Posts Tagged ‘Johnny Marr’
11/17/09 News briefs: Florence and the Machine, Paper Bag Records, NME, The Twilight Sad and The Cribs
Tuesday, November 17th, 2009
It’s not uncommon for record companies to reissue an album months later as a bonus/deluxe package containing new goodies. But this news about the re-release of Florence and the Machine’s Lungs is a bit OTT. Her label will release a four-disc version of the singer’s Mercury-nominated debut album, with the bonus discs Live At Abbey Road, Remixes, Covers and Rarities and a Live From Rivoli Ballroom DVD. Is there anything left?
Paper Bag Records is celebrating its seven-year anniversary with a collection of 12 covers to download for free. Among the 12 songs are Winter Gloves doing Nirvana’s “Smells Like Teen Spirit,” Laura Barrett doing Beck’s Gamma Ray” and most curious of all, CFCF doing OMC’s “How Bizarre.”
The NME has revealed its 100 albums of the decade… but only putting the top 50 up on its website. The five best albums are: 5. Yeah Yeah Yeahs Fever To Tell, 4. Arctic Monkeys Whatever People Say I Am, That’s What I’m Not, 3. Primal Scream XTRMNTR, 2. The Libertines Up The Bracket and drum roll… 1. The Strokes Is This It. (Like you didn’t know that….)
Scottish gloom rockers The Twilight Sad were robbed at gunpoint by two men dressed in fake police uniforms. I’m not sure why they thanked them for the experience, but they could be resorting to sarcasm after such a humiliating experience.
The Cribs have announced they will tour North America with ex-Smiths guitarist and newest member Johnny Marr. The Leeds-based band will play Toronto on January 5th and Vancouver on January 31st.
Tags: Arctic Monkeys, CFCF, Florence and the Machine, Johnny Marr, Laura Barrett, NME, Paper Bag Records, Primal Scream, The Cribs, The Libertines, the strokes, The Twilight Sad, Winter Gloves, yeah yeah yeahs
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10/15/09 News briefs: Depeche Mode, Karen O, Album cover stamps, White Stripes and Johnny Marr
Thursday, October 15th, 2009
Depeche Mode singer Dave Gahan made the ultimate rock’n'roll blunder at a concert in Peru: he shouted “Thank you very much Chile!” to the audience.
In an interview with New York Magazine, Yeah Yeah Yeahs singer Karen O discusses her work on the Where the Wild Things Are soundtrack, which somehow gets her to confess she used to slap the butts of her grandparents and babysitters.
As of January 7, 2010, you’ll be able to put the cover from some of the greatest British albums ever released on your outgoing mail. Royal Mail is introducing a series of stamps featuring the album covers for Blur’s Parklife, New Order’s Power, Corruption & Lies and Primal Scream’s Screamadelica.
The White Stripes are gonna release some rare outtakes from their first album. But there’s a catch - in order to get them you’ve got to sign up for the Third Man record club subscription.
Legendary guitarist Johnny Marr is all for talking about his role in The Cribs and Modest Mouse, but ask him about Morrissey and The Smiths and he’ll say “I’m done talking about that shit. Who cares?”
Tags: blur, dave gahan, Depeche Mode, jack white, Johnny Marr, Karen O, the smiths, White Stripes
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