May 3
They Might Be Giants reveal new album details
[source: NME.com] They Might Be Giants have revealed details of the follow-up to 2005's Here Come The ABCs.
Guitarist John Flansburgh said The Else was recorded on both coasts of the US in collaboration with The Dust Brothers.
"They're electronic musicians unto themselves and when you work with them you see how directly involved they are in the creation of their tracks. We really didn't know how they worked when we started. But we ended up collaborating with them on a lot of different levels.
"Sometimes we gave them beats and they created the songs around the beats. Then there were songs that were almost entire tracks that we manipulated. And then there were tracks that we gave to them to tweak and dust up in the way that they do."
The Else tracklisting:
"I'm Impressed"
"Take Out The Trash"
"Upside Down Frown"
"Climbing The Walls"
"Careful What You Pack"
"The Cap'm"
"With The Dark"
"The Shadow Government"
"Bee Of The Bird Of The Moth"
"Withered Hope"
"Contrecoup"
"Feign Amnesia"
"The Mesopotamians"
http://bigpondmusic.com/Artist/They-Might-Be-Giants.aspx
Iggy Pop defends penis song
[source: NME.com] Rock legend Iggy Pop insists writing about his penis is perfectly natural, because he wants to sing about "things of importance".
The 60-year-old Stooges frontman and punk icon has been lambasted by critics, including his former NME writer pal Nick Kent, for writing songs about his appendage on latest album The Weirdness.
Opening track "Trollin" features the lyrics: "My d**k is turning into a tree".
But Pop is adamant his penis has a place in his music.
"You write about things of importance to you," he told Rolling Stone magazine. "And it's gotta be for real. Do I think about my d**k? All the time. I've got a right to sing about it.
"If I thought, 'It's time to write a rock song, I'd better mention my d**k', then I wouldn't even be able to say 'd**k'. But it's nature-oriented."
http://bigpondmusic.com/Artist/Iggy-Pop.aspx
50 Cent criticised by religious group
[source: NME.com] 50 Cent has been criticised by a Christian group who want the rapper to stop wearing crosses.
The Resistance are a nationwide Christian organisation that specifically look at the way Christianity is portrayed in the media.
"50 Cent is not Christian and if you listen to his lyrics it becomes clear that he is more of a Satanist than anything," group founder Mark Dice said.
"He is defaming the cross and committing blasphemy by wearing it while he raps about killing people for no reason… I think a diamond-studded platinum satanic pentagram would be a little more fitting."
Meanwhile, 50 Cent's manager, Chris Lighty, has labelled the request absurd.
"They should look up our charitable deeds before casting a stone," he said.
http://bigpondmusic.com/Artist/50-Cent.aspx
Britney Spears plays secret gig
[source: NME.com] Britney Spears performed a secret gig on Tuesday May 1.
Despite suggestions the gig at San Diego's House Of Blues club had been cancelled at the last minute, Spears did appear and opened with 1999 breakthrough single "… Baby One More Time".
Dressed in a pink top, white skirt and brown wig, Spears was flanked by a couple of backing dancers. She only spoke to the audience once, thanking everyone for coming.
The club appearance marked Britney's first live gig for three years, after a tumultuous 12 months that included a high-profile divorce, the infamous head-shaving incident and high-profile partying with celebrity friends.
In January, Spears wrote of her intentions to return "bigger and better than ever". The star is currently working on her fifth album.
http://bigpondmusic.com/Artist/Britney-Spears.aspx
Beastie Boys reveal new album tracklisting
Beastie Boys have revealed the tracklisting for new album The Mix Up.
Mike D previously told NME the follow-up to 2004's To The 5 Boroughs would be "radically different" and the sound would hark back to the style of 1992's Check Your Head and 1989's Paul's Boutique.
No release date has been announced, but Mike D said he expected it out in June.
The band are set to perform at the London leg of the Live Earth shows, which takes place at Wembley Stadium on Saturday July 7.
The Mix Up tracklisting:
"Be For My Name"
"14th St. Break"
"Suco De Tangerina"
"The Gala Event"
"Electric Worm"
"Freaky Hijiki"
"Off The Grid"
"The Rat Cage"
"The Melee"
"Dramastically Different"
"The Cousin Of Death"
"The Kangaroo Rat"
http://bigpondmusic.com/Artist/Beastie-Boys.aspx
New Powderfinger track attracts lawyers
With new album Dream Days At The Hotel Existence due for release on Saturday June 2, Brisbane five-piece Powderfinger have come under fire by for the lyrics of "Black Tears".
On the track, Bernard Fanning sings, "An island watch-house bed, a black man's lying dead", and former Palm Island police officer Chris Hurley believes it's about him.
Hurley is due to face trial in Townsville for the manslaughter and assault of 36-year-old Mulrunji Doomadgee, who he arrested in 2004. Doomadgee's subsequent death in custody sparked a riot.
Now Hurley is set to lodge a complaint to Queensland Attorney-General Kerry Shine about the song.
"The content and proposed timing of the song's release raises some serious concerns regarding Mr Hurley's trial," Hurley's lawyer, Glenn Cranny, said.
Powderfinger are seeking legal advice.
http://bigpondmusic.com/Artist/Powderfinger.aspx
Travis to split?
On the eve of their latest release, The Boy With No Name, Scottish indie rockers Travis revealed they came close to splitting after finding global success with hits such as "Why Does It Always Rain On Me?" and "Sing".
"When you start getting successful," singer Fran Healy said, "the business starts to seep in to any sort of cracks, which then expand and push everyone apart."
In many ways, Healy admits, the band were "saved" when drummer Neil Primrose suffered serious injuries in a car accident back in 2002.
"You start to see each other as workmates and not friends. It is bizarre but when Neil had his accident and broke his neck we were like, 'Oh no, it's Neil!' and not 'Oh God, our drummer!'. I think we suddenly became friends again."
http://bigpondmusic.com/Artist/Travis.aspx
Magic Dirt looking for tour buddies
Melbourne rockers Magic Dirt are on the hunt for Australia's hottest new bands.
In July, the Dirt will unleash mini-LP Beast and head out on the first leg of a national tour. The band hope a number of young up-and-coming acts will join them on the road.
"We are really looking for the more 'f***ed up and out-there' bands," bassist Dean Turner said. "We want the bands that usually can't get a show."
Bands from across the nation can send their music direct to Magic Dirt, who will listen to each entry and choose the winners. Successful entrants will land at least one support slot during the band's tour.
Entries can be sent to: Magic Dirt Band Comp, PO Box 297, Fairfield, VIC 3078.
http://bigpondmusic.com/Artist/Magic-Dirt.aspx
Sunk Loto call it a day
Gold Coast rockers Sunk Loto have split after more than a decade, citing "creative differences" on their MySpace page.
"Sunk Loto would like to thank their loyal fans, friends and family for sticking with them over the years and making it all worth while," a statement read.
"Founding members of Sunk Loto, vocalist Jason Brown and drummer Dane Brown, have formed a new band with ex-Full Scale/Sunk Loto bass player Robkaay and have already begun working on new material."
The band signed with Sony Music in 1999 when the members were just 16 and released two LPs during their career: Big Picture Lies and Between Birth And Death.
http://bigpondmusic.com/Artist/Sunk-Loto.aspx
Keane frontman "suicidal"
Keane frontman Tom Chaplain has revealed he was suicidal before he sought help last year.
Speaking to UK music magazine Q, Chaplain reckons infamous rehab centre The Priory – where the likes of Kate Moss and Pete Doherty go to clean up – is a joke.
"I was at the end of my tether in Japan," Chaplain recalled. "I was tired of my life and feeling pretty suicidal. I got off the plane and phoned my dad. I told him I'd left the band and I was falling apart. I checked myself in to The Priory."
Chaplain's decision to enter the facility was met by derision by fellow London outfit Kasabian, who branded him an attention seeker.
"That would have been a dirty and pointless publicity stunt," Chaplain countered.
"If you pitched me into a battle to see who could get more wasted with any of those guys [in Kasabian], I'd definitely come out the winner. Or loser, depending on which way you look at it. I had a good capacity for getting trashed. I was no lightweight."
http://bigpondmusic.com/Artist/Keane.aspx
US Army cancels Joan Baez gig
Famed US folk singer and anti-war activist Joan Baez says she doesn't know why a planned performance for injured soldiers in Washington DC was suddenly cancelled.
Invited by John Mellencamp last week to perform at the Walter Reed Army Medical Center with him, Baez says authorities cancelled the gig without explanation.
"I have always been an advocate for non-violence and I have stood as firmly against the Iraq war as I did the Vietnam War 40 years ago," 66-year-old Baez told the Washington Post.
"I realise now that I might have contributed to a better welcome home for those soldiers fresh from Vietnam. Maybe that's why I didn't hesitate to accept the invitation to sing for those returning from Iraq and Afghanistan. In the end, four days before the concert, I was not 'approved' to take part. Strange irony."
http://bigpondmusic.com/Artist/Joan-Baez.aspx
[source: NME.com] They Might Be Giants have revealed details of the follow-up to 2005's Here Come The ABCs.
Guitarist John Flansburgh said The Else was recorded on both coasts of the US in collaboration with The Dust Brothers.
"They're electronic musicians unto themselves and when you work with them you see how directly involved they are in the creation of their tracks. We really didn't know how they worked when we started. But we ended up collaborating with them on a lot of different levels.
"Sometimes we gave them beats and they created the songs around the beats. Then there were songs that were almost entire tracks that we manipulated. And then there were tracks that we gave to them to tweak and dust up in the way that they do."
The Else tracklisting:
"I'm Impressed"
"Take Out The Trash"
"Upside Down Frown"
"Climbing The Walls"
"Careful What You Pack"
"The Cap'm"
"With The Dark"
"The Shadow Government"
"Bee Of The Bird Of The Moth"
"Withered Hope"
"Contrecoup"
"Feign Amnesia"
"The Mesopotamians"
http://bigpondmusic.com/Artist/They-Might-Be-Giants.aspx
Iggy Pop defends penis song
[source: NME.com] Rock legend Iggy Pop insists writing about his penis is perfectly natural, because he wants to sing about "things of importance".
The 60-year-old Stooges frontman and punk icon has been lambasted by critics, including his former NME writer pal Nick Kent, for writing songs about his appendage on latest album The Weirdness.
Opening track "Trollin" features the lyrics: "My d**k is turning into a tree".
But Pop is adamant his penis has a place in his music.
"You write about things of importance to you," he told Rolling Stone magazine. "And it's gotta be for real. Do I think about my d**k? All the time. I've got a right to sing about it.
"If I thought, 'It's time to write a rock song, I'd better mention my d**k', then I wouldn't even be able to say 'd**k'. But it's nature-oriented."
http://bigpondmusic.com/Artist/Iggy-Pop.aspx
50 Cent criticised by religious group
[source: NME.com] 50 Cent has been criticised by a Christian group who want the rapper to stop wearing crosses.
The Resistance are a nationwide Christian organisation that specifically look at the way Christianity is portrayed in the media.
"50 Cent is not Christian and if you listen to his lyrics it becomes clear that he is more of a Satanist than anything," group founder Mark Dice said.
"He is defaming the cross and committing blasphemy by wearing it while he raps about killing people for no reason… I think a diamond-studded platinum satanic pentagram would be a little more fitting."
Meanwhile, 50 Cent's manager, Chris Lighty, has labelled the request absurd.
"They should look up our charitable deeds before casting a stone," he said.
http://bigpondmusic.com/Artist/50-Cent.aspx
Britney Spears plays secret gig
[source: NME.com] Britney Spears performed a secret gig on Tuesday May 1.
Despite suggestions the gig at San Diego's House Of Blues club had been cancelled at the last minute, Spears did appear and opened with 1999 breakthrough single "… Baby One More Time".
Dressed in a pink top, white skirt and brown wig, Spears was flanked by a couple of backing dancers. She only spoke to the audience once, thanking everyone for coming.
The club appearance marked Britney's first live gig for three years, after a tumultuous 12 months that included a high-profile divorce, the infamous head-shaving incident and high-profile partying with celebrity friends.
In January, Spears wrote of her intentions to return "bigger and better than ever". The star is currently working on her fifth album.
http://bigpondmusic.com/Artist/Britney-Spears.aspx
Beastie Boys reveal new album tracklisting
Beastie Boys have revealed the tracklisting for new album The Mix Up.
Mike D previously told NME the follow-up to 2004's To The 5 Boroughs would be "radically different" and the sound would hark back to the style of 1992's Check Your Head and 1989's Paul's Boutique.
No release date has been announced, but Mike D said he expected it out in June.
The band are set to perform at the London leg of the Live Earth shows, which takes place at Wembley Stadium on Saturday July 7.
The Mix Up tracklisting:
"Be For My Name"
"14th St. Break"
"Suco De Tangerina"
"The Gala Event"
"Electric Worm"
"Freaky Hijiki"
"Off The Grid"
"The Rat Cage"
"The Melee"
"Dramastically Different"
"The Cousin Of Death"
"The Kangaroo Rat"
http://bigpondmusic.com/Artist/Beastie-Boys.aspx
New Powderfinger track attracts lawyers
With new album Dream Days At The Hotel Existence due for release on Saturday June 2, Brisbane five-piece Powderfinger have come under fire by for the lyrics of "Black Tears".
On the track, Bernard Fanning sings, "An island watch-house bed, a black man's lying dead", and former Palm Island police officer Chris Hurley believes it's about him.
Hurley is due to face trial in Townsville for the manslaughter and assault of 36-year-old Mulrunji Doomadgee, who he arrested in 2004. Doomadgee's subsequent death in custody sparked a riot.
Now Hurley is set to lodge a complaint to Queensland Attorney-General Kerry Shine about the song.
"The content and proposed timing of the song's release raises some serious concerns regarding Mr Hurley's trial," Hurley's lawyer, Glenn Cranny, said.
Powderfinger are seeking legal advice.
http://bigpondmusic.com/Artist/Powderfinger.aspx
Travis to split?
On the eve of their latest release, The Boy With No Name, Scottish indie rockers Travis revealed they came close to splitting after finding global success with hits such as "Why Does It Always Rain On Me?" and "Sing".
"When you start getting successful," singer Fran Healy said, "the business starts to seep in to any sort of cracks, which then expand and push everyone apart."
In many ways, Healy admits, the band were "saved" when drummer Neil Primrose suffered serious injuries in a car accident back in 2002.
"You start to see each other as workmates and not friends. It is bizarre but when Neil had his accident and broke his neck we were like, 'Oh no, it's Neil!' and not 'Oh God, our drummer!'. I think we suddenly became friends again."
http://bigpondmusic.com/Artist/Travis.aspx
Magic Dirt looking for tour buddies
Melbourne rockers Magic Dirt are on the hunt for Australia's hottest new bands.
In July, the Dirt will unleash mini-LP Beast and head out on the first leg of a national tour. The band hope a number of young up-and-coming acts will join them on the road.
"We are really looking for the more 'f***ed up and out-there' bands," bassist Dean Turner said. "We want the bands that usually can't get a show."
Bands from across the nation can send their music direct to Magic Dirt, who will listen to each entry and choose the winners. Successful entrants will land at least one support slot during the band's tour.
Entries can be sent to: Magic Dirt Band Comp, PO Box 297, Fairfield, VIC 3078.
http://bigpondmusic.com/Artist/Magic-Dirt.aspx
Sunk Loto call it a day
Gold Coast rockers Sunk Loto have split after more than a decade, citing "creative differences" on their MySpace page.
"Sunk Loto would like to thank their loyal fans, friends and family for sticking with them over the years and making it all worth while," a statement read.
"Founding members of Sunk Loto, vocalist Jason Brown and drummer Dane Brown, have formed a new band with ex-Full Scale/Sunk Loto bass player Robkaay and have already begun working on new material."
The band signed with Sony Music in 1999 when the members were just 16 and released two LPs during their career: Big Picture Lies and Between Birth And Death.
http://bigpondmusic.com/Artist/Sunk-Loto.aspx
Keane frontman "suicidal"
Keane frontman Tom Chaplain has revealed he was suicidal before he sought help last year.
Speaking to UK music magazine Q, Chaplain reckons infamous rehab centre The Priory – where the likes of Kate Moss and Pete Doherty go to clean up – is a joke.
"I was at the end of my tether in Japan," Chaplain recalled. "I was tired of my life and feeling pretty suicidal. I got off the plane and phoned my dad. I told him I'd left the band and I was falling apart. I checked myself in to The Priory."
Chaplain's decision to enter the facility was met by derision by fellow London outfit Kasabian, who branded him an attention seeker.
"That would have been a dirty and pointless publicity stunt," Chaplain countered.
"If you pitched me into a battle to see who could get more wasted with any of those guys [in Kasabian], I'd definitely come out the winner. Or loser, depending on which way you look at it. I had a good capacity for getting trashed. I was no lightweight."
http://bigpondmusic.com/Artist/Keane.aspx
US Army cancels Joan Baez gig
Famed US folk singer and anti-war activist Joan Baez says she doesn't know why a planned performance for injured soldiers in Washington DC was suddenly cancelled.
Invited by John Mellencamp last week to perform at the Walter Reed Army Medical Center with him, Baez says authorities cancelled the gig without explanation.
"I have always been an advocate for non-violence and I have stood as firmly against the Iraq war as I did the Vietnam War 40 years ago," 66-year-old Baez told the Washington Post.
"I realise now that I might have contributed to a better welcome home for those soldiers fresh from Vietnam. Maybe that's why I didn't hesitate to accept the invitation to sing for those returning from Iraq and Afghanistan. In the end, four days before the concert, I was not 'approved' to take part. Strange irony."
http://bigpondmusic.com/Artist/Joan-Baez.aspx
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