Paul Epworth, producer of such bands a: Babyshambles, Bloc Party, Maximo Park, The Rakes etc. just released a robotized version of [tag]Interpol[/tag]’s hit single “The Heinrich Maneuver”, from their smashing new album “Our Love To Admire”. Check out the remix’s streaming at Interpol’s myspace profile
In another publicity stunt, [tag]Smashing Pumpkins[/tag]’s frontman Billy Corgan is apparently looking the two twin Siamese girls, that were featured on the cover of SP’s most acclaimed and best album “Siamese Dream”. As seen on stereogum, quoting Corgan’s camp: In a bit of a fun story, The Smashing Pumpkins are looking for the young girls that adorned the album cover of their record, SIAMESE DREAM. They have most definitely aged to their teens at this…
The Irish singer-songwriter [tag]Sinead O’Connor[/tag] stated that she was obsessed with the 1971 film musical, Fiddler on the Roof. That was when she was a young girl. That is the same woman who would eventually tear up a picture of the Pope on live television and was later ordained a priest in the breakaway “independent Catholic” church. She said that “(But) one of the things that I loved, at the time that I was born,…
They have been together for almost 25 years, yet very little about them has changed. The big boys from Kingston, Ont., are very much the same. They have sold many copies of their most recent CD, World Container in Canada but outside the border they have not experienced the same success. There is breakup on the horizon. They are just the same old Tragically Hip, and guitarist Paul Langlois says they couldn’t be happier about…
The LA indie quintet [tag]Rilo Kiley[/tag] have finished recordings for their full length album called “Under The Blacklight”, due in August 20 and now they’ve started to shed some light in the obscurity of this new LP. I really liked their last 2004 release “More Adventurous”, so i was pretty much glad when is saw NME’s post, where they asked Rilo Kiley about this upcoming album’s sound. When asked Jenny Lewis and guitarist Blake Sennett…
The guys down at CMJ caught up, in between recording sessions, with [tag]We Are Scientists[/tag] frontman Keith Murray. The indie trio are currently working on a new album, follow up to last years great LP “With Love And Squalor”, in Sausalito, California recording studios. The current working title is err… “What $ Of $ Do That Cost”, other titles they’ve thought of are “Fluffin’ Tha Cushions” and “Onlookerswatchedinhorror”. Boy these guys sure are wacky scientists….
[tag]Pink Floyd[/tag]’s smashing debut album “The Piper At The Gates Of Dawn”, launched 40 years ago on August 5 1967, is set to be remastered and re-released as a 3 disc tribute special edition on August 28, of this year. The packaging’s cover was designed Storm Thorgerson, resembling a cloth-covered book. Besides the 3 CDs the package contains a 12-page reproduction of Syd Barrett’s notebook, a excellent idea as Syd used to devise some brilliant…
The drummer of the Nashville indie rock band [tag]Kings of Leon[/tag], Nathan Followill, one of the four Followills ( three brothers and one cousin) composing the band proposed yesterday night to his girlfriend. Nathan popped the big question to his girlfriend Jessie Baylin, at her parents New York restaurant, over a bottle of Cristal. Not every one is too happy about this, Nathans marriage, it seems, interfering with his commitment to the band, according to…
Josh Homme, the notorious frontman for the stoner rock band [tag]Queens Of The Stone Age[/tag] has reveled he has some serious medical issues, namely knee problems. Josh made some medical interventions on his knee in 2005, but it seems his pain has relapsed. His knee issues could be clearly seen during this weekends T In The Park and Oxegen festivals, as was severely limping and using a walking stick. Stereo Warning did a very interesting…
Artist name: Smashing Pumpkins Album name: Zeitgeist Label: Reprise Gender: Alternative Rock/ Hard Rock Release date: July 10, 2007 ZMErating: 6.5/10 Website: http://www.smashingpumpkins.com/ The [tag]Smashing Pumpkins[/tag] are back, or should I say [tag]Billy Corgan[/tag] is back, after a 7 year hiatus. The band was a ’90 alt legend, seconding in my opinion [tag]Nirvana[/tag] as alt kings of our times. During the years, however, something went terribly wrong; after their classics 2nd and 3rd albums “Siamese…
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