If you live in the U.K. and participated in Record Store Day, hopefully you picked up an EP that looks like that picture. That's because that 73 was a limited edition of Blur's first new single in seven years called "Fool's Day" and, of course, it's a great song. Even though the EP only had 1,000 copies released exclusively in the U.K., the band realized that there are many North American fans that would love to get their hands on the brand new tune. So if you head over to Blur's website [...]
Blur Click here to view the embedded video. Blur have marked Record Store Day with the limited edition release ' Fool's Day ', their first new material since 2003's ' Good Song '. Although the band appeared to be on permanent hiatus while Damon Albarn's Gorillaz took off, they delighted UK audiences with a series of summer concerts last year. New music seemed unlikely, but 'Fool's Day' will no doubt leave [...]
Now, there are lots of reasons to head out to head out tomorrow and support Record Store Day tomorrow: the economy, the awesomeness of record stores, and all the ridiculously exclusive merch that comes along with the event. But this year, there's something far more monumental on tap for the annual event: The return of Blur . By all accounts, the band has recorded their first single in seven year for an exclusive 7" that will be available exclusively through shops participating in Record Store Day, and even [...]
Filed under: News , New Music As previously reported , Blur will take part in the Record Store Day festivities on April 17 by releasing their first new single in seven years. While it's been unnamed since the announcement, the Britpop rockers have revealed that the new song is called 'Fool's Day.' Recorded in early April, 'Fool's Day' is the first new material anyone's seen from the band since 'Good Song' in 2003, and there will only be 1,000 limited edition 7" vinyl singles sold [...]
Filed under: Concerts and Tours , News , New Music , Exclusive Everyone likes to be liked and in that regard, it's been a good few years for the Horrors . When Nine Inch Nails announced their whirlwind retirement tour this past summer, Trent Reznor hand-picked the British band to open his New York City shows, an honor that completely surprised them. "Trent was tweeting somewhere in L.A., and we're like 'Wow, amazing,'" Horrors bassist Rhys Webb tells Spinner. "[Reznor is] someone [...]
Filed under: New Music , Band of the Week Most musicians would feel lucky to have been part of one legendary band, let alone two -- or even three. No wonder Bernard Sumner is smiling; he followed his career in Joy Division and New Order with a spell as one-half of Electronic alongside Johnny Marr . Not content with three chart-bothering outfits, however, Sumner has set his sights on a fourth. Out of the ashes of New Order -- who have called it a [...]
Filed under: News , New Music , Exclusive Massive Attack 's Robert Del Naja has just witnessed an apocalyptic moment while walking down a street in his UK hometown of Bristol -- a clap of thunder over a clear sky. "I'm shielding the sun and then there's thunder. Very cool!" he exclaims to Spinner. Fitting too, considering Massive Attack's long-awaited fifth album (the trip-hop duo's last studio cut was 2003's '100th Window') sports some thunder of its own while featuring nearly everyone under the sun. Okay, that might be [...]
Filed under: News , New Music , Exclusive Many plans have been made after someone had a few too many and perhaps said something they didn't really mean, but rarely does it lead to an all-star collaboration between members of English rock royalty. Yet, that's exactly the reason why New Order 's Bernard Sumner began jamming with Blur 's Alex James , just as Sumner was putting together the pieces for a new band. It turns out that Sumner, James and Keith Allen -- [...]
Filed under: News , MP3 , New Music , Exclusive One minute you're Sean Sullivan working a day job in New York City's fashion biz and playing guitar in an indie rock band called Sam Champion . Seemingly, the next moment you're sailing off to Jamaica to star in a movie with Norah Jones ('Wah Do Dem') and a record label is asking you to follow up your fun reggae-tinged solo single, 'Easy Street,' with a full album. Such has been the whirlwind year for Brooklyn-based Sullivan, [...]
Sergeant - "Counting Down the Days" Sergeant - "Swiftly Does It" Sergeant - "K OK" not that they're directly changing the face of rock and roll, Sergeant make their subtle impact by simply throwing down on some proper britpop. it's just brits doing what brits do best. yet when it comes to so many UK guitar bands nowadays, it seems Sergeant take the different path. there's no bull shit, no fluff, and what everybody else seems to be doing... doesn't matter. what does matter is what you can [...]
Filed under: News , New Music From the ashes of defunct dance rock icons New Order comes Bad Lieutenant, a new band consisting of vocalist/guitarist Bernard Sumner, drummer Stephen Morris, guitarist Phil Cunningham and Blur bassist Alex James. Presumably named after the 1992 Harvey Kietel film, the group plans to release their debut album this October. "I'm very proud of it, it's a very good album," Sumner tells the BBC. "It's pretty guitary too because we've got three guitarists in the band." In support [...]
As 2008 comes to a close, we at Stranger Dance are starting to look forward to what 2009 holds. A number of our favorite artists ( Andrew Bird , Bon Iver , Wilco , etc.) have confirmed upcoming albums and even more are flirting with the idea. A few things stuck out to us while compiling this this. First, Bonnie 'Prince' Billy promises his "biggest and most ambitious album" to date. The New Pornographers crew have obviously been busy with a new release scheduled for the group as well as members [...]
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