Jan 31
Sonic Youth guitarist guests on Cribs album
[source: NME.com] Sonic Youth guitarist Lee Ranaldo will appear on The Cribs' third album, which is currently being mixed in New York.
Cribs bassist Gary Jarman told NME.COM Ranaldo has been a long-time hero of the band, particularly for his spoken word skills.
"I had a book of his poetry that I really liked," Jarman revealed. "When The Cribs first started we wanted to be a spoken word band, but none of us could get our heads around it."
Jarman admitted the band were apprehensive about meeting the indie veteran.
"He's the king of the spoken word. We didn't really know what to expect but he was a really friendly, nice guy.
"We just had one day in a studio in New York and we all played live together in the studio, which was really fun. He did five different full-length things and we all went through it together, choosing our favourite parts. He knew what he was doing and the way he works is really impressive."
The Cribs will finish mixing the album this week and return to Wakefield for mastering. As previously reported, Franz Ferdinand frontman Alex Kapranos is producing the follow-up to 2005's The New Fellas.
http://bigpondmusic.com/Artist/Sonic-Youth.aspx
http://bigpondmusic.com/Artist/Cribs-The.aspx
Franz Ferdinand ready to start third album
[source: NME.com] Franz Ferdinand are preparing to make an album with a "whole new sound", according to frontman Alex Kapranos.
Speaking from the New York studio where he's currently producing The Cribs' forthcoming third album, the Franz frontman revealed he will head back to the UK next week to start writing his own band's new LP.
And despite having written seven or eight songs on their last tour, Kapranos is keen to find a new sound for the follow-up to 2005's You Could Have It So Much Better.
"I don't really want to rely on the songs we were writing when we were on tour," Kapranos said. "I'd rather see what the character of the new songs is that we're going be writing. I'd like the next album to be quite new, quite different from everything we've done before."
He said the band are keen to create an atmosphere that will facilitate the writing process and allow the band time to develop songs.
"Nick [McCarthy, guitarist] has been setting up a room in Glasgow," Kapranos said. "I guess we're going to make that our home and write a bunch of songs. I'm quite keen to leave it open and see where we go with it. I don't want to approach it with some kind of preconceived idea of what it should be. I want to spend as long as we can coming up with a new sound."
He also revealed the band may produce the album themselves.
"We've been talking about different ideas [for production], one of which is producing it ourselves. But we'll have to wait and see. I think it depends on how the songs come out, what kind of songs they are. We're going to do a little bit of recording and then decide."
http://bigpondmusic.com/Artist/Franz-Ferdinand.aspx
Fall Out Boy team with Timbaland
[source: NME.com] Fall Out Boy have teamed with Timbaland for an as-yet-untitled track on his forthcoming solo album.
Shock Value will feature a number of guest musicians and be released on Monday March 26. It will be preceded by "Give It To Me", a single featuring Justin Timberlake and Nelly Furtado.
The producer, who's also worked with Missy Elliott and Aaliyah in the past, said the album was "sequenced like a movie".
Collaborator Nate "Danja" Hills said: "He has so many different sounds – from hip-hop to pop and rock – and he pulls every single one of them off perfectly."
Other guests on the album include Jay-Z, MIA, Elton John, She Wants Revenge and The Hives.
http://bigpondmusic.com/Artist/Fall-Out-Boy.aspx
Avril Lavigne to release new album in spring
[source: NME.com] Avril Lavigne will release The Best Damn Thing on Monday April 16.
The album will be preceded by the "Girlfriend" single, while other tracks slated to appear on the follow-up to 2004's Under My Skin include "I Can Do Better", "When You're Gone", "Everything Back But You" and a new version of "The Best Damn Thing", which appeared on the soundtrack to Eragon.
http://bigpondmusic.com/Artist/Avril-Lavigne.aspx
Amp Award shortlist revealed
Competition for the prestigious 2006 Amp Award just got hotter, with the final eight short-listed albums revealed during a press conference on Tuesday.
With the winning artist taking home AU$25,000 and a gong for Australian Album Of The Year, The Amp Award, in just its second year, has become one of the most influential prizes in the country.
2005's winners, Melbourne four-piece The Drones, have been nominated again for their excellent Gala Mill LP.
This year's winner will be announced during a ceremony in Sydney on Wednesday March 7.
The nominees:
Augie March – Moo, You Bloody Choir
Sarah Blasko – What The Sea Wants, The Sea Will Have
The Drones – Gala Mill
Bob Evans – Suburban Songbook
Lisa Gerrard – The Silver Tree
Gotye – Like Drawing Blood
The Grates – Gravity Won't Get You High
Howling Bells – Howling Bells
Jackie Marshall – Fight n' Flight
http://bigpondmusic.com/Artist/Augie-March.aspx
http://bigpondmusic.com/Artist/Bob-Evans.aspx
http://bigpondmusic.com/Artist/Sarah-Blasko.aspx
http://bigpondmusic.com/Artist/Drones-The.aspx
http://bigpondmusic.com/Artist/Howling-Bells.aspx
http://bigpondmusic.com/Artist/Grates-The.aspx
The Avalanches unveil new LP plans
The Avalanches' debut album won applause from critics around the globe. Now, six years later, the Melbourne collective are finally back in the studio working on its successor.
A post on the group's website revealed they're hard at work on a follow-up to Since I Left You, which should drop in late 2007.
"Happy New Year, y'all," an un-named band member wrote on the site. "We've made a heap of mixes and stuff available while we finish the record. They won't give you a hint of the new album's magical sound unfortunately, but they will keep you pilgrims well nourished until the next harvest.
"It's a really thrilling time for us right now as this record comes together. It's so f***in' party you will die, much more hip-hop than you might expect. And while there's still no accurate estimated time of arrival, we're sure you're gonna love it."
With more than 40 songs in progress, The Avalanches have also posted a couple of new tracks on their site, including a Wham!/Digitalism mash-up and their own take of Carl Craig's remix of "A Different Feeling".
"So, [the new album] is real, it exists, and you know we wouldn't be serving anything up unless it was gonna give you that same special feeling Since I Left You has. One day, when you least expect it, you'll wake up and the sample fairy will have left it under your pillow."
http://bigpondmusic.com/Artist/Avalanches-The.aspx
Madonna escapes blasphemy charges
Pop queen Madonna has escaped prosecution in The Netherlands after angry religious groups claimed she blasphemed during an Amsterdam concert in September 2006.
Religious fanatics and the local Protestant SGP party demanded the controversial singer be charged after Madonna knelt in front of a crucifix and wore a crown of thorns. But authorities disagreed.
"The prosecutor's office believes that through her show, the singer tried to express her frustrations about certain situations in the world. It is not a question of contempt for God," a spokesperson for Amsterdam's prosecutor's office declared. "Furthermore, Madonna did not discredit Christians as a group."
http://bigpondmusic.com/Artist/Madonna.aspx
Billy Joel stages comeback LP
More than 13 years after his last album, piano man Billy Joel is ready to re-enter the charts.
The 57-year-old Joel will release "All My Life" on Wednesday February 7 through Columbia Records (distributed by SonyBMG in Australia). The last official album from the New York entertainer was 1993's River Of Dreams, recorded when he was married to model Christie Brinkley.
Of course, you'd never know he'd stopped writing, as Joel is constantly on the road. His most recent visit to Australia was in late 2006, where he played a greatest hits set, which included tracks like "Uptown Girl" and "We Didn't Start The Fire".
While Joel's keeping quiet about the new LP's finer details, he's set to begin another US tour following a performance during the Super Bowl in Miami on Sunday February 4.
http://bigpondmusic.com/Artist/Billy-Joel.aspx
Bob Marley's sons celebrate their father's life
Four sons of late reggae master Bob Marley – Stephen, Ky-Mani, Damian and Julian – will stage a special concert on Saturday February 10 to honour their father.
Smile Jamaica will take place at Nine Miles in St Ann parish, where Marley was born. It shares the same name as a 1976 gig headlined by the departed Rastafarian, which was staged by Jamaica's former socialist government in order to promote political harmony. Next month's show falls in Bob Marley Week, which celebrates the singer's February 6, 1945, birth.
According to family spokesman Jerome Hamilton, Ziggy – the most famous offspring – will not attend due to other commitments.
"They are trying to push a message of peace, although it won't be as hardcore as when Bob did it," Hamilton revealed of the concert. The singer's ex-wife, Rita, and her daughters are expected to attend.
Marley died of cancer in 1981, aged 36.
http://bigpondmusic.com/Artist/Bob-Marley.aspx
[source: NME.com] Sonic Youth guitarist Lee Ranaldo will appear on The Cribs' third album, which is currently being mixed in New York.
Cribs bassist Gary Jarman told NME.COM Ranaldo has been a long-time hero of the band, particularly for his spoken word skills.
"I had a book of his poetry that I really liked," Jarman revealed. "When The Cribs first started we wanted to be a spoken word band, but none of us could get our heads around it."
Jarman admitted the band were apprehensive about meeting the indie veteran.
"He's the king of the spoken word. We didn't really know what to expect but he was a really friendly, nice guy.
"We just had one day in a studio in New York and we all played live together in the studio, which was really fun. He did five different full-length things and we all went through it together, choosing our favourite parts. He knew what he was doing and the way he works is really impressive."
The Cribs will finish mixing the album this week and return to Wakefield for mastering. As previously reported, Franz Ferdinand frontman Alex Kapranos is producing the follow-up to 2005's The New Fellas.
http://bigpondmusic.com/Artist/Sonic-Youth.aspx
http://bigpondmusic.com/Artist/Cribs-The.aspx
Franz Ferdinand ready to start third album
[source: NME.com] Franz Ferdinand are preparing to make an album with a "whole new sound", according to frontman Alex Kapranos.
Speaking from the New York studio where he's currently producing The Cribs' forthcoming third album, the Franz frontman revealed he will head back to the UK next week to start writing his own band's new LP.
And despite having written seven or eight songs on their last tour, Kapranos is keen to find a new sound for the follow-up to 2005's You Could Have It So Much Better.
"I don't really want to rely on the songs we were writing when we were on tour," Kapranos said. "I'd rather see what the character of the new songs is that we're going be writing. I'd like the next album to be quite new, quite different from everything we've done before."
He said the band are keen to create an atmosphere that will facilitate the writing process and allow the band time to develop songs.
"Nick [McCarthy, guitarist] has been setting up a room in Glasgow," Kapranos said. "I guess we're going to make that our home and write a bunch of songs. I'm quite keen to leave it open and see where we go with it. I don't want to approach it with some kind of preconceived idea of what it should be. I want to spend as long as we can coming up with a new sound."
He also revealed the band may produce the album themselves.
"We've been talking about different ideas [for production], one of which is producing it ourselves. But we'll have to wait and see. I think it depends on how the songs come out, what kind of songs they are. We're going to do a little bit of recording and then decide."
http://bigpondmusic.com/Artist/Franz-Ferdinand.aspx
Fall Out Boy team with Timbaland
[source: NME.com] Fall Out Boy have teamed with Timbaland for an as-yet-untitled track on his forthcoming solo album.
Shock Value will feature a number of guest musicians and be released on Monday March 26. It will be preceded by "Give It To Me", a single featuring Justin Timberlake and Nelly Furtado.
The producer, who's also worked with Missy Elliott and Aaliyah in the past, said the album was "sequenced like a movie".
Collaborator Nate "Danja" Hills said: "He has so many different sounds – from hip-hop to pop and rock – and he pulls every single one of them off perfectly."
Other guests on the album include Jay-Z, MIA, Elton John, She Wants Revenge and The Hives.
http://bigpondmusic.com/Artist/Fall-Out-Boy.aspx
Avril Lavigne to release new album in spring
[source: NME.com] Avril Lavigne will release The Best Damn Thing on Monday April 16.
The album will be preceded by the "Girlfriend" single, while other tracks slated to appear on the follow-up to 2004's Under My Skin include "I Can Do Better", "When You're Gone", "Everything Back But You" and a new version of "The Best Damn Thing", which appeared on the soundtrack to Eragon.
http://bigpondmusic.com/Artist/Avril-Lavigne.aspx
Amp Award shortlist revealed
Competition for the prestigious 2006 Amp Award just got hotter, with the final eight short-listed albums revealed during a press conference on Tuesday.
With the winning artist taking home AU$25,000 and a gong for Australian Album Of The Year, The Amp Award, in just its second year, has become one of the most influential prizes in the country.
2005's winners, Melbourne four-piece The Drones, have been nominated again for their excellent Gala Mill LP.
This year's winner will be announced during a ceremony in Sydney on Wednesday March 7.
The nominees:
Augie March – Moo, You Bloody Choir
Sarah Blasko – What The Sea Wants, The Sea Will Have
The Drones – Gala Mill
Bob Evans – Suburban Songbook
Lisa Gerrard – The Silver Tree
Gotye – Like Drawing Blood
The Grates – Gravity Won't Get You High
Howling Bells – Howling Bells
Jackie Marshall – Fight n' Flight
http://bigpondmusic.com/Artist/Augie-March.aspx
http://bigpondmusic.com/Artist/Bob-Evans.aspx
http://bigpondmusic.com/Artist/Sarah-Blasko.aspx
http://bigpondmusic.com/Artist/Drones-The.aspx
http://bigpondmusic.com/Artist/Howling-Bells.aspx
http://bigpondmusic.com/Artist/Grates-The.aspx
The Avalanches unveil new LP plans
The Avalanches' debut album won applause from critics around the globe. Now, six years later, the Melbourne collective are finally back in the studio working on its successor.
A post on the group's website revealed they're hard at work on a follow-up to Since I Left You, which should drop in late 2007.
"Happy New Year, y'all," an un-named band member wrote on the site. "We've made a heap of mixes and stuff available while we finish the record. They won't give you a hint of the new album's magical sound unfortunately, but they will keep you pilgrims well nourished until the next harvest.
"It's a really thrilling time for us right now as this record comes together. It's so f***in' party you will die, much more hip-hop than you might expect. And while there's still no accurate estimated time of arrival, we're sure you're gonna love it."
With more than 40 songs in progress, The Avalanches have also posted a couple of new tracks on their site, including a Wham!/Digitalism mash-up and their own take of Carl Craig's remix of "A Different Feeling".
"So, [the new album] is real, it exists, and you know we wouldn't be serving anything up unless it was gonna give you that same special feeling Since I Left You has. One day, when you least expect it, you'll wake up and the sample fairy will have left it under your pillow."
http://bigpondmusic.com/Artist/Avalanches-The.aspx
Madonna escapes blasphemy charges
Pop queen Madonna has escaped prosecution in The Netherlands after angry religious groups claimed she blasphemed during an Amsterdam concert in September 2006.
Religious fanatics and the local Protestant SGP party demanded the controversial singer be charged after Madonna knelt in front of a crucifix and wore a crown of thorns. But authorities disagreed.
"The prosecutor's office believes that through her show, the singer tried to express her frustrations about certain situations in the world. It is not a question of contempt for God," a spokesperson for Amsterdam's prosecutor's office declared. "Furthermore, Madonna did not discredit Christians as a group."
http://bigpondmusic.com/Artist/Madonna.aspx
Billy Joel stages comeback LP
More than 13 years after his last album, piano man Billy Joel is ready to re-enter the charts.
The 57-year-old Joel will release "All My Life" on Wednesday February 7 through Columbia Records (distributed by SonyBMG in Australia). The last official album from the New York entertainer was 1993's River Of Dreams, recorded when he was married to model Christie Brinkley.
Of course, you'd never know he'd stopped writing, as Joel is constantly on the road. His most recent visit to Australia was in late 2006, where he played a greatest hits set, which included tracks like "Uptown Girl" and "We Didn't Start The Fire".
While Joel's keeping quiet about the new LP's finer details, he's set to begin another US tour following a performance during the Super Bowl in Miami on Sunday February 4.
http://bigpondmusic.com/Artist/Billy-Joel.aspx
Bob Marley's sons celebrate their father's life
Four sons of late reggae master Bob Marley – Stephen, Ky-Mani, Damian and Julian – will stage a special concert on Saturday February 10 to honour their father.
Smile Jamaica will take place at Nine Miles in St Ann parish, where Marley was born. It shares the same name as a 1976 gig headlined by the departed Rastafarian, which was staged by Jamaica's former socialist government in order to promote political harmony. Next month's show falls in Bob Marley Week, which celebrates the singer's February 6, 1945, birth.
According to family spokesman Jerome Hamilton, Ziggy – the most famous offspring – will not attend due to other commitments.
"They are trying to push a message of peace, although it won't be as hardcore as when Bob did it," Hamilton revealed of the concert. The singer's ex-wife, Rita, and her daughters are expected to attend.
Marley died of cancer in 1981, aged 36.
http://bigpondmusic.com/Artist/Bob-Marley.aspx
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