Dec 7
Alex Turner reveals his favourite Arctic Monkeys track
[source: NME.com] Arctic Monkeys frontman Alex Turner says "The View From The Afternoon" is his favourite song from the band's debut album.
In this week's NME, Turner discussed the making of Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not.
"I think 'The View From The Afternoon' is probably my favourite," he said. "That was one of the last ones we wrote. [I like] that one because it's interesting and groovy."
Speaking about the album's title, Turner said simply calling it Arctic Monkeys would have been a cop-out.
"I saw that Saturday Night And Sunday Morning film. There's a bit where he says that line ['Whatever people say I am…'] and the conviction with which he said it just rang a bell."
http://bigpondmusic.com/Artist/Arctic-Monkeys.aspx
Bands caught up in spy poison scandal
[source: NME.com] Cooper Temple Clause and Razorlight have been embroiled in the plot that poisoned former Russian spy Alexander Litvinenko.
The ex-KGB man died in London on Thursday November 23 after ingesting radioactive substance polonium-210.
However, since his death, a radioactive trail has been followed by authorities to jet planes recently used by both bands.
Traces of polonium-210 were detected on recent British Airways flights from Moscow, both of which Razorlight and Cooper Temple Clause travelled on.
"Ben [Gautrey, vocals] and I were indeed on the infamous flight," Cooper Temple Clause guitarist Dan Fisher told NME.COM.
"So far, the extensive screening process has consisted of a phone conversation with a bored-sounding BA operator who reassured me that if I haven't been sick then we should be okay. The only thing that made us sick was the weed we brought back with us. Now we know why. Radioactive weed is the future!"
Razorlight's Andy Burrows, Bjorn Argen and Carl Dalemo were also on a contaminated aircraft, but have since been tested and given the all clear.
Meanwhile, The Cooper Temple Clause are putting their brush with espionage behind them. New single "Waiting Game" is out on Monday January 8, while fans can also expect some remixing work in the future.
"We've known for a while that The Automatic were fans of ours and we've been getting pretty seriously involved with remixing of late," Fisher explained. "We DJ-ed the other week in Milan and have remixed some of our own tracks, including 'Waiting Game'. Then we got approached by The Automatic's label and were asked to remix 'Raoul', which will be f**king cool."
The band are also launching a Christmas competition via www.thecoopertempleclause.com from Thursday December 14.
In what's being dubbed The Ten Days Of Christmas, the band will give away daily prizes, including an X-Box, a limited edition ten-inch version of their album and a year's subscription to NME.
http://bigpondmusic.com/Artist/Razorlight.aspx
The Cure discuss new album
[source: NME.com] The Cure may release their new album as early as May 2007.
Frontman Robert Smith has been writing new songs for the follow-up to 2005's The Cure but admits it's not been easy.
"I find myself stopping short and thinking 'I've done this before… and better'," he explained. "I've given myself a deadline to finish the words before Christmas. If I don't, I should be shot."
Smith said the album will be a mix of sadder songs and more upbeat tracks.
"I tend to favour this option," he said. "It will be more in the style of [1987]'s Kiss Me Kiss Me Kiss Me album, with different things happening instead of being a mood piece. But the art of that is to get it all to hang together."
The band no longer have a keyboard player since Roger O'Donnell quit last year, while original guitarist Porl Thompson has returned.
"There's no need for keyboards when you have Porl playing guitar. He can pretty much create any sound you want. He's brought back a sense of urgency and we've got a rock edge again."
http://bigpondmusic.com/Artist/Cure-The.aspx
The Rapture form record label
[source: NME.com] The Rapture have formed their own record label and its first release will be a remix of their own song, "Get Myself Into It".
Throne Of Blood Records has already secured distribution in the US and Europe and, according to a press release, "some of the most influential producers in dance music" will be coming on board as remixers.
http://bigpondmusic.com/Artist/Rapture-The.aspx
Oklahoma City honours The Flaming Lips
Oklahoma City Council has named an alley in the music and restaurant hub of Bricktown after The Flaming Lips.
Frontman Wayne Coyne, who formed the band back in 1983, still lives in the city and said the honour was extremely important.
"So many bands despise their home towns," Coyne said. "I guess we're just lucky it never felt that way to us. Oklahoma City never rejected us. It's always seemed to be a strange twist of fate that even though we want to play Los Angeles or London we weren't doing it to say we don't like where we came from."
Coyne said the alley was a fitting tribute to The Flaming Lips.
"I could see people sneaking in during the middle of the night doing graffiti art," he laughed. "I can see all kinds of strange things going on there."
The council also named two streets after other famous Oklahoma residents, country singer Vince Gill and jazz icon Charlie Christian.
http://bigpondmusic.com/Artist/Flaming-Lips-The.aspx
K-Fed doing fine
Despite his impending divorce from Britney Spears and a debut album that's made him a laughing stock in the US, Kevin Federline (K-Fed) insists he's coping well.
"I am good, I am great, you know… just moving along, progressing and taking it all in stride," the 28-year-old rapper told E! News.
Federline's debut LP, Playing With Fire, sold only 6,500 copies in its first week on shelves in the US, but the rapper says he's not worried by the flagging sales.
"[I'm] still trying to get out there and do more stuff," he admitted. "I've got a lot of options on the table right now."
And how's Federline dealing with all the media attention surrounding his divorce?
"I laugh a little bit about it, you know," he responded. "I don't take it too seriously. Those are people who don't really know who I am."
http://bigpondmusic.com/Artist/Britney-Spears.aspx
Olivia Newtown-John sues over Grease
Australian singing icon Olivia Newtown-John has launched a lawsuit in the US against Universal Music Group Inc. for allegedly failing to pay more than $1.2 million in royalties on sales of the Grease soundtrack.
"The lawsuit is without merit and, at the appropriate time, we expect the court will dismiss it," Universal said in a statement.
Newtown-John's lawyer, John Mason, is claiming the company overlooked a specific section of contractual payments, despite paying most of the royalties. The Aussie singer shot to fame in 1978 after starring in Grease alongside John Travolta in the movie version of the Broadway hit show.
http://bigpondmusic.com/Artist/Olivia-Newton-John.aspx
Prince Andrew and… Courtney Love?
Courtney Love has told UK newspaper The Daily Mail that Prince Andrew once paid her a visit, showing up at her LA home to "look for chicks".
Forty-two-year-old Love said she opened her door late one night to discover Prince Andrew (officially the Duke Of York) outside on the footpath.
"Prince Andrew turns up at my house at one in the morning and he wants to party," the former Hole frontwoman revealed.
"He'd come to Hollywood to look for chicks. I don't know what he expected at my house. I answered the door and he was there with a bodyguard."
Prince Andrew's spokesman admitted the Prince has visited Love in the past, but claimed it was more than six years ago. He also said the Prince was alone and was not looking for female company.
http://bigpondmusic.com/Artist/Courtney-Love.aspx
Scott Weiland launches record label
Former Stone Temple Pilots singer Scott Weiland has launched his own label, Softdrive Records.
Weiland, who's battled drug and alcohol addictions for years and spent time in prison back in 1999, will work alongside Sony's RED Distribution and New West Records in the venture.
As well as new signings, Weiland says he'll release his second solo album on Softdrive in late 2007/early 2008.
"We had a lot of opportunities early on to sort of sell ourselves out and just be a production imprint, but that's not really I wanted to do," the singer told Billboard.
"But we also didn't fool ourselves to think we could creatively run the label and also run the business side of things."
http://bigpondmusic.com/Artist/Scott-Weiland.aspx
[source: NME.com] Arctic Monkeys frontman Alex Turner says "The View From The Afternoon" is his favourite song from the band's debut album.
In this week's NME, Turner discussed the making of Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not.
"I think 'The View From The Afternoon' is probably my favourite," he said. "That was one of the last ones we wrote. [I like] that one because it's interesting and groovy."
Speaking about the album's title, Turner said simply calling it Arctic Monkeys would have been a cop-out.
"I saw that Saturday Night And Sunday Morning film. There's a bit where he says that line ['Whatever people say I am…'] and the conviction with which he said it just rang a bell."
http://bigpondmusic.com/Artist/Arctic-Monkeys.aspx
Bands caught up in spy poison scandal
[source: NME.com] Cooper Temple Clause and Razorlight have been embroiled in the plot that poisoned former Russian spy Alexander Litvinenko.
The ex-KGB man died in London on Thursday November 23 after ingesting radioactive substance polonium-210.
However, since his death, a radioactive trail has been followed by authorities to jet planes recently used by both bands.
Traces of polonium-210 were detected on recent British Airways flights from Moscow, both of which Razorlight and Cooper Temple Clause travelled on.
"Ben [Gautrey, vocals] and I were indeed on the infamous flight," Cooper Temple Clause guitarist Dan Fisher told NME.COM.
"So far, the extensive screening process has consisted of a phone conversation with a bored-sounding BA operator who reassured me that if I haven't been sick then we should be okay. The only thing that made us sick was the weed we brought back with us. Now we know why. Radioactive weed is the future!"
Razorlight's Andy Burrows, Bjorn Argen and Carl Dalemo were also on a contaminated aircraft, but have since been tested and given the all clear.
Meanwhile, The Cooper Temple Clause are putting their brush with espionage behind them. New single "Waiting Game" is out on Monday January 8, while fans can also expect some remixing work in the future.
"We've known for a while that The Automatic were fans of ours and we've been getting pretty seriously involved with remixing of late," Fisher explained. "We DJ-ed the other week in Milan and have remixed some of our own tracks, including 'Waiting Game'. Then we got approached by The Automatic's label and were asked to remix 'Raoul', which will be f**king cool."
The band are also launching a Christmas competition via www.thecoopertempleclause.com from Thursday December 14.
In what's being dubbed The Ten Days Of Christmas, the band will give away daily prizes, including an X-Box, a limited edition ten-inch version of their album and a year's subscription to NME.
http://bigpondmusic.com/Artist/Razorlight.aspx
The Cure discuss new album
[source: NME.com] The Cure may release their new album as early as May 2007.
Frontman Robert Smith has been writing new songs for the follow-up to 2005's The Cure but admits it's not been easy.
"I find myself stopping short and thinking 'I've done this before… and better'," he explained. "I've given myself a deadline to finish the words before Christmas. If I don't, I should be shot."
Smith said the album will be a mix of sadder songs and more upbeat tracks.
"I tend to favour this option," he said. "It will be more in the style of [1987]'s Kiss Me Kiss Me Kiss Me album, with different things happening instead of being a mood piece. But the art of that is to get it all to hang together."
The band no longer have a keyboard player since Roger O'Donnell quit last year, while original guitarist Porl Thompson has returned.
"There's no need for keyboards when you have Porl playing guitar. He can pretty much create any sound you want. He's brought back a sense of urgency and we've got a rock edge again."
http://bigpondmusic.com/Artist/Cure-The.aspx
The Rapture form record label
[source: NME.com] The Rapture have formed their own record label and its first release will be a remix of their own song, "Get Myself Into It".
Throne Of Blood Records has already secured distribution in the US and Europe and, according to a press release, "some of the most influential producers in dance music" will be coming on board as remixers.
http://bigpondmusic.com/Artist/Rapture-The.aspx
Oklahoma City honours The Flaming Lips
Oklahoma City Council has named an alley in the music and restaurant hub of Bricktown after The Flaming Lips.
Frontman Wayne Coyne, who formed the band back in 1983, still lives in the city and said the honour was extremely important.
"So many bands despise their home towns," Coyne said. "I guess we're just lucky it never felt that way to us. Oklahoma City never rejected us. It's always seemed to be a strange twist of fate that even though we want to play Los Angeles or London we weren't doing it to say we don't like where we came from."
Coyne said the alley was a fitting tribute to The Flaming Lips.
"I could see people sneaking in during the middle of the night doing graffiti art," he laughed. "I can see all kinds of strange things going on there."
The council also named two streets after other famous Oklahoma residents, country singer Vince Gill and jazz icon Charlie Christian.
http://bigpondmusic.com/Artist/Flaming-Lips-The.aspx
K-Fed doing fine
Despite his impending divorce from Britney Spears and a debut album that's made him a laughing stock in the US, Kevin Federline (K-Fed) insists he's coping well.
"I am good, I am great, you know… just moving along, progressing and taking it all in stride," the 28-year-old rapper told E! News.
Federline's debut LP, Playing With Fire, sold only 6,500 copies in its first week on shelves in the US, but the rapper says he's not worried by the flagging sales.
"[I'm] still trying to get out there and do more stuff," he admitted. "I've got a lot of options on the table right now."
And how's Federline dealing with all the media attention surrounding his divorce?
"I laugh a little bit about it, you know," he responded. "I don't take it too seriously. Those are people who don't really know who I am."
http://bigpondmusic.com/Artist/Britney-Spears.aspx
Olivia Newtown-John sues over Grease
Australian singing icon Olivia Newtown-John has launched a lawsuit in the US against Universal Music Group Inc. for allegedly failing to pay more than $1.2 million in royalties on sales of the Grease soundtrack.
"The lawsuit is without merit and, at the appropriate time, we expect the court will dismiss it," Universal said in a statement.
Newtown-John's lawyer, John Mason, is claiming the company overlooked a specific section of contractual payments, despite paying most of the royalties. The Aussie singer shot to fame in 1978 after starring in Grease alongside John Travolta in the movie version of the Broadway hit show.
http://bigpondmusic.com/Artist/Olivia-Newton-John.aspx
Prince Andrew and… Courtney Love?
Courtney Love has told UK newspaper The Daily Mail that Prince Andrew once paid her a visit, showing up at her LA home to "look for chicks".
Forty-two-year-old Love said she opened her door late one night to discover Prince Andrew (officially the Duke Of York) outside on the footpath.
"Prince Andrew turns up at my house at one in the morning and he wants to party," the former Hole frontwoman revealed.
"He'd come to Hollywood to look for chicks. I don't know what he expected at my house. I answered the door and he was there with a bodyguard."
Prince Andrew's spokesman admitted the Prince has visited Love in the past, but claimed it was more than six years ago. He also said the Prince was alone and was not looking for female company.
http://bigpondmusic.com/Artist/Courtney-Love.aspx
Scott Weiland launches record label
Former Stone Temple Pilots singer Scott Weiland has launched his own label, Softdrive Records.
Weiland, who's battled drug and alcohol addictions for years and spent time in prison back in 1999, will work alongside Sony's RED Distribution and New West Records in the venture.
As well as new signings, Weiland says he'll release his second solo album on Softdrive in late 2007/early 2008.
"We had a lot of opportunities early on to sort of sell ourselves out and just be a production imprint, but that's not really I wanted to do," the singer told Billboard.
"But we also didn't fool ourselves to think we could creatively run the label and also run the business side of things."
http://bigpondmusic.com/Artist/Scott-Weiland.aspx
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