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Foals. Remember them? Yeah, that band that had a pretty good album a couple of years ago. Yeah, with the short singer with a Greek name who claimed he didn't know how to play an Open E chord on his guitar. Good. Well they're back, or more accurately, they will be when they release their new, and second Long Player. »
As one eagle-eared fellow from our forums pointed out, Florence + The Machine's track 'Rabbit Heart', or specifically the beginning bit, shall we say 'overpays homage' to Gang Gang Dance's 'House Jam' at certain points. Well, now GGD are trying to claim royalties from the track, claiming that the similarities are too striking (via Pitchfork).»
Scottish festival T In The Park have announced the first lot of bands and headliners for this year's festival, with the headliners being Eminem, Kasabian and Muse. What? You don't like any of those bands? Don't worry, there's plenty more that be more to your tastes. I hope. »
A whole lotta Cox.»
The Hold Steady are still going strong after losing keyboardist and mustachioed fellow Franz Nicolay, and have just announced the release of a new album, Heaven Is Whenever, for May 3 on Rough Trade. It's the Brooklyn band's fifth studio record, and the first since 2008's Stay Positive.»
You might remember, in the deepest recesses of your braincase, that there was another Wu-Tang collaboration album in process, with Raekown, Method Man and Ghostface being the main men on the project. It looked increasingly unlikely to get a damned release, though that has now ALL changed, as Pitchfork reports.»
London's South Bank Centre have announced that Richard Thompson will be the Artistic Director for 2010's Meltdown Festival, following in the pretty substantial footsteps of Ornette Coleman, Massive Attack, Lee Perry, Jarvis Cocker and Nick Cave, amongst others. »
Morning one, morning all. Tunng have a new album on the way, being released on March 1 and being called And Then We Saw Land. They've also a new single, and video for a track off it. Specifically 'Hustle'.»
I think we can all agree that Freelance Whales is a royally ridiculous name for a band. Think about the meaning for a second. Astounding. Freelance Whalers would have been infinitely better, and it even makes a smidgen of sense. And highlights the struggles that the Japanese and Icelandic economies face on a daily basis.»
Cheltenham may not get the recognition it deserves, outside of the realm of adding '& Gloucester', in any case. Cheltenham-ites may now be chuffed to know that they've got something to shout about, as the Badlands record store has been named the country's BEST independent record store. »
So then, from following AC Newman's Twitter feed last night we deduced the following interesting things.
More shows. »
Those Vampire Weekend fellas sure know how to have a ball when it comes to making a video. Their latest video - for 'Giving Up The Gun - tops it all, without a shadow of a doubt. The last one, Garth Jennings directed one, was good but it just didn't have that extra PING to it.»
So, it appears that the rumours - which seemed fairly well-founded - that struggling record giant EMI were to sell Abbey Road studios is simply not true, according to a report in The Guardian. »
Dev Hynes, a.k.a Lightspeed Champion, is one busy man with releasing albums, doing an absolute ton of videos and what not. That's not about to change, you should be pleased to know, as he's announced a UK tour for May, as well as new single, from his current record Life Is Sweet! Nice To Meet You.»
Broken Social Scene - that awesome threesome you had in college, apparently. They return with a new LP after five long years. Now they've unveiled the album's name, the artwork and even decided to give away a free mp3 from it.»
You may have read in various news outlets that EMI are pretty much totally fucked. Naturally, they've got to find some way of combatting this, and given that they own the legendary Abbey Road studios, it came to pass that they'd put them up for sale for around the price of £30m. Pricey? »
Featuring a dog.»
Welcome to Friday. A marginally more beefy Spotify playlist for you this week, mainly on a whim. Enjoy it while it lasts. Plenty of highlights this week, though, including a lovely piece from the armchair dancefloor column, and a rare chance to hear Roy Harper.»
Man of the famous Wainwright clan, Rufus Wainwright, has confirmed a new album, his sixth in total. It's to be called All Days Are Nights: Songs For Lulu and will be released on April 5 through Polydor.»
Mark E. Smith-led cult and generally pretty 'mazing band The Fall are to release something like their 98th studio album in April, their first since 2008's Imperial Wax Solvent. Your Future, Our Clutter will be released on April 26 through Domino, and is the band's first release for that label, having jumped about labels for the last few records.»
Sex Pistol and face of butter that is John Lydon has said that he wants to boldly go where many, many men have been before, and record his own version of Pink Floyd's Dark Side Of The Moon. »
We've all been on a morning bender or two, haven't we? Mostly when whatever sporting event happens to be a few hours ahead of us, which obviously necessitates being in the boozer for an 9AM start. It happens. But are you aware of California's The Morning Benders, who release their second album, Big Echo, in the coming months? If not, we'd like to give you the opportunity to acquaint yourselves with Julian, Tim, Jonathan and Chris.»
Hi there. Just a quick one here to say that much the admir'd Joanna Newsom has been confirmed to play the Matt Groening-curated ATP festival, which takes place in May this year, at Butlin's, Minehead. Cue moaning of people who went and bought ATP Pavement tickets. »
Game show-y goodness.»
Wa-ha! Just the Deftones news you were waiting for of a Monday morning. The band have confirmed that they've got a new one out in a couple of months. What will it be called, though? Diamond Eyes, apparently. It'll hit the shelves on May 18.»
