Recent blog posts about Manic Street Preachers from music blog aggregator, Elbo.ws http://elbo.ws/artist/manicstreetpreachers/ 2013-05-19T15:11:27+01:00 text/html 2013-05-17T09:00:00+01:00 http://elbo.ws/post/4956741/manic-street-preachers-go-acoustic-for-new-album/
Plus, there's a bit of an "Elvis vibe" for the first single, says James Dean Bradfield...]]> text/html 2013-05-07T17:00:00+01:00 http://elbo.ws/post/4936793/echoes-of-the-past-10-manic-street-preachers-holy/
Being asked what's your favourite album is like being asked to pick you favourite child...both impossible and it changes every day. Influential album is another thing altogether. What does that actually entail or mean? In some respects the very first music you hear has got to be the most influential as it drives you forward in your search for more. By Martyn Coppack]]> text/html 2013-05-06T20:00:00+01:00 http://elbo.ws/post/4935071/against-musics-reductive-obsession-with-newness-a-defense-of-savages/
Cometh the hype, cometh the backlash. Like a lot of the music press, Flavorwire has been enthusing over London four-piece Savages ever since they emerged last year. Out this week, their debut album, Silence Yourself , delivers on the promise of their first singles and killer live show . But with the release of that album, a counter-narrative is emerging, especially in their native UK. It stems largely from the sort of contrarians who haunt Internet comment sections (and celebrity Twitter feeds ), but also appears in the occasional [...]]]> text/html 2013-05-01T04:03:00+01:00 http://elbo.ws/post/4925550/manic-street-preachers-announce-australian-dates-to-coincide-with/
The band will play Down Under at the same time as the British and Irish Lions' games...]]> text/html 2013-04-29T17:32:00+01:00 http://elbo.ws/post/4921508/manic-street-preachers-journal-for-plague-lovers-2009/
Manic Street Preachers - Journal for Plague Lovers (Columbia, 2009) Pintura:Jenny Saville La entrada Manic Street Preachers - Journal for Plague Lovers (2009) aparece primero en Noiselab .]]> text/html 2013-04-23T10:00:00+01:00 http://elbo.ws/post/4909134/culture-alienation-boredom-and-despair/
By Danielle Gibson April 23, 2013 Hackney Picture House and Heavenly Films present Culture, Alienation, Boredom and Despair .Now how is that for a title? This is a documentary about the early history of the Manic Street Preachers by Kieran Evans and Robin Turner and will be screening at the Hackney Picture House on Thursday May 2 at 6.30pm. Culture, Alienation, Boredom and Despair was originally planned to be a 20 minute DVD extra [...]]]> text/html 2013-04-17T13:12:00+01:00 http://elbo.ws/post/4897933/manic-street-preachers-documentary-to-screen-in-london-next-month/
A rare full-length documentary about Manic Street Preachers ' influential debut album Generation Terrorists is set to air at Hackney Picture House next month. Culture, Alienation, Boredom and Despair , shot by filmmaker Kieran Evans and Manics collaborator Robin Turner, will feature at the second Heavenly Films Night at the East London venue. The event will also screenfive of the band's best promo videos, as personally selected by bassist and lyricist Nicky Wire. It'll take place on 2 May, starting at 6.45pm. [...]]]> text/html 2013-04-10T16:17:00+01:00 http://elbo.ws/post/4883830/on-the-horizon-an-itch-ripe-for-the-scratching-the/
Right from the very moment I first heard The Holy Bible , I've found myself irrevocably hooked on static-addled vocal samples suffused throughout grinding rock tracks and this from San Antonio, Texas three-piece The Mites is precisely that. The instant standout from an EP entitled Spur of the Summer , Soma Holiday is as irritably restive as it is irresistibly schizophrenic: it begins the epitome of how I'd envisage their targeted kissable, grade-A, lo-fi drip-pop for the sensuous soul to sound, before slogging itself into the ground with Hole-like squalls of rambunctious guitar and that same semi-permeable [...]]]> text/html 2013-04-10T15:45:00+01:00 http://elbo.ws/post/4883726/musics-greatest-gender-defying-fashion-statements/
We spent yesterday thinking seriously about the role of gender in Shaking the Habitual , the fantastic new album by The Knife. Today, we thought we'd revisit the same topic in a rather more lighthearted way: by looking at some of music's more memorable gender-defying fashion statements over the years. Androgyny and ambiguity have long been part of popular music, after all, and they've been responsible for some of its most memorable imagery. From The Knife to Grace Jones and a certain remarkable German countertenor, here are some of the best. [...]]]> text/html 2013-03-18T20:39:00+01:00 http://elbo.ws/post/4838535/playlist-for-photogmusic-live-on-chuo-fm-march-18-2013/
It was the second funding drive time on my radio show , The funding drive started on March 8th and will end on the 24th. This was my first time doing this since volunteering at the station since last year. So make a donation (any amount) to station, more info click on here . Have a listen to the show . (Find out the prizes that I was giving away which no one has claimed yet!) Prizes that were given away (Still up for grabs but you have to call or go [...]]]> text/html 2013-02-26T12:35:00+01:00 http://elbo.ws/post/4802950/the-manic-street-preachers-rare-vintage-live-footage-appears-on/
This film has been in an attic for twenty years and has only just been unearthed. The Manic Street Preachers is the only visual recording of The Buzz Club where Jo Bartlett and Danny Hagan promoted such indie legends as Blur, The Stone Roses, Suede, Primal Scream and many more. Recorded when the Manics played there on Saturday 16th February 1991, the band were on tour to promote their ' Motown Junk ' single released on Heavenly Records. [...]]]> text/html 2013-02-20T10:28:00+01:00 http://elbo.ws/post/4789978/manic-street-preachers-record-new-album-in-bowie-studio/
Manic Street Preachers have revealed they've been working on their eleventh full-length in the same studio that David Bowie recorded his classic album Heroes . The Welsh band were housed in Berlin during January recording their follow-up to 20102s Postcards from a Young Man . They've also revealed they are working with Alex Silva, one of the engineers on their most beloved record The Holy Bible . Speaking to Lauren Laverne on BBC 6 Music a few weeks back, frontman [...]]]> text/html 2013-02-01T06:52:00+01:00 http://elbo.ws/post/4753355/50fifty-coming-down-28-and-27/
The ever-so-ambient Irresistible Force and the rather rockier Manic Street Preachers. At #28, we have Mixmaster Morris in his Irresistible Force guise. He will return later.Frankly, there are loads of tracks you could choose. But I ended up with Nepalese Bliss (1998).There's something wonderfully stoned about the track and the slow piano line. I've no idea where the samples come from: Hey kids. Come here a minute. I got a good thing for you. A black tarry hashish with white streaks of opium ash running through it. Something [...]]]> text/html 2013-01-24T12:19:00+01:00 http://elbo.ws/post/4742320/pargal-brahim/
Muhteem Yzyl dizisi en ok izlenen ve tartlan dizilerden biri olmaya devam ediyor. Malum dizinin gerekleri yanstmad, Osmanl'nn o ekilde yaamad gibi konular siyasetin gndemine kadar girmiti. Elbette bir takm insanlarn Osmanl ve Padiah zlemi her dnem eksik olmuyordu. Dizinin geen haftasnda benim izlemediim fakat sadan soldan okuduum Pargal brahim'in infaz sahnesi baya konuulmutu. Hatta bu blmden sonra Pargalnn stanbul-Fndkldaki mezar ziyareti aknna urad. Diziyi izleyip infazn etkisinde kalan birok kii, mezara gidip Pargal iin dua etti. Evet cidden tuhaf bir milletiz... Ne diyordu Pargal brahim: [...]]]> text/html 2013-01-16T06:00:00+01:00 http://elbo.ws/post/4722762/manic-street-preaching/
I've previously confessed to having an admiration for Manic Street Preachers rather than any undying devotion to them. I've none of their albums in the collection, though I've a handful of singles, many of which were picked up at quite cheap prices, either on the week they went on sale as the record company made a push for a high chart position or many weeks later when the single was no longer in the charts and the music was available in a bargain bin. I honestly can't [...]]]> text/html 2013-01-11T16:00:00+01:00 http://elbo.ws/post/4723384/a-selection-of-great-post-1970s-glam-rockalbums/
We're super excited about the return of Suede, both because their new single "Barriers" is really great and because, honestly, we're hoping for some sort of glam re-revival in the year to come surely it's time for the return of bands whose ambitions extend beyond bedroom laptoptronica and/or determinedly anonymous we-just-do-what-we-do-and-poss ibly-have-beards indie? Hey, David Bowie's surprise album announcement certainly can't hurt the possibility of a glitter resurgence, either! While we wait, we've been digging out our old Suede CDs and also exhuming other examples of glam rock from after the genre's mid-'70s golden age. Here are some of [...]]]> text/html 2013-01-01T19:04:00+01:00 http://elbo.ws/post/4697105/1993-all-over-again-11-manic-street-preachers/
11. Manic Street Preachers - From Despair To Where Here's what Richey Edwards told the Melody Maker about this track: In the Western world, living conditions really aren't that bad. Most people have somewhere to live and enough to eat - and yet most people are unhappy. I don't think many people ever come home at night thinking 'What a great day that was!' And that's why totalitarianism will always be tempting - because a fascist leader can say 'I'll make all your decisions for you. You don't need to have any responsibilities. I'll [...]]]> text/html 2012-12-07T07:10:00+01:00 http://elbo.ws/post/4660974/how-i-spent-my-summer-vacation-part-two/
Here's part two of my gig-crazy summer trip this year. I left you off where we staggered away from Pulp's gig at Wireless only two days into our trip. The next day, after an afternoon at the Tate Britain, we headed off to see Lou Reed at the Hammersmith Apollo. I'm sure there are people out there who will tell us "I told you so." Yes, Lou Reed is a notorious curmudgeon. Yes, he's made some very unfavourable career moves. While it was special to see a legend I never thought I'd see in my life, he [...]]]> text/html 2012-11-27T20:30:00+01:00 http://elbo.ws/post/4649224/10-amusing-tv-theme-song-covers-by-famous-musicians/
If you were watching Late Night With Jimmy Fallon the other night, you might have been rather taken aback and amused by special musical guest Alicia Keys' choice of song. Instead of performing one of her hits, she broke out a cover of the theme song to 1980s Disney TV series Adventures of the Gummi Bears . The bizarre spectacle got us thinking about some of the other covers of TV themes that have surfaced over the years surprisingly enough, there aren't that many to choose from, especially once you set aside the inexplicable '90s/'00s [...]]]> text/html 2012-11-26T19:30:00+01:00 http://elbo.ws/post/4649226/the-15-best-musical-reissues-of-2012/
For some reason, the end-of-year listomania is starting early this year the Guardian has begun its best-of-2012 list already, and we're sure others will soon be following suit. In the spirit of getting onto getting onto such things ahead of time, then, we thought we'd commence our own end-of-year listing this week with a look at the best of reissues of 2012. In any case, it seems an appropriate time to be looking at reissues, because this month sees the (re-)release of Massive Attack's classic 1991 debut Blue Lines , an album which we're [...]]]>