"You moved in slow degrees/A sudden memory/You're a Leonard Cohen song" - Better Than Ezra, "Under You" "But I was caught, like a fleeting thought / Stuck inside Leonard Cohen's mind" - Mercury Rev, "A Drop In Time" "Give me a Leonard Cohen afterworld / So I can sigh eternally" - Nirvana, "Pennyroyal Tea" It's almost unbelievable now to think that we almost never heard Leonard Cohen , the singer. A well-regarded poet from the late [...]
Echo & the Bunnymen frontman Ian McCulloch is planning to release his new solo album, Pro Patria Mori , this March. It's his first new album of original material since 2003's Slideling . He's releasing the album via PledgeMusic , where he's also currently funding it. As of this post, he is 74% of the way to reaching his target and there are 60 days left. You can help Ian out by pledging now . Of the new album, Ian says: I'm in the studio and I feel it's [...]
Echo and The Bunnymen frontman Ian McCulloch has booked a couple of solo shows to take place right here in Los Angeles in support of his upcoming release of "Pro Patria Mori". You will have two chance to see him perform at the Masonic Lodge inside of Hollywood Forever Cemetery . The first show will take place on Friday, March 23rd and again the following evening on Sautrday, March 24th. Tickets for both Ian McCulloch [...]
I wanted to make a tribute to Malaspina through a song post and immediately thought of one of my fondest nicknames for the house that my family has called home for the last 21 years, The White Hotel. The song by Ian McCulloch with that name is what I wanted to use, but it has lost its luster for me over as much time and I didn't think it would be appropriate to put up here. As fate would have it, a quick glance at the folder for Candleland had me realizing there was a much more appropriate song for the occasion. [...]
El líder de Echo & The Bunnymen anunció que hay grandes esperanzas de que el mismísimo David Bowie colabore en su inminente nuevo proyecto solista, que retomaría el camino dejado con Slideling (2003). Bowie - en palabras de McCulloch " el mejor artista de cualquier expresión artística del Siglo XX "- estaría " esperando " para volver al estudio luego de haberse recuperado de [...]
Echo and The Bunnymen es, sin lugar a dudas, una de las bandas más centrales en cuanto a mi inclinación por la música se refiere, cosa que supongo que habrán notado en más de una entrada. Ahora, que el frontman y cantante del conjunto, Ian McCulloch , confiese que está muy emocionado por la posibilidad de colaborar con David Bowie en una venidera placa por aparecer: bueno, eso es casi como ponerme en la mismísima situación de desear que eso suceda ahora mismo. Luego de su última placa solista y frente al [...]
In celebration of this year's Record Store Day , which takes place on Saturday 16th April, 2011, Nicholas Stevenson will be releasing an exclusive track via Cheltenham folk label IStartedTheFire Records , home to rising act Jim Lockey & the Solemn Sun . The track, titled "Can You Bring a Camera?" will be released on hand-numbered postcards illustrated by Nicholas himself, and limited to only 100 copies. Each postcard will come with its own unique download code. As if [...]
Ever dreamt about listening to music presented by somebody who looks like Bill Oddie 's tiny wizened scrotum with a sad little face drawn on it yet who sounds like an intoxicating mix of Ian McCulloch fused with Ringo Starr in a beehive in Brookside Close ? You have? Well listen to The Von Pip Musical Express Podcast Episode 1- April 2011 Cloudcast on Mixcloud or below for musical and spiritual fulfillment. [...]
Record of the Day is the music industry's favourite daily digest providing a raft of original and aggregated news from all UK and international media outlets, encompassing press and online. And the tables were turned when they recently interviewed me!! .... The PDF of the interview is available here ( Record Of The Day Interview with Andy Von Pip ) if you're interested ( Hello Mum!!) and there now follows a transcript of me on my soap box Name: Andy Von Pip Role: Editor/Writer/interviewer/phot ographer - The VPME [...]
Is music perfectly suited for your mood, not matter which one you find yourself in? So varied are the genre's on offer, much like our many frames of mind, that we are free to search for - and eventually locate - the perfect fit. Perhaps the question should always be, what mood are you in and what mood do you want to be in? It's just as valid to wallow in the darkest depths of music if you've just split from your partner, or indeed simply bounce around in the glorious sunshine if your mind fancies it. Today's mood therefore [...]
So, remember how I said I was just going to let my audio difficulties slide and embrace the minor flaws of vinyl? Yeah, that was a lie. Out of curiosity I took a couple problem records to a friends house to see if they would sound any better on her system, which is a piece of shit belt-driven turntable she bought at Target for 30 bucks. Guess what? They totally did. So then I dug out an old turntable of mine and hooked it up to my system. It sounds like shit in its own way, but the [...]
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Ian McCulloch Interviewed by Laura Davis of The Liverpool Daily Post . Like all good rock stars, Ian McCulloch knows how to make an entrance. The Echo and The Bunnymen frontman is 20 minutes late and counting. Considering he only has to come down a few floors from his room to meet me in the hotel bar, it's almost impressive. When the singer finally does decide to come down to the hotel lobby, he doesn't disappoint. McCulloch is in his stage attire – jeans and green military jacket, with his hair [...]
Those nice chaps at Mudhut Digital asked if I'd like to be involved in their excellent podcast, well it would be rude to say no. And so I decided to break cover, have a chat and pick my five current favourite songs. Have a listen and decide whether I have that classic laconic John Peel drawl, sound like a slightly worse for wear (is there any other type,) Ian McCulloch or is it more Ken Dodd after gargling razor blades kind of vibe? Some great songs too ( well I did pick em [...]
Ian McCulloch es un modelo hecho y derecho de lo que un rockero debe ser. Una personalidad parca que esconde a un sujeto sumamente agradable que no tiene ningún problema en ser honesto y decir lo que piensa, casi hasta el punto de la brutalidad. Al menos, esa ha sido la sensación que me ha quedado luego de hacerle una entrevista apenas terminado el excelente show que dio en Belo Horizonte, capital de Minas Gerais, Brasil. ¿Sobre qué se hablo? En principio, claro, qué se sentía tocar en un punto histórico tan trascendente para la historia de [...]
This week, The Horn, The Hunt, Diamond Sea, 6 Day Riot, Ringo Deathstar, Paisley And Charlie, Kid Adrift, Warpaint plus The Manic Street Preachers and Ian McCulloch. ______________________________ ______________________________ ______________________________ ________________ THE HORN, THE HUNT -' Raptor' 'Raptor ' Is the first single to be taken from The Horn, The Hunt's second album ' Depressur Jolie' due for release in 2011 [...]
El rock y el futbol siempre han ido de la mano, sobre todo en Inglaterra, y artistas como Robert Smith de The Cure o Ian McCulloch ( Echo and The Bunnymen ) se han declarado hinchas, por no mencionar a verdaderos obsesos del soccer como los integrantes de Oasis o los New Order , que incluso compusieron el himno " World in Motion " algunos mundiales atrás. Y bueno, la New Musical Express acaba de publicar la noticia de que Peter Saville es el ilustre encargado de [...]
A principios de junio les estuve hablando bastante de los Manic Street Preachers porque, como sus seguidores sabrán, el grupo está preparando su próxima producción y además de haber revelado el nombre , que será Postcards From A Young Man , también dijeron ser como los Rolling Stones (sí ahí es cuando de volvieron completamente locos). Ahora el trío de Welch informó cuál será el tracklist de su nuevo disco, que será lanzado el 20 de septiembre y que tendrá como [...]
Filed under: News , UK PA Photos Manic Street Preachers have announced that they will play an intimate one-off album launch show in London on Aug. 5, and tickets can only be won via online competitions. The Welsh trio -- set to release their 10th studio album, 'Postcards From a Young Man,' on Sept. 20 -- will perform an exclusive show at a West London venue, to just over 100 fans. There [...]
Filed under: Concerts and Tours , News , Exclusive Rufus Wainwright has made headlines recently for requesting that fans not clap until after he has left the stage during the first half of his show. Echo and the Bunnymen singer Ian McCulloch used to be able to relate. "When they used to clap I'd go, 'Stop clapping.' Or if they sang along I'd say, 'You don't know that,'" McCulloch tells Spinner of his early reaction to fan adoration. McCulloch's reasons for [...]
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