Memo to Northern Soul true believers: Click on exclusive NME for new Richard Ashcroft album release news - or skip the middle man, and score the straight dope, here . Sounds promising: Memphis sound & Manchester swing. Black Ships are mixing now, too. True souls united. Godpseed. Tagged: Are You Ready?, Black Ships, Manchester, Memphis, New Track, Northern Soul, Richard Ashcroft, Verve, Wigan
Filed under: News , UK With the dust from the Verve 's third split finally settled, the band's former frontman Richard Ashcroft has confirmed that he is to return to the public eye with new band, United Nations of Sound, this spring. Speaking to NME.com , Ashcroft revealed that the name of his new album is 'Redemption' and that knob-twiddling duties had been taken up by producer No ID who'd previously worked on Jay-Z 's singles 'D.O.A. (Death of Auto-Tune)' and 'Run This Town' while [...]
First episode of the new year, the new decade, the new week. Heather Browne of FuelFriendsBlog.com joins us on this episode. Big announcement in the first break. Can you guess which segment Jake Ryan comes closest than he ever has before to dropping an F-Bomb on the show? PLAYLIST: Dallas - Beat The Psycho Boys the Swimmers - What This World Is Coming To White Rabbits - While We Go Dancing Verve - All In The Mind The xx - Basic Space Old Canes - Little [...]
La boîte à courriel étant vide de richesses, je vous confie 2 sons que j'affectionne aujourd'hui. L'un est une reprise acoustique d'un des groupes phare de l'année 2009. L'autre eu aussi son moment de gloire, en figurant sur la B.O. de l'adaptation cinématographique des liaisons dangereuses chez les gosses de riches à New York. download : Kids (MGMT cover) - Ben Lee download : The Verve - Bittersweet Symphony
just like the white town post a few weeks back, this weekend is another absolute classic from the late 90s that feels like its much less than 12+ years old. the on again off again band known as the verve released "bittersweet symphony", one of the most instantly likeable tracks in recent memory, despite being shrouded in controversy over an alleged unlicensed rolling stones sample. even after hearing this song millions of times, it still elicits a smile when i hear those opening strings come through the speakers. [...]
Verve - Come On Tagged: Cary Grant, Come On, Grace Kelly, Mp3, Verve
The year 2009 marked the final chapter in what had been music's most fascinating decades. But we don't have to tell you that - the examples speak for themselves. A combination of Internet protocol, aka BitTorrents, and a band named Radiohead led to the destruction of the music industry as we knew it. A rapper from Chicago managed to become both the most talented and the most despised individual on Earth, while a Detroit rocker proved this generation could have a sure-fire Rock 'n' Roll Hall-of-Famer. The Grammys became a joke and something called a "blog" became required reading. Oh, [...]
In the early days they made bass sounds like no other group (hats off you relative unknown Simon Jones). Dreamy and psychedelic Verve were on another planet both within and outside the environs of their musical creations. 'A Storm In Heaven' was their stunning debut (and far and away their best album) but you have to look a little further back, namely the 'Verve' EP, for an indication of their stupendous glory. It had the big hitters in the form of 'Gravity Grave', 'She's A Superstar' (their undimmed genuine classic) and 'A Man Called Sun' but how's about a closing [...]
Filed under: News , Movies , New Music On-again off-again Verve frontman Richard Ashcroft has recorded the title song for a new short film about sex trafficking called 'The Journey.' Proceeds from the song, which is now available via iTunes, and the film, which stars Emma Thompson in the role of a sex worker, will benefit the Helen Bamber Foundation, an organization that assists survivors of such human rights violations. "I have been fortunate enough to work on a very special project for [...]
Torna Richard Ashcroft , ex leader dei Verve con un brano scritto e inciso appositamente per il cortometraggio "The Journey". Una storia fortemente voluta e interpretata dall'attrice Emma Thompson , in cui si racconta la realtà delle tristemente note 'schiave del sesso'. Ashcroft è stato coinvolto nell'operazione e si è dimostrato assolutamente disponibile. Il brano è crudo e molto intenso, può essere scaricato direttamente dal sito www.richardashcroft.co.uk e i ricavi andranno alla Helen Bamber Foundation , una organizzazione inglese che si occupa di diritti umani e combatte lo sfruttamento cercando di [...]
(illustration: J. Di Gioia) Technically, it's not the end of the decade (that would be December 31, 2010), but for all intents and purposes, the 10-year span from January 1, 2000 to December 31, 2009 is a decade, and it's been a fairly significant one musically (of course, when are they not?). Like previous decades, the 200s gave birth to a new music recording format that altered the way everyone listens to music, but the digital age went just beyond the sonic experience; it also changed the way we think about music, [...]
Legendary windycity native NO I.D has got somethin bubbling with The Verve's very own Richard Ashcroft. Some may know I.D as the man behind the boards, pushing buttons for the very best of Common's work - I Used To Love H.E.R should ring a bell. I.D is generally hailed as Kanye's mentor and they both worked on Jay's DOA. They've recorded 20 to 30 songs already. The project is as of yet untitled and might be droppin sometime round April.
Filed under: The Hit List , UK It was no less an authority than Chuck D who yelled out, "Don't believe the hype!" but the fact remains that music and the language of hyperbole go hand in hand. Even before Andrew Loog Oldham asked the question "Would you let your daughter marry a Rolling Stone?" the practice of creating a buzz existed in one form or another. Yet be that as it may, some bands suffer from too much hype. Whether they fail to deliver on [...]
A New Decade - For various reasons - was not able to post this tune in 1999. No blog for starters. And I was busy washing dishes. So it's never too late to throw one up for Wigan's home team. Play at maximum volume. Verve - A New Decade Tagged: A New Decade, Mp3, Nothern Soul, Verve
Parliamo di un genere musicale fondamentale che negli ultimi tempi sta vivendo una seconda vita, in una forma opportunamente modificata e impregnata di influenze più disparate: lo Shoegaze . Lo Shoegaze (o shoegazing) si sviluppò in Inghilterra sul finire degli anni '80 partendo principalmente dalle idee noise-pop dei The Jesus and Mary Chain , da quelle dream-pop dei Cocteau Twins , dallo space-rock dei Spacemen 3 e in parte da quelle di gruppi come Dinosaur Jr. e Sonic Youth . In poche parole melodie [...]
Verve - Slide Away Oasis - Slide Away Tagged: Brian Cannon, Definately Maybe, Microdot, Mp3, Oasis, Slide Away, Storm in Heaven, Verve
It has come to that time of the year/decade where innumerable lists will come out touting writers knowledge of music by saying what's the best album, songs or artists of the decade/year. Some are interesting reads, others are banal wastes of time & yet others are pretentious attempts at musical superiority while showing you have little knowledge about "real" music. It is this final category that Paste Magazine's 30 best covers of the decade falls into. Covers are a delicate subject with me. A cover song must be at least similar to the original. Otherwise, you're [...]
Filed under: Concerts and Tours , News , UK History seems to have a habit of repeating itself. With this weekend's All Tomorrow's Parties set to relive the spirit of 1991 with performances from My Bloody Valentine , Primal Scream and J Mascis amongst others, Spiritualized are set to go back to 1997 as they take their third album, 'Ladies and Gentlemen, We Are Floating in Space,' on the road in the wake of its expanded re-release. And it seems that [...]
Rating: 4.0 stars (out of 5) It was back around early 2007 that iTunes had "Herculean" as its single of the week. When I downloaded it and listened to it, I had no idea that this song was part of a project that two years later, would have me completely hypnotized and dumbfounded. I liked the [...]
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