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You'll know Jonsi - hitherto, as the singer from Sigur Ros. Now, Jonsi's going solo - and this is the first forbidden fruit: There's a website which, as you'd expect, doesn't go into very much detail. [via donewaiting ]
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Sigur Rós
It's now a pretty well-rehearsed routine: Large celebrity gets invited to play Israel for large sums of money; celebrity accepts; human rights campaigners point out the moral grey area of going to have fun in Israel while it's behaving as it does; celebrity keeps head down, banks cheque. Your ...
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Elton John
Bad news: Kaiser Chiefs are writing a new album. Good news: They've chosen a slow way to go about it : Ricky Wilson said: "We're playing around at the moment. "I'm sending him words and lyrics in the mail. He's sending me CD's in the mail. "We're actually utilising the Royal Mail quite a lot - ...
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Gordon has been playing out again : IT'S not often you go to bed in Paris and wake up in Amsterdam. It's not often you read an opening line like that. Unless it's been written on lined paper and is accompanied by crayoned picture of the Eiffel Tower. Last year I went to Salt Lake City with ...
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There seem to be about sixty-squillion versions of Massive Attack's Hope Sandoval voiced Paradise Circle floating about at the moment. But there's always room for one more: RCRD LBL are offering a Gui Boratto Remix which is worth a ctrl-click.
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Massive Attack
Back before the Simon Cowell charity single in aid of a good cause was released, Gennaro Castaldo was preparing himself for something big : Gennaro Castaldo, of HMV, said: "We've seen a surge in demand for the Helping Haiti single online, where it's our No1 music pre-order, and you get a real ...
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How are Messrs. Cox and Drummie going to mark twenty five years in the business, you might have been wondering. Oh, pretend you have. Play along. Luckily, a press release brings news: Legendary British pop duo “Go West” will embark on a rare 11-date UK tour in April 2010. It's not entirely lying ...
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This is what MGMT are dressing like these days: Yes, out goes the dayglo, in comes a serious-faced new direction for the new album. It's called Congratulations, it's out in April and there's a press release: Congratulations is a collection of nine individual musical tours de force sequenced ...
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Most of the UK dates Brokey Social Scene have announced to support their May new album have sold out already, so rather than getting all Jim Bowen on your ass, let's just note that they've booked themselves in to the Brighton Corn Exchange for May 15th. Rush, rush, and you might just get tickets.
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Surely the most curious thing about the American Air Force using Fell In Love With A Girl , without permission, for a Superbowl recuritment advert is... well, that they were using a White Stripes song at all . Obviously, given that the USAF is in the business of dropping things on people's ...
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The White Stripes
It's meant to be the most wonderful time of the year, and with all those stockings just waiting to be stuffed with CDs, wanted or not, you'd have to be a massive bungler to lose money at a major label in the last quarter of the year. Warners have managed it though , while managing to rake in ...
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Exciting news from the Creation Records blog : Apple Boutique's Love Resistance is getting a re-release. Highly limited to 59 copies, and only on three inch CDs (so happy hours to be spent there trying to fish the thing out of your iMac). But even 59 copies is probably going to double the number ...
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You know what's more dull than the sports pages of The Sun? Kasabian turning the showbiz page into the sports pages : [Tom Meighan says] "Capello has come in and, without going into too much detail, he's disciplined them and sorted things out. He then goes into too much detail. For no apparent ...
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This is what the internet does incredibly well: Kathleen Hanna has set up a Bikini Kill archive blog . She's requesting people to whom the Kill meant something share their thoughts and memories of the band and the times. [via @KRSstaff ]
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And all my friends just might ask me, they say 'Martin one day you'll find true love'. And I say I'm not called Martin, but, you know, cheers. And maybe one day, you'll be able to visit the Basement Jaxx site and download a free remix of The Look Of Love . Yes, the ABC one. [via Stereogum ]
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The Basement
The Look
Enter Shikari were going to do a gig at the Empress Ballroom in Blackpool, until The Man got involved. In this case, The Man was the Health And Safety Executive, who decided the building wasn't safe enough to be holding no sort of gathering, never mind no rock concerts , and so the gig is off. ...
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Last week, the guy who pushed Noel Gallagher over on stage was due to hear his sentence. In the end, though, there was no sentence passed, as Noel Gallagher announced that he wanted to make a witness impact statement . But prosecutor Ruth Kleinhenz on Friday requested an adjournment that would ...
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Noel Gallagher
Oasis
Andrew Norman, organiser of the Thimbleberry Music Festival has been charged with - wait for it - permitting the use of cannabis at his festival. The curious decision to prosecute has already lead to the cancellation of the next festival - Norman has had thousands seized under the Proceeds Of ...
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Contactmusic is delighted by the wit of Liam Gallagher . He, they remind us: is known for his caustic put-downs So let's prepare ourselves for an onslaught of wit as Gallagher turns his attention to Florence Welch, shall we? Liam quipped: Ooh, it's going to be a quip... "I'm not having someone ...
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Liam Gallagher
Oasis
You've got to hand it to the British music industry - just when you think they've exhausted ways of making the Brits look fusty and out of touch, they come up with a whole new level of fustiness : OUR music aristocracy will have to doff their caps at the Brit Awards - as real-life Royalty will ...
