Oct 24
Thom Yorke reveals favourite Radiohead tune
[source: NME.com] Thom Yorke believes "How To Disappear Completely" from 2000's Kid A is the most beautiful piece of music Radiohead have committed to tape.
Speaking to The Culture Show, Yorke named the song when asked what moment he would most like to be remembered for. Radiohead fans think somewhat differently. In August, NME.com users voted "Just" from The Bends as their favourite track.
Meanwhile, Yorke will release his second solo single, "Analyse", on Monday November 6. The package also includes B-sides "A Rat's Nest" and "Lluvya".
The single will be available on CD, 12" vinyl and as a digital download.
Radiohead: http://bigpondmusic.com/artistDisplay.asp?artistid=3501830
Graham Coxon: "I'm better than Blur"
[source: NME.com] Graham Coxon has declared his solo material "better than Blur".
The former Blur guitarist – who quit the band in 2002 – could well refuel the rows that were commonplace around the time of his departure.
"I'd been in a group with Damon Albarn for a long time and that was a lot to live up to," Coxon said of the pressures of becoming a full-time solo artist. "We worked so hectically in Blur on structure and the overall sound. So when I was writing I would ask myself, 'Is this as catchy as a Blur song?'. Or, 'Does it sound too much like a Blur song?'.
"I mean, 'Coffee And TV' [1999 Blur single] and 'Bittersweet Bundle Of Misery' [2004 solo single] have very similar rhythm and structure, but they're [rhythms and structures] that have been used many times before, from Simon and Garfunkel to Sonic Youth. So I didn't worry about that too much. So yes, I do compare and I think a lot of my songs are better than Blur."
But the desire to write solo pop songs, he told the South Wales Echo, surfaced only after he overcame his alcohol problem.
Talking about 2000's lo-fi collection The Golden D, Coxon admitted he was still "in the grip of booze" then.
"It's a fairly angry, lashing-out sort of a record. I didn't know if I was capable of writing proper songs when I left Blur and it was only through practise that I have been able to write something like 'Bittersweet Bundle Of Misery', which shocked me when I wrote it because it was such a good stand-alone pop song."
Meanwhile, Coxon still believes his old mate Albarn has the edge over him in other ways.
"I'm not a great frontman," he said, "and when I see proper frontmen I realise how crap I am at it. My show depends on the audience and I like it when someone shouts something a bit cheeky. If the audience are quiet I don't really know what to say to them."
Coxon released new single "Bloody Annoying"/"What Ya Gonna Do Now?" in the UK this week.
Coxon: http://bigpondmusic.com/artistDisplay.asp?artistid=3502844
Blur: http://bigpondmusic.com/artistDisplay.asp?artistid=3501548
Yeah Yeah Yeahs collaborate with The Horrors
[source: NME.com] Yeah Yeah Yeahs guitarist Nick Zinner has spoken about collaborating with NME cover stars The Horrors and revealed he'd be happy to do it again.
Zinner has been working with the garage rockers on their debut album, due for release next year.
"I liked their music and image – they're both trashy, macabre, loud and a little bit camp. Also, after meeting them, I was happy to learn they were all secret brainiacs," Zinner said.
"The boys were very well behaved in the studio. I would reward each of them upon completion of their final takes with a pint of virgin blood," he told Neu! Magazine. "I would love to work together again, if my schedule allowed it."
The Horrors release new single "Count In Fives" on Monday October 30.
YYYS: http://bigpondmusic.com/artistDisplay.asp?artistid=3506555
The Flaming Lips confirm new single
[source: NME.com] The Flaming Lips will release new EP It Overtakes Me on Monday November 13.
Taken from recent album At War With The Mystics, "It Overtakes Me" is joined by three new tracks. "Time Travel" is a collaboration with singer-songwriter Steve Burns, while there's also an Albino New Wave Mix No 12 of album track "Free Radicals". "Crazy In Tikrit" rounds out the collection.
http://bigpondmusic.com/artistDisplay.asp?artistid=3500412
Bacardi ARIA after-show party
Music fans across the country will be glued to their television screens on Sunday October 29 for the 2006 ARIA Awards.
But the fun doesn't stop there. Straight after the awards presentation, the cream of the local music industry will be partying until dawn at the official Bacardi ARIA after-show party, which features its very own live gig!
London funk fiends Loose Cannons, who've toured with Scissor Sisters, Girls Aloud and Princess Superstar, will team with the Australian Ballet and a local VJ to produce a truly unique show. Local outfit The Punisherz (featuring Channel [V]'s Yumi Stymes and James Matheson) will also appear, plus Grinspoon's Phil Jamieson will show off his DJ skills.
Loose Cannons: http://bigpondmusic.com/artistDisplay.asp?artistid=3517661
Human Nature on top of the charts, dancing in the street
Their first compilation in the classic song series – Reach Out: The Motown Record – sold more than 350,000 copies in Australia. Now pop outfit Human Nature have topped the ARIA charts again with its follow-up, Dancing In The Street: The Songs Of Motown II.
"Having the new album come in at number one is just a huge deal for us," the group's Andrew Tierney said. "The chance to be singing the songs we've always loved, and to know there's so many people wanting to hear us do it, is a pretty special thing. For us, Dancing In The Street is an even better album than our first Motown record, so we're glad it's been received so well."
Human Nature will perform at the 2006 ARIA Awards in Sydney this Sunday.
http://bigpondmusic.com/artistDisplay.asp?artistid=3503365
Courtney Love completes new album
At the height of Courtney Love's battle with drink and drugs, the former Hole frontwoman lost the ability to play guitar.
"My hand-eye coordination was so bad; I didn't even know chords anymore," Love said of her 2005 stint in rehab.
Love, who narrowly avoided jail over a series of charges, has almost completed her first album since 2004's America's Sweetheart. She's working once again with songwriter Linda Perry, the former 4 Non Blondes singer responsible for writing hit tracks like Christina Aguilera's "Beautiful", a song Love has now co-written a sequel to, "Letter To God".
"Courtney is the queen of rock and roll to me," Perry said of the collaboration. "Damn it all to hell. She is the last one."
http://bigpondmusic.com/artistDisplay.asp?artistid=3517800
Melissa Etheridge has twin cause for celebration
US singer Melissa Etheridge has become a proud parent again. Her partner, The L Word's Tammy Lynn Michaels, gave birth to a set of twins.
Son Miller Steven and daughter Johnnie Rose join Etheridge's other children, daughter Bailey Jean and son Beckett (both of whom were conceived via artificial insemination using a sperm donation from rock legend David Crosby).
"Tammy and the babies are in excellent health," Etheridge announced via her website, admitting her new children were fathered by an anonymous donor. "The creation of life brings about immeasurable love, and pours hope into the future. The joy will help carry us through our upcoming sleepless nights."
http://bigpondmusic.com/artistDisplay.asp?artistid=3503152
[source: NME.com] Thom Yorke believes "How To Disappear Completely" from 2000's Kid A is the most beautiful piece of music Radiohead have committed to tape.
Speaking to The Culture Show, Yorke named the song when asked what moment he would most like to be remembered for. Radiohead fans think somewhat differently. In August, NME.com users voted "Just" from The Bends as their favourite track.
Meanwhile, Yorke will release his second solo single, "Analyse", on Monday November 6. The package also includes B-sides "A Rat's Nest" and "Lluvya".
The single will be available on CD, 12" vinyl and as a digital download.
Radiohead: http://bigpondmusic.com/artistDisplay.asp?artistid=3501830
Graham Coxon: "I'm better than Blur"
[source: NME.com] Graham Coxon has declared his solo material "better than Blur".
The former Blur guitarist – who quit the band in 2002 – could well refuel the rows that were commonplace around the time of his departure.
"I'd been in a group with Damon Albarn for a long time and that was a lot to live up to," Coxon said of the pressures of becoming a full-time solo artist. "We worked so hectically in Blur on structure and the overall sound. So when I was writing I would ask myself, 'Is this as catchy as a Blur song?'. Or, 'Does it sound too much like a Blur song?'.
"I mean, 'Coffee And TV' [1999 Blur single] and 'Bittersweet Bundle Of Misery' [2004 solo single] have very similar rhythm and structure, but they're [rhythms and structures] that have been used many times before, from Simon and Garfunkel to Sonic Youth. So I didn't worry about that too much. So yes, I do compare and I think a lot of my songs are better than Blur."
But the desire to write solo pop songs, he told the South Wales Echo, surfaced only after he overcame his alcohol problem.
Talking about 2000's lo-fi collection The Golden D, Coxon admitted he was still "in the grip of booze" then.
"It's a fairly angry, lashing-out sort of a record. I didn't know if I was capable of writing proper songs when I left Blur and it was only through practise that I have been able to write something like 'Bittersweet Bundle Of Misery', which shocked me when I wrote it because it was such a good stand-alone pop song."
Meanwhile, Coxon still believes his old mate Albarn has the edge over him in other ways.
"I'm not a great frontman," he said, "and when I see proper frontmen I realise how crap I am at it. My show depends on the audience and I like it when someone shouts something a bit cheeky. If the audience are quiet I don't really know what to say to them."
Coxon released new single "Bloody Annoying"/"What Ya Gonna Do Now?" in the UK this week.
Coxon: http://bigpondmusic.com/artistDisplay.asp?artistid=3502844
Blur: http://bigpondmusic.com/artistDisplay.asp?artistid=3501548
Yeah Yeah Yeahs collaborate with The Horrors
[source: NME.com] Yeah Yeah Yeahs guitarist Nick Zinner has spoken about collaborating with NME cover stars The Horrors and revealed he'd be happy to do it again.
Zinner has been working with the garage rockers on their debut album, due for release next year.
"I liked their music and image – they're both trashy, macabre, loud and a little bit camp. Also, after meeting them, I was happy to learn they were all secret brainiacs," Zinner said.
"The boys were very well behaved in the studio. I would reward each of them upon completion of their final takes with a pint of virgin blood," he told Neu! Magazine. "I would love to work together again, if my schedule allowed it."
The Horrors release new single "Count In Fives" on Monday October 30.
YYYS: http://bigpondmusic.com/artistDisplay.asp?artistid=3506555
The Flaming Lips confirm new single
[source: NME.com] The Flaming Lips will release new EP It Overtakes Me on Monday November 13.
Taken from recent album At War With The Mystics, "It Overtakes Me" is joined by three new tracks. "Time Travel" is a collaboration with singer-songwriter Steve Burns, while there's also an Albino New Wave Mix No 12 of album track "Free Radicals". "Crazy In Tikrit" rounds out the collection.
http://bigpondmusic.com/artistDisplay.asp?artistid=3500412
Bacardi ARIA after-show party
Music fans across the country will be glued to their television screens on Sunday October 29 for the 2006 ARIA Awards.
But the fun doesn't stop there. Straight after the awards presentation, the cream of the local music industry will be partying until dawn at the official Bacardi ARIA after-show party, which features its very own live gig!
London funk fiends Loose Cannons, who've toured with Scissor Sisters, Girls Aloud and Princess Superstar, will team with the Australian Ballet and a local VJ to produce a truly unique show. Local outfit The Punisherz (featuring Channel [V]'s Yumi Stymes and James Matheson) will also appear, plus Grinspoon's Phil Jamieson will show off his DJ skills.
Loose Cannons: http://bigpondmusic.com/artistDisplay.asp?artistid=3517661
Human Nature on top of the charts, dancing in the street
Their first compilation in the classic song series – Reach Out: The Motown Record – sold more than 350,000 copies in Australia. Now pop outfit Human Nature have topped the ARIA charts again with its follow-up, Dancing In The Street: The Songs Of Motown II.
"Having the new album come in at number one is just a huge deal for us," the group's Andrew Tierney said. "The chance to be singing the songs we've always loved, and to know there's so many people wanting to hear us do it, is a pretty special thing. For us, Dancing In The Street is an even better album than our first Motown record, so we're glad it's been received so well."
Human Nature will perform at the 2006 ARIA Awards in Sydney this Sunday.
http://bigpondmusic.com/artistDisplay.asp?artistid=3503365
Courtney Love completes new album
At the height of Courtney Love's battle with drink and drugs, the former Hole frontwoman lost the ability to play guitar.
"My hand-eye coordination was so bad; I didn't even know chords anymore," Love said of her 2005 stint in rehab.
Love, who narrowly avoided jail over a series of charges, has almost completed her first album since 2004's America's Sweetheart. She's working once again with songwriter Linda Perry, the former 4 Non Blondes singer responsible for writing hit tracks like Christina Aguilera's "Beautiful", a song Love has now co-written a sequel to, "Letter To God".
"Courtney is the queen of rock and roll to me," Perry said of the collaboration. "Damn it all to hell. She is the last one."
http://bigpondmusic.com/artistDisplay.asp?artistid=3517800
Melissa Etheridge has twin cause for celebration
US singer Melissa Etheridge has become a proud parent again. Her partner, The L Word's Tammy Lynn Michaels, gave birth to a set of twins.
Son Miller Steven and daughter Johnnie Rose join Etheridge's other children, daughter Bailey Jean and son Beckett (both of whom were conceived via artificial insemination using a sperm donation from rock legend David Crosby).
"Tammy and the babies are in excellent health," Etheridge announced via her website, admitting her new children were fathered by an anonymous donor. "The creation of life brings about immeasurable love, and pours hope into the future. The joy will help carry us through our upcoming sleepless nights."
http://bigpondmusic.com/artistDisplay.asp?artistid=3503152
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