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U2, COWELL AND JACKO'S SONGS FOR HAITI U2, Jay-Z and producer Swizz Beatz have teamed up to record a song together in aid of the victims of the Haiti earthquake. And Simon Cowell has revealed that he is putting together a cover of REM's 'Everybody Hurts' in aid of the relief effort, with Rod Stewart, Leona Lewis, JLS and Michael Buble involved. Meanwhile, Lionel Richie and Quincy Jones are planning to record a new version of Michael Jackson's 'We Are The World' to mark its 25th anniversary and raise more money for Haiti. They hope to get artists attending next week's Grammy Awards to take part. |
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KATE MCGARRIGLE DIES Folk singer Kate McGarrigle died at her Montreal home on Monday night, aged 63. She had been suffering with clear cell sarcoma, a rare form of cancer, since 2006. As well as being a very successful musician in her own right, she was also known for being the mother of Rufus and Martha Wainwright, her children with former husband, and fellow musician, Loudon Wainwright III. She performed for more than 30 years with her sister Anna, the duo releasing the first of ten albums in 1976. Despite being very ill, she performed a three and a half hour show at the Royal Albert Hall just last month. |
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BRAGG DON'T LIKE BANKERS, SHOCKER Billy Bragg has threatened to withhold tax payments unless the government stops the state-backed banks from giving their senior executives those big fat bonus cheques. Bragg is calling on the rest of you tax payers to join his crusade by joining his Facebook group and then sending similar threats to the Alastair Darling fella. He's hoping he can rally the sort of support received by last month's mission to get RATM to number one for Christmas. Yeah, good luck with that.. |
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JARVIS COCKER'S ARSE UP FOR AWARD This year's BRIT Awards nominations are out, and leading the pack are Florence & The Machine, JLS, Pixie Lott and Lily Allen, all of whom are up for three awards each. For this year only two new categories have been introduced to celebrate the 30th anniversary of the awards, the BRITs Performance Of 30 Years Award and the BRITs Album Of 30 Years Award. One of the performances shortlisted is Michael Jackson's rendition of 'Earth Song' in 1996, though we assume it's really Jarvis Cocker's bum-waving antics that are getting the thumbs up. |
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DAPPY DROPPED BY ANTI-BULLYING CAMPAIGN N-Dubz have been dropped as ambassadors for a campaign aimed at stopping bullying over mobile phones and the internet after Dappy sent abusive text messages containing death threats to a Radio 1 listener last week. Announcing that the group were being dropped from the campaign, a spokeswoman said: "BeatBullying in no way condones this behaviour and we stress that sending any threatening messages of any kind is completely unacceptable". |
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WEEZER MAN BACK ON STAGE Weezer frontman Rivers Cuomo will be back on stage with the band again this weekend, the first time since a bus crash last month left him with a punctured lung and five broken ribs. Cuomo spent several weeks in hospital, resulting in the cancellation of the band's US tour. Announcing that the band would perform at Florida State University this week, Cuomo said via Twitter: "Doctor says my lung is all healed - cleared to fly to Florida for the show". |
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Russell Leetch, Editors
Since forming in 2002, Editors have had top ten singles, a number one album, and nominations for the Mercury Prize and the BRITs. They released their third album, 'In This Light And On This Evening' last year, with the latest single to be taken from it, 'You Don't Know Love', released on Monday. Ahead of that, we got bassist and chief compilation maker for the band Russ Leetch to put together a playlist of ten tracks he loves.
Says Russell: "I really like getting to make playlists. We always have mix CDs with us on tour, compiled by myself. We play them in between support bands and before we go on. Then after the show we play the audience out with a tune - last time it was Suicide's 'Dream Baby Dream', which worked well. This is pretty close to what I have been listening to on Spotify recently. Shame the new Spoon album is not up yet, it has some top songs, otherwise they would have been included. Enjoy".
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| 01 | James Blackshaw | Cross |
| There is a fantastic record store in the Birmingham suburb of Kings Heath called Polar Bear. It is the best independent record store in the city and possibly the whole UK. The staff there are always pointing something excellent and different out to eager music fans. They pointed me to this last time I was in there, and it's not something I would initially go for, twelve string guitar playing, but it is heavy and really reels you in. | ||
| 02 | The Antlers | Two |
| James Blackshaw put me in the mood for this record. It is dark and sad, but has a beautiful essence. I love how they recorded the LP. Can't wait to see them live as we are touring with them across the major cities in the US. | ||
| 03 | Bloc Party | She's Hearing Voices |
| Bloc Party have definitely taken their fans on a journey. As they came out at a similar time to Editors, I always check to see what they are up to and always enjoy their material. | ||
| 04 | Yo La Tengo | Our Way To Fall |
| Great song, one band I've never got to see live and would really like to. | ||
| 05 | Mew | Repeaterbeater |
| This is definitely the best Mew record. I've been a fan for a number of years, and this one really gets the odd eccentricities and pop song thing bound together perfectly. Martin De Thurugh's accompanying videos are pitch perfect. | ||
| 06 | Antony And The Johnsons | Another World |
| Buy this LP for the artwork alone. Glad someone like this exists in the music world. | ||
| 07 | The Feelies | Boy With The Perpetual Nervousness |
| I only got into this band this year on recommendations of the reissue of 'Crazy Rhythms'. I think the intro of REM's 'Radio Free Europe' must stem from this band. This is my favourite discovery, I think, ever. I don't think I'll ever get bored of this record. | ||
| 08 | REM | Nightswimming |
| I remember making out with a girl in school whilst learning the piano to this. I thought about telling REM about this when we supported them, but eventually decided things like that should never be said to the song's owners. Oh well, it's on the internet now. Thanks Mike Mills, you sexual diva. | ||
| 09 | New Order | Your Silent Face |
| A group we consistently get told we impersonate. I listened to my iPod on shuffle for the first time on a plane back from Bangkok the other day. This came up after some other tracks and the line "Why don't you piss off..." just rang true. | ||
| 10 | Mogwai | The Sun Smells Too Loud |
| Off the latest great LP from Mogwai. I saw them at Glastonbury 2003 in the sun on the Pyramid Stage. It was odd but definitely good, and before the stupid noise laws were introduced at lots of music festivals. Wish people would argue them more. | ||
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Gorillaz new album and free single. Gorillaz will release their third album, 'Plastic Beach', on 8 Mar via Parlophone. The first single from the album, 'Stylo', featuring Mos Def and Bobby Womack, will be available as a free download from 26 Jan. That's next Tuesday. Other guests on the album include, Snoop Dogg, Kano, Gruff Rhys, De La Soul, Mark E Smith, Lou Reed, Mick Jones and Paul Simonon. Not bad - www.gorillaz.com | |
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Monarchy. Formerly known as Milke, slick pop duo Monarchy have had tongues wagging wince last year with couple of original tracks and impressive remixes for the likes of Marina & The Diamonds, Fyfe Dangerfield, Alan Pownall and Penguin Prison. They release their debut double-A single, 'Gold In The Fire/Black, The Colour Of My Heart', on 1 Feb via Neon Gold - www.myspace.com/monarchysound |
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Yeasayer announce London show. Yeasayer, who release their superb second album, 'Odd Blood', on 8 Feb, have announced that they will play a one-off headline show at London's Koko on 26 May. This seems like a good time to once again point you in the direction of the first single from the new album, 'Ambling Alp', which you can download for free right now - www.amblingalp.com | |
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Wrongtom - Old Ghosts. This free download album is really something worth having on your computer-based record player. A compilation of mostly unreleased tracks, and some of which weren't really intended for release, you'll be pleased to know that Tom's cast offs and experimentations are better than many manage to come up with when they're really trying - myuzyk.net/releases/Wrongtom-Old-Ghosts-MZYKN015.php |
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HTRK. Pronounced 'hate rock', HTRK are an experimental trio from Melbourne, who create music out of a shared love of krautrock and David Lynch movies. The result is slow, mechanical percussion (courtesy of an old drum machine), repetitive but infectious bass lines, razor sharp guitar noise, and distracted vocals from frontwoman Jonnine Standish. I would strongly advise you to purchase all of their records - www.myspace.com/htrk | |
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World's End Girlfriend. It's hard to describe the music of Katsuhiko Maeda, aka World's End Girlfriend. He blends electronica, post-rock and his first love, classical music, to create incredible soundscapes, though not always all at the same time, and depending at what point you delve into his back catalogue, you could find yourself with a very different view of his work - www.myspace.com/worldsendgirlfriendworldsendgirlfriend |
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Q1 How did you start out making music? EDITORS: "We all come from musical backgrounds apart from our drummer Ed, that's usually the case in a band. We met on a music course and wanted to write weird pop songs. It was destiny" |
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Q2 What inspired your latest album? MALCOLM MIDDLETON: "Just the usual every day stuff like: Why am I here? What should I be doing? Is this right? What if it's wrong? What's going to happen to me when I die? Oh no, I feel like shit again. Wow, she's cool, I like her. I care about you so I need to write a song about it quickly. Stuff like that" |
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Q3 What process do you go through in creating a track? FYFE DANGERFIELD: "It can be anything. On this album most of the songs weren't written in one go, normally I'd get a basic melody idea in five free minutes before I had to go out or something, and then I'd carry it round in my head for a few weeks or months and gradually think of other sections or lyrics etc" |
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Q4 Which artists influence your work? THE INVISIBLE: "Really there are too many to name. I'm influenced by my peers, my heroes, things I've seen, heard and read. Anything that feels true in some way tends to have an impact. I love Can, Prince, Shuggie Otis, Radiohead, J Dilla, Micachu, Alice And The Cool Dudes, We Fell To Earth, Tom Tom Club, paintings by Francis Bacon, Charlie Mackesy, Picasso, books by Olga Grushin, Murakami, Coetze to name a few things..." |
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Q5 What would you say to someone experiencing your music for the first time? JAGA JAZZIST: "Be open and listen to it many times. There are many layers in the music that you maybe don't hear the first time. And try to hear us live. The energy from nine people on stage can be quite overwhelming sometimes" |
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Q6 What are your ambitions for your latest album, and for the future? JOHNNY FOREIGNER: "That people like it as much as we do and it goes to number one forever. The album. The future, God knows. Stability? Swimming pools?" |
I have a feeling that Courtney Love is going to become a regular fixture in this column as time progresses. Barely a week goes by where she doesn't accuse someone of stealing all her stuff, or attacking her in the street, or getting needlessly upset when she reforms a band but doesn't tell any of the other members.
Ex Hole guitarist Eric Erlandson already tackled the subject of Love's sudden decision to rename her solo band (and the band name on her perpetually in production second solo album) to Hole. He suggested last year that he had a contract that barred her from using the name without his involvement, though Love recently hinted that money and lawyers had made that little problem go away.
Speaking to Spinner, Auf der Maur said: "I want to make it clear that I have nothing to do with this series of concerts. I'm a little surprised by this turn of events. I am surprised and disappointed that they are going to jeopardise a real Hole reunion, which I think would be great for Hole fans and fun for us, the band. It means so much to me and I'm so proud, having been a part of it".
She continued: "Us as women, the impact that we had on a male-dominated landscape is very important to me and I would protect and nurture it in any way I could. That being said, the person that anyone should be talking to right now is the Hole co-founder, Eric. It really is jeopardising the Hole reunion, which is not impossible, but it will be if this continues".
I give it a week before Courtney starts saying that Melissa stole all her dresses.
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