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Supergrass calls it a day
April 12, 2010
Fans of Brit pop at its finest are in mourning today, as Supergrass has announced it will be breaking up.
Reuters broke the bad news, which they learned through a statement from the band, who are splitting “due to the 17-year itch.”
The statement continued on to read, “thanks to everyone who has supported us over the years.”
Supergrass hit it big in England with their first album, I Should Coco, and singles “Alright” and “Caught by the Fuzz” in 1995, and released six proper LPs total. And, for what it’s worth, 2005's Road to Rouen remains one of Editor Nick Tavares’ favorite albums ever.
March 11, 2010
PINK FLOYD WINS DIGITAL SUIT OVER EMI
If you’ve been itching to buy single tracks off of any particular Pink Floyd album, act quickly, because soon they won’t be available.
According to the BBC, Pink Floyd recently took EMI to court in a suit over digital distribution, namely, that their albums shouldn’t be broken up and sold as individual tracks. Their deal, signed before iTunes, Amazon and other digital retailers had made their mark in the UK, noted that individual songs were not to be sold without the band’s explicit permission, protected by a clause to “preserve the artistic integrity of the albums.”
EMI argued that this stood only for physical copies of their work, but the judge disagreed, and EMI has been ordered to pay damages.
If you’re looking for another reason why this could be significant, keep an eye on where the Beatles, still not present on iTunes, go from here in regards to possible digital sales.
March 4, 2010
NEW BLACK KEYS RECORD SLEEVE REVEALED: GREAT COVER, OR GREATEST COVER?
The Black Keys have a new album, Brothers, due to hit stores on May 18 on Nonesuch records. In keeping with their stripped-down style, the cover for the new record has been revealed:
So, this poses the question: is this a great album cover, or the greatest album cover?
You decide.
Jan. 11, 2010
NEW HENDRIX RECORD ON THE WAY: 'VALLEYS OF NEPTUNE'
The Los Angeles Times has a fantastic account that confirms that a new Jimi Hendrix record is on its way from the vault. Recorded at New York’s Record Plant in 1969 with the Jimi Hendrix Experience (Mitch Mitchell on drums and Billy Cox on bass) and Eddie Kramer behind the board, the album, Valleys of Neptune, will be released on March 9 on the Experience Hendrix label.
March 9 will also see most of Hendrix’s studio back catalog, including Are You Experienced, Axis: Bold as Love, Electric Ladyland and First Rays of the New Rising Sun, re-released in deluxe editions on vinyl and CD.
The tracklist, according to the Toronto Star, is as follows:
1. Stone Free
2. Valleys of Neptune
3. Bleeding Heart
4. Hear My Train a Comin’
5. Mr. Bad Luck
6. Sunshine of Your Love
7. Lover Man
8. Ships Passing Through the Night
9. Fire
10. Red House
11. Lullaby for the Summer
12. Crying Blue Rain
Nov. 21, 2009
THE STOOGES TO PERFORM 'RAW POWER' AT ALL TOMORROW'S PARTIES
The official All Tomorrow’s Parties site has announced that next year’s ATP will feature Iggy and the Stooges performing their 1973 classic Raw Power in its entierty as part of its “Don’t Look Back” series.
The Stooges, as you may remember, now feature James Williamson on guitar in place of the late Ron Asheton. Williamson was also the original guitarist on Raw Power, as Asheton had moved to bass for that record.
Keeping with the “full album setlist” deal, Sleep will be performing Holy Mountain, Mudhoney will tackle Superfuzz Bigmuff plus Early Singles, and the Scientists will perform Blood Red River.
And if that wasn’t enough, they released perhaps the greatest concert poster this side of 1971 that we’ve ever seen.
ATP is scheduled for Friday, Sept. 3, 2010, in Monticello, N.Y. Tickets are available here.
Oct. 25, 2009
THE FLAMING LIPS RE-RECORD 'DARK SIDE OF THE MOON'
Buried in a review of the Flaming Lips’ new album, Embryonic, the Los Angeles Times reported that the Lips will be following up their experimental double album with a full cover of Pink Floyd’s Dark Side of the Moon, featuring guest appearances by Henry Rollins and Peaches.
Catch your breath yet? OK, continuing.
The story continues by noting that Stardeath and the White Dwarfs, fronted by Wayne Coyne’s nephew Dennis Coyne, will also collaborate on the album, which may start out as an iTunes-only release.
Coyne goes on to talk about that project on KCRW's Morning Becomes Eclectic, and you can watch their performance of "Eclipse" here.
Also, however it's released, it will likely be on Warner Bros., the band's label since their 1990 album In A Priest Driven Ambulance. Their current deal ends with Embryonic, but Coyne was quick to note that they intend to stay on the label.
“It was never the big corporate label trying to change the weirdos from Oklahoma,” Coyne told the Times. “They made it possible we could be who we are. I will always owe them. That’s the secret no one really ever cares about. We owe Warner Bros. for our whole way of being.”
Oct. 22, 2009
CRAIG FINN WORKING ON 'FARGO ROCK CITY' SCREENPLAY
According to The A.V. Club, Craig Finn, frontman for The Hold Steady, is working with television writer Tom Ruprecht (The Late Show with David Letterman) on a screenplay based on Chuck Klosterman’s best-selling book, Fargo Rock City. Klosterman will also be on hand to join in producing.
Fargo Rock City is Klosterman’s ode to growing up one of the few metal heads in 1980s North Dakota, and the screenplay will center around a group of high school seniors.
“Seventeen or eighteen is the perfect age for characters in a movie like this, because it’s at that age that you have drivers licenses and a certain amount of independence, but you’re still young enough that you can totally make terrible decisions,” Finn told Risky Business. “And you’re still young enough that you can have a two-hour argument over whether Motley Crue would beat Guns ‘N Roses in a fight.”
Oct. 10, 2009
THREE PULP REISSUES ON THE WAY
Billboard.com is reporting that three deluxe reissues from Pulp will be made available in the U.S. on Nov. 17.
The albums — 1994’s His ‘N’ Hers, 1995’s Different Class and 1998’s Hardcore — will be released as double-disc packages with b-sides, demos and extended liner notes by Jarvis Cocker himself.
Pulp officially split in 2002 with Cocker going solo, and he has said in the past that he’s not interested in reuniting the band for artistic reasons, though he has admitted that the financial reality of a reunion could sway him. It seems as though for the meantime, these reissues will have to tide Pulp fans over.
Sept. 16, 2009
WAS BRIAN JONES MURDERED?
And according to a report by Reuters, the band’s former road manager Sam Cutler is placing the blame squarely on Tom Keylock, the band’s former chauffeur. Keylock had previously persuaded Frank Thorogood to confess to the crime on his deathbed in 1993. Cutler also notes that Keylock was the only suspect in an independent investigation launched by Allen Klein, the Rolling Stones manager at the time, who had no faith in the work of British investigators at the time.
Jones, who died at his home in East Sussex on July 3, 1969, was an excellent swimmer by many reports, and the true cause of death has long been debated. Many close to him felt that it was very unlikely he would have drowned in his own pool.
Aug. 29, 2009
NOEL GALLAGHER LEAVES OASIS
Past history makes this seem a little like the boy crying wolf, but Noel Gallagher has announced that he's leaving Oasis after reaching a point where he can no longer work with his brother, frontman Liam Gallagher.
"It's with some sadness and great relief to tell you that I quit Oasis tonight," Noel wrote. "People will write and say what they like, but I simply could not go on working with Liam a day longer."
The New York Times notes that the band cancelled a festival gig in Paris the previous Friday, with a message displayed to concertgoers reading, “As a result of an altercation within the band, the Oasis gig has been canceled.”
July 9, 2009
PEARL JAM ANNOUNCES U.S. TOUR DATES
In anticipation of their ninth studio album, Backspacer, to be released in September, Pearl Jam will be hitting the road for a handful of U.S. dates.
The band will swing through the west coast before making a stop in Philadelphia to play two shows in the city's Spectrum Arena, due to close later this year. There are also rumours of an Australian tour to follow, though nothing has been confirmed.
The confirmed tour dates are as follows:
Sept. 21: Seattle, Key Arena
Sept. 22: Seattle, Key Arena
Sept. 30: Los Angeles, Gibson Amphitheatre
Oct. 1: Los Angeles, Gibson Amphitheatre
Oct. 6: Los Angeles, Gibson Amphitheatre
Oct. 7: Los Angeles, Gibson Amphitheatre
Oct. 9: San Diego, Viejas Arena
Oct. 28: Philadelphia, Spectrum Arena
Oct. 30: Philadelphia, Spectrum Arena
Ben Harper and Relentless7 will open the west coast dates; opening acts have not been announced for the Philadelphia shows.
April 11, 2009
NEIL YOUNG'S 'ARCHIVES, VOL. 1' READY FOR RELEASE
After years of tinkering, Neil Young is finally ready to release his long-awaited Archives set.
Set to be released on June 2, the Archives, Vol. 1 1963-1972 box set will be released on Blu-Ray, DVD and CD formats, with each disc available independently as well as within the main set. Each box will also include a card to download the set from the official Archives site, while the Blu-Ray set will allow listeners to download new material for life.
Archives, Vol. 1 will run from Young's earliest days with the Squires and wrap up with the Harvest era of 1972. The DVD and Blu-Ray versions will also include Young's 1972 film Journey Through the Past, as well as extra material accessible from the screen menus.
The complete tracklisting is as follows:
Disc 00 - Early Years (1963-1965)
1. "Aurora" - The Squires – from the 45 RPM single (mono)
2. "The Sultan" - The Squires – from the 45 RPM single (mono)
3. "I Wonder" - The Squires – previously unreleased song (mono)
4. "Mustang" - The Squires – previously unreleased instrumental (mono)
5. "I'll Love You Forever" - The Squires – previously unreleased song (mono)
6. "(I'm A Man And) I Can't Cry" - The Squires – previously unreleased song (mono)
7. "Hello Lonely Woman" - Neil Young & Comrie Smith – previously unreleased song
8. "Casting Me Away From You" - Neil Young & Comrie Smith – previously unreleased song
9. "There Goes My Babe" - Neil Young & Comrie Smith – previously unreleased song
10. "Sugar Mountain" - Neil Young – previously unreleased demo version (mono)
11. "Nowadays Clancy Can't Even Sing" - Neil Young – previously unreleased demo version (mono)
12. "Runaround Babe" - Neil Young – previously unreleased song (mono)
13. "The Ballad Of Peggy Grover" - Neil Young – previously unreleased song (mono)
14. "The Rent Is Always Due" - Neil Young – previously unreleased song (mono)
15. "Extra, Extra" - Neil Young – previously unreleased song (mono)
Disc 01 - Early Years (1966-1968)
1. "Flying On The Ground Is Wrong" - Neil Young – from the Buffalo Springfield Box Set (mono)
2. "Burned" - Buffalo Springfield – from the album Buffalo Springfield (mono)
3. "Out Of My Mind" - Buffalo Springfield – from the album Buffalo Springfield (mono)
4. "Down, Down, Down" - Neil Young – previously unreleased version (mono)
5. "Kahuna Sunset" - Buffalo Springfield – from the Buffalo Springfield Box Set (mono)
6. "Mr. Soul" - Buffalo Springfield – from the Buffalo Springfield Box Set (mono)
7. "Sell Out" - Buffalo Springfield – previously unreleased song (mono)
8. "Down To The Wire" - Neil Young – from the album Decade (mono)
9. "Expecting To Fly" - Buffalo Springfield – from the album Buffalo Springfield
10. "Slowly Burning" - Neil Young – previously unreleased instrumental
11. "One More Sign" - Neil Young – from the Buffalo Springfield Box Set
12. "Broken Arrow" - Buffalo Springfield – from the album Buffalo Springfield Again
13. "I Am A Child" - Buffalo Springfield – from the album Last Time Around
Disc 02 - Topanga 1 (1968-1969)
1. "Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere" - Neil Young – from the stereo promotional 45 RPM single-second pressing
2. "The Loner" - Neil Young – from the album Neil Young
3. "Birds" - Neil Young – previously unreleased version
4. "What Did You Do To My Life?" - Neil Young – previously unreleased mix
5. "The Last Trip To Tulsa" - Neil Young – from the album Neil Young
6. "Here We Are In The Years" - Neil Young – from the album Neil Young–second version
7. "I've Been Waiting For You" - Neil Young – previously unreleased mix
8. "The Old Laughing Lady" - Neil Young – from the album Neil Young
9. "I've Loved Her So Long" - Neil Young – from the album Neil Young
10. "Sugar Mountain" - Neil Young – previously unreleased stereo master
11. "Nowadays Clancy Can't Even Sing" - Neil Young – previously unreleased live version
12. "Down By The River" - Neil Young with Crazy Horse – from the album Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere
13. "Cowgirl In The Sand" - Neil Young with Crazy Horse – from the album Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere
14. "Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere" - Neil Young with Crazy Horse – from the album Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere
Disc 03 - Live At the Riverboat (Toronto 1969)
1. "Sugar Mountain" - Neil Young – previously unreleased live version
2. "The Old Laughing Lady" - Neil Young – previously unreleased live version
3. "Flying On The Ground Is Wrong" - Neil Young – previously unreleased live version
4. "On The Way Home" - Neil Young – previously unreleased live version
5. "I've Loved Her So Long" - Neil Young – previously unreleased live version
6. "I Am A Child" - Neil Young – previously unreleased live version
7. "1956 Bubblegum Disaster" - Neil Young – previously unreleased song
8. "The Last Trip To Tulsa" - Neil Young – previously unreleased live version
9. "Broken Arrow" - Neil Young – previously unreleased live version
10. "Whiskey Boot Hill" - Neil Young – previously unreleased live version
11. "Expecting To Fly" - Neil Young – previously unreleased live version
Disc 04 - Topanga 2 (1969-1970)
1. "Cinnamon Girl" - Neil Young with Crazy Horse – from the album Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere
2. "Running Dry (Requiem For The Rockets)" - Neil Young with Crazy Horse – from the album Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere
3. "Round And Round (It Won't Be Long)" - Neil Young with Crazy Horse – from the album Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere
4. "Oh Lonesome Me" - Neil Young with Crazy Horse – previously unreleased stereo mix
5. "Birds" - Neil Young with Crazy Horse – from the 45 RPM single (mono)
6. "Everybody's Alone" - Neil Young with Crazy Horse – Previously unreleased song
7. "I Believe In You" - Neil Young with Crazy Horse – from the album After The Gold Rush
8. "Sea Of Madness" - Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young – from the original soundtrack album Woodstock
9. "Dance Dance Dance" - Neil Young with Crazy Horse – previously unreleased version
10. "Country Girl" - Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young – from the album Déjà Vu
11. "Helpless" - Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young – previously unreleased mix
12. "It Might Have Been" - Neil Young with Crazy Horse – previously unreleased live version
Disc 05 - Live At the Fillmore East (New York 1970)
1. "Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere"
2. "Winterlong"
3. "Down By The River"
4. "Wonderin'"
5. "Come On Baby, Let's Go Downtown"
6. "Cowgirl In The Sand"
Disc 06 - Topanga 3 (1970)
1. "Tell Me Why" - Neil Young – from the album After The Gold Rush
2. "After The Gold Rush" - Neil Young – from the album After The Gold Rush
3. "Only Love Can Break Your Heart" - Neil Young – from the album After The Gold Rush
4. "Wonderin'" - Neil Young – previously unreleased version
5. "Don't Let It Bring You Down" - Neil Young – from the album After The Gold Rush-first pressing
6. "Cripple Creek Ferry" - Neil Young – from the album After The Gold Rush
7. "Southern Man" - Neil Young – from the album After The Gold Rush
8. "Till The Morning Comes" - Neil Young – from the album After The Gold Rush
9. "When You Dance, I Can Really Love" - Neil Young with Crazy Horse – from the album After The Gold Rush-first pressing
10. "Ohio" - Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young – from the stereo 45 RPM single
11. "Only Love Can Break Your Heart" - Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young – previously unreeased live version
12. "Tell Me Why" - Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young – previously unreleased live version
13. "Music Is Love" - David Crosby, Graham Nash & Neil Young – from the album If I Could Only Remember My Name
14. "See The Sky About To Rain" - Neil Young – previously unreleased live version
Disc 07 - Live at Massey Hall (Toronto 1971)
1. "On The Way Home"
2. "Tell Me Why"
3. "Old Man"
4. "Journey Through The Past"
5. "Helpless"
6. "Love In Mind"
7. "A Man Needs A Maid/Heart Of Gold (Suite)"
8. "Cowgirl In The Sand"
9. "Don't Let It Bring You Down"
10. "There's A World"
11. "Bad Fog Of Loneliness"
12. "The Needle And The Damage Done"
13. "Ohio"
14. "See The Sky About To Rain"
15. "Down By The River"
16. "Dance Dance Dance"
17. "I Am A Child"
Disc 08 - North Country (1971-1972)
1. "Heart Of Gold" - Neil Young – previously unreleased live version
2. "The Needle And The Damage Done" - Neil Young – from the album Harvest
3. "Bad Fog Of Loneliness" - Neil Young with The Stray Gators – previously unreleased version
4. "Old Man" - Neil Young with The Stray Gators – from the album Harvest
5. "Heart Of Gold" - Neil Young with The Stray Gators – from the album Harvest
6. "Dance Dance Dance" - Neil Young – previously unreleased version
7. "A Man Needs A Maid" - Neil Young with the London Symphony Orchestra – previously unreleased mix
8. "Harvest" - Neil Young with The Stray Gators – from the album Harvest
9. "Journey Through The Past" - Neil Young with The Stray Gators – previously unreleased version
10. "Are You Ready For The Country?" - Neil Young with The Stray Gators – from the album Harvest
11. "Alabama" - Neil Young with The Stray Gators – from the album Harvest
12. "Words (Between The Lines Of Age)" - Neil Young with The Stray Gators – from the original soundtrack album Journey Through The Past
13. "Soldier" - Neil Young – previously unreleased mix
14. "War Song" - Neil Young & Graham Nash with The Stray Gators – from the 45 RPM single (mono)
Disc 09 - Journey Through the Past (a film by Neil Young)
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