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11/18/09 News briefs: Peaches vs Lady Gaga, Liam Gallagher, Hefner, The Velvet Underground and Nick Cave
Wednesday, November 18th, 2009
Peaches has taken a jab at Lady Gaga. In an interview with the A.V. Club, she responded to a question about Gaga ripping her off. “I’m not hating on her,” she said. “That’s cool for 12-year-olds, and when they turn 15, they find Peaches.” Ouch.
So, Liam Gallagher is going after a solo career now. After saying he was going to form a band with the members of Oasis who aren’t his brother, Liam is now seeing it as a solo career. He’s working hard too, telling MTV Italy, “After Christmas we might go in the studio and record it and hopefully have an album out in July.”
The singer of the late, great UK indie band Hefner was viciously mugged last Friday. Darren Hayman was left with a fractured skull after being attacked after a gig in Nottingham.
Members of The Velvet Underground will reunite on December 8th at the New York Public Library. Lou Reed, Maureen Tucker and Doug Yule won’t be playing live, but will be discussing their music and legacy with rock journalist David Fricke as part of the “LIVE from the NYPL” series.
And Nick Cave’s book The Death Of Bunny Munroe has been shortlisted for the annual Bad Sex Award, which the author who produces the worst description of a sex scene in a novel. What an honour!
Tags: Darren Hayman, Hefner, Lady Gaga, Liam Gallagher, nick cave, peaches, The Velvet Underground
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Earworm: Róisín Murphy “Orally Fixated”
Thursday, November 12th, 2009
Who: Róisín Murphy
Sounds like: Lady Gaga, if she tried to make music as “edgy” as her radical outfits. (Many have said Gaga nicked her style from Murphy, an avant-garde fashion icon in her own right.) But given the kind of forward-looking pop Róisín has been making for nearly 15 years, it feels like a slight comparing such an envelope pusher to a poser like Gaga.
RIYL: Moloko, Grace Jones, La Roux, Black Box, Goldfrapp, Robyn, Sia
Need to know: Róisín got her start as the vocalist for the late, great UK dance duo Moloko. Together they had a bunch of hits including “Sing It Back,” “The Time Is Now” and my personal favourite, “Familiar Feeling.” When she and Mark Brydon split, Róisín embarked on a celebrated solo career that has seen her release two brilliant albums. A new album is expected in 2010, after Róisín is done expecting – she’s apparently due to give birth any second now.
Track: “Orally Fixated” is likely what you think it’s about, considering it opens with the echoing words, “Eat me,” and dives head first into innuendos like, “You never feel full and frankly it’s dull / Because it’s always about you” and “You’ve got to give your mouth a rest.” Ahem. While this sort of overt sexuality is usually left to provocative stars like Britney Spears (see recent single “3”), Róisín fits the role like a glove thanks to the energy of the music. Throwing it back to ‘80s Italo house and electro, Róisín is as much fixated on an ADHD effect, using arpeggiating synths and microsampling, which provides a rush of jump cut noises. Who said pregnant ladies should take it easy?
Buy: Nothing to buy yet, but you can grab the track for free either here or here.
- Cam Lindsay
Tags: Lady Gaga, Moloko, Orally Fixated, Róisín Murphy
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