High praise from PJ Harvey and Frank Black have put a good amount of buzz behind a duo that may have just ended indie's flirtation with progressive rock, in favor of a committed relationship...with benefits. Read more »
Frank Black , mucho más conocido por ser el frontman de Pixies que por su nombre real, decidió tomar las riendas del asunto y abrió su propio sello discográfico al que le puso The Bureau (y no, no tiene nada que ver con el FBI). El artista, que en este momento está dando una gira por todo Estados Unidos con su agrupación, comentó también que a través de su sello lanzará su propia música como solista. Para empezar el primer lanzamiento se tratará de Jeremy Dubs y uno de los [...]
Back into 2004 The Bureau hit the stage of The Magnesia Bank in North Shield for what was supposed to be one-off gig to please longtime fan Ian Jennings. The rise of this UK rhythmic soul outfit with a jazz twist was cut short in the early eighties after financial mishaps, mess-ups and of course trouble with their record label. Their first album never made the shops in their home country, a mistake that was corrected in 2005 when WEA re-released the album. Their new album ... And Another Tthing picks ups the [...]
Dark-wave outfit the Bureau is playing its last show on Saturday, October 11, opening for A Place to Bury Strangers. From a MySpace bulletin, penned by Mike Cracchiolo. This Saturday, Natalie, Paul, Ryan and I will be playing what is likely the last Bureau show ever. There's been a lot of lineup changes over the years but since Bobby left it has really become an entirely new band. Due to various changes in our personal lives as well as a need to evaluate the creative direction of the [...]
It's been twenty-seven years since The Bureau released a record - and, indeed, if they weren't comprised of non-Kevin Rowland bits of Dexy's Midnight Runners and the Merton Parka's Mick Talbot (or the non-Paul Weller bit of the Style Council, if you'd rather), you imagine they'd not be doing so now. But they are, and they are: …And Another Thing comes out October 6th; there's a small tour to celebrate: London Jazz Café (9th Oct) Birmingham The Sound Bar (3rd Oct) Newcastle The Cluny (8th Oct) A further tour and album is due around [...]
(Thanks to bands for permission to post MP3s!) Jon Hardy & the Public , Working in Love Fans of the Basement Tapes-esque Americana of Jon Hardy's early work were right to be surprised and stunned by Working In Love . The record isn't the work of a Midwestern alt-country band; it's the sound of blue-eyed soul in love with pop music, from the resonant chime of guitars, to the unflagging rhythm section to the horn section that blares hook after undeniable [...]
At least H.A.L. was able to take some of the bastards out before they disconnected him. We should all be so fortunate. "We are turning into a nation of whimpering slaves to Fear—fear of war, fear of poverty, fear of random terrorism, fear of getting down-sized or fired because of the plunging economy, fear of getting evicted for bad debts or suddenly getting locked up in a military detention camp on vague charges of being a Terrorist sympathizer." Hunter S. Thompson—"Extreme Behavior in Aspen," February 3, 2003 [...]
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