Fran is pleased to announce the lead track to be taken from his upcoming solo album 'Wreckorder' will be 'Buttercups'. You can purchase 'Buttercups' digitally from Monday 4th October, which is the same date as the album release. Fra... Read more..
Sir Paul McCartney has not only been the man behind some of the most famous songs and performances of all time, but he's also recorded many of the best bass lines in rock history, for my money. It' s no wonder then that Travis frontman Fran Healy emailed the former Beatle's management when looking for a guest bassist on his forthcoming solo album, Wreckorder (which also boasts a Neko Case cameo). In an interview with WRNR , Healy discussed the collaboration, saying that McCartney recorded his parts for "As It Comes" [...]
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If you're unaware of what Music Monday is, it's a Twitter recommendation system where users of Twitter share their favourite music, artists, genres, etc in order to not only find new music themselves but help others find new music too. Using the hashtag (#) followed by "MusicMonday" you can easily find new music posted by the thousands of people making recommendations each week. Every #MusicMonday I upload a playlist of 20 songs that I've been listening to (new and old) over the past week [...]
There's a moment right at the beginning of Women 's new single, "Eyesore", that messes with my mind. I was listening to it late at night for the first time, and there's a distinct door chime sound about 15 seconds in that sounds EXACTLY like my own doorbell. I'm not ashamed to say that when the sun goes down and the goblins come out, I'm very hesitant to answer a knock or ring at the door, so I had to go back and listen to it again to make sure that it was actually in [...]
Travis hasn't released an album since 2008's Ode to J. Smith , so frontman Fran Healy has announced that he's going it alone...f or now. The 37-year-old Scotsman will release his first solo album, Wreckorder , on October 5th (via Rykodisc ) and is currently touring the North American continent opening for Keane . While he's merely taking a break from his band, Frealy has admitted feeling pleasantly apprehensive about branching out on his own. The California Chronicle reports he blogged [...]
Fran Healy, lead singer and main songwriter of Travis, has announced the release of his debut solo album Wreckorder
Filed under: News , New Music , Exclusive , Holy Hell Tim Barber We're sure musicians everywhere would like to know the answer to this question: how do you get Paul McCartney to play bass on your album, as Travis frontman Fran Healy did? For starters, it helps that Healy has known McCartney for some time, even if their first meeting wasn't an auspicious one. "I've known Paul since [...]
It's been over a decade since Travis first broke onto the mainstream music scene with "Why Does It Always Rain on Me?" The Scottish band is still going strong ten years later, but it seems that lead singer Fran Healy is breaking out on his own for a bit as well. Right now he's on tour with Keane , and his debut solo album is set to drop on October 5th via Ryko. The album, WRECKORDER , will feature some impressive guests as well including Neko Case and Paul McCartney . [...]
Ya desde principios de año les habíamos contado las primeras noticias de Wreckorder , el proyecto solista de Fran Healy de Travis , quien, aprovechando un descanso del grupo, decidió que era momento de abandonar momentáneamente a sus compañeros para producir algo por él mismo. Pues ahora ya tenemos más detalles de esta producción, la cual será publicada a través de Ryko el próximo 5 de octubre y fue grabada en Berlín, Nueva York y Vermont durante el último año. En nuestra nota anterior les [...]
It's been two years since the last Travis album; seven, if you measure it since the last one that people noticed. This has created a Travis-like hole in Britain's cultural life. Holes aren't, to be honest, all that bad. And this is a hole that you really don't mind. Nevertheless, Fran Healy has decided to try and plug that hole with a solo record. (Yes, it seems that Travis consisted of more than one person.) There's an excited press release: Artists such as Coldplay, Noel Gallagher, The Doves and Gomez have [...]
Gorillaz (pictured) announce world tour Beck channels Times New Viking for Scott Pilgrim Vs. The World soundtrack Travis' Fran Healy goes solo The Beach Boys may actually reunite Bush reunion questionable
Fran Healy se hizo esperar bastante con estas noticias, pero ya esta, Wreckcorder su debut como solista estará en tiendas a partir del 5 de Octubre, además hoy a través de SPIN ha estrenado Buttercups, el primer sencillo oficial del disco. Escúchala y si quieres opina, porque yo, a este señor no le puedo reprochar absolutamente nada. Fran Healy - Buttercups
Fran Healy of Travis to release debut solo album Wreckorder out October 5th on Ryko Records Currently on North American tour with Keane Fran Healy , lead singer and main songwriter of acclaimed Scottish rock band Travis , is excited to announce the release of his debut solo album Wreckorder . Set for an October 5, 2010 release on Ryko , Healy's first release on the label, Wreckorder is the work [...]
Brace yourselves for Fran Healy's Wreckorder. It'll see daylight on 10/5. Visit Fran Healy at his official site. Earlier this year, Travis dropped by KEXP. MP3: Travis - Love Will Come Through
On the first stop of their U.S. tour, British band Keane paid a visit to the Fox Theater in Oakland, CA to support their latest EP Night Train . The piano-rock trio has come a long way since their 2004 debut Hopes and Fears , selling over 10 million albums worldwide and playing to sold-out crowds. With a few bumps along the road, any traces of doubt were trumped on Tuesday night. Opening up the show was a solo Fran Healy of the Scottish alt-rock outfit Travis. With nothing but an acoustic [...]
[Birthday greetings today to the legendary Kim Fowley ...] Top 5 reasons tonight to go forth and conquer: ☛ Does anybody else think the Dead Weather's video for "Blue Blood Blues" is not up to the usual Jack White/Third Man Records artistic standards? Oh, and White's little quartet plays the Hollywood Palladium tonight. ☛ Gonna be a good one at the Troubadour, with Gram Rabbit [ yesterday's post ], the Ruby Friedman Orchestra and Useless Keys . [...]
Filed under: Concerts and Tours , News , New Music , Exclusive Tim Barber After two decades as the frontman of Scottish rockers Travis , Fran Healy is making his solo debut with 'Wreckorder,' due out in September. While it's nerve-wracking for many artists to step out on their own, Healy is very calm about having his name alone on the marquees. "This album, compared to all the other albums, I must be honest, [...]
"Lolita is ... not only a girl, a fantasy, and a book, it is the constitutive element of all three: a word" Richard Bullock Travis: Before You Were Young Carlos Ramos: Kubrick (thanks for the link Scott)
"It is Healy's first solo album and is expected to be released some time in 2010. Recorded in Berlin, New York and Vermont, and produced by Emery Dobyns. The album will also feature Paul McCartney, Neko Case and Noah and the Whale's Tom Hobden. As a way of thanking McCartney, Healy has become a vegetarian. "Nora [Healy's wife] and I were sitting and thinking of a thank-you present and I suggested going vegetarian. Our son is already one, so it would mean we would all be on the same boat. I met Paul at his [...]
If you are going to sing out loud, might as well sing about singing! What? Here's a collection of tunes all about singing! Sing - Blur Minimalistic masterpiece was both on Blur's 1991 album, Leisure as well as on the soundtrack for the 1996 movie Trainspotting. Blur is currently giving away the new track, Fool's Day, which [...]
Never Enough Notes
TwentyFourBit
Listen Before You Buy
Quick Before It Melts
Consequence Of Sound
Addict Music
Spinner.com
The End Of Irony
Cuchara Sónica
No Rock And Roll Fun
The Lime Wire Blog
...SoTB
Band Weblogs
the music slut
B-Sides
Buzz Bands
Achtung Baby!
LOFT965
Road 2 Nowhere
Sleigh Bells - Demons (Official Music Video)
The Rains of Castamere by The National
A-Trak & Dillon Francis - "Money Makin'" (Official Video)
DIIV "How Long Have You Known?" (OFFICIAL VIDEO)
Nas - Daughters
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Monday Music – 28 May 2012
Bison - Quill
Neutral Milk Hotel- Aeroplane Over the Sea
