Mar 19
The Walkmen frontman arrested at SXSW
[source: NME.com] The lead singer of The Walkmen was arrested at South by Southwest on Thursday March 15.
Hamilton Leithauser was taken into custody and kept in the Travis County Jail following an incident at the Crown Plaza Austin Hotel.
"I got arrested and spent 12 hours in a jail cell," Leithauser told NME.COM. "It was a real treat!"
Although a little fuzzy on the details, Leithauser insisted it was a "misunderstanding" on the hotel's part, but admitted he had been drinking before the incident occurred.
Leithauser was released the following day, just in time to play several gigs with his band at SXSW.
http://bigpondmusic.com/Artist/Walkmen-The.aspx
Kid Rock escapes assault charge
[source: NME.com] Kid Rock will not face charges after being accused of assaulting a woman outside his home.
Prosecutors said there was not enough evidence to charge the singer.
"The reports are fraught with differing eyewitness accounts and without substantiating injuries there exists insufficient evidence to support a charge," Oakland County Prosecutor David Gorcyca said in a statement.
Kid Rock's lawyer, Michael Novak, said the singer now planned to sue the woman for filing a false police report.
"These allegations were taken very seriously by Kid Rock and he's not going to walk away," Novak said.
http://bigpondmusic.com/Artist/Kid-Rock-Sian-Jones.aspx
Lily Allen bored with her music
[source: NME.com] Lily Allen has admitted she's sick of singing songs from her debut album.
The singer, who is currently touring the US, said she is in two minds over whether to stay in the States or head home and write a second album.
"Life is weird at the moment," she wrote on her MySpace blog. "Is it really important to break America? If it is, I have to write my life off for the next nine months, playing the same gig, answering the same questions to different journalists and such. It's either that or I could go home, sit on my boyfriend's sofa for a bit, then write a new album. What d'you reckon?
"As much as I love driving across America and doing the same thing every night, I'm bored slightly. It's the songs. Since January I've toured Japan, New Zealand and Australia, I've done a European tour, gone to Paris Fashion Week, done a UK tour and now I'm on a US tour that goes on until May. I don't know what to do."
Alright, Still recently entered the top 20 of the Billboard chart.
http://bigpondmusic.com/Artist/Lily-Allen.aspx
Starsailor begin work on new album
[source: NME.com] Starsailor have started recording demos for the follow-up to 2005's On The Outside.
Posting on their MySpace blog, frontman James Walsh said the band recently completed another three songs.
"The one everyone is raving about is called 'Lights Out' or 'Tell Me It's Not Over' (we haven't decided yet)," he revealed.
"It's got a massive drum beat reminiscent of Doves and U2. Another couple of these and we will have a truly great album."
http://bigpondmusic.com/Artist/Starsailor.aspx
Nirvana drummer announces new band
[source: NME.com] Former Nirvana drummer Chad Channing has announced details of his new band, Before Cars.
Channing, who drummed on Nirvana's 1989 debut Bleach, takes lead vocals and plays rhythm guitar with the band.
The outfit's first single, "Old Chair", is available through Flotation Records and is limited to 500 copies.
"I am planning on recording more songs this spring with Jack Endino [who produced Bleach] and then we'll be able to put together a full CD to release," Channing said.
"[We're] just going to take things one day at a time and see what happens. I love making this music and I'm really happy people love hearing it. It's the music I've always wanted to play."
http://bigpondmusic.com/Artist/Nirvana.aspx
Miles Davies biopic in the works
[source: NME.com] Don Cheadle is set to star in and direct a film charting the life of jazz legend Miles Davies.
Cheadle starred in Crash and Oceans 11, and was Oscar-nominated for Best Actor in 2005 for his role in Hotel Rwanda.
The film will be written by Stephen J Rivele and Chris Wilkinson, who wrote the 1995 biopic Nixon.
Variety magazine claims Cheadle has secured the music rights to the jazz legend's catalogue.
http://bigpondmusic.com/Artist/Miles-Davis.aspx
The Polyphonic Spree reveal all about new album
[source: NME.com] More than a year after revealing the title of their third album, Texan pop collective The Polyphonic Spree have confirmed a tracklisting, a new label and an approximate release date for The Fragile Army.
Tim DeLaughter and his compatriots will return in June, decked out in black combat wear, with the follow-up to 2004's Together We're Heavy, which was recorded in several locations across the US, including Steve Albini's Electrical Audio studios in Chicago.
"We have entered a new phase in our musical contribution," the band said in a statement.
"This recording was extremely challenging for us. When we listen back it feels like a diary more than anything else. It's painful and beautiful all at once, kinda like life."
The Fragile Army tracklisting:
Section 21 ["Together We're Heavy']
Section 22 ["Running Away"]
Section 23 ["Get Up And Go"]
Section 24 ["The Fragile Army"]
Section 25 ["Younger Yesterday"]
Section 26 ["We Crawl"]
Section 27 ["Oh I Feel Fine"]
Section 28 ["Guaranteed Nightlite"]
Section 29 ["Light To Follow"]
Section 30 ["Watch Us Explode (Justify)"]
Section 31 ["Overblow Your Nest"]
Section 32 ["The Championship"]
http://bigpondmusic.com/Artist/Polyphonic-Spree-The.aspx
Heather Mills: "I will always love Paul"
Heather Millls says she's been vilified by the media and received death threats from the public since her marriage to former Beatle Paul McCartney broke down in May 2006.
"There is a huge agenda behind trying to destroy me and put me down," the 39-year-old animal rights campaigner told the BBC.
"I'm not a publicity seeker… I haven't gone around promoting things to finance my own pockets. But there are huge powers that create these things for reasons of their own."
Mills also admitted she would always love Paul.
"He was the father of my child and I'll always have strong feelings for him," she said.
Meanwhile, police in the village of Hove confirmed they have been dealing with a "disproportionate" number of phone calls from Mills.
"We are duty-bound to respond, but clearly people who make lots of calls to the police run the risk of being treated as the little boy who cried wolf," Chief Superintendent Kevin Moore said. He revealed Mills had made four emergency calls in a 24-hour period.
http://bigpondmusic.com/Artist/Paul-Mccartney.aspx
U2 head to the big screen
Irish supergroup U2 are heading back to the big screen to star in a new 3D movie.
The 90-minute film will be drawn from footage shot at several concerts in South America late last year and is expected to screen in special cinemas around the world, including the IMAX in Darling Harbour, Sydney.
Distributors attending the yearly ShoWest convention in Las Vegas last week were treated to footage of a performance of the band's hit "Sunday Bloody Sunday", with producers claiming it's the first film shot, edited and exhibited entirely in 3D.
U2's last foray into the world of cinema was their 1988 documentary, Rattle And Hum.
http://bigpondmusic.com/Artist/U2.aspx
Kylie Minogue heads home
Kylie Minogue has surprised Australian media by making a secret trip home to visit her family in Melbourne.
Newly single following her recent split with French actor Oliver Martinez, Minogue flew in to Melbourne late last week, landing in the early morning to avoid paparazzi.
The singer was touted to appear at the Australian Grand Prix yesterday, but her spokesman is keeping quiet on the reasons for the visit. Minogue was last in the county for the final dates of her Showgirl Homecoming tour, back in December.
http://bigpondmusic.com/Artist/Kylie-Minogue.aspx
Belt Up, Madge…
Madonna has followed in the footsteps of Britney Spears after being caught driving a car without first restraining her child.
The pop star recently relocated to Los Angeles from London with her husband, director Guy Ritchie, and her three children – daughter Lourdes, son Rocco, and newly adopted son David. Photographers snapped Madonna driving while carrying 17-month-old David on her lap.
The singer escaped a fine, however, as LA police cannot charge a driver unless they're present at the scene and witness the crime themselves.
http://bigpondmusic.com/Artist/Madonna.aspx
Elton John banned from the Caribbean?
Local church leaders in Tobago are attempting to block Sir Elton John's visit to the island on the grounds he's gay.
John is due to headline the Plymouth Jazz Festival but the Archdeacon of Trinidad & Tobago, Philip Isaac, claimed the singer's lifestyle fails to meet guidelines outlined in the Bible and his visit could tempt locals into exploring homosexuality for themselves.
While nobody has yet been stopped from entering the country because of their sexuality, it is possible for officials to bar homosexuals from gaining entry if they choose to.
"The artist is one of God's children and while his lifestyle is questionable he needs to be ministered unto," Issac said. "His visit to the island can open the country to be tempted towards pursuing his lifestyle."
http://bigpondmusic.com/Artist/Elton-John.aspx
Joss Stone in studio shocker
Nineteen-year-old British singer Joss Stone has been accused of sleeping her way to the top by renowned music producer Dallas Austin.
Austin, who's worked with the likes of Pink, Madonna and Michael Jackson, said Stone slept with her collaborators in order to gain special treatment when making her latest LP, Introducing Joss Stone.
"You go in the studio and girls like Joss are just trying to get as much attention as they can from the producer," Austin told rowdy.tv.
"The girls in studios and producers are known to have relationships. [Producer] Novel rang me every five minutes, saying she was the most wonderful girl in the world. I said, 'Don't fall for that sh*t!'. If you want to do that kind of sh*t then keep it in its place."
http://bigpondmusic.com/Artist/Joss-Stone.aspx
[source: NME.com] The lead singer of The Walkmen was arrested at South by Southwest on Thursday March 15.
Hamilton Leithauser was taken into custody and kept in the Travis County Jail following an incident at the Crown Plaza Austin Hotel.
"I got arrested and spent 12 hours in a jail cell," Leithauser told NME.COM. "It was a real treat!"
Although a little fuzzy on the details, Leithauser insisted it was a "misunderstanding" on the hotel's part, but admitted he had been drinking before the incident occurred.
Leithauser was released the following day, just in time to play several gigs with his band at SXSW.
http://bigpondmusic.com/Artist/Walkmen-The.aspx
Kid Rock escapes assault charge
[source: NME.com] Kid Rock will not face charges after being accused of assaulting a woman outside his home.
Prosecutors said there was not enough evidence to charge the singer.
"The reports are fraught with differing eyewitness accounts and without substantiating injuries there exists insufficient evidence to support a charge," Oakland County Prosecutor David Gorcyca said in a statement.
Kid Rock's lawyer, Michael Novak, said the singer now planned to sue the woman for filing a false police report.
"These allegations were taken very seriously by Kid Rock and he's not going to walk away," Novak said.
http://bigpondmusic.com/Artist/Kid-Rock-Sian-Jones.aspx
Lily Allen bored with her music
[source: NME.com] Lily Allen has admitted she's sick of singing songs from her debut album.
The singer, who is currently touring the US, said she is in two minds over whether to stay in the States or head home and write a second album.
"Life is weird at the moment," she wrote on her MySpace blog. "Is it really important to break America? If it is, I have to write my life off for the next nine months, playing the same gig, answering the same questions to different journalists and such. It's either that or I could go home, sit on my boyfriend's sofa for a bit, then write a new album. What d'you reckon?
"As much as I love driving across America and doing the same thing every night, I'm bored slightly. It's the songs. Since January I've toured Japan, New Zealand and Australia, I've done a European tour, gone to Paris Fashion Week, done a UK tour and now I'm on a US tour that goes on until May. I don't know what to do."
Alright, Still recently entered the top 20 of the Billboard chart.
http://bigpondmusic.com/Artist/Lily-Allen.aspx
Starsailor begin work on new album
[source: NME.com] Starsailor have started recording demos for the follow-up to 2005's On The Outside.
Posting on their MySpace blog, frontman James Walsh said the band recently completed another three songs.
"The one everyone is raving about is called 'Lights Out' or 'Tell Me It's Not Over' (we haven't decided yet)," he revealed.
"It's got a massive drum beat reminiscent of Doves and U2. Another couple of these and we will have a truly great album."
http://bigpondmusic.com/Artist/Starsailor.aspx
Nirvana drummer announces new band
[source: NME.com] Former Nirvana drummer Chad Channing has announced details of his new band, Before Cars.
Channing, who drummed on Nirvana's 1989 debut Bleach, takes lead vocals and plays rhythm guitar with the band.
The outfit's first single, "Old Chair", is available through Flotation Records and is limited to 500 copies.
"I am planning on recording more songs this spring with Jack Endino [who produced Bleach] and then we'll be able to put together a full CD to release," Channing said.
"[We're] just going to take things one day at a time and see what happens. I love making this music and I'm really happy people love hearing it. It's the music I've always wanted to play."
http://bigpondmusic.com/Artist/Nirvana.aspx
Miles Davies biopic in the works
[source: NME.com] Don Cheadle is set to star in and direct a film charting the life of jazz legend Miles Davies.
Cheadle starred in Crash and Oceans 11, and was Oscar-nominated for Best Actor in 2005 for his role in Hotel Rwanda.
The film will be written by Stephen J Rivele and Chris Wilkinson, who wrote the 1995 biopic Nixon.
Variety magazine claims Cheadle has secured the music rights to the jazz legend's catalogue.
http://bigpondmusic.com/Artist/Miles-Davis.aspx
The Polyphonic Spree reveal all about new album
[source: NME.com] More than a year after revealing the title of their third album, Texan pop collective The Polyphonic Spree have confirmed a tracklisting, a new label and an approximate release date for The Fragile Army.
Tim DeLaughter and his compatriots will return in June, decked out in black combat wear, with the follow-up to 2004's Together We're Heavy, which was recorded in several locations across the US, including Steve Albini's Electrical Audio studios in Chicago.
"We have entered a new phase in our musical contribution," the band said in a statement.
"This recording was extremely challenging for us. When we listen back it feels like a diary more than anything else. It's painful and beautiful all at once, kinda like life."
The Fragile Army tracklisting:
Section 21 ["Together We're Heavy']
Section 22 ["Running Away"]
Section 23 ["Get Up And Go"]
Section 24 ["The Fragile Army"]
Section 25 ["Younger Yesterday"]
Section 26 ["We Crawl"]
Section 27 ["Oh I Feel Fine"]
Section 28 ["Guaranteed Nightlite"]
Section 29 ["Light To Follow"]
Section 30 ["Watch Us Explode (Justify)"]
Section 31 ["Overblow Your Nest"]
Section 32 ["The Championship"]
http://bigpondmusic.com/Artist/Polyphonic-Spree-The.aspx
Heather Mills: "I will always love Paul"
Heather Millls says she's been vilified by the media and received death threats from the public since her marriage to former Beatle Paul McCartney broke down in May 2006.
"There is a huge agenda behind trying to destroy me and put me down," the 39-year-old animal rights campaigner told the BBC.
"I'm not a publicity seeker… I haven't gone around promoting things to finance my own pockets. But there are huge powers that create these things for reasons of their own."
Mills also admitted she would always love Paul.
"He was the father of my child and I'll always have strong feelings for him," she said.
Meanwhile, police in the village of Hove confirmed they have been dealing with a "disproportionate" number of phone calls from Mills.
"We are duty-bound to respond, but clearly people who make lots of calls to the police run the risk of being treated as the little boy who cried wolf," Chief Superintendent Kevin Moore said. He revealed Mills had made four emergency calls in a 24-hour period.
http://bigpondmusic.com/Artist/Paul-Mccartney.aspx
U2 head to the big screen
Irish supergroup U2 are heading back to the big screen to star in a new 3D movie.
The 90-minute film will be drawn from footage shot at several concerts in South America late last year and is expected to screen in special cinemas around the world, including the IMAX in Darling Harbour, Sydney.
Distributors attending the yearly ShoWest convention in Las Vegas last week were treated to footage of a performance of the band's hit "Sunday Bloody Sunday", with producers claiming it's the first film shot, edited and exhibited entirely in 3D.
U2's last foray into the world of cinema was their 1988 documentary, Rattle And Hum.
http://bigpondmusic.com/Artist/U2.aspx
Kylie Minogue heads home
Kylie Minogue has surprised Australian media by making a secret trip home to visit her family in Melbourne.
Newly single following her recent split with French actor Oliver Martinez, Minogue flew in to Melbourne late last week, landing in the early morning to avoid paparazzi.
The singer was touted to appear at the Australian Grand Prix yesterday, but her spokesman is keeping quiet on the reasons for the visit. Minogue was last in the county for the final dates of her Showgirl Homecoming tour, back in December.
http://bigpondmusic.com/Artist/Kylie-Minogue.aspx
Belt Up, Madge…
Madonna has followed in the footsteps of Britney Spears after being caught driving a car without first restraining her child.
The pop star recently relocated to Los Angeles from London with her husband, director Guy Ritchie, and her three children – daughter Lourdes, son Rocco, and newly adopted son David. Photographers snapped Madonna driving while carrying 17-month-old David on her lap.
The singer escaped a fine, however, as LA police cannot charge a driver unless they're present at the scene and witness the crime themselves.
http://bigpondmusic.com/Artist/Madonna.aspx
Elton John banned from the Caribbean?
Local church leaders in Tobago are attempting to block Sir Elton John's visit to the island on the grounds he's gay.
John is due to headline the Plymouth Jazz Festival but the Archdeacon of Trinidad & Tobago, Philip Isaac, claimed the singer's lifestyle fails to meet guidelines outlined in the Bible and his visit could tempt locals into exploring homosexuality for themselves.
While nobody has yet been stopped from entering the country because of their sexuality, it is possible for officials to bar homosexuals from gaining entry if they choose to.
"The artist is one of God's children and while his lifestyle is questionable he needs to be ministered unto," Issac said. "His visit to the island can open the country to be tempted towards pursuing his lifestyle."
http://bigpondmusic.com/Artist/Elton-John.aspx
Joss Stone in studio shocker
Nineteen-year-old British singer Joss Stone has been accused of sleeping her way to the top by renowned music producer Dallas Austin.
Austin, who's worked with the likes of Pink, Madonna and Michael Jackson, said Stone slept with her collaborators in order to gain special treatment when making her latest LP, Introducing Joss Stone.
"You go in the studio and girls like Joss are just trying to get as much attention as they can from the producer," Austin told rowdy.tv.
"The girls in studios and producers are known to have relationships. [Producer] Novel rang me every five minutes, saying she was the most wonderful girl in the world. I said, 'Don't fall for that sh*t!'. If you want to do that kind of sh*t then keep it in its place."
http://bigpondmusic.com/Artist/Joss-Stone.aspx
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