Having my blog has introduced me to tons of bands. Sometimes if I am lucky enough, I have been able to become friends with members of bands. It is like a dream come true to chat it out with real artists!! One band that I have stayed in close contact with is Local Natives . I have been addicted to their beautiful tunes every since I received my first email about them. It's all history since then! I couldn't just be there friend though; it was time to do some professional blogging! Matt Frazier, the drummer of [...]
Like a throwback to the early days of Hawkwind, Jethro Tull and other quintessentially British musical absurdists (even mythical speed metallers Sabbat), The Witch And The Robot deal in decidedly weird folk/prog fare (or should that be fayre), with enough quasi-mystical lyrics to embarrass a sci-fi convention. That said, it seems this particular bunch of prog-lovers, hailing from England's Lake District, aren't afraid to laugh at themselves, as even a cursory listen to the so-bad-it's-kinda-funny opener 'Giants' Graves' attests to. Musically, they're pretty impressive at times, and are capable of raising quite a racket when the mood [...]
Today (Nov. 20) appears to be the day when bands prematurely discuss a forthcoming album. The Arctic Monkeys are already discussing their fourth record, and now Them Crooked Vultures, whose debut is not even a month old, have been talking about their second release. "I felt we've only just started to pick up steam. Why would we want to stop now?" said Josh Homme in an interview with British tabloid the Sun. Bass player John Paul Jones agrees with the Queens of the Stone Age singer. "We all know we have so [...]
The dust has barely settled on Humbug and already the Arctic Monkeys are talking about recording a new album. The band has been in the U.K. this week, where it performed some of its biggest shows to date, including a huge sell-out performance at the cavernous Wembley Arena. "The first record we done quick, and it was just like, 'get in and press record' sort of thing," said drummer Matt Helders. "But this one [ Humbug ] we were thinking about sounds more and trying loads of stuff, so it got me [...]
Hace un par de meses The Cinematics publicaban su segundo álbum Love And Terror, con el que la banda está reeditando el éxito cosechado con su trabajo anterior "A Strange Education". El grupo se formó en Glasgow en el año 2003, siendo inicialmente sus componentes Scott Rinning (voz, guitarra), Adam Goemans (bajo), Ramsay Miller (guitarra) y Ross Bonney (batería). En el año 2005 ficharon por el sello TVT Records, siendo su primer disco producido por personas de bastante renombre como Simon Barnicott (Arctic Monkeys, Kasabian, Editors, [...]
With the recent release of their third album Arctic Monkeys ' Matt Helders has revealed the band are already discussing fourth album plans. Speaking to BBC 6music Helders revealed that the band have discussed recording the follow-up to ' Humbug '. "We're already talking about when we can record again, but I still enjoy being on tour as well," said the drummer. Arctic Monkeys Helders [...]
Årtiet lakker så småt mod enden, og i den anledning har Frekvens kigget tilbage på de bedste plader fra perioden 2000 – 2009. Alle redaktionens medlemmer har således indleveret deres top 25 lister over årtiets plader, og de er nu blevet regnet sammen til Frekvens' definitive top 60 over årtiets bedste albums. Ikke mindre end 145 albums har været med i overvejelserne, men Arcade Fires debut endte med at blive den suveræne vinder, af et i øvrigt utroligt stærkt felt. Death Cab For Cutie forsangeren Ben Gibbards hyggeprojekt The Postal Service rendte med 2. pladsen, blandt andet foran to [...]
Filed under: Concerts and Tours , News , UK Two of Sheffield's most high profile sons Richard Hawley and Arctic Monkeys ' Alex Turner joined forces at the Mencap Little Noise Sessions at the Islington Union Chapel in London last night (Nov. 19). The pair shared the stage during Hawley's headlining set to perform to a version of Arctic Monkeys' 'The Only Ones Who Know'. Speaking of the collaboration, Hawley told NME how easy it was to team up with Alex Turner. [...]
Filed under: Concerts and Tours , News , UK Alex Turner has revealed to Spinner the Arctic Monkeys have been preparing for their huge UK shows with a Led Zeppelin "onslaught". He told us: "It feels like the last couple of months in dressing rooms we've not listened to much other than Led Zeppelin. That gets played every day. It's a constant." Describing the legendary rock titans' music as "the perfect pep talk" before playing their UK arena shows, Turner also said that he was [...]
Despite having only released their most recent studio effort, Humbug , in August, the Arctic Monkeys have already begun plotting its followup. It's still a long ways off, but according to drummer Matt Helders in a recent interview with BBC 6 , "We're already talking about when we can record again." However, Helders would neither give a timetable for its release, nor say whether the band will again team up with QOSTA's Josh Homme. We'll probably find out more once the Monkeys finish up their remaining tour dates .
Arctic Monkeys' Matt Helders has revealed that the band have already discussed the recording of their next album – although they plan to take time out before gearing up work on it. The drummer told BBC 6music that the band, currently on tour in the UK, plan to whittle down potential songs for the album further down the line. "We're already talking about when we can record again, but I still enjoy being on tour as well," he said. He added: "It's good to have time to work stuff out, then at least you [...]
So here we are at the weekend before the holiday season officially begins and everyone's schedule gets really busy, so get your music fixes in now. On Thursday night you can check out the final night of the Jenny Dee & The Deelinquints residency at the Lizard. It's also the first night of the International Pop Overthrow 4 night stint at Church. Night 1 of the IPO has The Buckners, The Doom Buggies and more. There are also 2 great free shows on Thursday, Lars Vegas is at the Alchemist and Sally O'Brien's has an impressive lineup. On Friday Thalia [...]
Dopo il memorabile video di "Cornerstone" siamo pronti -e curiosissimi- per questo nuovo Ep degli Arctic Monkeys , che include, oltre al singolo, tre b-sides tratte dal loro ultimo Humbug . Un gran pezzo garage-punk come "Fright Lined Dining Room", il testo quasi parlato di "Sketchead" e "Catapult": un brano scritto e prodotto insieme all'infaticabile Josh Homme. Eccovi i brani in streaming: "Catapult" "Sketchead" "Fright Lined Dining Room" [...]
NME "Top 100 Albums Of The Decade" list In an exhilarating episode of listmaking as the year wraps up, hyperbole experts NME have compiled a "final, definitive list" of the top 100 Albums Of The Decade, naming The Strokes' 2001 debut album " Is This It ", The Libertines ' " Up The Bracket " and Primal Scream 's " XTRMNTR " in the first, second and third place respectively. Others who made the list include (expectedly) Arctic Monkeys, Radiohead, Arcade Fire, The White [...]
¿Cuántas de las veces desahogamos un sentimiento a través de una canción? Podría decir que la mayor parte de mis momentos y pensamientos son acompañados por una canción y estoy seguro que los de ustedes también. Amor, tristeza, alegría, enojo, placer y todos los demás estados de ánimo podemos reflejarlos a través de una canción, es increíble cuando en ese justo momento escuchamos una canción que nos va perfecta y eso es lo que con Nokia Music Store podemos hacer, seleccionar de entre millones de canciones, la que vaya perfecta para el soundtrack [...]
50 M.I.A. - Arula 49 Muse - Absolution 48 The Walkmen - Bows and Arrows 47 Brendan Benson - Lapalco 46 The Delgados - The Great Eastern 45 Avalanches - Since I Left You 44 Outkast - Speakerboxxx/The Love Below 43 Wilco - Yankee Hotel Foxtrot 42 Vampire Weekend - Vampire Weekend 41 Wild Beasts - Two Dancers 40 Ryan Adams - Gold 39 Crystal Castles - Crystal Castles 38 Bloc Party - Silent Alarm 37 The Knife - Silent Shout 36 Spirtualized - Let it [...]
BEST ALBUMS OF THE NOUGHTIES The daunting task of putting together something that you know lots of readers won't agree with is never easy, but then we thought you could always go make your own lists. At least we had the balls... So the 50s had rock n roll, the 60s had it's pop and folk, the 70s it's punk, disco and glam, the 80s it's pop, hip hop and hair rock, the 90s it's grunge, brit pop and dance music. It begs the question - what standout genre defines the [...]
Photo by Kirstie Shanley "Fright Lined Dining Room" is one of the three unreleased tracks to back the Arctics' second single " Cornerstone " off Humbug , which we were crazy about . Alex Turner told Uncut Magazine that he wrote the song "one morning, quite quickly" adding that, "there's something to be said for writing in the morning. At other points in the day you're a bit more defensive. I saw it as a challenge to write something in a major key, but that wasn't cheesy." Truly profound [...]
Known for his highly literate lyrics on his solo work, along with his time spent in the Auteurs and Black Box Recorder, Luke Haines has a new album out called 21st Century Man . Jarvis Cocker's oddly priapic solo release this year, Further Complications , was mostly disappointing, but for those looking for a witty, smart and musical Cocker-like album for 2009, they should definitely check out Mr. Haines' new work. Neil Young wrote Southern Man as an anti-slavery missive about the American South, and with his new album, Haines [...]
It's November and the end of the decade, so the "Best of a Decade" lists are starting to come in. The first comes from the hype-masters at NME who have named The Strokes ' Is This It? The Libertines ' Up the Bracket and Primal Scream's XTRMNTR as the first, second and third best of the decade. The list was chosen by bands such as Radiohead and Arctic Monkeys, plus record producers and label bosses. [...]
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