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New Oasis Video - "The Masterplan"

post from stereogum on 14 October 2006 05:46:00 PM. © stereogum

Stop the clocks! It's a new clip for an old Oasis tune! Oasisnet.com tells us:"The animated video sees Oasis transported into a stunning world based entirely on the paintings of legendary northern artist L.S Lowry including subtle modern day twists...

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Starlite No 1

post from Chromewaves on 14 October 2006 10:52:22 AM. © Chromewaves

Mojave 3 by Rebecca Miller So to anyone who was curious what the answers were in my now-closed Mojave 3 contest (congrats to winners Chris, Dimitri and Paul by the by), Neil Halstead and Rachel Goswell's first band - preceding Slowdive and Mojave 3 - was called The Pumpkin Fairies and was formed when they were the tender ages of 18 and 17, respectively. There's an excellent writeup about the duo's formative years here as well as a couple of MP3s from their original demo cassette tape which I've posted below.

Also below - the radio session Mojave 3 performed for KCRW on October 2, generously ripped, encoded and donated by Kevin at So Much Silence. Dude, next time I'm in Arizona I'm buying you a Coke. Anyway, interesting setlist for the session - only two of the eight songs are taken from Puzzles Like You, the rest come from throughout their whole discography. As I understand it, this "greatest hits" song selection has been par for the course the whole tour as well as including some of Neil's solo material. Also note that the female backing singer is not Rachel Goswell - her medical condition has kept her back in England for this tour and on the West Coast dates, at least, the band conscripted someone to cover her parts. She's not trekking cross-continent with them, however, so expect their show at the Mod Club on Monday to feature only Neil on vocals but perhaps they'll call on Bob Egan, formerly of Wilco and currently of Blue Rodeo, to sit in on pedal steel with them as he has in the past. But whatever the band configuration Monday, reviews of the tour to this point have been positive enough that I'm sure it'll be great regardless.

Passing notes - Lunapark 6 has an interview with Halstead about Puzzles Like You, the current tour, Alan McGee and emails. Also note that a second single from the new record will be the album's title track and be released in 7" form on November 6 in the UK. "Puzzles Like You" will be b-sided by "Bad World".

MP3: Mojave 3 - "Kill The Lights" (Live at KCRW - October 2, 2006)
MP3: Mojave 3 - "Who Do You Love" (Live at KCRW - October 2, 2006)
MP3: Mojave 3 - "Starlite No 1" (Live at KCRW - October 2, 2006)
MP3: Mojave 3 - "Breaking The Ice" (Live at KCRW - October 2, 2006)
MP3: Mojave 3 - "Prayer For The Paranoid" (Live at KCRW - October 2, 2006)
MP3: Mojave 3 - "Puzzles Like You" (Live at KCRW - October 2, 2006)
MP3: Mojave 3 - "Sarah" (Live at KCRW - October 2, 2006)
MP3: Mojave 3 - "Some Kinda Angel" (Live at KCRW - October 2, 2006)
MP3: The Pumpkin Fairies - "Stephanie Says" (Velvet Underground cover)
MP3: The Pumpkin Fairies - "What's The Matter With Me"
MySpace: Mojave 3

NOW talks to New York chamber-folk combo Hem in advance of their show at the Horseshoe on Monday night. They're touring with a 10-piece orchestra (!) so if for whatever reason you're not at Mojave 3 and are still looking for something to do Monday night, this would be an excellent choice. Glide also has an interview with the band.

Billboard reports that Maximo Park have completed their follow up to A Certain Trigger, still untitled and slated for release around March of next year.

Music For Kids Who Can't Read Good interviews Headlights, discovers they're very excited about the Wham! reunion.

PopMatters chats with Mac McCaughan about the many faces of Portastatic.

Bradley's Almanac has an MP3 from the forthcoming Tanya Donelly live-but-all-new-material album This Hungry Life, out next Tuesday. Scroll down about halfway through the post.

Cat Power is the latest artist to stop in at AOL's Interface, who are offering streaming songs and interview from the session. Chan is back in town November 22 with the Memphis Rhythm Band for a show at the Phoenix - at $35.50, not a cheap ticket by any means but everyone I've talked to seems reasonably confident that it'll be a great show and the crazy will be kept to a minimum. Fingers crossed.

Went to see Little Miss Sunshine last night - very enjoyable if kinda slight. Steve Carell was great and Greg Kinnear is always reliable. But the DeVotchKa score was probably my favourite part of the whole thing. I love DeVotchKa.

np - DeVotchKa / How It Ends

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Hawkins Blows $300,000 on Blow; Leaves The
Darkness

post from The Lonely Note on 14 October 2006 10:12:00 AM. © The Lonely Note

After admitting that he has spent over a quarter of a million dollars on cocaine, lead singer for The Darkness, Justin Hawkins, has split from the band. The Darkness have immediate plans to look for a new front man. In the meantime, Hawkins will be entering rehab.

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Katie Melua - Nine Million Bicycles

post from My Favorite MP3 on 14 October 2006 10:10:00 AM. © My Favorite MP3

There are nine million bicycles in Beijing
That's a fact, it's a thing we can't deny
Like the fact that I will love you till I die

We are twelve billion light years from the edge
That's a guess, no one can ever say it's true
But I know that I will always be with you

I'm warmed by the fire of your love everyday
So don't call me a liar
Just believe everything that I say

There are six Billion people in the world
More or less, and it makes me feel quite small
But you're the one I love the most of all

We're high on the wire
With the world in our sight
And I'll never tire
Of the love that you give me every night

There are nine million bicycles in Beijing
That's a fact, it's a thing we can't deny
Like the fact that I will love you till I die

And there are nine million bicycles in Beijing
And you know that I will love you till I die

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MAILBAG! Starring ACUTE!

post from Berkeley Place-A lil' bit of BK from VA on 14 October 2006 04:51:00 AM. © Berkeley Place-A lil' bit of BK from VA

ACUTE

Got this advance peek at Los Angeles rock trio ACUTE?s debut EP, Selection, due November 7 on Help Records. It?s solid rock, on the pop side, recalling the late 80s and early 90s. I hear Better than Ezra and power chord rockers like Echo and the Bunnymen, Simple Minds, etc., but with less moody affectation. I particularly like You Want it? Take It! It's Yours!, which a nice horn thing going on in the background and some very interesting drum work.

The EP is produced by Dave Trumfio (Wilco, OKGO, My Morning Jacket). I don?t hear his influence too much in this (or at least Acute doesn?t sound at all like those bands), so I suspect this is exactly what the band wants you to hear. And why shouldn?t they? It?s damn fine.

Follow You Home-Acute.

Guns-Acute.

Saint-Acute.

Take a Step Back -Acute.

You Want it? Take It! It's Yours!-Acute.

MIDLAKE

Midlake will be one of my picks for album of the year. They?ve got a video for "Van Occupanther".

NO WAIT WAIT

Chairkickers' Union Music announces the release of No Wait Wait's album About You. Straight outta what the announcement calls ?Minnesota's dense and entrenched music scene.? That?s about right. The music is heavy on the drama, sweeping and broad. And if I didn?t like it, it wouldn?t be here.

Don't Give Up (On Your Man)-No Wait Wait.

All That There Was-No Wait Wait.

blogdiginternal="font-weight: bold;">THE LAST WORD

"A conservative is a man who believes that nothing should be done for the first time. "

~Alfred E. Wiggam

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THE GULLIEST OF GOD’S SONS

I’m demonstrating why writers using Photoshop’s lasso tools are bad news!Nas is Rap’s uncle that drinks too much, can’t hold a job and has more women than clean drawers. However, Rap’s mother cannot stop loving her little brother and Rap’s extended family has a well needed laugh from Rap’s amusing uncle during holiday dinners. [...]

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