that began with the birth of rock'n'roll started faltering, and by the 90s it had all but petered out. There were a couple of last gasps in 1991 (grunge) and 1995 (Britpop), but this century, praise iPod almighty, we've seen a deluge of different genres, so the argument about "vintage years" has become meaningless â€' it's like deciding whether this bunch of great stuff over here is superior to that glut of great stuff over there.
That said, 2010 has been great for great stuff, especially great new stuff. That's the point of the playlist below, produced in conjunction with those nice people at SoundCloud â€' there are 30 tracks, and we struggled to keep the number down to that. The rules for inclusion were: songs must have been released this year by artists featured in...
Devendra Banhart News:
Life During Wartime
From blogs.myspace.com at 04/08/10 09:52 AM. 0 comments.
hello! i did a song with Beck for Todd Solondz' AMAZING new movie "Life During Wartime"!!! Todd Solondz wrote the lyrics and Marc Shaiman wrote the music. if ya haven't seen Todd's films check them al...
Karen Elson News:
Don't miss Karen on LATE SHOW WITH DAVID LETTERMAN, MORNING BECOMES ECLECTIC, and WORLD CAFE
From blogs.myspace.com at 04/08/10 08:10 AM. 0 comments.
..DON'T MISS KAREN ON THE LATE SHOW WITH DAVID LETTERMAN, MORNING BECOMES ECLECTIC AND WORLD CAFE! Karen Elson will release her new single, "The Truth Is In The Dirt" on Tuesday, September 21st via Th...
Beck News:
Beck: 'I'm hoping to release some new music by the end of the summer'
From www.nme.com at 04/08/10 06:21 AM. 0 comments.
Singer/producer reveals he could 'just end up putting the songs on my website'
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Vampire Weekend News:
Vampire Weekend announce second London date on winter UK tour â€' ticket details
From www.nme.com at 03/08/10 10:47 PM. 0 comments.
Group will play Alexandra Palace on December 3
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Titus Andronicus News:
TV Party
From titusandronicustheband.blogspot.com at 03/08/10 04:56 PM. 0 comments.
Hello friends. It is with great wonder that we announce to you now that our humble rock and roll band will performing this Thursday night on reputable network television program Late Night with Jimmy Fallon. Yes, for three and a half glorious minutes, Titus Andronicus will invade the living rooms of America, sweep out all the cobwebs of our bankrupt society and replace them with the seeds of a glimmering punk utopia. Right? The show will air on the National Broadcasting Company, which was Channel 4 the last time I checked, at 12:30 am - also appearing will be "Rescue Me" star and singer-songwriter behind perrenial classic "Asshole," Dennis Leary, a man as smart and funny as Dennis Miller and as subversive and challenging as Timothy Leary, or something like that.
So yeah - that should be pretty interesting. You can be a part of this historic event too, if you so please. There is such a thing on the show as a "band bench," I have learned - the musicians perform on a stage which is unlike the stages we usually perform on, in that there is standing room for the audience above, rather than below, the performer. It can be you that has this bird's eye view on the proceedings, if you follow the instructions at this here website. I encourage strongly all of you Titus Andronicus fans to join in, lest we be surrounded by ambivalent tourists fresh out of Mars 2112 or the ESPN...
Radiohead News:
Bloggers sharing Radiohead's 'In Rainbows' told to take files down
From www.nme.com at 03/08/10 04:21 PM. 0 comments.
Websites hosting the album's files targeted by RIAA and IFPA
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Discovery News:
Scene and heard: Shangaan electro
From www.guardian.co.uk at 03/08/10 03:54 PM. 0 comments.
Marimba solos at 180 bpm, lyrics like African soap operas and a whole lot of ass-shaking ... welcome to Shangaan dance and the mysterious man behind it all
For Wills Glasspiegel, the discovery of Shangaan electro came after an evening of random YouTubing in his Brooklyn apartment. His sofa was then acting as a bed for Tshepang Ramoba, drummer with South African band BLK JKS, and the pair were looking at clips online. "Tshepang knows I manage a musician from Sierra Leone called Janka Nabay," explains Glasspiegel, "and he said 'you know, we have music like Janka's in South Africa too', and that's when he introduced me to Shangaan electro."
At 180 bpm, shangaan combines MIDI keyboards with marimba beats, distorted vocal samples and lyrics that Honest Jon's, the record label which is putting out a compilation, described as "African soap operas, tied up with domestic matters and a yearning for the slower life". But equally important is the dancing that goes with it; hyperfast footwork, the odd avian-like leg movements and, for the women, a lot of ass-shaking in colourful skirts. There's also a propensity among Shangaan dancers to dress up, as is evident in the clip of the Tshe Tsha Boys, which shows the trio (including one child) wearing bright orange jumpsuits and clown masks during performances.
When Glasspiegel was introduced to Shangaan electro, it was largely unknown outside the city of Malamulele in Limpopo, South Africa. Already an...
M.I.A. News:
News in Brief: Les Savy Fav, Bottomless Pit, Sky Larkin, New L.A. Folk Fest
From pitchfork.com at 03/08/10 02:00 PM. 0 comments.
-- Long-running Brooklyn spazz-rockers Les Savy Fav have revealed on their Twitter that Root for Ruin, their new album, will come out sooner than expected. In North America, you can buy the album on iTunes today, and the physical record will arrive "shortly thereafter".
-- Bottomless Pit, the indie band led by Silkworm veterans Tim Midgett and Andy Cohen, will release Blood Under the Bridge, their sophomore LP, August 10 via Comedy Minus One. Hear "38 Souls" here.
-- The physical edition of Kaleide, the new album from the punky, poppy British trio Sky Larkin, is coming August 9 from Wichita Recordings. The whole album is streaming right now on the band's website, where you can also buy the album in a whole range of formats.
-- The New Los Angeles Folk Festival comes to the city's Historic Monument 157 on August 7. The bill includes acoustic-guitar experimenters like Linda Perhacs, Mia Doi Todd, Ariana Delawari, L.A. Ladies Choir (featuring Lavender Diamond's Becky Stark), and Les Shelleys.
Peaches News:
'Ivory Tower' Press Release & Screening dates
From www.peachesofficialblog.com at 03/08/10 11:53 AM. 0 comments.
Peaches will be hitting the big screen soon, starring as “Marsha Thirteen” in Chilly Gonzales' first full-length feature film ‘Ivory Tower’, alongside Gonzales and Tiga Sontag. Directed by Adam Traynor, the film is an “existentialist sports comedy about chess and success”.
Gonzales plays the inventor of "jazz chess", brilliantly flanked by a charmingly villainous Tiga as his brother, and the inimitable Peaches as their love interest.
The film was selected for competition at the Locarno Film Festival on August 11th, 2010.
Catch a sneak preview of Ivory Tower in the following cities:
London: August 26 @ Screen On the Green
Paris: September 12-13 & September 19-20 @ Cine 13
New York: September 21 @ Galapagos Art Space
Hamburg: September 24 @ Fliegende Bauten
Frankfurt: September 26 @ Kuenstlerhaus Mousonturm
Berlin: September 28 @ Babylon Cinema Theater
Paris: October 3 @ Cine 13
Vienna: October 1 @ Votivkino Cinema
Geneva: February 11 @ Theatre Forum-Meyrin
For more information check out Chilly Gonzales’ website.
Peaches News:
'Ivory Tower' Announcement
From www.peachesrocks.com at 03/08/10 11:14 AM. 0 comments.
Peaches will be starring in Chilly Gonzales' first full-length feature filmâ€' 'Ivory Tower' alongside Gonzales and Tiga Sontag. Directed by Adam Traynor, the film is an "existentialist sports comedy about chess and success".
Gonzales plays the inventor of "jazz chess", brilliantly flanked by a charmingly villainous Tiga as his brother, and the inimitable Peaches as their love interest.
The film was selected for competition at the Locarno Film Festival on August 11th, 2010.
Read the full press-release HERE!
Catch a sneak preview of Ivory Tower in the following cities:
London: August 26 @ Screen On the Green
Paris: September 12-13 & September 19-20 @ Cine 13
New York: September 21 @ Galapagos Art Space
Hamburg: September 24 @ Fliegende Bauten
Frankfurt: September 26 @ Kuenstlerhaus Mousonturm
Berlin: September 28 @ Babylon Cinema Theater
Paris: October 3 @ Cine 13
Vienna: October 1 @ Votivkino Cinema
Geneva: February 11 @ Theatre Forum-Meyrin
For more information check out Chilly Gonzales' website.
Devendra Banhart News:
Catching Up With Beck
From pitchfork.com at 02/08/10 10:00 PM. 0 comments.
Photo by Drew Brown
Between his Record Club covers project and his increasingly impressive production work for famous friends, Beck has recently put in studio time with what seems like everybody recently: Charlotte Gainsbourg, Wilco, Feist, Jamie Lidell, Thurston Moore, Tortoise, Bat for Lashes, St. Vincent, Liars, Devendra Banhart, MGMT, Tobacco, and Stephen Malkmus. These creative partnerships have helped to revitalize the alt-rock originator, who just turned 40 last month.
He's also contributed songs to several recent soundtracks, including Twilight: Eclipse, "True Blood", and Scott Pilgrim Vs. the World, which found him writing garage rock songs for the lead character's fictional band, Sex Bob-Omb. He's a busy guy. And, during a recent phone interview, he jumped from project to project and thought to thought in a casually random way that shouldn't be surprising considering his penchant for genre-hopping.
Beck talks in a spacey California drawl. He takes long pauses in between sentences; over a windy phone line, it was tough to tell whether he had completed a thought or was taking a break only to get deeper into it. In the following interview, he touched on all the topics above and hinted at new Beck material that may come out sooner than you'd expect:
Ratatat News:
Ratatat Drop Freaky "Drugs" Video, Add Dom to North American Tour
From pitchfork.com at 02/08/10 09:20 PM. 0 comments.
The name of the song might be "Drugs", but if you watch Ratatat's new video while actually on drugs, you may find yourself hiding behind pieces of household furniture by the end. Most of the clip seems to consist of images of wholesome wide-smiling bystanders, but those images are held just long enough that these people start to look incredibly fucking creepy. We also get CGI feature-distortion, unexplained crying, and Santa Claus. It's pretty intense!
In further Ratatat news, they've booked shit-starting Massachusetts bedroom-popper Dom as the opening act on their forthcoming North American tour. We've got the video and all the dates below.
Titus Andronicus News:
New Release: Titus Andronicus/Free Energy: Split Tour Covers 7"
From pitchfork.com at 02/08/10 08:45 PM. 0 comments.
Artists: Titus Andronicus/Free Energy
Release: Split 7"
Release Date: Available on tour
Label: Self-released
Monkey News:
Exclusive: Robert Plant â€' Angel Dance
From www.guardian.co.uk at 02/08/10 11:34 AM. 0 comments.
Watch the video for the Led Zeppelin legend's new single, taken from his forthcoming covers album, Band of Joy
For his first album since the Grammy award-winning Raising Sand, recorded with Alison Krauss, Robert Plant returns with a new LP featuring interpretations of Americana anthems. "Band of Joy represented an attempt to create, diversify and celebrate the great dynamics of the music scene in the mid 60s," explains Plant. "I just wanted to bring it back into now." As with his cover of Los Lobos's Angel Dance (above), Band of Joy features renditions of Low's Silver Rider and Monkey, the Kelly Brothers's Falling in Love Again, and the Appalachian folk song Cindy, I'll Marry You Some Day.
Band of Joy is released on 13 September.
Peaches News:
Peaches Wheelchair Show
From www.peachesrocks.com at 31/07/10 03:02 PM. 0 comments.
For those of you who have been keeping up with Peaches via her Blog, Facebook or Twitter, you'll know that she majorly screwed up her ankle after a massive leap from the drum-kitâ€' whilst fully disguised as a mammothâ€' during the Mares Vivas Festival in Portugal...
Well, by now you should have seen her self-directed mini-doc about the 'Lovebox Weekender' show she did following that, where she completely reinvented the whole show to suit her very special Wheelchair Performance!!
We all thought this infamous 'Wheelchair Show' was just a one-off, but it turns there are going to be many more...
Peaches doc claims it'll take another six weeks before she's back to vaulting from drum kits in ghillie suits, so the upcoming summer shows are going to be Wheelchair Shows too!!
Go on over to Peaches Official Blog to read the full story and be sure to check out the Shows Page to see if Peaches is coming to a stage near you!
Photo courtesy of Saskia Hahn
Peaches News:
The Wheelchair Show â€' Update
From www.peachesofficialblog.com at 31/07/10 02:20 PM. 0 comments.
So, earlier in the week Peaches visited the doc to see what’s goin’ on with the ankle and to get the limited-edition Grace Jones Signature Cast removed from the leg… and, well, if you’ve had a peek at Peaches’ Facebook profile recently, you may already know the story…
“The wheelchair show continues all summer long!!!!!”
Yep, doc says its gonna take SIX WEEKS to heal! That means there’s gonna be a few repeat performances of what we thought was the ONE & ONLY wheelchair show!!
Check out the following dates to see if you can catch up with The Wheelchair Show!
Sat 07 August - Sonne, Mond & Sterne Festival in Saalburg, Germany
Wed 11 August – Sziget Festival in Budapest, Hungary
Fri 13 August – Oudenaarde Festinhetpark in Oudenaarde, Belguim
Sat 14 August – Heitere Open Air in Zofingen, Switzerland
Thu 19 August – Frequency Festival in St. Poelten, Austria
Fri 20 August - Lausanne Noise Festival in Lausanne, Switzerland
The Wheelchair show is not to be missed!
Here’s our mini-doc once again to prove it!
M.I.A. News:
Billboard Bits: M.I.A. Becomes a Film Judge, OZZFest Offers 'Unholy' Marriages
From www.billboard.com at 30/07/10 09:04 PM. 0 comments.
Billboard Bits serves up the best bite-sized nuggets of music news and gossip.
M.I.A. News:
M.I.A. to Judge Vimeo Awards
From pitchfork.com at 30/07/10 05:00 PM. 0 comments.
Vimeo-- aka YouTube for the web-savvy set-- is holding its first ever festival and awards shindig in New York City October 8-9. To help judge which online videos are the best, the site has a group of heavy hitters including filmmakers David Lynch, Doug Pray, Morgan Spurlock, Roman Coppola, and a multi-media troublemaker you may have heard of named M.I.A. (The full list of judges is here.)
The White Stripes News:
Jack White Covers Beatles At White House
From www.billboard.com at 30/07/10 02:27 PM. 0 comments.
Jack White performed "Mother Nature's Son" in honor of Paul McCartney for the "Paul McCartney: The Library of Congress Gershwin Prize for Popular Song In Performance at the White House" presentation.
M.I.A. News:
M.I.A. Blasts Oprah and Gaga, Drops on Billboard 200
From www.billboard.com at 28/07/10 06:02 PM. 0 comments.
M.I.A. is once again in the headlines for making incendiary comments about a fellow celebrity, but this time she's taken on a lofty target -- the "Queen of Media" herself, Oprah Winfrey.
Radiohead News:
Watch: New Chemical Brothers Video
From pitchfork.com at 28/07/10 06:00 PM. 0 comments.
If you've spent some time with the Chemical Brothers' latest album, the go-ahead-and-call-it-a-comeback Further, you know that it's filled with endlessly heady jawns perfect for iTunes visualizers everywhere. Well, this totally techy video for Further cut "Another World" renders that program pretty much obsolete.
Put together by directors Adam Smith and Marcus Lyall and the design team Flat Nose George, the clip features digitized green blobs that form sound waves, a person's face singing along with the song's vocals, and, uh, bigger green blobs. Kind of like that video for Radiohead's "House of Cards", only with a lot less Thom Yorke and a lot more green blobs. Just watch, below:
The xx News:
Hercules and Love Affair Title New Album, Cover the xx's "Shelter"
From pitchfork.com at 28/07/10 05:20 PM. 0 comments.
The next Hercules and Love Affair album is called Blue Songs and is due out in January, according to an interview with band mastermind Andy Butler on omg blog. As previously reported, the record features vocals from Kele from Bloc Party, Venezuelan singer Aerea Negrot, fan-turned-collaborator Shaun Wright, and Hercules vet Kim Ann Foxman. (No Antony this time.) Electro-industrial O.G. Mark Pistel (Meat Beat Manifesto, Consolidated) helped produce and record the new album, according to the new interview.
Butler also recorded a cover of the xx's "Shelter" with Foxman that's due out in November. Check out a clip of Hercules performing the new song "Step Up" with Kele below, via omg blog.
Hercules and Love Affair are on tour now, dates below:
M.I.A. News:
MIA launches fresh attack on Lady Gaga
From www.nme.com at 28/07/10 11:26 AM. 0 comments.
Rapper also lays into US TV presenter Oprah Winfrey for giving her the 'cold shoulder'
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Vampire Weekend News:
Converse: Kid Cudi x Vampire Weekend x Best Coast
From www.dazeddigital.com at 28/07/10 08:00 AM. 0 comments.
The footwear label releases the music video for 'All Summer', the new original single by three of the most influential artists of today
The new music video for 'All Summer', the new single by three of music's most influential artists â€' Kid Cudi, Rostam of Vampire Weekend, and Best Coast is set to be released by Converse. The one song collaboration brings together the three musicians to join forces to create the brand new track that was released on July 8th, which the video for is now streamable online, as well as downloadable for free at Converse.
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M.I.A. News:
M.I.A. Promises Free Show After HARD Fest Flameout
From www.billboard.com at 27/07/10 04:09 PM. 0 comments.
To amend for her disappointing performance at HARD Festival last Saturday (July 24) at Governor's Island in New York, M.I.A. announced on Twitter last night that she will play a free live show in New York City.
M.I.A. News:
MIA promises fans free New York show after gig cancellation
From www.nme.com at 27/07/10 03:37 PM. 0 comments.
Singer and rapper says she'll stage a gig after Hard NYC Party slot was cut short
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Sigur Rós News:
a sneak preview of the upcoming sigur ros live film
From www.sigur-ros.co.uk at 27/07/10 01:42 PM. 0 comments.
back at the end of 2008 we gave an update to the recording of the two london shows in november 2008. as we said at the time we had no idea about the timeframe, but now we’ve a little bit more to tell people.
things have been moving on apace with the film we are making of sigur ros's final concerts in london in november 2008, and we are currently finalising two exclusive work-in-progress edits of songs from the project, direct from the computer of director vincent morisset (arcade fire's 'miroir noir', etc) himself.
these two edits will be made available exclusively to fans who purchase tickets to see jonsi in concert over the next few months. further details are on jonsi.com
Elvis Perkins News:
EPID at Newport Folk Fest 2010
From blogs.myspace.com at 27/07/10 12:45 PM. 0 comments.
Due to an unfortunate injury to Justin Townes Earle, that renders him unable to play this weekend, Elvis Perkins in Dearland will be performing at the historical Newport Folk Festival on Sunday, Augus...
Devendra Banhart News:
Help support Trekstock!!!
From blogs.myspace.com at 27/07/10 09:53 AM. 0 comments.
Hey everyone!!! Please help support a great cause and a great charity Trekstock. I designed a little tshirt for them as did alot of other great artists. Here's the link with more info. Thank you!!!!!h...
Titus Andronicus News:
News in Brief: Rock for Kids, Ocrilim, Suuns, Wavelength Music Festival
From pitchfork.com at 26/07/10 10:15 PM. 0 comments.
-- At this year's Pitchfork Music Festival, artists including Sleigh Bells, Major Lazer, Titus Andronicus, Local Natives, St. Vincent, and more personalized records, posters, and other items for Rock for Kids, a Chicago organization that provides music education for youngsters. The items are currently up for auction-- check 'em out here.
-- Experimental metal guitarist Mick Barr (Krallice, Orthrelm, Crom Tech) has a new guitar-only opus under his Ocrilim moniker called Absolve. It's a limited-edition, 100-copy CD run only available at his site.
-- Montreal-based dark electro-rockers Suuns have signed with indie powerhouse Secretly Canadian. Download their six-song Zeroes EP for the price of an e-mail address here. Suuns go on tour with Besnard Lakes and Land of Talk this fall; dates here.
-- Archer Prewitt (The Sea and Cake), Freakwater, Bottomless Pit, Robbie Fulks, and Scotland Yard Gospel Choir are a few of the bands playing this year's Wavelength Music and Arts Festival in Three Oaks, Michigan this Saturday, July 31.
Radiohead News:
Radiohead's Selway Talks New Solo LP, Does Not Talk New Radiohead LP
From pitchfork.com at 26/07/10 07:50 PM. 0 comments.
Photo by Kevin Westenberg
We're used to seeing Philip Selway behind a range of drums and cymbals as the unswerving and inventive back beat to Radiohead. But on his forthcoming solo album, Familial, Selway steps away from the kit, singing and playing acoustic guitar on 10 hushed folk songs in the shadowy tradition of Nick Drake. The album is quiet, but there's an unnerving sense of dread that connects the material to his main gig; it's music for a foreboding twilight. Guests including Wilco's Glenn Kotche and Pat Sansone, and veteran singer-songwriter Lisa Germano. (The album's out on August 31 in the UK via Bella Union and a day later in the U.S. through Nonesuch.)
We recently met up with Selway at a posh downtown Manhattan hotel. Floor-to-ceiling windows offered a view of some rare NYC greenery outside. Inside, the drummer/singer/songwriter was thoughtfully polite and casual in a fuschia t-shirt and brightly striped socks that could've been on loan from a pre-teen's dresser. He talked about what it feels like to be the guy answering all the questions for once:
Basement Jaxx News:
Jaxx Bring The Robots !
From www.basementjaxx.net at 26/07/10 04:50 PM. 0 comments.
Available to download from August 9th 2010
Peaches News:
Peaches Christ Superstar US Debut
From www.peachesrocks.com at 26/07/10 04:40 PM. 0 comments.
Calling all Peaches Fans in USA!
Today Peaches is proud to announce that she will perform her American debut of "Peaches Christ Superstar" at The Concert Hall - The New York Society for Ethical Culture in Manhattan on December 11th 2010!!!
Her performance with Chilly Gonzales of Andrew Lloyd Webber and Sir Tim Rice's musical, "Jesus Christ Superstar" made its worldwide debut in March in Berlin, with repeat sold-out performances in May-June (this time with Sir Tim Rice in the audience!!!)
Tickets for "Peaches Christ Superstar" will be available ESPECIALLY FOR YOU, the fans, via pre-sale on Thursday, July 29th at 10am EST. So make sure your name is on Peaches mailing list or be sure to sign up before the 29th and watch your mail on Thursday morning for the pre-sale password and link!
If you miss the pre-sale, tickets go on sale to the public on FRIDAY, JULY 30TH AT 10AM EST.
Tickets will be available HERE.
M.I.A. News:
MIA blasts New York festival organisers for cutting gig short
From www.nme.com at 26/07/10 02:15 PM. 0 comments.
Singer/rapper says 'fuck that shit' as sound is pulled at Hard NYC Party
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Karen Elson News:
Karen announces Fall Europe Tour!
From blogs.myspace.com at 26/07/10 01:42 PM. 0 comments.
..Karen is happy to announce that she and her band will be returning to Europe for a tour this fall, with shows in Germany, Belgium, Holland, Switzerland, Italy and France. Click HERE for full details...
Peaches News:
The Wheelchair Show!
From www.peachesofficialblog.com at 26/07/10 01:20 PM. 0 comments.
July 18th, Lovebox Weekender Festival, London â€'
Peaches rolls into Victoria Park with her circus of freaky friends in tow, ready to rock the London Loveboxers with her historical ‘Wheelchair Show’; a raucous, hilarious, once-in-a-lifetime performance you definitely didn’t want to miss!
Since the show we’ve been flooded with mails from fans all over the globe asking when the footage is going to appearâ€' and we’re glad to say it’s finally here!
Before we let you backstage to see the madness in the making, here’s a selection of what the press had to say about ‘The Wheelchair Show’â€'
“If Jones delivered in style, then electroclash dominatrix Peaches raised the bar earlier in the day with a superbly outrageous set. Appearing on stage with her leg in a cast, the singer was pushed around in a wheelchair by a naked Amazonian pre-op transsexual. “This is not a joke,” she assured the audience. “I couldn’t not come to Lovebox!” She didn’t disappoint as ‘Talk to Me,’ ‘Billionaire’ and ‘F— the Pain Away’ caused the sizeable crowd to dance despite the beating sun.”
“The defining moment of this year's Lovebox â€' possibly, even, of any festival this year â€' comes about 10 minutes into Peaches' Sunday afternoon set. It's already got off to a colourful start. We're greeted by the sight of the electro provocateur arriving on stage wearing a head-to-toe coat that appears to be made of raggedy fibres. This is soon dispensed with, and she cavorts in what resembles an S&M bra and panties...
Peaches News:
Peaches Christ Superstar US Debut
From blogs.myspace.com at 26/07/10 10:54 AM. 0 comments.
Calling all Peaches Fans in USA!Today Peaches is proud to announce that she will perform her American debut of "Peaches Christ Superstar" at The Concert Hall - The New York Society for Ethical Culture...
Friendly Fires News:
Stop Making Sense: The Very Best
From www.dazeddigital.com at 26/07/10 09:00 AM. 0 comments.
Radioclit members form a new musical project to prove that they are, the very best
Set to play Croatia's Stop Making Sense Festival alongside lives acts from Django Django, Nathan Fake, Matias Aguayo and DJ sets from the likes of Carl Craig, Juan Atkins, Friendly Fires, Optimo and Slutty Fringe, former Radioclit members have embarked on their latest venture, The Very Best. Other acts will include Richard Norris (Beyond The Wizard's Sleeve), Detroit's Kyle Hall, Allez Allez, Rebolledo, Girlcore, and Count Chocula.
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The xx News:
Yolanda Be Cool vs D Cup top UK Singles Chart
From www.nme.com at 25/07/10 08:23 PM. 0 comments.
Mumford And Sons, The XX benefit from Mercury Prize nominations in the album chart
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Holly Miranda News:
Mew, Ms Dynamite, Good Shoes play Truck day one
From www.nme.com at 25/07/10 02:11 PM. 0 comments.
Darwin Deez and Holly Miranda also play the Oxford festival
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Vampire Weekend Photos:
Vampire Weekend - Latitude 2010
From www.flickr.com at 24/07/10 10:06 AM. 0 comments.
Radiohead News:
Watch: The Antlers Play New Song Live
From www.pitchfork.com at 23/07/10 08:35 PM. 0 comments.
Last night, the Antlers played a free show at Manhattan's picturesque Pier 54 in front of the Hudson River. During the show, they showed off a new song that could be slotted into the U2/Radiohead/Jeff Buckley "rousing ballad" category.
Lucky for you, the folks at (((unartig))) recorded it and put it on YouTube in high quality for your viewing pleasure (via BrooklynVegan):
Beck News:
Listen: Five-Second Broken Social Scene Song From Scott Pilgrim
From www.pitchfork.com at 23/07/10 08:05 PM. 0 comments.
Front page photo by Danielle St. Laurent
When we talked to Broken Social Scene's Brendan Canning about his band's contributions to the Scott Pilgrim Vs. the World soundtrack he said, "They're really short punk rock jams." He wasn't kidding. The song "I'm So Sad, So Very, Very Sad"-- played by fictional band Crash and the Boys in the film and featuring actor Erik Knudsen on vocals-- is five seconds long. Listen to it below (via Prefix):
Scott Pilgrim Vs. the World is out August 13. The film's star-studded soundtrack and score are out August 10.
The White Stripes News:
Karen Elson announces one-off London show and ticket details
From www.nme.com at 23/07/10 08:02 PM. 0 comments.
Jack White's wife will play Bush Hall on September 20
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Devendra Banhart News:
Beck, Robert Smith, Devendra Banhart on John Martyn Tribute Album
From www.pitchfork.com at 23/07/10 06:40 PM. 0 comments.
Influential British singer-songwriter John Martyn passed away at the age of 60 in January 2009, and now a tribute album is well in the works, according to his official site. (Via Twenty Four Bit.) So far, the lineup of artists covering Martyn tunes is impressive indeed: Beck, Robert Smith, Devendra Banhart, Vashti Bunyan, the Swell Season, and more. There's no release date for the comp yet, but a list of artists and the songs they're tackling is below.
A two-disc reissue of Martyn's Live at Leeds album is due September 6 via Universal-- more info on that here.
John Martin Tribute LP:
Beck: "Stormbringer"
Snow Patrol: "May You Never"
Robert Smith: "Small Hours"
Blackships (Nick McCabe and Simon Jones, formerly of the Verve): "Rope Soul'd or Sapphire"
Beth Orton: "Go Down Easy"
David Gray: "Let The Good Things Come"
Lisa Hannigan: "Couldn't Love You More"
The Swell Season: "I Don't Want to Know"
Paolo Nutini: "One World"
Devendra Banhart: "Sweet Little Mystery"
Vetiver: "Go Easy"
Vashti Bunyan: "Head & Heart"
Skye Edwards (Morcheeba): "Solid Air"
Ted Barnes [ft. Gavin Clark]: "Over The Hill"
The Blind Boys of Alabama: "Glorious Fool"
Brendan Campbell: "Anna"
Sonia Dada: "Dancing"
Sabrina Dinan: "Certain Surprise"
Oh My God: "John Wayne"
Foley (Miles Davis bass player): "Clutches"
Nicholas Barron: "Angeline"
Cheryl Wilson: "You Can Discover"
The Cool Kids News:
New Release: Freddie Gibbs: Str8 Killa
From www.pitchfork.com at 23/07/10 05:30 PM. 0 comments.
Artist: Freddie Gibbs
EP: Str8 Killa
Release Date: August 3
Label: Decon
Tracklist:
01 Str8 Killa No Filla [ft. Big Kill]
02 Rep 2 Tha Fullest [ft. Jay Rock]
03 National Anthem (Fuck The World)
04 The Coldest [ft. B.J. The Chicago Kid]
05 Personal OG
06 Live By the Game
07 Rock Bottom [ft. Bun B]
08 Oil Money [ft. Chuck Inglish, Chip Tha Ripper, Bun B & Dan Auerbach]
Notes: New EP from this Rising, mixtape-wrecking Indiana rapper. Features production from Block Beataz and DJ Burn One, among others, and appearances from Bun B, the Black Keys' Dan Auerbach, and the Cool Kids' Chuck Inglish. Gibbs will also release the accompanying Str8 Killa No Filla mixtape for free download July 29, via XXL.
Media: Watch the video for "The Ghetto" here, hear "National Anthem (Fuck the World)" here, and "Oil Money" here.
Devendra Banhart News:
Beck, Snow Patrol, Devendra Banhart for John Martyn tribute album
From www.nme.com at 23/07/10 01:34 AM. 0 comments.
Former members of The Verve, David Gray and Lisa Hannigan also contribute
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The White Stripes News:
Jack White Covers Beatles' 'Mother Nature's Son' at White House
From www.billboard.com at 22/07/10 06:07 PM. 0 comments.
Another video from Paul McCartney's Gershwin Prize ceremony at the White House has been released, this time of Jack White's heartfelt performance of the classic Beatles track "Mother Nature's Son."
Basement Jaxx News:
Maximo Park, Kelis, Calvin Harris for Manchester Warehouse Project gigs
From www.nme.com at 22/07/10 11:52 AM. 0 comments.
Luke Vibert, Eric Prydz, Basement Jaxx also to perform
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Basement Jaxx News:
Jaxx to DJ at Warehouse Project
From www.basementjaxx.net at 22/07/10 10:28 AM. 0 comments.
Basement Jaxx are pleased to announce that they will be joining the festivities for the launch weekend of Manchester’s favourite dance music venue, The Warehouse Project. The Jaxx join Eric Prydz & Felix Da Housecat on Saturday 25th September and you can get your tickets right here
Peaches News:
Peaches Lovebox Wheelchair Teaser
From www.peachesofficialblog.com at 22/07/10 09:46 AM. 0 comments.
For those of you who follow Peaches on Twitter or Facebook, you’ll know that last weekend, whilst performing at the Mares Vivas Festival 2010 in Portugal, Peaches screwed up her ankle big time at the beginning of her set… it was the giant leap from the drum riser in the mammoth ghillie suit that did it!!
Of course, in true Peaches style, she finished off the set (including crowd walking!!) without a whimper – with nothing but adrenaline to keep her goin!!
And the end result?
An ankle the size of a melon and a big bad-ass plaster cast around her right leg!
With the Lovebox Weekender in London just two days later, what was she going to do? There’s no way she could cancel!
Ingeniously, Peach got to work on putting together an exclusive set for the London Festival goersâ€' a hilarious performance that will forever be known as ‘The Wheelchair Show’!!
We’ve got an exclusive Peaches Wheelchair Mini-doc coming up very soon, full of hilarious behind-the-scenes footage from the festival. But here’s a sneak preview to keep ya keen!
Click here to view the embedded video.
Were any of you lucky enough to witness ‘The Wheelchair Show’ first hand? If so, let us know and leave a comment!
Vampire Weekend News:
Vampire Weekend 'Contra' model discovered she was on cover 'when daughter bought album'
From www.nme.com at 22/07/10 09:03 AM. 0 comments.
Ann Kirsten Kennis' lawyer says she has no idea how band got hold of 'Polaroid' snap
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The White Stripes News:
Jack White plays The Beatles' 'Mother Nature's Son' at the White House â€' video
From www.nme.com at 22/07/10 12:24 AM. 0 comments.
The White Stripes man performs the song in front of Paul McCartney and Barack Obama
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The xx News:
The xx set to re-enter the album chart thanks to Mercury Prize nomination
From www.nme.com at 21/07/10 03:31 PM. 0 comments.
Plus Professor Green challenging Eminem for Number One album
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Dizzee Rascal News:
Mercury prize nominations: Brits are back on song
From www.guardian.co.uk at 21/07/10 09:01 AM. 0 comments.
After years in the shadow of Brooklyn bands, the British album is stronger than ever. Rosie Swash salutes a Mercury shortlist that reflects the boom in homegrown talent
Has there ever been a more maligned award than the Mercury music prize? The annual round of hand-wringing and what's-it-for criticism began even before yesterday's shortlist was announced â€' though, if anything, the dissenting voices have been a fair bit quieter since. Does this mean this year's 12 album nominees are an unusually safe bet? Dizzee Rascal, the xx, Paul Weller: you could argue that the judges have managed to nod in every musical direction this island has to offer. Or, less cynically, you could say the range is a positive sign that British music is on fighting form, after a period of several years in which the US album has dominated the awards scene, as well as critics' and readers' polls.
In fact, the field has seemed even narrower than that: for the last couple of years it's been largely Brooklyn exports who have swept the board. Last year brought wildly successful albums from Brooklyn-based Dirty Projectors, Brooklyn-based Grizzly Bear and Brooklyn/Baltimore-based Animal Collective. In 2008, the Guardian critics' end of year poll for best album was topped by New Yorkers TV on the Radio and their excellent political art-rock LP Dear Science (the influential US website Pitchfork agreed with us); meanwhile, the readers chose Wisconsin's cabin-dwelling troubadour Bon Iver and his album For Emma, Forever...
M.I.A. News:
Win a trip to see M.I.A and $500 at Urban Outfitters!
From blogs.myspace.com at 20/07/10 05:41 PM. 0 comments.
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M.I.A. News:
M.I.A., LCD, Pavement, T.I. Lead Virgin Mobile FreeFest Lineup
From www.billboard.com at 20/07/10 04:56 PM. 0 comments.
M.I.A., LCD Soundsystem, Pavement, T.I., and Ludacris are among the acts booked at this year’s Virgin Mobile FreeFest, set for Sept. 25 at Merriweather Post Pavilion in Columbia, Md.
Dizzee Rascal News:
Highlights from the Mercury nominations
From www.bbc.co.uk at 20/07/10 04:46 PM. 0 comments.
Dizzee Rascal and The XX are just some of this year's Mercury nominees. Watch highlights from the ceremony.
Vampire Weekend News:
Vampire Weekend Responds to 'Contra' Lawsuit
From www.billboard.com at 20/07/10 04:34 PM. 0 comments.
Vampire Weekend has issued a statement in response to a lawsuit filed by "Contra" cover model Kristen Kennis, who is seeking $2 million for unauthorized use of her image as the album's artwork
The xx News:
The xx invite ex-member Baria Qureshi to join them at Mercury Prize ceremony
From www.nme.com at 20/07/10 03:34 PM. 0 comments.
London trio say door is open to former member
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Dizzee Rascal News:
The xx, Dizzee Rascal Make Mercury Prize Shortlist
From www.billboard.com at 20/07/10 02:24 PM. 0 comments.
Corinne Bailey Rae, Foals, and Mumford & Suns are also up for the prize, to be announced Sept. 7.
Dizzee Rascal News:
Mercury prize 2010: a heavyweight lineup avoids controversy | Alexis Petridis
From www.guardian.co.uk at 20/07/10 01:42 PM. 0 comments.
After last year's unfortunate events, the 2010 shortlist reflects an understandably cautious preference for the tried and tested
Gallery: All the Mercury nominees and their odds
Mercury prize 2010: Full lineup
Towards the end of 2009, long-term Mercury-watchers breathed a sigh of relief. After a few drearily uneventful years in which the committee doled out the gong to artists the public had either already clasped to their hearts or would go on to clasp to their hearts â€' Franz Ferdinand, Dizzee Rascal, Arctic Monkeys, Elbow â€' last year saw the Mercury prize happily return to its traditional role as the music industry's equivalent of the black spot.
Indeed, its ability to wield a negative effect over the career of the winner seemed to have grown even more potent with the passing of time. Speech Debelle had hardly finished her acceptance speech when everything started to go wrong. Her album, Speech Therapy, became the lowest-selling Mercury winner in the prize's history â€' two months after the awards ceremony, it had sold a meagre 10,000 copies. Debelle's ensuing tour played to sparse crowds, she ended up splitting from her record label and, in a final indignity, she was booed off at a computer game launch after trying to rap along to Take That's Pray. By comparison, the post-Mercury career of Talvin Singh has been one long...
Dizzee Rascal News:
Dizzee lands Mercury nomination
From www.bbc.co.uk at 20/07/10 12:38 PM. 0 comments.
Past-winner Dizzee Rascal, Paul Weller and newcomers The XX are among the nominations for this year's Mercury Prize.
Dizzee Rascal News:
Dizzee Rascal and The XX installed as favourites for Barclaycard Mercury Prize
From www.nme.com at 20/07/10 11:13 AM. 0 comments.
Odds for this year's album contest announced
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Radiohead News:
'The Social Network' Trailer Features Justin Timberlake, Radiohead's 'Creep'
From www.billboard.com at 19/07/10 06:30 PM. 0 comments.
The just-released trailer for "The Social Network" -- which features co-star Justin Timberlake, and a choral cover of Radiohead's "Creep" -- is as dramatic as a teaser for a movie about Facebook can be.
M.I.A. News:
Diplo Talks M.I.A.'s Ideal Sound, 'Lazers Never Die'
From www.billboard.com at 19/07/10 03:45 PM. 0 comments.
The beatmaker checks with Billboard about his busy schedule, M.I.A.'s ideal sound and Major Lazer's new six-track EP "Lazers Never Die," out July 20.
Dizzee Rascal News:
NME Breakthrough winner Matt Henshaw 'honoured' to open Lovebox festival
From www.nme.com at 19/07/10 10:23 AM. 0 comments.
Singer-songwriter also reveals how Dizzee Rascal robbed his dressing room
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Vampire Weekend News:
Vampire Weekend: 'Being sued over 'Contra' artwork is frustrating'
From www.nme.com at 19/07/10 10:05 AM. 0 comments.
Band respond to $2million lawsuit
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Dizzee Rascal News:
Gorillaz close 2010 Benicassim festival with guest-laden headline show
From www.nme.com at 19/07/10 09:57 AM. 0 comments.
Foals, Ellie Goulding, Dizzee Rascal also help round off Spanish event
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Vampire Weekend News:
Vampire Weekend close Latitude 2010 with headline set
From www.nme.com at 19/07/10 08:59 AM. 0 comments.
The band top the bill for the first time at UK festival
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Peaches News:
Grace Jones closes final night of Lovebox Festival 2010
From www.nme.com at 19/07/10 12:41 AM. 0 comments.
Plus Kele teams up with Hercules & The Love Affair and Peaches plays with her leg in plaster
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Karen Elson News:
Karen on ABCs World News Sunday!
From blogs.myspace.com at 17/07/10 04:32 PM. 0 comments.
Tune in this Sunday, July 18th to see a special profile on Karen on World News Sunday with Dan Harris at 6:30 pm on ABC.
Vampire Weekend News:
Vampire Weekend to play biggest-ever venues on UK tour - ticket details
From www.nme.com at 17/07/10 12:02 PM. 0 comments.
New York band will play London Alexandra Palace on the jaunt
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Dizzee Rascal News:
Dizzee Rascal comes home to headline Lovebox 2010
From www.nme.com at 17/07/10 10:57 AM. 0 comments.
Plus Mystery Jets, Bombay Bicycle Club and Ellie Goulding perform at London festival
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M.I.A. News:
POTW: M.I.A., Amy Winehouse, Shakira, Enrique Iglesias
From www.billboard.com at 16/07/10 07:23 PM. 0 comments.
M.I.A. toted her son, Amy Winehouse showed off her goods, Shakira's hips didn't lie, Enrique Iglesias planted one on a fan, Ciara got pretty in pink, Sting looked like a deer in the headlights and more.
Peaches News:
Video exclusive: Kano - Upside
From www.guardian.co.uk at 16/07/10 01:47 PM. 0 comments.
The rapper talks us through the concept for the video to his new single, Upside, featuring Michelle Breeze
Taken from Kano's forthcoming album, Method to the Maadness, Upside sees the rapper teaming up with Why Why Peaches vocalist Michelle Breeze. "One of the key lyrics that inspired the video is: 'If I lose my head, I lose my focus, but I'll lose my dough before I lose my soul.'" explains Kano. The video, directed by Henry Schofield and shot in Canning Town, east London, sees the rapper playing a boxer cornered by two fixers who want him to throw a fight. Method to the Maadness is out on 30 August and features contributions from Boys Noize, Hot Chip, Diplo, and Damon Albarn.
Vampire Weekend News:
2010 UK Tour Dates Announced
From blogs.myspace.com at 16/07/10 10:21 AM. 0 comments.
Vampire Weekend are pleased to announce a new UK headline tour. The six date tour will feature the band's biggest UK shows yet, including a show at London's Alexandra Palace on December 2nd, 2010. The...
Radiohead News:
Radiohead orchestral track features on trailer for Facebook movie 'The Social Network'
From www.nme.com at 16/07/10 09:36 AM. 0 comments.
The first trailer for Facebook movie The Social Network has been posted online and features an orchestral reworking of Radiohead's 'Creep' by the Belgian choir Scala And Kolachny.
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Vampire Weekend News:
Vampire Weekend being sued by 'Contra' cover star for $2 million
From www.nme.com at 16/07/10 12:39 AM. 1 comments.
Kirsten Kennis claims the photograph of her was used without consent
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Discovery News:
Readers recommend: songs about manual labour
From www.guardian.co.uk at 15/07/10 11:01 PM. 0 comments.
Last week it was all about a coming together of hands. This week, it's hands again; but hands that are hard at work
Last week, eh? What a wonderful time it was. A thing of joy, wonder and colliding palms; truly what RR is all about. I would cry, if I hadn't had my tearducts sewn up.
Age and experience have taught me that, whatever I think of it, someone will declare the A list (oh yeah, here's the column about it a stinker but I reckon it's more of a corker than Korky the Kat corking bottles in a factory owned by the father of Jack Cork, the Chelsea midfielder. Anyway here it is: The Stooges â€' No Fun; Outkast â€' Hey Ya!; Steve Reich â€' Clapping music; Paco de Lucia â€' Cepa de Andaluza; Queen â€' We will rock you; Abyssinian Baptist Choir â€' Said I wasn't going to tell nobody; Nusrat Fatih Ali Khan â€' Allah Mohammed Char Yaar; The Marvelletes â€' Too Many Fish in the Sea; Miles Davis - Black Satin; The Ventures â€' Let's Go
For the record, I love love loved Black Satin. So wild and inventive, yet the groove still abides despite it all.
B time:
Toumast â€' Ammilana â€' This week's nominations hailed from all corners of the globe. Toumast are Touaregs from the Sahara, but ullulations aside, they sound like the distant cousins of the Velvet Underground. Clapping here forms a percussive backdrop to a mysterious ongoing drone...
The...
Radiohead News:
Adam Buxton: how I got the music video BUG
From www.guardian.co.uk at 15/07/10 03:24 PM. 0 comments.
The comedian and presenter discusses the thinking behind his stage show about pop videos â€' and reveals his favourites
I was first approached to do BUG: The Evolution of the Music Video after I hosted the final two Antenna nights at the BFI Southbank. Antenna was a showcase where fans could watch music videos in a massive cinema with really good sound. I'd never seen anything like it before and was delighted that they'd asked me to host it. With BUG, I thought we'd change the format a bit, show fewer videos, and break it up with more stupidity â€' which is, of course, what I do.
Three years later and we're on our 20th show. I'm not a big anniversary person so can rule out a huge Glastonbury-style celebration. Plus, Stevie Wonder's pulled out, Gorillaz refuse to do it because I'm regularly rude about Damon, and Bowie's just not answering my texts.
Still, as usual, we will have an excellent selection of videos and, hopefully, Cyriak will be our special guest. He's not really a music video guy but he does amazing, trippy Flash animations. He often marries them to his own soundtracks, so he sort of fits into the music and video remit for us. We don't have to be too prescriptive about who's in the show as long as there's some vague connection.
Over the 20 shows, one part of my silliness that has really taken off is the YouTube comments section....
Basement Jaxx News:
Oxfam in Haiti
From www.basementjaxx.net at 15/07/10 02:39 PM. 0 comments.
The devastating earthquake that struck Haiti on 12 January 2010 killed 230,000 people and left another 1.5 million homeless.
Thanks to your overwhelming support, Oxfam has been able to assist more than 420,000 people â€' by providing clean water, shelter and basic sanitation, as well as by helping community canteens provide daily hot meals.
Thank you also to all the Jaxx fans that bid on the signed albums during the fund raising auction or came to the Oxjam event when we played.
Every little helps….
The White Stripes News:
Dazed & Confused August Issue
From www.dazeddigital.com at 15/07/10 09:00 AM. 0 comments.
Flashback! Fashion legends Kristen McMenamy and a galaxy of supermodels in the August fashion special
Enigmatic 90s fashion icon Kristen McMenamy graces the cover of Dazed & Confused this August. Artist Tierney Gearon and Dazed fashion director Karen Langley headed for the woods of upstate New York with Kristen to capture her untamable attitude, a legendary model who continues to shake up the fashion world even as she turns 46. Art photographer Roe Ethridge combines forces with senior fashion editor Katie Shillingford for a unique portfolio that reimagines seven of today's supermodels as they've never been seen before.
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The White Stripes News:
Issue 188
From www.dazeddigital.com at 15/07/10 09:00 AM. 0 comments.
Freak Out
Enigmatic 90s fashion icon Kristen McMenamy is coverstar of Dazed & Confused this August. Artist Tierney Gearon and Dazed fashion director Karen Langley headed for the woods of upstate New York with Kristen to capture her untamable attitude, a legendary model who continues to shake up the fashion world even as she turns 46.
We also travel to Nashville to hang out with supermodel-turned-country-chanteuse Karen Elson, who talks creative fulfillment and life with husband Jack White, shot by artist Marlene Marino.
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Vampire Weekend News:
Kid Cudi Has a Big Head in 'All Summer'
From www.billboard.com at 14/07/10 10:17 PM. 0 comments.
Kid Cudi has a big head -- literally -- in the new video for "All Summer," the alt-rapper's Converse-approved single with Vampire Weekend's Rostam Batmanglij and Best Coast's Bethany Cosentino.
M.I.A. News:
M.I.A. Clones Herself, Channels Eminem on 'Letterman'
From www.billboard.com at 14/07/10 07:28 PM. 0 comments.
M.I.A. performed "Born Free" backed by team of look-a-likes, all coiffed, styled and accessorized identical to the controversial singer.
Peaches News:
'Show Stopper' Music Video
From www.peachesrocks.com at 14/07/10 03:54 PM. 0 comments.
Peaches Official Blog and Peaches TV are proud to bring you the official music video premiere of "Show Stopper".
Directed by: Caroline Sascha Cogez
Starring: Charlotte Munck
The White Stripes News:
Oasis, White Stripes, Arctic Monkeys feature in NME photographers' exhibition
From www.nme.com at 14/07/10 10:17 AM. 0 comments.
Six Shooters exhibition set for London's Proud Galleries
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Peaches News:
Charlie Le Mindu Pops Into Machine-A
From www.dazeddigital.com at 14/07/10 10:00 AM. 0 comments.
The infamour hair sculptor hosts a pop-up salon in Soho's quirkiest boutique
On Saturday Charlie Le Mindu, infamous hair stylist who has worked with Peaches and Lady Gaga, will launch a luxury pop-up hair salon at eccentric boutique/gallery Machine-A in Soho.
For one day a month the gallery space at Machine-A will become a salon space open to the public for a trim or transformation. For those lucky enough to snab a seat at the first of his temporary salons this Saturday, Charlie is offering a trim &/or style. Best to book early, the spaces will be highly sought after as the stylist to the stars goes back to his roots (pardon the pun)!
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Dizzee Rascal News:
The essential Lovebox playlist
From www.guardian.co.uk at 14/07/10 09:05 AM. 0 comments.
From Roxy Music to Wild Beasts, get ready for Lovebox festival with our special We7 playlist
This year's Lovebox festival in east London will play host to Hot Chip, These New Puritans, Grandmaster Flash, and the Hackney Colliery Band, with headline performances from Dizzee Rascal, Roxy Music and Grace Jones. To get you in the mood, or offer some musical solace if you're not going, We7 and Lovebox have created a gargantuan playlist featuring bands appearing at this year's event.
The White Stripes News:
Laura Marling covers Neil Young for joint release with Jack White
From www.nme.com at 13/07/10 11:52 PM. 0 comments.
Seven-inch single will also feature a rendition of Jackson C Frank's 1965 song 'Blues Run The Game'
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Karen Elson News:
Karen on NPR's The World Cafe
From blogs.myspace.com at 13/07/10 10:23 PM. 0 comments.
Listen to Karen perform on The World Cafe, broadcasting on Wednesday, August 4th, 2010. National Public Radio's World Cafe with host David Dye can be heard on over 200 stations nationwide. Find your l...
M.I.A. News:
Critics React to M.I.A.'s '/\/\ /\ Y /\'
From www.billboard.com at 13/07/10 07:50 PM. 0 comments.
Listen to M.I.A.'s new album, read critics' reactions and share your own.
Peaches News:
'Show Stopper' Video Sneak Peek!
From www.peachesrocks.com at 13/07/10 05:21 PM. 0 comments.
We could tell you were just itching for the next music video from I Feel Cream! So today Peaches Official Blog has announced the BRAND NEW "Show Stopper" video EXCLUSIVELY FOR PEACHES SUBSCRIBERS! That's right, only dedicated Peaches fans get to her new video before anyone else!!
So be sure to subscribe to the Peaches Newsletter at Peachesrocks.com or Peaches Official Blog to get your exclusive password, then head on over to Peaches Official Blog to watch the video!
Don't forget to spread the word - Peaches' subscribers are the ONLY ones who get to see "Show Stopper" first!
M.I.A. News:
M.I.A., "/\/\ /\ Y /\"
From www.billboard.com at 13/07/10 04:36 PM. 0 comments.
M.I.A. stirs it up with her hotly anticipated third album, "/\/\ /\ Y /\".
Peaches News:
Trailer for new Show Stopper video
From blogs.myspace.com at 13/07/10 01:55 PM. 0 comments.
Check out Peaches' Show Stopper Trailer!!Can't wait for the release? Sign up for the mailing list at http://www.peachesofficialblog.com/ for an exclusive look!
M.I.A. News:
MAYA Out Now!
From blogs.myspace.com at 13/07/10 12:40 PM. 0 comments.
Click HERE to buy!MAYA, the hotly anticipated new album is out today, on N.E.E.T/XL/Interscope Records. MAYA, M.I.A's third full length release, follows the internationally critically acclaimed recor...
Adele News:
Get '19' On Sale for $5 at Amazon MP3!
From blogs.myspace.com at 13/07/10 10:58 AM. 1 comments.
Adele's '19' is $5 for the month of July at Amazon MP3: http://amzn.to/9jn3o8
Devendra Banhart News:
Devendra Banhart announces US tour details
From www.nme.com at 12/07/10 10:45 PM. 0 comments.
Singer-songwriter will hit the road in October
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The xx News:
The xx and Wild Beasts share the stage in pre-Mercury Prize live showdown
From www.nme.com at 12/07/10 10:20 PM. 0 comments.
iTunes Live London showcases two bands expected to be on next week's shortlist (July 20)
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M.I.A. News:
M.I.A - /\/\ /\ Y /\ OUT NOW
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Radiohead News:
Roxy Music's Bryan Ferry recruits Radiohead and Primal Scream for new album
From www.nme.com at 12/07/10 02:46 PM. 0 comments.
Veteran singer also brings a few of his old bandmates on board for 'Olympia'
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M.I.A. News:
Has Liz Phair written the worst album of all time? Far from it ...
From www.guardian.co.uk at 12/07/10 12:19 PM. 0 comments.
The blogosphere went beserk after hearing lead single Bollywood, claiming this once intelligent songwriter is now mimicking MIA. But it's the most honest she's sounded in years
Last week, Liz Phair released a teaser track from her sixth album. Through Ke$ha-style raps and Frank Zappa-esque vocals, Bollywood tells the story of how this 1990s indie-rock darling is now making music for TV shows. It's jaw-dropping, uncomfortable, and yet probably the most refreshing thing she's done in years.
For some bloggers, Christmas had come early. They proclaimed it the worst song ever, likening Phair's rapping to Madonna's on American Life, mocking her for apparently morphing into a MIA wannabe. But, this being Liz Phair, nothing was as it seemed.
The consensus was that she had committed "career suicide". Which was exactly the reaction that greeted her 2003 album, Liz Phair. At the request of Capitol Records, she reworked the album to include songs recorded with Avril Lavigne's production team, The Matrix. The results made for a frothy and funny post-divorce collection. But critics disagreed, scorning Phair for apparently turning into a boy-crazy MILF and betraying the DIY aesthetic of her 1993 debut Exile in Guyville.
Liz Phair was relatively successful, but its similarly minded follow up, Somebody's Miracle, was not. She called it a "fucking compromise disaster" and by 2008 Phair was on Dave Matthew's ATO label, touring a reissued version of Exile in Guyville. She told Pitchfork that her new material would see...
Radiohead News:
Prince's war with iTunes plays into the hands of illegal filesharers
From www.guardian.co.uk at 12/07/10 10:44 AM. 0 comments.
Prince is right to have issues with iTunes and YouTube. But making his album available only to Mirror readers goes against his philosophy of reaching as many listeners as possible
As a Prince fan, I bought the Mirror for the first time on Saturday to get a copy of his latest album, 20Ten. As a musician, I was puzzled by why he felt the need to give away his music with a UK tabloid that costs 65p. I was equally perplexed by his decision to snub iTunes because it doesn't pay advances. Why would he need an advance? He's Prince, for God's sake. Surely he should trust that people would buy his music anyway. Besides, many more fans would have access to iTunes than a newsagent on one day.
In an interview with the Mirror, Prince compared the internet to MTV, saying that its days are numbered. Is this the reason why, when I put his new CD into my computer, Gracenote, the music database used by iTunes, didn't recognise the titles? Is that why there were 66 five-second silent tracks before the bonus track?
It's a strange turnaround for someone who, a decade ago, described Napster as "exciting". "What might happen with young people exchanging music is that they might develop a real appreciation," the "purple Yoda from the heart of Minnesota" said. He also claimed that online distribution could enable...
Dizzee Rascal News:
Dizzee Rascal gets in the 'Holiday' spirit at T In The Park
From www.nme.com at 11/07/10 04:40 PM. 0 comments.
Rapper gets crowd bouncing in the sunshine
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Dizzee Rascal News:
Jay-Z, Babyshambles, Kasabian, Biffy Clyro to play final day of T In The Park
From www.nme.com at 11/07/10 08:00 AM. 0 comments.
The Drums, Dizzee Rascal, The Cribs will also help to bring the Scottish bash to a close
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Vampire Weekend News:
Vampire Weekend play triumphant T In The Park show
From www.nme.com at 10/07/10 06:50 PM. 0 comments.
New Yorkers progress to Main Stage for second ever T appearance
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Friendly Fires News:
Friendly Fires plan to kick off 2011 with 'bigger-sounding' new album
From www.nme.com at 10/07/10 04:42 PM. 0 comments.
Group have finished "about seven" new songs for follow-up to their self-titled debut
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Vampire Weekend News:
Eminem, The Prodigy, Mumford & Sons to play second day of T In The Park festival
From www.nme.com at 10/07/10 09:00 AM. 0 comments.
They join the likes of Vampire Weekend, The Courteeners and Julian Casablancas
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