Nov 9
Cat Stevens' son makes music debut
[source: NME.com]
Singer-songwriter Yoriyos has attracted favourable critical reaction via his MySpace page, however fans can be forgiven for thinking he looks familiar.
Although not confirming his relationship with veteran singer Cat Stevens, the legendary songwriter is listed prominently as an influence on the site and is believed to be Yoriyos's father.
Stevens, who became a Muslim in 1978 and changed his name to Yusuf Islam, named his son Muhammad Islam.
Adopting the name Yoriyos to conceal his identity, the 21-year-old singer-songwriter is releasing debut album Bury My Heart At Wounded Knee via his own label, Rarechord, on November 27. The disc comes just two weeks after Cat Stevens' first album in 28 years, An Other Cup, released under the name Yusuf.
Stevens, who admits he hadn't touched a guitar in 20 years, attributes his own return to music to Yoriyos.
"He brought a guitar back into the house and was writing songs in his bedroom," the singer explained. "I had no idea he was doing it or that he was so talented.
"One morning, a couple of years ago, his guitar was lying around and it was difficult for me to ignore," he said. "I picked it up, found that I remembered the chords and started to sing some words I'd been writing. It was like opening a floodgate."
Nick Cave to release "foul-mouthed" new album
[source: NME.com] Nick Cave and several members of The Bad Seeds are to release an album under the name Grinderman early next year.
The band features Cave on vocals and guitar, with backing from Warren Ellis, Martyn Casey and Jim Sclavunos.
The as-yet-untitled LP, reported to be "foul-mouthed and noisy", will be released on March 5.
"It wasn't consciously two fingers to maturity but I remember thinking, all the way through, 'This isn't bad for a bunch of old farts'," Casey said.
"We're just searching for a bit of freedom," Cave added.
A taster of what's to come, "No Pussy Blues", can be heard on the band's MySpace site.
http://www.myspace.ccom/grinderman.
Billy Corgan plays low-key show with Pete Townshend
[source: NME.com] Smashing Pumpkins frontman Billy Corgan emerged from a year out of the public eye on Tuesday to appear at a multi-act show featuring Pete Townshend.
The star played late in the gig at Los Angeles venue Hotel Café, appearing uneasy and tuning his guitar frequently. He went on to play four untitled new songs.
Early in the show, Corgan and Pumpkins bandmate Jimmy Chamberlin, who are currently recording what will be their first album in seven years, stood and watched performances by Townshend, E from Eels, Minnie Driver, Pete's brother Simon Townshend, and Pete Townshend's girlfriend and songwriting partner Rachel Fuller, who organised the show.
Fuller admitted she thought Corgan was "nervous" since he hadn't played live for so long.
The show was part of Fuller's In The Attic series, which has featured interviews and performances by artists such as The Flaming Lips, Razorlight, The Kooks and The Zutons.
Corgan provided no news about his ongoing work with the reunited Smashing Pumpkins but Townshend spoke favourably of the new material he'd heard.
U2 resume world tour in Brisbane
[source: NME.com] U2 paid tribute to a local hero as they finally resumed the Pacific leg of their Vertigo world tour in Brisbane, Australia.
Frontman Bono sang snippets of Brisbane band The Go-Betweens' "Streets Of Your Town" on at least two occasions. The song was written by Grant McLennan, who died suddenly of a heart attack earlier this year while at home.
Bono also called for the release of the only Australian prisoner at Guantanamo Bay. He asked that David Hicks be sent home where he could receive a fair trial.
The setlist stuck roughly to the songs U2 have played throughout their world tour this year, with the exception of their new single, a cover of The Skids' "The Saints Are Coming", which they played in the encore.
Setlist:
"City Of Blinding Lights"
"Vertigo"
"Elevation"
"Until The End Of The World"
"New Year's Day"
"Beautiful Day"
"Yahweh"
"Walk On"
"Sometimes You Can't Make It On Your Own"
"Love And Peace Or Else"
"Sunday Bloody Sunday"
"Bullet The Blue Sky"
"Miss Sarajevo"
"Pride (In The Name Of Love)"
"Where The Streets Have No Name"
"One"
"Zoo Station"
"The Fly"
"With Or Without You"
"The Saints Are Coming"
"Angel Of Harlem"
"Kite"
The Australian leg of the tour now continues at the following venues:
Friday November 10 – Telstra Stadium, Sydney
Saturday November 11 – Telstra Stadium, Sydney
Monday November 13 – Telstra Stadium, Sydney
Thursday November 16 – AAMI Stadium, Adelaide
Saturday November 18 – Telstra Dome, Melbourne
Sunday November 19 – Telstra Dome, Melbourne
http://bigpondmusic.com.au/Artist/U2.aspx
New festival announced
Adding to the already packed summer line-up of music festivals across the country, organisers of the annual Meredith festival in Victoria have announced a new gig.
Golden Plains will take place at the Meredith Supernatural Amphitheatre from Saturday March 10 to Monday March 12 and will feature The Bellrays, Yo La Tengo, Fat Freddy's Drop, Avalanches (DJs), RSVPed, Gotye, The Skits, Comets On Fire, The Drones, Ground Components, Mountains In The Sky, Eddy Current Supression Ring and many more.
See http://www.goldenplains.com.au for more information.
The Mess Hall head out on tour
US music bible Spin were certainly impressed with Sydney rock duo The Mess Hall, who arrived home recently after a three-month stint overseas.
"Watching him onstage, it was clear [Jed] Kurzel is the quintessential 'sexy rock star.' Confident swagger? Check. Tall and good-looking? Check. Sense of style? Yep. Oh, and he has an Australian accent," Spin wrote.
Now The Mess Hall have announced a tour for local fans and revealed details of their USA visit, which included a support slot for You Am I in New York City and a weekly residency that saw Lady Sovereign and Pete Doherty drop by.
They played gigs up and down the West Coast, from Seattle to San Francisco, and landed a coveted spot at the CMJ music marathon for the Big Shot Artists showcase.
Currently working on the follow-up to Notes From A Ceiling, the band's Australian tour begins on Friday November 24 at the Corner Hotel in Melbourne. Tickets are on sale now.
Faith Hill: happy not to win?
Country singer Faith Hill has laughed off rumours that she was angry at missing out on the Female Vocalist Of The Year award at the Country Music Association Awards in the USA earlier this week.
When singer Carrie Underwood's name was called out, Hill was captured on camera shouting, "What?", before throwing her arms up and walking out of shot.
"The idea that I would act disrespectful towards a fellow musician is unimaginable to me," Hill said yesterday in a statement released via her publicist. "For this to become a focus of attention given the talent gathered is utterly ridiculous. Carrie is a talented and deserving female vocalist of the year."
"Those who know Faith know she's incapable of such actions," manager Gary Borman agreed. "She was being playful while the nominations were being read out and playful after."
Bob Dylan Broadway show to close
He might be one of the greatest songwriters in living history, but a Broadway musical in New York City celebrating the hits of Bob Dylan will close less than a month after opening.
The cancellation of The Times They Are A-Changin' has been described by ex-Village Voice newspaper columnist Michael Musto as "a mercy killing", while New York Times critic Ben Brantley labelled the performance "the latest heart-rending episode in Broadway's own reality soap opera, 'When bad shows happen to great songwriters'."
Dylan instigated the musical three years ago when he approached Tony Award-winning choreographer Twyla Tharp (who successfully staged the Billy Joel inspired Movin' Out) to work on the show.
Rolling Stones tragedy
Rolling Stones guitarist Ronnie Wood has lost older brother Art to cancer.
The person who first encouraged Ronnie to pick up a guitar, Art was a huge influence on his brother and played in seminal English outfit The Faces. Upon hearing the news, Wood immediately left the band's US tour and flew back to the UK. He's expected to rejoin his bandmates next week.
"Ronnie's devastated. Art played an important role in developing his musical skills," a close friend of Wood's revealed.
[source: NME.com]
Singer-songwriter Yoriyos has attracted favourable critical reaction via his MySpace page, however fans can be forgiven for thinking he looks familiar.
Although not confirming his relationship with veteran singer Cat Stevens, the legendary songwriter is listed prominently as an influence on the site and is believed to be Yoriyos's father.
Stevens, who became a Muslim in 1978 and changed his name to Yusuf Islam, named his son Muhammad Islam.
Adopting the name Yoriyos to conceal his identity, the 21-year-old singer-songwriter is releasing debut album Bury My Heart At Wounded Knee via his own label, Rarechord, on November 27. The disc comes just two weeks after Cat Stevens' first album in 28 years, An Other Cup, released under the name Yusuf.
Stevens, who admits he hadn't touched a guitar in 20 years, attributes his own return to music to Yoriyos.
"He brought a guitar back into the house and was writing songs in his bedroom," the singer explained. "I had no idea he was doing it or that he was so talented.
"One morning, a couple of years ago, his guitar was lying around and it was difficult for me to ignore," he said. "I picked it up, found that I remembered the chords and started to sing some words I'd been writing. It was like opening a floodgate."
Nick Cave to release "foul-mouthed" new album
[source: NME.com] Nick Cave and several members of The Bad Seeds are to release an album under the name Grinderman early next year.
The band features Cave on vocals and guitar, with backing from Warren Ellis, Martyn Casey and Jim Sclavunos.
The as-yet-untitled LP, reported to be "foul-mouthed and noisy", will be released on March 5.
"It wasn't consciously two fingers to maturity but I remember thinking, all the way through, 'This isn't bad for a bunch of old farts'," Casey said.
"We're just searching for a bit of freedom," Cave added.
A taster of what's to come, "No Pussy Blues", can be heard on the band's MySpace site.
http://www.myspace.ccom/grinderman.
Billy Corgan plays low-key show with Pete Townshend
[source: NME.com] Smashing Pumpkins frontman Billy Corgan emerged from a year out of the public eye on Tuesday to appear at a multi-act show featuring Pete Townshend.
The star played late in the gig at Los Angeles venue Hotel Café, appearing uneasy and tuning his guitar frequently. He went on to play four untitled new songs.
Early in the show, Corgan and Pumpkins bandmate Jimmy Chamberlin, who are currently recording what will be their first album in seven years, stood and watched performances by Townshend, E from Eels, Minnie Driver, Pete's brother Simon Townshend, and Pete Townshend's girlfriend and songwriting partner Rachel Fuller, who organised the show.
Fuller admitted she thought Corgan was "nervous" since he hadn't played live for so long.
The show was part of Fuller's In The Attic series, which has featured interviews and performances by artists such as The Flaming Lips, Razorlight, The Kooks and The Zutons.
Corgan provided no news about his ongoing work with the reunited Smashing Pumpkins but Townshend spoke favourably of the new material he'd heard.
U2 resume world tour in Brisbane
[source: NME.com] U2 paid tribute to a local hero as they finally resumed the Pacific leg of their Vertigo world tour in Brisbane, Australia.
Frontman Bono sang snippets of Brisbane band The Go-Betweens' "Streets Of Your Town" on at least two occasions. The song was written by Grant McLennan, who died suddenly of a heart attack earlier this year while at home.
Bono also called for the release of the only Australian prisoner at Guantanamo Bay. He asked that David Hicks be sent home where he could receive a fair trial.
The setlist stuck roughly to the songs U2 have played throughout their world tour this year, with the exception of their new single, a cover of The Skids' "The Saints Are Coming", which they played in the encore.
Setlist:
"City Of Blinding Lights"
"Vertigo"
"Elevation"
"Until The End Of The World"
"New Year's Day"
"Beautiful Day"
"Yahweh"
"Walk On"
"Sometimes You Can't Make It On Your Own"
"Love And Peace Or Else"
"Sunday Bloody Sunday"
"Bullet The Blue Sky"
"Miss Sarajevo"
"Pride (In The Name Of Love)"
"Where The Streets Have No Name"
"One"
"Zoo Station"
"The Fly"
"With Or Without You"
"The Saints Are Coming"
"Angel Of Harlem"
"Kite"
The Australian leg of the tour now continues at the following venues:
Friday November 10 – Telstra Stadium, Sydney
Saturday November 11 – Telstra Stadium, Sydney
Monday November 13 – Telstra Stadium, Sydney
Thursday November 16 – AAMI Stadium, Adelaide
Saturday November 18 – Telstra Dome, Melbourne
Sunday November 19 – Telstra Dome, Melbourne
http://bigpondmusic.com.au/Artist/U2.aspx
New festival announced
Adding to the already packed summer line-up of music festivals across the country, organisers of the annual Meredith festival in Victoria have announced a new gig.
Golden Plains will take place at the Meredith Supernatural Amphitheatre from Saturday March 10 to Monday March 12 and will feature The Bellrays, Yo La Tengo, Fat Freddy's Drop, Avalanches (DJs), RSVPed, Gotye, The Skits, Comets On Fire, The Drones, Ground Components, Mountains In The Sky, Eddy Current Supression Ring and many more.
See http://www.goldenplains.com.au for more information.
The Mess Hall head out on tour
US music bible Spin were certainly impressed with Sydney rock duo The Mess Hall, who arrived home recently after a three-month stint overseas.
"Watching him onstage, it was clear [Jed] Kurzel is the quintessential 'sexy rock star.' Confident swagger? Check. Tall and good-looking? Check. Sense of style? Yep. Oh, and he has an Australian accent," Spin wrote.
Now The Mess Hall have announced a tour for local fans and revealed details of their USA visit, which included a support slot for You Am I in New York City and a weekly residency that saw Lady Sovereign and Pete Doherty drop by.
They played gigs up and down the West Coast, from Seattle to San Francisco, and landed a coveted spot at the CMJ music marathon for the Big Shot Artists showcase.
Currently working on the follow-up to Notes From A Ceiling, the band's Australian tour begins on Friday November 24 at the Corner Hotel in Melbourne. Tickets are on sale now.
Faith Hill: happy not to win?
Country singer Faith Hill has laughed off rumours that she was angry at missing out on the Female Vocalist Of The Year award at the Country Music Association Awards in the USA earlier this week.
When singer Carrie Underwood's name was called out, Hill was captured on camera shouting, "What?", before throwing her arms up and walking out of shot.
"The idea that I would act disrespectful towards a fellow musician is unimaginable to me," Hill said yesterday in a statement released via her publicist. "For this to become a focus of attention given the talent gathered is utterly ridiculous. Carrie is a talented and deserving female vocalist of the year."
"Those who know Faith know she's incapable of such actions," manager Gary Borman agreed. "She was being playful while the nominations were being read out and playful after."
Bob Dylan Broadway show to close
He might be one of the greatest songwriters in living history, but a Broadway musical in New York City celebrating the hits of Bob Dylan will close less than a month after opening.
The cancellation of The Times They Are A-Changin' has been described by ex-Village Voice newspaper columnist Michael Musto as "a mercy killing", while New York Times critic Ben Brantley labelled the performance "the latest heart-rending episode in Broadway's own reality soap opera, 'When bad shows happen to great songwriters'."
Dylan instigated the musical three years ago when he approached Tony Award-winning choreographer Twyla Tharp (who successfully staged the Billy Joel inspired Movin' Out) to work on the show.
Rolling Stones tragedy
Rolling Stones guitarist Ronnie Wood has lost older brother Art to cancer.
The person who first encouraged Ronnie to pick up a guitar, Art was a huge influence on his brother and played in seminal English outfit The Faces. Upon hearing the news, Wood immediately left the band's US tour and flew back to the UK. He's expected to rejoin his bandmates next week.
"Ronnie's devastated. Art played an important role in developing his musical skills," a close friend of Wood's revealed.
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