
Babyshambles ' Adam Ficek has mapped out a solo UK jaunt. Ficek solo project, Roses, Kings, Castles , will be touring the UK early next year. Kicking off January 5, the tour will see Roses, Kings, Castles play several major cities including Cambridge, Liverpool, Manchester and Birmingham. Ficek is touring in support of his recently released self-titled solo album. Babyshambles [...]

On a tous reçu la pub de toutes nos boutiques de jouer préférés, on commence a découper les images et faire sa lettre au père noël, jesper que tu as été sage et que ce batard ne soit pas touché par la crise financière. Ici c'est Noël tous les jours. On est comme sa NOUS. > Hot Chip - Touch too much (Fake blood remix) > Sebastien Tellier - Roche (Breakbot remix) > Drop the Lime - Hear me (Drum of Death remix) > X-press 2 [...]

Johnny Marr is among guest featured on Red Hot Chili Peppers guitarist John Frusciante 's new album, ' The Empyrean '. The forthcoming album, which is due out January 20, will also see an appearance by fellow band member Flea . ' The Empyrean ' is the follow-up to 2005's ' Curtains '. John Frusciante

Today see's the first release from Mowgli and Solo's Deadfish sister label " Freshfish " with a 2 track EP entitled "Orient Espresso" from the two themselves. Go check it out now exclusively on Beatport . These two labels are definitely worth watching with more releases due soon including Mowgli's "Pa Po Pon" EP and Solo's "We are the Midgets" and "The Big Stef" EP's. Solo is also starting a series of midget mixes and the first was finished today and sent straight over. He says "in this case I've played [...]

Pete Doherty has announced details for an acoustic solo show later this week in London. The Babyshambles frontman is set to perform at the Monarch in Camden this Thursday (November 6). Opening for Doherty at the one-off gig will be The Vaults . Babyshambles

(photo by Devon Banks) Um, and Kate Jackson is already working on her solo career? Word? Sheffield group The Long Blondes decided to call it quits yesterday, as the stroke that guitarist Dorian Cox had suffered over the summer (leading the band to cancel a ton of dates) threatened the band's future. Now, a day later, news is breaking that fiery frontwoman Kate Jackson is already at work on her own post-Blondes career. Says Jackson of her plans to record her own material: "I'm writing a lot of [...]
The two Italians share their London based studio whacking out wonky shit and now have teamed together to come up with the label " DeadFish " with a sub-label "FreshFish". The DeadFish sound will be the more mainroom house, electro, techno with FreshFish pushing what they call "Midget House". Both producers have a number of releases in the coming months so keep checking their myspaces for the latest but for now I have a massive treat for you all, both Mowgli and Solo have been in touch with remix after remix, all in full [...]
After been in London the other week I was lucky enough to meet up with Riva Starr at his studio and was introduced to a few of his mates, 1 of them being Andrea who works for Mac Mac Agency that manages people like Crookers , Bloody Beetroots , Riva Starr and more. He also runs the Roma based label Vatican House showcasing all that is good from Italy (His Majesty Andre, Congorock , Clark Able , Solo etc..). Their latest release is from His [...]

Solo may be new to the blogs but is by no means green on the buttons. Having worked alongside both Riva Starr and Mowgli in his London based studio which doubles as a sync recording house, Solo has years of experience engineering a nd creating music for both himself, clients and other artists. The coming months will see Solo and fellow studio mate Mowgli launch a new bi-polar label project called Deadfish / Freshfish . Expect chunky electro house floor bangers on the Dead outings and slightly more avant-garde experiments on the Fresh releases. X-Press 2 - Smoke Machine (Solo Remix) [...]

Britt Daniel is one of us. Yeah sure, he's the front man for Spoon and that makes him nothing like us on a certain level. But seeing him kick around Portland at shows, whether it's checking out White Rabbits or Los Compesinos!, I get the impression he's one of us. Wearing jeans, red chucks and t-shirts he blends in more than most of the crazy fashionistas here, except it's Britt Daniel and he stands out because of who he is. Still, I get the sense that Britt Daniel was the most popular guy in high school. [...]

Stone Temple Pilots ' frontman Scott Weiland has announced details of a new solo album set for release this November. The forthcoming album, titled ' Happy ', was co-produced by Weiland and Doug Grean . ' Happy ' will be released on the singer's own record label, Softdrive . Stone Temple Pilots ShareThis

Maybe we're the only ones, but it's totally fucking exciting to hear news break that there's going to be a follow-up to 12 Bar Blues , Scott Weiland 's first solo effort (1998) that was completed after the Stone Temple Pilots ' inner band turmoil led to the break-up ( Talk Show was terrible, no?). We can't tell you how many times we spun that CD after we bought it when it came out, all slobbered to death with Bowie homages and other glam-infused sentiments though still very much pop-oriented (for the time, [...]
The greatest thing about doing these videos is that so many fab artists from so man different genres has participated, doing their own thing with my songs, adding their own touch! Emma Nylén , singer in the band Paris and her own electro/disco project Emmon joined me on my first "Jonestown" single "As summers pass". Emma reminds me of Modesty Blaise with her jet black hair and beautiful big eyes. If Modesty could sing, I'm sure she'd be thrilled if she sounded like Emma. Sofia [...]

It's often difficult to tell how an artist will be without the band he/she started with. Fans get very attached to bands as a whole, and whether the band actually breaks up or the members decide to do side projects, they're always comparing the solo projects with the original band line-up. Some, like Morrissey and Bjork, go on to have very successful careers on their own while others like Brett Anderson and Bernard Butler never regain the same magic they had together when on their own (they couldn't even recapture that magic when back together as The Tears). Others continue [...]
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Was passiert, wenn man Maxïmo Park die hyperventilierende Stimme von Paul Smith wegnimmt? Man erhält ein gemütlich fliessendes Soloalbum des Gitarristen. (more...)

Rilo Kiley bassist Pierre de Reeder has released his debut solo album entitled ' The Way That It Was '. The debut album was released on Tuesday (August 12) and features contributions by Rilo Kiley bandmates' Jenny Lewis , Blake Sennett , and Jason Boesel all of whom have side projects of their own. Pierre co-produced the album with Dave Trumfio . Rilo Kiley (more...) [...]
I got a personal email today from Rilo Kiley bassist Pierre de Reeder where he tells me he's "a happy Pampelmoose visitor" which seems very polite of him. His email was to say that tomorrow he steps out and delivers his solo debut 'The Way That it Was' through Little Record Company. Pierre's press release [...]

Tracks by Babyshambles drummer Adam Ficek are available for free online. Ficek recently launched the website for his solo project entitled ' Roses, Kings, Castles ' and in order to celebrate the launching he's giving away free music. Ten previously unreleased demos, many of which are expected to appear on his debut album, are currently available to download at RosesKingsCastles.com . Ficek 's debut album also entitled ' Roses, Kings, Castles ' is due out September 22. Babyshambles [...]

ALBUM: Conor Oberst - Conor Oberst words: Jamie Milton The delicate sounds of opener 'Cape Canaveral' are as genuine a piece of music as you're likely to come across all year. Drum-beats played on the backs of acoustic guitars, soothing sounds being played out of the front of them. The question is, have we heard this all before? Is Conor Oberst playing it safe? The answer is he's simply having a good time. Testified in the laughter on 'Souled Out!!!' and the general don't-give-a-damn attitude that's leaking out [...]

We recently told you about The Strokes ' Nikolai Fraiture 's new band Nickel Eye . The band has yet to officially release any tracks or play live yet, however two songs by the band which were played on Mark Ronson's East Village radio show have apparently been ripped and are now appearing on several file sharing sites as well as on YouTube . The tracks ' Brandy Of The Damned ' and ' Dying Star ', are available to download on several sites and feature Fraiture on vocals. According [...]