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Noel Gallagher Pairs Johnny Marr Team-Up With Ironic Video - Listen! |
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IF NOEL GALLAGHER working with childhood hero and primary influence Johnny Marr wasn’t already ‘meta’ enough, then the video for the pair’s collaboration hits the Post Modern jackpot. The cover of Chasing Yesterday, released March 2.
Having previously announced that the Smiths’ nabob had contributed to several tracks on his second High Flying Birds album, Chasing Yesterday (out March 2), the former Oasis leader has selected a track featuring the pair, Ballad Of The Mighty I, as his next single. It will be officially released on February 23.
You can watch the video for the song below. It’s effectively a pop video about pop videos, featuring a grumpy Gallagher walking across London, unsuccessfully avoiding selfies, before turning up to sneer at the film company’s overly trendy office.
He then joins a brief performance with his band, before storming off at the end despite the director’s pleas and the claim that “Chris Martin did ten takes!”
If you’re unsure about all the ‘Po-Mo’, then trust us, it’s funnier than Russell Brand’s recent Question Time performance, and the song itself finds Noel in full-on horizon-filling, lung-bursting blissful indie mode, with the addition of shuffling disco drums and Marr providing Kraftwerk-like chimes.
All in all – song, video – it’s heady stuff. Watch now.
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The Sonics Prove They Still Can Rock After 50 Years on "Bad Betty" - Listen! |
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The Sonics will release their first album in 35 years, This is the Sonics, on March 31 via their own Revox label.
Formed in Tacoma, WA in 1960, the band never reached national prominence but their influence has been felt in punk, garage and hard rock over the decades.
Three of the original members remain in the group, Gerry Roslie, Larry Parypa and Rob Lind. They are joined by Freddie Dennis, ex-member of the Kingsmen, and Dusty Watson, who has played with Lita Ford, Dick Dale, the Queers and others.
The Sonics don't stray far from their original primal sound on the first song released from the new album, Bad Betty.
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Aphex Twin reveals new song 'Diskhat ALL Prepared1mixed [snr2mix]' - Listen |
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Producer offers free download of track taken from forthcoming new EP...
Aphex Twin has offered new song "Diskhat ALL Prepared1mixed [snr2mix]" as a free download. Scroll down to hear the song.
The version uploaded to Aphex Twin's Soundcloud is an alternate mix to that which appears on the forthcoming EP, Computer Controlled Acoustic Instruments PT2/ As reported, that EP will be released on January 23.
The tracklisting for 'Computer Controlled Acoustic Instruments PT2' is as follows:
'Diskhat ALL Prepared1mixed'
'snar2'
'diskhat1'
'piano un1 arpej'
'DISKPREPT4'
'hat 2b 2012b'
'disk aud1_12'
'0035 1-Audio'
'disk prep calrec2 barn dance [slo]'
'DISKPREPT1'
'diskhat2'
'piano un10 it happened'
'hat5c 0001 rec-4'
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Mark Knopfler ‘Tracks’ Beryl Bainbridge For New Single - Listen |
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THE HEADBAND IS coming out of storage as Mark Knopfler announces his return with a new album, a series of dates and a single paying tribute to one of Britain’s most treasured writers.
The former Dire Straits man will release his eighth solo record, Tracker, on March 16 before kicking off a UK tour in May, that will include two nights (25, 26) at the Royal Albert Hall – his first at the London venue since playing six nights there in 2013.
“The album title Tracker arrived out of me trying to find my way over the decades,” Knopfler explains of the album’s title and theme. “Out of me tracking time – looking at people, places and things from my past, and out of the process of tracking, as in recording tracks in the studio.”
That process has seen the guitarist call on a range of subjects for his lyrics, including modernist poet Basil Bunting and author Beryl Bainbridge, with the latter inspiring first single Beryl.
His UK tour meanwhile, kicks off at Manchester’s Phones 4U Arena on May 16, with tickets going on general sale this Friday (January 23). Head to www.markknopfler.com for the full dates.
In the meantime, here’s the aforementioned Beryl.
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Motley Crue announce final show |
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Iconic rock band Motley Crue have announced details of their final performance.
This will mark the end of their touring career and will conclude their two year Final Tour cycle at the end of 2015 on New Year's Eve, December 31st. The show takes place at the Staples Center in their hometown of Los Angeles where the band's career began 34 years ago.
Motley Crue first announced plans for their 2-year Final Tour by signing a Cessation Of Touring Agreement at a press conference in Los Angeles in January 2014, solidifying the end of their Final Tour at the end of 2015.
The 2014 leg of the Final Tour was one of last year's top grossing tours, selling close to a million tickets across 72 cities and grossing more than $45 million. Rick Franks, Live Nation's Regional President of North American Concerts said 'New Year's Eve 2015 will mark the end of an era in rock history but there's no doubt that Motley Crue's music will influence generations of artists for years to come.'
After thirty-four years performing together, the 2015 leg of the Final Tour will see the band play Japan in February, then Australia/New Zealand in spring. In June Motley Crue will say farewell to the European Festival circuit with 3 massive performances at Download (UK), Sweden Rock (Sweden) and Novarock (Austria) Festivals before taking their can't-miss show back to the U.S., Canada, and Mexico this summer for 34 final North American shows due to tremendous fan demand.
Following the North American summer shows, the band will take the Final Tour on more international dates this Fall before 'all bad things come to an end' for good on New Year's Eve 2015.
The band have also released a new single 'All Bad Things' http://smarturl.it/MC_AllBadThings. The track is accompanied by a video clip of highlights of Motley Crue's 34-year career and premiered on The Tonight Show's blog - http://fallontonight.tumblr.com/ to preview the band's national TV appearance on the show this Thursday 22nd January.
Motley Crue are also in the process of putting together the ultimate collector's album package for the fans to be released later this year which will include the new track, 'All Bad Things' amongst many other surprises, details of which will be announced in the near future.
Since 2015 is all about celebrating the legacy of Motley Crue, the band and fans from around the world will also be able to share their memories, pictures, thoughts and stories of 34 years of Motley Crue online at www.motley.com using #RipMotleyCrue.
All tour dates are on www.motley.com
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Edgar Froese, Founder of Tangerine Dream (1944 - 2015) |
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Edgar Froese, the electronic music pioneer who formed Tangerine Dream in 1967, died on Tuesday in Vienna, Austria due to a pulmonary embolism. He was 70.
Froese's son Jerome issued the following statement:
Dear friends & colleagues, the Captain has left the ship ... I'm very sorry to inform you that my father Edgar Froese passed away on Tuesday afternoon (20th of January) in Vienna. And as you already know: Life plays no encores. Rest in peace Edgar, you will be sadly missed.
A representative for the band posted the following on their website Friday:
Dear Friends,
This is a message to you we are very sorry for…
On January 20th, Tuesday afternoon, Edgar Froese suddenly and unexpectedly passed away from the effects of a pulmonary embolism in Vienna.
The sadness in our hearts is immensely.
Edgar once said: “There is no death, there is just a change of our cosmic address."
Edgar, this is a little comfort to us.
Yours,
TANGERINE DREAM TEAM
Froese was born in Tilsit, East Prussia during the height of World War II. He started taking piano lessons at the age of 12 and guitar at 15 but, although musically talented, he gravitated toward art and enrolled in the Academy of Arts in West Berlin.
In 1965, Froese formed a band called The Ones and, during a special show at Salvador Dali's chateau in Spain, became inspired in the more eclectic side of the arts. He started taking his music in experimental directions and, after the breakup of the group in 1967, started Tangerine Dream.
It was Froese's intellect that initially drove the group. He experimented with building his own instruments and would often record sounds during his travels with plans to use them later. He was an early user of tape loops to repeat a sequence of music or sounds and would be on the forefront of the use of sequencers in music.
Dream was originally a constantly changing lineup of musicians with most only collaborating with Froese for less than a year. Still, the output of the group was extraordinary with over 100 albums released between 1970's debut, Electronic Meditation, and today.
In 1973, the band released their fourth set, Atem, which British DJ John Peel named the album of the year. The exposure led to their signing on a fledgling Virgin Records and their next album, Phaedra, became Tangerine Dream and Virgin's first bonafide hit, going to number 15 in the U.K. Phaedra also was the band's first album to heavily venture into the world of electronic music with its use of a Moog Synthesizer
Their next album, Rubycon, was their highest charting in Britain, reaching number 12. Over the next thirteen years, sixteen of their albums would make the U.K. top 100. In the U.S., seven of the band's albums made the Billboard 200 but only one cracked the top 100, Legend (1986 / #96).
Over the years, Froese and the band have become known for their live shows which were often very free-form in nature, leading to a big market in bootlegged recordings. They have also released a number of these shows, normally with overdubs and additional material, which fans consider part of the 100+ studio albums.
Froese also has scored over twenty motion pictures including Sorcerer, Risky Business, Firestarter and Legend. In many cases, the soundtracks included reworked versions of songs from their studio repertoire.
Starting in the 1990's, Froese's son Jerome started taking the band in a more Electronica direction but Edgar steered them back towards a more traditional sound after Jerome left the band.
As if 100+ albums with Tangerine Dream were not enough, Froese also released a number of solo recordings starting with 1974's Aqua. He also recorded a series of singles under the name TDJ Rome.
Froese was married to his wife Monique from 1974 until her passing in 2000. He was married to his second wife, Bianca Acquaye, at the time of his death.Source VVN |
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