As songwriter in Depeche Mode, Yazoo, The Assembly and Erasure, Vince Clarke 's synthpop and dance music credentials are well established. Remixing too, as he recently gave Chad Valley 's "Up & Down" the old VC touch and you can stream it below. One thing he's never done, in New York at least, is DJ. But that will change when he makes his Big Apple DJ debut at Le Poisson Rouge on August 3 . Tickets for that show go on sale today (6/7) at 10 AM. [...]
'BE', el segundo álbum de Beady Eye Beady Eye , la banda conformada por Liam Gallagher , Gem Archer , Andy Bell , Chris Sharrock y Jay Mehler , ha revelado detalles sobre su nueva producción de estudio. El disco se titulará BE , será producido por Dave Sitek de TV on the Radio y será lanzado durante el mes de junio de este año a través de Columbia Records . Arriba les mostramos la portada de BE ; [...]
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"Danny Lackey, a wonderful person and influential figure in the shoegaze music scene passed away on Monday 28th January after a battle with cancer. Danny gave so much to the community, all from the love in his heart and his passion for music. As co-founder of the When the Sun Hits blog, he offered aspiring (and seasoned) musicians exposure to thousands of people. What’s more, he was a fantastic musician himself and his band Deepfieldview is about to release an LP. As with any illness, the financial strain can be crippling. Danny’s friends have put together a [...]
If I live to be as old as Betty White, I'll probably never understand the secret of success -- especially in music. Why are some singers hot, some mid-burner, and some forever trapped in the freezer? Occasionally, it's pretty obvious why someone becomes a star. Adele comes immediately to mind. If she doesn't deserve it, I'm not sure who does. Then there's someone like Madonna, the eternal superstar. As much as I've enjoyed her work over the years, I've never really understood why she's as big as she is. She's certainly not the most talented female singer [...]
Erasure release Tomorrow's World in the USA, today via Mute ! The legendary synth-pop duo have been busy touring internationally, and they've released a montage video of the tour to go along with the first single from the album, "When I Start To (Break It All Down)." To celebrate the release, we have a playlist curated by famed front man Andy Bell himself! [...]
Photo and setlist from IKVDK "I don't know what it is, but there's something about Toronto that makes me incredibly horny" - Andy Bell For the past 27 years, the brilliant Vince Clark and Andy Bell have been a newspaper classified success story. Answering Vince Clark's call for a singer, Mr. Bell won the job, making them synth pop and LGBT heros, and Vince Clark's longest running, most successful act. I feel I should break this review down categorically, because there was a LOT going on in terms of interaction, sights, [...]
Hace algunos años, iTunes les pidió a Vince Clark y Andy Bell de Erasure , un playlist que reflejara sus influencias musicales y esto fue lo que Andy seleccionó para "Essencials" , como se llama la sección, en enero del 2005: Acá la selección de Andy Bell con comentarios incluidos en cada video: 1. "Atomic" Blondie : "Tuve que hablar en mi escuela sobre desarme nuclear cuando se estrenó la canción. Fue buen pretexto para poner la canción a todo volumen y a todo mundo" [...]
Los escándalos entre los ex miembros de Oasis siempre son abundantes. En esta oportunidad, Andy Bell , ex guitarrista de la banda y actual hombre de Beady Eye , comentó las declaraciones de Noel Gallagher sobre la separación de su antigua banda. “ Mintió sobre muchas cosas ”, afirmó el músico. En una entrevista con Japan Times , Bell declaró: “ La discusión sobre Pretty Green fue pura mentira, lo que dijo sobre [...]
Tweet And here we go.... When you think of pop music, pure and unadulterated, shameless pop, Erasure have to find themselves near the top of the heap. For over twenty years, the duo of Andy Bell and Vince Clarke have made the three and half minute electronic pop song into an art form that is often imitated but never really duplicated. The coupling of Andy's soaring falsetto and Vince's synth wizardry have garnered an worldwide audience and a legacy beyond compare. As a wee little lad myself, I [...]
Here's something you never saw when they were in Oasis: One of Oasis slagging off the boss. Andy Bell was given to Liam as part of the divorce settlement , though, and so now is happy to tell us not to trust Noel: He lied about a lot of things. The argument about Pretty Green was lies, what he said about V Festival and the fake laryngitis was lies - I don't know, maybe he's convinced that's the truth. I don't know what goes on in his head. I know him, so I'm not disappointed. That's what [...]
O oceano atlântico pode separar as duas bandas, mas o Death Cab For Cutie , em entrevista para a BBC Radio 1, afirmou que o som do Ride e das bandas que saíram do país da rainha na década de 90 exerceram influência definitiva na formação da sonoridade do grupo do estado de Washington, EUA. Para homenagear a antiga banda do baixista Andy Bell ( Oasis , Beady Eye ), que misturava Shoegaze, Power-pop e já revelava traços de Britpop, Ben Gibbard e cia. apresentaram em sua sessão Maida [...]
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Tweet You may never have heard of Ride, but chances are you've heard of Death Cab For Cutie , so let me give a little insight as to who the former are. In the late 802s and early 902s there was burgeoning Indie scene in the UK, specifically London and Manchester that were churning out talent like it was going out of fashion. Bands like Oasis , Blur , and Suede paved the way for a shitstorm of other [...]
Tweet "Let's run away to sea Forever we'd be free Free to spend our whole lives running From people who would be The death of you and me 'Cause I can feel the storm clouds coming" First blood following the untimely demise of the almighty Oasis was taken by the younger Gallagher brother, Liam as he and the rest of the last Oasis lineup in Andy Bell and Gem Archer formed Beady Eye. Their debut record was [...]
Story and photos by Matt Draper In 1983, after his fanzine and club night had culminated, a Scot named Alan McGee formed an imprint he called Creation to release records from like-minded friends. "73 in 833, a single from art-rock band The Legend! became the label’s first release after McGee secured a £1,000 loan. Though I can bet you’ve probably never heard of this particular group (they sound like the Normal meets Gang of Four), the label’s next releases proved massive and beyond anything its founder could have imagined. On a shoestring [...]
Photo by G. Andy Bell Happy birthday to Erasure's Andy Bell who was born on April 25, 2011. I was fortunate enough to catch Andy Bell do a very rare DJ set last year and he took the mic as well as performed "Chains of Love" and "A Little Respect." It was one of those legendary New York nights that I often think about with fondness. Erasure is currently in the studio working on a new record - to be produced by Frankmusik. I am really looking [...]
happy happy bgay to the ANDY BELL , the ERASURE's he-singer who told Melody Maker in 1984 that "I don't want to go out of my way to talk about it but I'm not going to pretend I'm not [gay]. I won't portray a heterosexual in videos and we're consciously doing lyrics that could apply to either sex" was born this way April 25 1964. and fyi our fave mp3 from the ERASURE is their 1994 release ALWAYS #nowplaying wotyougot
For most of the ‘90s and ‘00s, no one carried on the Beatlesque guitar pop tradition better than Oasis. So it was fitting that the three remaining members of Oasis (Liam Gallagher, Andy Bell, and Gem Archer) following Noel Gallagher’s August 2009 departure decided to carry on under the name Beady Eye, putting them alphabetically right next to the Fab Four in record shops. It’s even more fitting because without Noel Gallagher’s “wall of sound” writing and producing tendencies, their debut album Different Gear, Still Speeding sounds even more retro than Oasis ever did, showing less dependence on multi-tracked guitars and [...]
"The Beat Goes On" indeed for the zombie Oasis incarnate a.k.a. Beady Eye. The geezers carry on here with former Oasis bassist and Ride frontman Andy Bell on writing duties. The tune treads a familiar territory for the personnel assembled (a little Beatles, a little Stones, a little Kinks), that said, its a successful traverse of that well worn territory; with Liam coming off the best he's sounded on record in some time. Beady Eye - The Beat Goes On Purchase / [...]
There's nothing much swilling round the Bizarre pages from this morning, so let's go back and look at something published during yesterday and buried way, way down the page. Adam Ant has fallen out with Liam Gallagher , and with good reason: The singer - who's battled mental illness in recent years - enlisted Liam's BEADY EYE bandmate ANDY BELL to play bass on one track that appears on his new record Adam Ant Is The Blueblack Hussar In Marrying The Gunner's Daughter. As a result, Adam claims Liam attempted to ban [...]
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