Those lovely lads in Mogwai have decided to give away new track ‘The Sun Smells Too Loud’ for nothing. The song is a choice cut from their forthcoming album The Hawk Is Howling. The album will be preceded by the release of the Batcat EP. The recordings have already attracted considerable interest not least because of some choice song titles, notably ‘I’m Jim Morrison, I’m Dead’ and ‘Stupid Prick Gets Chased By The Police And Loses His Slut Girlfriend’.
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Jim James, Conor Oberst And M.Ward Get It On
Rumours abound of a forthcoming collaborative album by My Morning Jacket's Jim James, Mr Bright Eyes himself, Conor Oberst, and M.Ward. There had been speculation regarding such a project featuring the three for some time. These rumours were given credence in a recent Rolling Stone piece. However, as yet, there has been no indication as to what this project will ...
Joy Division Singer’s Gravestone Stolen
Headstone taken from Macclesfield Cemetery
Sad to report that the headstone marking the grave of iconic Joy Division frontman, Ian Curtis, has been stolen. The theft is reported to have taken place between Tuesday afternoon and Wednesday morning. The robbers removed the gravestone from its perch at the Macclesfield Cemetery. The stone bears the inscription "Ian Curtis 18 - 5 - 80" and "Love Will Tear Us ...
One Day As A Lion, Sweet Jesus!
Zack de la Rocha and ex-Mars Volta man join forces
Anti have announced the signing of One Day As A Lion a new outfit featuring RATM's Zack de la Rocha and Jon Theodore ex-drummer of Mars Volta. The band is inspired by, "The infamous 1970 black and white [image], captured by legendary Chicano photographer George Rodriguez featuring a center framed tag on a white wall in an unspecified section of Boyle Heights. It reads: ‘It’s better to live one day as a lion, than a thousand years as a lamb.’ This record is a stripped down attempt to realize this sentiment in sound."
No Stopping Annie
Norwegian indie-disco Diva is back
Annie has revealed details to the much anticipated follow-up to her acclaimed debut Anniemal. It has been quite a wait, Anniemal was released in the UK in 2005. However, second album Don't Stop is at last ready to drop with a release date of October 6 scheduled. The album will be preceded by the single 'I Know Ur Girlfriend Hates Me'. This will include remixes from Get Shakes, Timo, Richard X, Soul Seekerz, Deadly Weapons, and Feadz and is released on July 13. The full track listing for Don't Stop is as follows:
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In Conversation: Giveamanakick
"We’ve always thought that we were a pop band and that every song we write is a little pop nugget."
Limerick punk rock lunatics Giveamanakick have come out swinging on their fired-up third album, Welcome To The Cusp. It's an ear-shattering assault, a subversive wonder of a record and possibly the deranged duo's best yet. The album distils the band's most compelling characteristics whilst also bringing to the fore new aspects of their musical persona. Power ballads! Keyboard solos! Well kind of. A sheepish Steveamanakick explained all to AU.
In Conversation: John Cooper Clarke
"I reckon The Simpsons could have me appear as a distant relative of Sideshow Bob!”
Dubbed the ‘Bard of Salford’, performance-poet John Cooper Clarke first came to prominence in the late Seventies opening for seminal punk bands including The Fall, Sex Pistols, Joy Division and Buzzcocks. An unforgettable sight, black shades, winkle-picker shoes, wraith thin physique and bushel of electric-shock hair, Clarke in full flow resembled a bizarre Beatnik machine gun, rat-a-tat-tat, words ringing out like bullets, comedy, poetry and social observation all weapons in his arsenal.
