The Living End have released their fifth long player 'White Noise'.
And singer Chris Cheney confirmed to Zan that the album nearly didn't happen.
There were a few months following their last big national tour for 'State Of Emergency' where they weren't sure whether the band would continue.
"I was at first thinking that I wasn't really interested in making another record until there was a real want to do it. And so we took six months off or something and didn't do much. I think the other guys were told not to call me. I was really fairly burnt out by the whole thing."
The Living End kick off their 'White Noise' national tour mid-September.
TV On The Radio's new album 'Dear Science,' is set to be released on September 23rd!
Produced by the group’s multi-instrumentalist Dave Sitek, the album finds the Brooklyn group fine-tuning what they did best on 2006’s 'Return to Cookie Mountain' - weaking and looping and distorting a grand arsenal of aggressive percussion, new wave synths, epic guitar noise and various kitchen-sink devices, then layering them all into a big, beautiful art-rock symphony. But of all the instruments on the new record, the most compelling one is Tunde Adebimpe’s voice.
The tracklisting is as follows:
1. Halfway Home 2. Crying 3. Dancing Choose 4. Stork & Owl 5. Golden Age 6. Family Tree 7. Red Dress 8. Love Dog 9. Shout Me Out 10. DLZ 11. Lover's Day www.tvontheradio.com
It's called 'The Escapist' and it's the first taste of their fourth album due mid-September.
It's taken Mike Skinner two and a half years to finish the record. He's blogged at his myspace that it'll have a peaceful, positive vibe compared to the last release and it's likely to be called 'Everything Is Borrowed'.
Mike also reckons the next Streets album will be the last and that it'll have a dark and futuristic sound, similar to the Lou Reed classic 'Berlin'. www.the-streets.co.uk
With previous news of our favourite geezers of Britpop vintage – Supergrass – coming to Australia for The Great Escape Festival in October, now its time to announce they have just announced their sideshows.
It’s the first time the lads have visited our shores since the release of their 2002 album Life On Other Planets'' and in that time they have popped out two more musical gems, the latest being ''Diamond Hoo Ha'', an awesome return to form for the side-burned purveyors of pop.
These shows are sure to be full of foot-stomping, hand clapping, anthem singing goodness so don’t miss out!
Thursday 2nd October – Brisbane, The Tivoli Friday 3rd October – Sydney, The Forum Thursday 7th October, Melbourne – The Forum Theatre Wednesday 8th October, Fremantle – The Metropolis
Grazzhopper Festival already has twenty-five of the biggest Australian bands crammed into Geelong’s Beckley Park on Saturday October 4th – and now they’ve announced the first of two international acts on the bill.
US rapper and actor Xzibit is joining the party with his only Victorian appearence of hie tour. He’ll take to one of the three Grazzhopper stages alongside Grinspoon, Faker, Shihad, Operator Please, Dukes of Windsor, Vandalism, Bluejuice, The Galvatrons, Mammal, Muph and Plutonic, Trial Kennedy, Horsell Common, Young and Restless, The Modern Legion, Dirty Laundry and The Scientists of Modern Music.
Plus there’s still another international act and another local to be announced. Tickets are on sale now.
Kings of Leon are getting ready to release their new album 'Only By The Night' on Sept. 22nd by releasing a download of one of their new tracks.
The track 'Crawl' is available to download from www.kingsofleon.com from Monday July 28.
The band's label say that the download will also be available in "handy widget format", so bloggers and webmasters can add the track to their own sites.
The first official single from the album will be 'Sex On Fire'. The band are also playing a huge arena tour in December.
Fratellis frontman Jon Fratelli has spoken out about his anxiety over the band’s forthcoming Australian tour.
John has a fear of flying, made no better by the fact that his flight to Australia comes only a week since the same flight was forced to make an emergency landing when a hole was torn in its fuselage at 30,000ft.
Jon told The Sun: "I might just decide never to fly again. I was getting better. The phobia wasn’t so bad, then pieces of airplanes rip off and they show it all over the news and freak you out!
"What’s worse is it was a Qantas plane flying from London to Australia, which is what I’m getting on!"
The Fratellis will spend three weeks touring Australia and Japan before heading back for Reading and Leeds Festival on August 22-24.
All shows are sold out across the country including the Splendour in the Grass festival this weekend!!!!
Albert Hammond Jr. has been forced to call off his tour of Australia, including a slot at Splendour In The Grass, due to a “severe throat infection”. The statement from The Frontier Touring Company reads: “Albert is suffering a severe throat infection that has resulted in him losing his voice. He has been advised against performing by his doctor.”
All patrons holding tickets to any of the shows in Melbourne, Sydney and Brisbane can seek a refund from the original point of sale. The shows are likely to be rescheduled for later in the year.
And on the Splendour side of things: “Splendour in the Grass organisers would like to advise Albert Hammond Jr was a welcome late addition to the festival line up this year and playing times were adjusted to accommodate his performance. There will no replacement announced for this time slot and the playing times will now return to the original schedule for the Grant McLennan stage on Sunday August 3rd.”
Whats a shame.........hopefully Albert fully recovers and comes back soon to play some kick-ass shows!!!
CANCELLED SHOWS: Wednesday 30 July – Prince Bandroom, Melbourne Friday 1 August – The Gaelic Theatre, Sydney Saturday 2 August – The Zoo, Brisbane
Music fans might soon have their iPods searched by Customs officers at airport checks - and face jail if pirated music is found on them.
The push for the unprecedented searches of travellers’ laptops and MP3 players has been revealed in a leaked discussion paper relating to a treaty being negotiated by the Australian Federal Government. It suggests criminal sanctions for infringements on a commercial scale.
That meant innocent pop and rock fans with huge song libraries could unwittingly be hit with jail for commercial piracy, according to Internet Industry Association chief executive Peter Coroneos.
"It talks about (sanctions for) commercial infringements – does that mean one, 10, 20 or 1000 songs? It could be that people get sent to jail for being in possession of commercial-scale quantities of copied music.’’
Foreign Minister Stephen Smith’s office has confirmed the Government was a part of negotiations for the international agreement, but Australia had not signed nor agreed to any aspect.
The staff at Music Universe believe this is one of the most ridiculous suggestions the Rudd Government has come up with so far. It is extremely inappropriate and in a sense an invasion of privacy. Leave off!!!
Six of the UK's biggest internet service providers have agreed to take tougher sanctions against users who download music illegally.
BT, Virgin, Orange, Tiscali, BSkyB and Carphone Warehouse will now send warning letters to their most prolific violators.
The agreement, signed in collaboration with the Government, also wants ISPs to go further in order to make their users aware that sharing music is illegal.
But many ISPs, including some who have signed up to the memorandum, are thought to be against music industry proposals to disconnect users who ignore warnings.
The “three strikes and you're out” rule is already under consideration in France. But it has previously drawn caution from internet providers in the United Kingdom, including the Carphone Warehouse.
The memorandum states that ISPs and representatives from the music and film industries must draw up proposals on how to best tackle the worst offenders of the 6.5million illegal downloaders in the UK.
It's thought that creating legal file-sharing sites will be at the top of their agenda. Their findings will then be presented to the Government who will draw up any future legislation.
A quick note from the staff of Music Universe to those that do download illegally........ENOUGH!
Franz Ferdinand frontman Alex Kapranos has promised that their new album will be more “disco-driven” than their previous two long-players.
The band have already road-tested a number of tracks at Latitude festival and on their tour of intimate venues around the UK, but Kapranos insists they've got a few surprises up their sleeves.
The 36-year-old said of the as-yet-untitled album: "The album has more of a disco dance floor sort of tempo. While the music is not necessarily disco music, it is around about that tempo and it makes you move in that kind of a way.
"There's definitely a different feel. I've been noticing the audiences moving in a different kind of way to the way they might have moved to the older songs."
Speaking to Newsbeat, Kapranos downplayed the idea that the record would incorporate afro-beat sounds, following their African Exprez show with Damon Albarn.
He continued: "I think the African thing got a little exaggerated because we did the Africa Exprez gig a wee while ago and I think drummer Paul (Thomson) and I mentioned we'd been listening to some Ethiopian bands.
"Suddenly everybody thought we were making an afro-beat album. But we're not really. I think we're incapable of making an afro-beat album. It's always going to sound like a Franz Ferdinand album."
The album is scheduled for release in January 2009.
Metallica has revealed the official track listing (in the final running order) for its new album, "Death Magnetic".
It is as follows:
01. That Was Just Your Life 02. The End Of The Line 03. Broken, Beat & Scarred 04. The Day That Never Comes 05. All Nightmare Long 06. Cyanide 07. The Unforgiven III 08. The Judas Kiss 09. Suicide & Redemption 10. My Apocalypse
Frontman James Hetfield explained the meaning of the record's title, saying, "It started out as kind of a tribute to people that have fallen in our business, like (Alice In Chains frontman) Layne Staley and a lot of the people that have died, basically — rock and roll martyrs of sorts. And then it kind of grew from there. Thinking about death...just like a magnet, some people are drawn towards it, (and) other people are afraid of it and push away."
Hetfield added, "The concept that we're all gonna die sometimes is over-talked about and then a lot of times never talked about — no one wants to bring it up; it's the big white elephant in the living room. But we all have to deal with it at some point."
Track 7 is titled 'The Unforgiven III". Umm.......does anyone else notice? Could this be the third installment of the brilliant song? Jeeeeeeeeez www.metallica.com
Dr Dre's long-awaited new album, 'Detox', should be finished by the end of 2008.
The rapper/producer's third studio LP will be the belated follow-up to the multi-platinum selling record '2001' which, despite its name, came out in 1999.
Speaking to USA TodayDre said: "I'm just now - over the last couple of months - starting to feel that it's going to be right and it's something I can be proud of, and everybody is going to love it.
"In a perfect world I'm shooting for a November or December release. I'm going to put this record out, promote it, tour and then become a hermit. I'm going to stay in the studio and produce."
An exciting time in a music lover’s calendar, around the universe, is the day the nominations of the Mercury Music Prize are announced. So get excited music lovers around the universe!
The Mercury Music Prize is a prize that honours the “best” British album of the year, and is judged by a selection of artists, journalists and industry personnel. Traditionally the winner is not necessarily a huge seller, but almost always the winner has received almost universal critical acclaim.
This year the list of finalists is as diverse as ever with probably the least likely appearance coming from Robert Plant and Alison Krauss’ ‘Raising Sand’ album.
Radiohead’s ‘In Rainbows’ is probably the least surprising album to make an appearance – it is the fifth time an album featuring Thom Yorke has made the short list. Alex Turner makes his third apppearance.
It is quite a shock to notice Portishead’s ‘Third’ didn’t quite make the cut, neither did the latest from M.I.A.
Previous winners include last year's The Klaxons, Dizzee Rascal, Antony and the Johnsons, The Arctic Monkeys and even M-People, who beat Blur’s ‘Parklife’ and Pulp’s ‘Different Class’ to the prize in 1994.
Chair of Judges Simon Frith said of those choices: "What is most striking is the continued resilience and flexibility of the album as a way of organising music-making. It remains an unrivalled source of musical invention and imagination, a way of linking songs, exploring themes and developing sounds that is endlessly thrilling, surprising and worth celebration."
And the nominations are............
Adele - 19 British Sea Power - Do You Like Rock Music? Burial - Untrue Elbow - The Seldom Seen Kid Estelle - Shine Laura Marling - Alas I Cannot Swim Neon Neon - Stainless Style Portico Quartet - Knee-Deep in the North Sea Rachel Unthank & The Winterset - The Bairns Radiohead - In Rainbows Robert Plant & Alison Krauss - Raising Sand The Last Shadow Puppets - The Age of the Understatement
Details and the first lineup installment for Homebake 2008 has been announced.
This year it’s all about the Kiwis and world peace. Hombake will be teaming up with Amnesty International to celebrate and commemorate the 60th Anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and they have some amazing artists to help do just this.
Heading up the bill will be the band that we like to call ours and they like to call theirs – the amazing and newly reformed Crowded House. They will be joined by the likes of The Vines, British India, Cut Copy, PNAU, Bliss n Eso and Homebake veterens, You Am I.
Check out the line-up in all its peaceful glory:
Crowded House Sneaky Sound System The Vines Cut Copy Gabriella Cilmi PNAU Kasey Chambers and Shane Nicholson Died Pretty The Potbelleez Bliss N Esso Karnivool You Am I Headless Chickens British India The Getaway Plan Infusion Sparkadia Bluejuice Eddy Current Suppression Ring Drapht Little Red Bag Raiders Snob Scrilla Pegz Dash and Will
And so many more to come.
HOMEBAKE 2008 – Peace In The Park Saturday December 6th, 2008 The Domain, Royal Botanic Gardens, Sydney City, NSW
The Great Escape is back with round two of its already scrumptious line-up – and it has just got that little bit more tasty.
Joining the amazing line-up will be those young UK punk up-starts The Futureheads along with the dark and mysterious Mount Eerie (aka The Microphones) all the way from the USA.
The Aussie contingent also got a little bit heavier with Modular’s latest wonder kids, the psyched-out Perth lads Tame Impala and Brisbane’s most awesome export from the last few years – I Heart Hiroshima.
And here is the rest of the goodness:
The Futureheads (UK) Mount Eerie (USA) I Heart Hiroshima Tame Impala Mission Control Dash & Will Young & Restless The Ned Collette Band Sophie Koh The Temper Trap Cloud Control Machine Translations Trial Kennedy Teenagersintokyo Laura Imruglia George Byrne Emily Ulman Guy Blackman
And there are two more announcements to come – with more internationals!
SAT OCTOBER 4 AND SUN OCTOBER 5 - NEWINGTON ARMORY, SYDNEY
Bloc Party frontman Kele Okereke claims he was the victim of a racist assault involving the entourage of Sex Pistols star John Lydon.
The incident occurred at the Summercase Festival in Barcelona, Spain, on Saturday (19.07.08) and was reportedly witnessed by over 50 people. The alleged assault occurred when John Lydon fan Kele approached the rocker - also known as Johnny Rotten - to ask if he would ever consider reforming his band Public Image Limited.
According to an official statement released by Bloc Party's publicist, the 52-year-old became intimidating and aggressive, while his associates responded with a "racist tirade" which included the comment "your problem is your black attitude".
Three people reportedly punched the 'I Still Remember' singer and attacked people who tried to intervene, including Kaiser Chiefs frontman Ricky Wilson and Foals singer Yannis Philippakis.
Talking about the alleged assault, Kele said: "It's not an issue of the physical assault, even though it was an unprovoked attack, it is the fact that race was brought into the matter so readily. Someone as respected and as intelligent as Lydon should know better than to bring race into the equation, or socialise with and encourage those who hold such narrow-minded attitudes. I am disappointed that someone I held with such high regard turns out to be such a bigot."
The attack left Kele with facial cuts and bruises. One witness described Lydon's entourage as "acting like a gang of racist thugs". Festival security broke up the altercation, which was reported to Spanish police. Kele also officially reported the incident on his return to the UK.
Frontman of The Pixies – who left audiences shaking when they reformed in 06 and headlined the V Festival for their first shows EVER in Australia – Black Francis (alka Frank Black) has released his most seminal albums to date in the last two years.
If you haven’t heard the goodness of 2007’s 'Bluefinger' or it’s follow up 'Svn Fingers' then hurry the hell up and start listening!!!
Sunday 28 September – Metropolis, Fremantle Monday 29 September – HQ Complex, Adelaide Wednesday 1 October – Arena, Brisbane Thursday 2 October – Forum Theatre, Melbourne Saturday & Sunday 3-4 October – The Great Escape, Sydney
Dizzee Rascal has spoken on the great inspiration he takes from Arctic Monkeys’ work ethic.
Dizzee, real-name Dylan Mills, says that he is following in frontman Alex Turner’s footsteps by "getting it all out while he’s young".
He told the Daily Star: "I haven’t seen much of Alex recently because he’s so busy. He’s got his hands full doing Arctic Monkeys and The Last Shadow Puppets and loads of other stuff." He said: "I admire that, it’s cool. He’s getting it all out while he’s young. You’ve got to. It’s inspiring and I totally relate to it. I’m following the same path."
Dizzee also revealed that he loves that his music has become more popular, because now mums like him! He explained: "It’s great being an artist today. You feel like you can do what you want. What I’m doing with mash-ups and collaborations has become mainstream. People’s mums are into me these days and everything
Dizzee Rascal will be performing on stage at this year's Parklife Festival.
Oasis have confirmed the full tracklisting for their new album 'Dig Out Your Soul'.
The album, which is released on October 6th, features eleven tracks, including the first single, 'The Shock Of The Lightening', which is released on September 28th.
The band's follow-up to 2005's 'Don't Believe The Truth', was recorded in London with producer Dave Sardy and mixed in Los Angeles in January.
You can see the artwork for the new album below...
The full tracklisting for 'Dig Out Your Soul' is:
'Bag It Up' 'The Turning' 'Waiting For The Rapture' 'The Shock Of The Lightning' 'I'm Outta Time' '(Get Off Your) High Horse Lady' 'Falling Down' 'To Be Where There's Life' 'Ain't Got Nothin'' 'The Nature Of Reality' 'Soldier On'
www.oasisinet.com Below is an internet leak of the new song 'Falling Down' by Oasis remixed by The Chemical Brothers.
Hailing from Sweden and not Spain, I'm From Barcelona have announced US details on their sophomore release 'Who Killed Harry Houdini?'.
The album was inspired by legendary mastermind Harry Houdini. The result is an exploration of new subject matters and musical territory. Soko makes a cameo appearance on the track 'Gunhild'.
29 participants performed on the group's debut EP and their name derived from 'Fawlty Towers' Manuel's catchphrase "I'm from Barcelona". The debut, 'Let's Introduce My Friends' was introduced in 2006 and became a fave amongst fans of Polyphonic Spree, Sufjan Stevens and The Flaming Lips.
The track list for 'Who Killed Harry Houdini?" is as follows:
Andy Paper Planes Headphones Music Killed Me Gunhild (feat. SoKo) Mingus Ophelia Houdini Little Ghost Rufus
'Who Killed Harry Houdini?' will be released October 14th through Mute Records.
One of the most-anticipated bookings of this year’s Splendour In The Grass, Cold War Kids will be bringing new songs to share from their forthcoming album, 'Loyalty To Loyalty'. The record, due out in September, promises to be 13 tracks of unvarnished, bluesy rock. The suspense is killing the staff at Music Universe.
The tracklisting is below:
1. Against Privacy 2. Mexican Dogs 3. Every Valley Is Not A Lake 4. Something Is Not Right With Me 5. Welcome To The Occupation 6. Golden Gate Jumpers 7. Avalanche in B 8. I’ve Seen Enough 9. Every Man I Fall For 10. Dreams Old Men Dream 11. On The Night My Love Broke Through 12. Relief 13. Cryptomnesia
The Cold War Kids will playing along the east coast of Australia in a few weeks. Check them out if tix haven't been snapped up yet.
Cold War Kids play the following venues this winter:
Saturday 2nd August – Splendour In The Grass Sunday 3rd August – Tivoli, Brisbane Monday 4th August – Enmore Theatre, Sydney Wednesday 6th August – Palace, Melbourne
Kevin Mitchell has sent Bob Evans on holidays and returned to Jebediah. The Jebs are returning to the stage in 2008 to show their fans that they haven't disappeared.
The aussie favourites have been hibernating in the studio completing their fifth album, due for a 2009 release.
This September, they’ll be reminding fans of all those songs ( Leaving Home, Harpoon, Animal, Fall Down etc.) that soundtracked your misspent youth.
Jebediah’s East Coast tour takes in the following dates. Tickets on sale Friday 18 July.
Thursday 4 September – Evelyn Hotel, Melbourne Friday 5 September – Annandale Hotel, Sydney Saturday 6 September – The Zoo, Fortitude Valley, Brisbane
Chris Keating, Anand Wilderwere, Ira Wolf Tuton and Luke Fasano make up team Yeasayer – each one a multi-instrumentalist and vocalist. Together they harmonize and take us on a journey producing strange and alluring “Middle Eastern-psych-snap-gospel” sounds.
The Yeasayer debut “All Hour Cymbals” released late last year, catapulted the foursome around the globe, into the minds of many music fans. They completed a mammoth US tour with friends MGMT and Man Man, and recently provided support to Beck on his European tour.
Yeasayer venture to Australia to deliver their famously trippy live show at The Great Escape Festival this October. with headline shows in Sydney, Melbourne and Brisbane.
Known for their thoughtful, and epic, rock music with its innovative melodies, We Are Scientists released their debut full length album, 'With Love and Squalor' in 2005 and sold over 100,000 copies in the UK alone. The album featured hit tracks such as 'Nobody Move, Nobody Get Hurt', 'It’s a Hit' and 'The Great Escape'.
Their 2008 follow up album, 'Brain Thrust Mastery', showcases their catchy sound to full effect and includes the recent killer hit 'After Hours'.
Their awe-inspiring live shows will appeal to their long standing fans and those who are less familiar with their sound. They have a spot on stage at the Great Escape Festival and will be touring along the east coast.
Don't miss out!!!
October 6 - Metro Theatre, Sydney October 7 - The Corner Hotel, Melbourne October 8 - The Zoo, Brisbane
The Strokes guitarist Albert Hammond Jr has hinted that the band may return in 2009 with a new album.
Albert Hammond Jr told teletext magazine Planet Sound, that The Strokes may be back next year or it could spell the end for the group.
"If we don't make a Strokes record before the end of 2009, people will think that's the end of us.' 'Nothing's set, but we're definitely figuring out something to do for 2009."
Hammond has been busy promoting his second solo album and will be touring Australia next month.
'¿Cómo Te Llama' is out on Rough Trade this week.
Coldplay’s album 'Viva La Vida' has to date been the No.1 selling album in 36 countries around the world, including in the U.S., where it held the top spot for two weeks, and in the U.K. where the album has been No.1 for the last four weeks.
Coldplay’s previous album, the 10 million-selling 'X&Y', reached No.1 in 32 countries in 2005.
In a number of countries, including the U.K., France, Germany and Japan, first week sales of 'Viva La Vida' exceeded those of 'X&Y', and 'Viva La Vida' has already been certified gold or platinum in 31 countries including platinum in the USA, Germany and Australia and double platinum in the U.K. and Canada.
In many countries 'Viva La Vida' held the top spot on the album chart in its second week, including in the USA, U.K., Australia, Canada, Austria, Belgium, France, Germany, Holland, Ireland, Italy, Norway, Portugal, Sweden, Switzerland and New Zealand.
'Viva La Vida' set the record for the highest first week album sales ever on the iTunes Store worldwide, in addition to being the biggest album pre-order in iTunes’ history. In the U.S., 288,000 week one sales were digital downloads, the biggest ever first week sales tally for a digital album, and with 394,000 digital albums sold in the first three weeks, 'Viva La Vida' is the all time best selling digital album in the States. U.S. over the counter sales for 'Viva La Vida' across all formats have now exceeded 1.1 million according to Nielsen SoundScan.
In the U.K. 'Viva La Vida' is the fastest-selling album of the year with over the counter sales of more than 600,000 since its release on 12 June, while in Germany the album is already the biggest selling release of the year as well as the fastest.
In Australia, in the singles front, 'Viva La Vida' is also Coldplay's highest ever Australian singles chart result this week with the title track moving to #2. Their previous highest single chart was ‘Yellow’ which peaked at #5 in February 2001. ‘Viva La Vida’ is also the #1 most added song at radio.
Coldplay will launch their North American tour with two sold out dates in Los Angeles on July 14th and 15th.
Bloc Party's new single "Mercury", the one that premiered recently on BBC's Radio One and could go either way in terms of appearing on their in-the-works third album, now has some release details.
The single arrives in the UK on August 11 and in America on August 12, via Atlantic. The American version is digital-only, but the UK version comes in a variety of formats. The CD version features remixes by CSS and Flosstradamus. There are also 7" and 12" versions of the single, and there is a limited edition "disc-set" (a la Radiohead's In Rainbows "disc box") that includes all three available for pre-order now.
Bloc Party also have UK and North American tour dates to carry them through the end of summer.
Dirty Pretty Things front man, Carl Barat, has revealed hush hush information that he’s planning to collaborate with super producer Mark Ronson on a new project.
The ex Libertines rocker has refused to give out anymore information at this stage, but is rumoured to be very excited about the prospect of teaming up with man of the moment Ronson.
Luke Steele has confirmed his first ever national solo tour; The Luke Steele Roadshow. The enigmatic frontman of The Sleepy Jackson will be ditching the gadgets and leaving his band at the side of the road.
Luke is currently putting the finishing touches on two exciting album collaborations with some of Australia’s most revered musicians. Expect both releases this year. .
For fans of the The Sleepy Jackson and lovers of good music, The Luke Steele Roadshow offers something unmissable. The setlist includes favourites “Good Dancers”, “This Day”, “Rain Falls For Wind”, “Come To This”, “God Lead Your Soul”, “Devil In My Yard”, “Miles Away”, “You Needed More” and much more.
Very special guests will be featured at each performance.
Tix will go on sale on 4 July 2008. See details below.
THE LUKE STEELE ROADSHOW: Tuesday, 5 August - Toff In Town (Melb) Wednesday, 6 August - The Basement (Syd) Thursday, 7 August – The Brass Monkey (Cronulla, NSW) Friday, 8 August - Sol bar (Coolum, QLD) Saturday, 9 August - Globe Theatre (Bris) Friday, 15 August - Devilles Pad (Perth)
The Datsuns are in the final stages of their 4th studio album.
Cooking Vinyl will release the yet to be titled album in Europe in September.
About the new album, guitarist Christian Livingstone says, ““We recorded an album in Sweden - we went there because the people are very good-looking over there. That’s very important when you’re recording an album - you must surround yourself with good-looking people. We wrote it in Germany and went to Sweden and recorded it. It’s got a whole heap of different stuff. It’s not a record where every song sounds the same. There’s a psychedelic track, something quite epic, a punk song and a couple of pop songs - so it all comes under the umbrella of rock ’n’ roll. We’ve got short attention spans so we like to try different things.”
As a complement to his first solo tour in April, which only visited the US West Coast, Pearl Jam frontman Eddie Vedder will head east for another round of dates later this summer, beginning Aug. 1-2 in Boston.
Liam Finn will reprise his opening act duties. Tickets go on sale July 11 to the general public but will be available first to members of Pearl Jam's Ten Club fan organization beginning July 7.
On the earlier solo dates, Vedder mixed obscure Pearl Jam songs with a wealth of covers, as well as material from his soundtrack to the Sean Penn-directed film "Into the Wild."
The Parklife festival has enlisted some new names – including the rather exciting Neon Neon. There’s good news for Adelaide too – you may not be getting Goldfrapp, but you are getting Ladytron.
As for Neon Neon, they’re the kitsch-cool masterminds behind one of the year’s most bombastic, irresistible albums 'Stainless Steel'.
Parklife organisers Fuzzy have also advised there are more acts to come, so watch this space.
New additions to the Parklife bill: Ladytron (Adelaide only)
Neon Neon
Hawnay Troof
Snob Scrilla
Who join previously announced: Goldfrapp (excluding Adelaide)Soulwax, Peaches, 2manydjs, Dizzee Rascal, Martin Solveig, Plump DJs, Diplo, Jesse Rose, Does It Offend You, Yeah?, Blackalicious, XXXchange, Metro Area, Elektrons, Yuksek, Van She, Dragonette, Boy 8 Bit, Familjen (excluding Perth), Ajax, Slyde, Grafton Primary, Bag Raiders (Live),Van She Tech
After previously stating they would not tour this band live and having just wowed Glastonbury with a special appearance from Jack White, The Last Shadow Puppets – aka Alex Turner of the Arctic Monkeys and Miles Kane of the Rascals – are keen to keep touring. They’ve locked in a string of shows in Europe and America, and they’re not thinking small.
The duo is bringing a 16-piece orchestra along for the ride, which should be just enough musician-power to recreate the epic scope of debut album 'The Age Of Understatement'. Also lending a hand onstage will be Simian Mobile Disco man James Ford, who brought his production smarts to the record.
Despite the rise and rise of The Last Shadow Puppets, all is well in the Monkeys camp. According to guitarist James Cook, the Sheffield foursome has plans to return to the studio for album number three.
Below are where/when the puppets will be performing: 19 August – Portsmouth, England – Guildhall 20 August – Oxford, England – New Theatre 22 August – Leeds, England – Leeds Festival 24 August – Reading, England – Reading Festival 26 August – Paris, France – Olympia 15 October – Stockholm, Sweden – Circus 16 October – Copenhagen, Denmark – Vega Main Hall 17 October – Berlin, Germany – Tempodrome 19 October – Brussels, Belgium – Cirque Royale 20 October – Amsterdam, Netherlands – Paradiso 22 October – Glasgow, Scotland – Academy 23 October – Sheffield, England – City Hall 26 October – London, England – Hammersmith Apollo 30 October – New York, NY – Grand Ballroom 03 November – Los Angeles, CA – Mayan Theatre
Zach De La Rocha, frontman for the born-again Rage Against The Machine, has teamed up with ex-Mars Volta member Jon Theodore as 'One Day As A Lion'. With De La Rocha on keys and vocals and Theodore behind the drum-kit, the band will unveil its debut EP this month. A statement from the guys accompanying the five-track release reveals in no uncertain terms that there’ll be no mellowing-the-fuck-out.
One Day As A Lion is “a defiant affirmation of the possibilities that exist in the space between kick and snare. It’s a sonic reflection of the visceral tension between a picturesque fabricated cultural landscape, and the brutal socioeconomic realities it attempts to mask.”
As far as the band name goes, “it’s taken from the infamous 1970 black and white, captured by legendary Chicano photographer George Rodriguez featuring a center framed tag on a white wall in an unspecified section of Boyle Heights. It reads: ‘It’s better to live one day as a lion, than a thousand years as a lamb.’ This record is a stripped down attempt to realise this sentiment in sound.”
The sounds of Rage Against The Machine mashed up with Mars Volta makes us sick to the stomach. I think there is a possiblity of self-combustion once this music hits the stereo. Oh god.
Lily Allen has announced that her new album is complete.
The follow-up to her 2006 smash debut Alright, Still is being handed in to record bosses next week."I’m pretty much sure it’s finished and I’ve got a meeting on Tuesday with the label, I’m really happy," the singer told the BBC.
She was also keen to stress that she wasn't worried what her label makes of the new tracks.She said: "As much as I love them they’re just people who give you a loan. I’m not scared of my label."
Lily performed two songs at Glastonbury with pal Mark Ronson on Sunday (June 29) despite the sudden death of her Grandmother on Saturday (June 28).
French dance duo Justice at to produce the new Red Hot Chili Peppers album.
Justice – Xavier De Rosnay and Gaspard Auge - have produced their own material before, but never stepped out to produce another band.The collaboration was announced by Busy P, main-man at Justice’s record label Ed Banger records, during an interview with datatransmission.co.uk.
Red Hot Chili Peppers have yet to confirm whether Busy P’s claims are true.It is thought that Chilli’s frontman Anthony Kiedis has been a fan of Justice for some time and uses their music as a warm-up before he leaps onto the stage.
