Archive for January, 2010

Liam Gallagher

Liam Gallagher’s new band are aiming to release an album by July.

The singer says that his new group – featuring former Oasis bandmates Andy Bell and Gem Archer – had eight songs, and are aiming to head into the studio soon.

“A lot of these songs I wrote before the band [Oasis] split up,” Gallagher told XFM. “I mean, there’s a few new ones on there that are coming out now.”

He added: “We’re going in [the studio] in April with a producer, we’re going to do three songs with him and if he doesn’t balls it up and we don’t balls it up then we’ll go in and do the whole album with him.”

Gallagher suggested he was keen to get on with the new, still nameless group - saying he regretted the fact that Oasis only made seven albums in the 16 years they had a record deal. He called the amount of music Oasis’ put out in their career “poor”, and chastised the band for taking so long to produce new material.

“Seven albums for Oasis is not good, I don’t think. We’ve been going 18 years, 16 years or whatever and all we’ve done is seven albums. Ian Brown’s on his seventh solo album. I just think it’s poor, really,” Gallagher said.

“I’m not going to beat myself up about it, I think we should have made better, bigger albums. Or more albums. Having like four or five years off is just no good,” he added. “Obviously Noel (Gallagher) wanted a bit of time off and we don’t. The band split in August – we was in the studio in November ‘cos we’re mad for it.”

Elsewhere in the interview, Gallagher said he wants to appear on ‘I’m A Celebrity…Get Me Out Of Here or Total Wipeout – but only if no other contestants are involved.

“I’d like to do all that shit,” he said, before adding that Total Wipeout is his favourite reality TV programme of the moment. “They do it in Argentina. I’d love to do it on my jaxy, with no one about.”

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Source: NME

Animal Collective

Animal Collective’s Panda Bear has revealed details of his next solo album.

The follow-up to 2007’s ‘Person Pitch’, the album will be called ‘TOMBOY’ and will be released via Paw Tracks in September.

Rumours of the ‘TOMBOY’ title had begun circulating early last week after Noah Lennox wore a t-shirt with the name on, and now his publicist has confirmed it, reports Gorilla Vs Bear.

Lennox, who has just finished a series of solo shows in Germany and Belgium, where he showcased material from the new album, is set to play a one-off London show in March.

Meanwhile, the trailer for Animal Collective’s film ODDSAC, has appeared online. The film, which is currently featuring at the Sundance Film Festival, is set for screenings in New York and Chicago in March.


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Source: NME

Kasabian

Kasabian claim they are like The Beatles.

Frontman Tom Meighan believes he and his bandmates – Serge Pizzorno, Chris Edwards and Ian Matthews – are like the Fab Four because they have obsessive fans who have different ‘favourites’.

He said: ‘I think I get the eccentric fans because we are like The Beatles. Everyone has a favourite. I’m the cocky, honest, Tasmanian Devil one.’

As well as being a fan of The Beatles, Tom is a huge admirer of Oasis and insists Liam Gallagher should release a solo album because he can still make ‘amazing’ music without his brother Noel Gallagher.

The 29-year-old singer – whose band joined Oasis on their last ever tour before they split in August – said in an interview with Q magazine: ‘I think Liam should go it alone. It’s not Oasis without Noel, and I think they’d both agree with that. Did I see it coming? No I can’t say I did. I was in Germany doing a terrible festival when someone texted me they’d split up and I was as shocked as anyone.

‘I texted Liam and Noel just to say, ‘I am really sorry and best of luck,’ to both of them. It’s sad but the new music will be just amazing.’


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Source: Music-News

Lady Gaga

The ‘Bad Romance’ singer impressed producer-and-judge Simon Cowell when she performed in a giant bathtub on the UK version of the TV talent show last year and the music mogul is desperate for her to bring her eccentricities to the upcoming series.

A source said: “Simon thinks Lady Gaga is great and really likes her energy. Conversations have been happening between Cowell’s US team and her people about what kind of role she could have on the show.”

The 23-year-old American star is said to be checking her hectic schedule to see if it is something she could fit in, but with her relentless touring commitments it may not be possible.

Earlier this month, Simon announced he would leave ‘American Idol’ to launch the US ‘X Factor’ after sealing a $160 million deal.

Other stars being tipped for a position on the judging panel include former Spice Girl Mel B, Paula Abdul and Cheryl Cole.

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Source: Music-News

Iron Man Vs. AC/DC

The music of AC/DC may have only had a cameo in the first installment of Marvel Studios’ 2008 smash “Iron Man,” but the Aussie rockers own the soundtrack for the upcoming sequel.

Tracks from throughout the band’s career, including “Back in Black,” which was played on a boombox during a key scene in the first film, feature heavily in “Iron Man 2,” due to hit theatres May 7.

The sequel’s official soundtrack, AC/DC: Iron Man 2, will include 15 classic songs from the band, including “Thunderstruck,” “If You Want Blood (You’ve Got It),” “Let There Be Rock,” “Highway to Hell” and “Shoot to Thrill,” the first single from the album.

The disc is due to drop April 19, with pre-orders for deluxe CD+DVD and 2-LP vinyl packages available through Walmart.com and Amazon.

Here’s the video for “Shoot to Thrill,” which includes footage shot last month in Buenos Aires during the band’s Black Ice world tour as well as scenes from “Iron Man 2.”

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Source: Pollstar

Animal Collective

Animal Collective have released a trailer for their film ODDSAC .

The film, which is currently featuring at the Sundance Film Festival, is a project the band have been working on for more than two years.

“We tried to make the music go along with the visuals as much as possible,” Avery Tare told NME.com. “We didn’t want it to sound just like a soundtrack, but then we didn’t want it to be like a music video either.” He added.

Directed by the groups frequent collaborator Danny Perez, the band also revealed a little more about the film.

“It’s kinda like a psychedelic film, it’s not like a narrative film or anything,” he explained. “There are more cohesive moments in it, but then there are some that are a little more abstract.” He added.

The film is also set for two screenings in New York and Chicago. For more information, visit ODDSAC.com.

Meanwhile, Animal Collective’s Panda Bear has recently announced he will play a one-off solo show in London in March.

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Watch the trailer of ODDSAC below:

Source: NME

U2

U2 have revealed that they have begun work on a new album.

The follow-up to 2009’s ‘No Line On The Horizon’, the as-yet-untitled album is set to be “really special”.

“We are working on a lot of new songs,” The Edge told EW.com. “Some of them are really, really happy. We’re convinced that we have something really special.”

Adding that the band have been working on material in-between legs of their world tour, the guitarist revealed a little more about the making of the album.

“We are experimenting with a lot of different arrangements, and electronic is one of the things we are playing with,” he explained. “But there are other songs that are very traditional, almost folk. That’s the thing we haven’t figured out yet, where this album is going to end up.”

Meanwhile, U2 frontman Bono has recorded a new song with Jay-Z, to help raise money for those affected by the recent earthquakes in Haiti.


Check out the video “Stranded (Haiti Mon Amour)” to help Haiti:

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Source: NME

Sit on your couch and enjoy the White Stripes live soon!

The White Stripes are set to release their first ever official live album.

The band will release the 16-song record on CD and vinyl on March 15 to accompany the regular DVD release of Canadian tour documentary Under Great White Northern Lights.

Following its deluxe release last year, the Emmett Malloy-directed film will be released on DVD on the same day.

The duo’s first live album draws on recordings taken from the same 2007 tour as the documentary, which say Jack and Meg White play across Canada.

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The album’s tracklisting is as follows:

‘Let’s Shake Hands’

‘Black Math’

‘Little Ghost’

‘Blue Orchid’

‘The Union Forever’

‘Ball And Biscuit’

‘Icky Thump’

‘I’m Slowly Turning Into You’

‘Jolene’

‘300 MPH Torrential Outpour Blues’

‘We Are Going to Be Friends’

‘I Just Don’t Know What To Do With Myself’

‘Prickly Thorn, But Sweetly Worn’

‘Fell In Love With A Girl’

‘When I Hear My Name’

‘Seven Nation Army’

Source: NME

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