Filed under: Concerts and Tours , News They may only have had 30 minutes at their disposal but Manic Street Preachers proved emphatically that after over 20 years together the band matters as much as ever. Introduced as "one of the most important bands you'll ever see," the band wasted no time in dropping a flab-free set that called in some of their greatest career highlights as Dublin celebrated the 251st birthday of legendary brewer Arthur Guinness. [...]
The tireless British indie rock group British Sea Power will be releasing a new seven-track EP titled The Zeus EP on Monday October 4th. As a preview, they've provided us with the first single free called, well, 'Zeus.' The EP is a precursor to a new fourth album, which will be out in January of [...]
Filed under: News Manic Street Preachers could be set to net their second UK No. 1 album with the release of 'Postcards From a Young Man' this week. The album is currently topping the album chart and is in line to stay that way when the chart results are announced on Sunday, reports Gigwise . It's their first effort since 2009's 'Journal for Plague Lovers', which was concocted from lyrics made by missing guitarist Richey [...]
words: Gareth O'Malley scribed for This Is Fake DIY That was a mighty quick turnaround, guys. No sooner had we started wondering what Manic Street Preachers were up to, after they'd gone quiet for a while, than out of nowhere, an album appeared, announced scarcely a year after the thrilling and unique return to form that was 'Journal for Plague Lovers': the smallest gap between Manics albums since their early days, when 'Gold Against The Soul' surfaced sixteen months after their bloated but promising debut 'Generation Terrorists'. Eighteen years later, the promise [...]
Filed under: Video The Manic Street Preachers have been on a bit of a roll the last few years. After arguably losing their way somewhat with the likes of the cold, sterile 'Lifeblood,' 2007's 'Send Away the Tigers' saw them reinvigorated, melodic and mouthy. Last year's 'Journal for Plague Lovers,' an album based around missing guitarist Richey Edwards' unused lyrics, was the Manics back to their bilious best, a side not heard since 1994's 'The Holy Bible.' With barely a puased breath, their [...]
Filed under: News , Exclusive The Manic Street Preachers ' Nicky Wire has been at his traditional best in the run-up to the band's 10th album 'Postcards From a Young,' laying in to everyone from the Drums to the junior partner in Britain's new ruling coalition , Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg. Now his target is Britain's former PM, Tony Blair. Blair's memoirs of his years in power, 'A Journey,' was released with some fanfare a [...]
3VOOR12:n kuuntelupisteessä neljä uutta levyä. Kaksi ensimmäistä myös Spotifyssa . EDWYN COLLINS: Losing Sleep Collinsin varsinainen paluulevy aivoverenvuotojen ja pitkällisen kuntoutumisen jälkeen. Säveltämässä ja soittamassa on ollut nimekäs taustajoukko: mm. Alex Kapranos ja Nick McCarthy (Franz Ferdinand), The Drums, Johnny Marr ja Roddy Frame (Aztec Camera). MANIC STREET PREACHERS: Postcards From A Young Man One last shot at mass communication? Manics palaa isompaan soundiin ja suuriin sovituksiin (jouset, gospel-kuorot) studioalbumilla numero 10. Valitettavasti levy on (It's Not War) [...]
Following the AFIN review of his new novel Richard (a fictional take on the life of Richey Edwards from the Manic Street Preachers, to be released on Picador on October 1st, 2010 ), Ben Myers kindly answered some questions I had about the book. --- A Future in Noise: What initially compelled you to write a novel based around Richey Edwards? Ben Myers: I felt as if his story was getting lost within the myth that seems to have [...]
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Filed under: News The Manic Street Preachers must have a new album out, what else would explain their ever outspoken bassist Nicky Wire's sudden ubiquity in the music press again? Having criticised the British government and praised Kylie Minogue and Lady Gaga recently, Wire has now turned his attention to the wider state of music and somewhat contradicted himself in claiming that there aren't any individual or iconic stars around anymore. Speaking to the NME, Wire complained, [...]
Na hun postume ode aan verdwenen bandlid Richey Edwards van afgelopen jaar, zijn de Manic Street Preachers weer terug met een nieuw album, hun tiende. Postcards From A Young Man is een album vol radiovriendelijke nummers en ze vergelijken het zelf graag met Aerosmith's Pump, die de eerste opmaat was voor succes bij het grote publiek. De eerste single van het album is (It's Not War) Just The End Of Love. Inderdaad lekker radiovriendelijk en het heeft iets weg van Stomp, de laatste hit van de europopgroep Steps. Nicky Wire, de bassist van de Manics heeft namelijk ooit [...]
Na hun postume ode aan verdwenen bandlid Richey Edwards van afgelopen jaar, zijn de Manic Street Preachers weer terug met een nieuw album, hun tiende. Postcards From A Young Man is een album vol radiovriendelijke nummers en ze vergelijken het zelf graag met Aerosmith's Pump, die de eerste opmaat was voor succes bij het grote publiek. De eerste single van het album is (It's Not War) Just The End Of Love. Inderdaad lekker radiovriendelijk en het heeft iets weg van Stomp, de laatste hit van de europopgroep Steps. Nicky Wire, de bassist van de Manics heeft namelijk ooit [...]
As far as being an album that shows progression it doesn't succeed, but it also at times represents a love letter to former glories
Nicky Wire , bajista de la malograda banda Manic Street Preachers ( Maniáticos predicadores callejeros), declaró que se siente "enfermo" cuando escucha grupos como The Drums , ya que según su "humilde opinión", el grupo "no tiene alma" y sus canciones suenan a "nada". Además, el músico, con los ojos delineados y quizá algunas cervezas encima, declaró que el rock está muerto y que ya no hay figuras inteligentes y autodestructivas como las de antaño. En eso último, le damos un poco de razón, pero en lo de The Drums , la verdad es que sus [...]
What's this? Nicky Wire making an intemperate attack on a smaller band ? Such a historic move, it's surprising it's in the NME and not the National Trust handbook: "When I seen bands like The Drums being fawned over, it makes me feel ill," he added. "There is literally no soul in that band. They've taken nothing from the depth or poetry or amazing lyrics of Ian Curtis, they've just taken his kooky dance. The whole generation is attired in American Apparel, there's no individualism any more." When the parents criticise the behaviour of the children, [...]
A bit of Danish Dream-Rock today: check out Salli Lunn , and especially the song The First Cause (MP3), taken from their debut album Heresy And Rite . Damn fine stuff, and that goes for the whole album! Uh, what a wonderful tune: Blackbird Blackbird - Starlight (Download via Bandcamp ). And here 's [...]
Filed under: News Manic Street Preachers bassist Nicky Wire has spoken of his admiration for the "Warholian" approach to pop music he believes has helped make Kylie Minogue and Lady Gaga the stars they are today. Wire contributed two songs to Kylie's 1997 album 'Impossible Princess' but his love-affair with the Australian star's approach and style goes all the way back to the early days of the Manics. "Me and [...]
KUTOSIS From, Cardiff, Wales KUTOSIS are a fabulous, scabrous alt punk trio from Cardiff who make a wonderful racket. Spikier than a pissed off hedgehog the awkward threesome sound like they've extracted some of McCarthy's DNA and injected it into the Manic Street Preachers . Some alt punkers satisfy themselves with making noise for noises sake. Not KUTOSIS. These are angry young men on a mission. Don't be surprised if they're the first band manning the [...]
The Guardian has got the whole of the new Manics album streaming on its site. Right now. Unless you're not in the UK, when you only get a snatch. -- Visit No Rock & Roll Fun to comment, complain and kvetch
Frank Yang It's not quite a French invasion, but the success of acts like Phoenix and Daft Punk in North America - and to a lesser degree M83 - certainly made the idea of bands hailing from France making inroads over here a plausible idea, not something you could have said a few years ago. Seeking to be part of this wave are Franco-Finnish duo The Dø , whose debut album A Mouthful was a hit in France when it was released in 2008. [...]
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