Vicious Pink--Fetish

October is Breast Cancer Awareness month and many organizations have designated today as a day that people are encouraged to show their support by wearing pink. While I wholeheartedly support the cause, I'm not wearing pink. Instead, I'll post a link where you can donate to a worthwhile charity ( Susan G. Komen) which would be more helpful than what you wear today. Plus we'll dust off something pink to enjoy:

Vicious Pink "Fetish"

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Garbage

Shirley Manson from Garbage revealed today on Twitter that she just completed vocals on the title track for the band's new cd. The new record from Garbage is due out in the spring, but over the past couple of months they've been posting short (very short) videos with song samples. Check out the latest one below:



If you missed this earlier in the week, check out a "progress report" from Garbage here.

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R.E.M. films

R.E.M. has posted two new films directed by Michael Stipe for the new single "We All Go Back To Where We Belong."  Watch the films here.  R.E.M.'s double disc 40 song collection Part Lies, Part Heart, Part Truth, Part Garbage 1982-2011 will be released on November 15th. 

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Liam Gallagher film

Liam Gallagher has reportedly been cast in an upcoming film about The Beatles titled The Longest Cocktail Party. The project is an adaptation of the Robert DiLello book and it will be directed by Michael Winterbottom (who directed the Manchester/Factory Records epic 24 Hour Party People). Winterbottom has reportedly revealed to The Daily Mail that Gallagher will indeed have some sort of role in the project. Read more on the film here.

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Noel Gallagher dusts off Don't Look Back In Anger live in Manchester

Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds' tour kicked off this week and last night they played their debut show in Manchester. Noel dusted off the Oasis classic "Don't Look Back In Anger" and dedicated it to The Stone Roses. Watch the INCREDIBLE AWESOMENESS BELOW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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MTV's 120 Minutes episode 4

MTV2 premiered the latest episode of 120 Minutes Wednesday morning at 3am. Why MTV2 can't bother airing it during reasonable viewing hours is beyond me. There isn't even another scheduled airing for the episode on television. Well, at least you can watch the episode in its entirety on demand here. Episode 4 features Death Cab For Cutie, City & Colour, Bush/Gavin Rossdale, Dale Earnhardt Jr Jr, Kasabian, The Big Pink, Mates Of State and more.

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Stone Roses reunited and on film...

By now if you follow music you are likely aware the Stone Roses have reunited. The band will kick off their reunion next summer by playing three sold out shows in their hometown of Manchester, and from there they'll embark on a world tour. Dates for the world tour have not been officially announced yet, so don't be fooled by the fake itinerary which leaked a couple of days ago.

The hotly anticipated reunion will indeed be documented on film. The band has allegedly enlisted British filmmaker Shane Meadows to record their every move (ok, maybe not every move) while getting ready for the momentous tour.

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Can this guy reunite the Smiths???

U.K. football star Joey Barton is claiming he's going to make a Smiths' reunion a reality. Apparently Barton was at the Q Awards on Monday and he told the crowd onstage:

"If I could get The Smiths back together that would top anything I could achieve on the football pitch."

You're probably saying, yeah riiiiiiiight, like this guy is gonna make the impossible somehow possible. Fear not, I doubt it too, but keep in mind Barton is friends with both Johnny Marr and Morrissey (in fact he's having dinner with Moz later this week according to The Sun).

I never believed a Stone Roses full reunion would ever be a reality, so I guess anything could happen.

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Liam Gallagher talks Oasis reunion

Liam Gallagher was interviewed on the CBC show Strombo last night. Liam made the following comments about an Oasis reunion:

"I'm definitely open, well, Noel is the one that started this kind of thing, but I'm definitely up for doing a tour...I don't feel there's going to be a full band again, you know what I mean? That's done I think, but Noel was mentioning like a tour for the 2015 What's The Story, Morning Glory, and I think by then, three years, I think I'll grown up a bit by then and so will he. If not, I think we can do that and go back to our Beady Eye, The High Flying Birds, or whatever it is, but if the people want it we won't stand in the way. If they don't want it, they don't."

Watch the clip of Liam's comments and there's also video of he and wife Nicole discussing the music they listen to at home. Really, Loverboy and Kiss???

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The Damned

The Damned are currently on the road celebrating their 35th anniversary and even though the tour won't be visiting Detroit, you'll be able to get a glimpse into the band's live show soon. Filmmaker Wes Orshoski (Lemmy) has been hired by the Damned to document all the craziness and a feature length documentary will be released sometime next year. The film will feature footage of the Damned (both on and off the road) as well as interviews with band members.

Captain Sensible had this to say about why the film is going to happen:

It seems like every other scumbag who was ever in a punk band got a film made about them, now it’s our turn, and at least we have some real stories to tell. Hopefully, this will cause a bit of a stink, but that’s what it was always supposed to do.

Read more about the upcoming documentary on The Damned here.

This calls for a celebratory viewing of "Grimly Fiendish" don't you think?

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Joy Division remix

You might already be familiar with Australian DJ Young Edits (aka Luke Foskey) from his Moving Me Up ep released earlier this year. If you're not familiar, the highlight of the ep was a remix of Kate Bush's "Cloudbusting." Young Edits has returned this week with another classic alternative remix: this time it's Joy Division's "She's Lost Control." Listen below:

Joy Division - Shes Lost Control (Young Edits Voices In Her Edit) by Young Edits // Youth

Young Edits - Cloud Busting by Peter Disco

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U2 Achtung Baby tribute

Today Q Magazine's Achtung Baby cover record hit the streets along with the latest issue of the magazine in the U.K. For everyone else, there's the internet! (Special thanks go out to ToneNoir on YouTube!)

Check out all the tracks from the record below (do it now in case they get yanked).
The songs have been placed in the same order as U2's Achtung Baby.

Nine Inch Nails "Zoo Station"




U2 "Even Better Than The Real Thing" (Jaques Lu Cont Remix)



Damien Rice "One"



Patti Smith "Until The End Of The World"



Garbage "Who's Gonna Ride Your Wild Horses"



Depeche Mode "So Cruel"



Gavin Friday "The Fly"



Snow Patrol "Mysterious Ways"



The Fray "Tryin' To Throw Your Arms Around The World"



The Killers "Ultraviolet (Light My Way)"



Glasvegas "Acrobat"



Jack White "Love Is Blindness"

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Q awards

Q held their annual awards ceremony yesterday afternoon in the U.K. Q 2011 winners include U2 (Best Act Of The Last 25 Years), Coldplay (Best Act In The World Today), Bon Iver (Best Album), and Noel Gallagher (Q Icon). A surprise winner was Siouxsie Sioux, who revealed she's working on new songs that we'll be hearing soon!

Take a look at the entire list of winners below:

Best Act In The World Today: Coldplay
Greatest Act Of The Last 25 Years: U2
Best Album: Bon Iver - Bon Iver
Q Best Male Artist : Tinie Tempah
Q Best Female Artist: Adele
Q Icon: Noel Gallagher
Q Classic Songwriter: Gary Barlow
Breakthrough Artist: Ed Sheeran
Best New Act: WU LYF
Q Innovation In Sound: Kaiser Chief
Q Inspiration: Fatboy Slim
Q Next Big Thing: Lana Del Ray
Best Track : Adele - Rolling In The Deep
Best Video : Jessie J - Do It Like A Dude
Best Live Act: Biffy Clyro
Q Classic Song: Snow Patrol - Chasing Cars
Q Outstanding Contribution To Music: Siouxsie Sioux
Q Hall Of Fame: Queen

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Garbage

How does she keep it so red??? Shirley Manson from Garbage has revealed all to Allure about how she maintains her rockin' red hair. Read Manson's beauty secrets here.

Meanwhile, Stereogum did a more, ah, serious interview with Manson as well as Butch Vig. Vig and Manson talk about the forthcoming new record, touring, and more. Read the meaty article titled Progress Report: Garbage here.

If you haven't heard Garbage's cover of "Who's Gonna Ride Your Wild Horses" (from Q's U2 Achtung Baby cover album) take a listen to it below.

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U2 Achtung Baby tribute

Check out a sampler from Q's U2 Achtung Baby tribute cd:



Here's the full tracklisting:

Nine Inch Nails "Zoo Station"
U2 (remix) "Even Better Than The Real Thing"
Damien Rice "One"
Patti Smith "Until The End Of The World"
Garbage "Who's Gonna Ride Your Wild Horses"
Depeche Mode "So Cruel"
Snow Patrol "Mysterious Ways"
The Fray "Trying To Throw Your Arms Around The World"
Gavin Friday "The Fly"
The Killers "Ultraviolet (Light My Way)"
Glasvegas "Acrobat"
Jack White "Love Is Blindness"

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Noel Gallagher

Fan shot video from tonight's Noel Gallagher show in Dublin:

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Noel Gallagher

Noel Gallagher was interviewed on the Jonathan Ross show in the U.K. Watch the interview and a live performance of "AKA...What A Life" below.





And here's another performance from British television:

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Skinny Puppy

Skinny Puppy will release their new cd hanDover on Tuesday. Check out another new song titled "Icktums" here.

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Stone Roses

The two Stone Roses reunion shows in Manchester sold out this morning in about 14 minutes. The band added a third show for July 1st, and that sold out as well.

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Oasis

Perhaps the Stone Roses have inspired Liam Gallagher, because Rolling Stone is reporting that Liam now says he's open to an Oasis reunion for the 20th anniversary of What's The Story Morning Glory (which would be 2015). I didn't believe for a moment that the Stone Roses would reunite, but I don't have any doubts that an Oasis reunion will happen. I'll actually be surprised if it takes 4 years.

Sounds like the Gallagher brothers are mellowing. Just today Shortlist published an interview with Noel Gallagher who mentioned he recently threw down a few pints with Damon Albarn. Well, that's certainly some good news. It seems like just yesterday when Noel made his infamous statement about wishing Albarn and bandmate Alex James would "catch AIDS and die", doesn't it? Incidentally, the only good thing that came out of Noel's incredibly distasteful statement was the song "My Big Mouth" which Noel wrote as an apology of sorts.

Oasis "My Big Mouth"

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Stone Roses

Tickets to see the Stone Roses at Heaton Park in Manchester, England June 29th & 30th go on sale tomorrow at 9:30am BST. Visit the band's official website for links to purchase tickets.

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Garbage

The internet never disappoints. U2's cover album will come along with copies of next week's issue of Q in the U.K, (but not in North America) but now, some nice person with a soul has posted Garbage's cover of U2's "Who's Gonna Ride Your Wild Horses" for the rest of the world and you can listen to it below.



You can also check out two other covers from the record:

Jack White "Love Is Blindness"

Jack White - Love Is Blindness by @U2Argentina

Damien Rice "One"

Damien Rice - One by @U2Argentina

Full disclosure: So far, it's Jack White FTW

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Jane's Addiction

Here's the Jane's Addiction chat from yesterday if you missed it:

Watch live streaming video from janesaddiction at livestream.com

Watch some footage of the making of The Great Escape Artist below. The full cd is out now!

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Alan Wilder 'Collected'

A few months ago Alan Wilder (ex-Depeche Mode) held an auction to unload some equipment, collectibles, and other memorabilia. On November 1st, the documentary made to promote the auction will be released as a limited edition DVD. To find out more about Collected or to pre-order the DVD, visit the Alan Wilder/Recoil official website. You can also watch the entire documentary here.

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Skinny Puppy

Skinny Puppy will return with a new cd hanDover next Tuesday. Check out the cd's first single, "Village" below, and visit Peta2's website to grab a free download of another album track titled "Wavy." Additionally, you can check out samples all 11 songs on hanDover here.

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Stone Roses press conference

The Stone Roses' press conference held earlier today can be viewed below:

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The Stone Roses

The Stone Roses have indeed reunited.  The band, featuring all 4 original members (Ian Brown, John Squire, Mani, and Reni), announced their return during a press conference in London today.  Two live shows were announced for Manchester (June 29 & June 30), and there are plans for a new cd and a world tour.  Today's press conference will officially premiere on the band's newly launched website at 3pm ET today. 

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Jane's Addiction

The Great Escape Artist from Jane's Addiction is finally out today! Don't miss the band's live chat at 3pm ET here. Check out some fan shot footage of the band's encore from their New York City show last night. Jane's Addiction plays Irving Plaza again tonight.

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R.E.M.

Check out a new song from R.E.M. titled, "We All Go Back To Where We Belong" below (via murmurs.com). The song will be released on R.E.M.'s 2-disc collection Part Lies, Part Heart, Part Truth, Part Garbage 1982-2011 which is set to drop November 15th.

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Stone Roses reunion

Well, now the British paper The Sun is reporting that Ian Brown has confirmed the Roses' reunion. Brown's BFF Dynamo (a magician!) allegedly showed the Sun a text message from Brown stating the reunion was happening. Allegedly. Read the entire story here. What would be awesome is if all of this turns out to not be true.

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Stone Roses

Well, on Friday the rumors started again: will the Stone Roses reunite? At first, when I heard the rumor again I rolled my eyes, because really, are we going to go through this again? It seems like every few months this rumor seems to persist. Back in 2009 everyone was SO SURE there would be a reunion for the 20th anniversary of the band's classic cd The Stone Roses. Well, there was no reunion and guitarist John Squire even created a sculpture to air his view on getting the band back together.

Anyway, back in the spring rumors swirled again after singer Ian Brown and John Squire had allegedly buried the hatchet and started speaking after seeing each other at the funeral for Mani's mother. Again, lots of hot air blew, but no reunion.

But now NME has revealed that a noted publicity firm in the U.K. will be holding a press conference in London on Tuesday to make "a very important announcement" and the announcement will be about a band/concert/tour. People in the know think it's about the Stone Roses and a couple of people that know the band have made some comments on Twitter lending more credence to the rumors.

Will it happen? I guess we'll find out on Tuesday. The rumor in 2009 was that everyone in the band other than Ian Brown wanted to reunite, especially considering the amount of money that was on the table. Interestingly enough Brown was recently divorced, so perhaps he needs the cash? The money on the table for this reunion would be huge, huge, huge. We'll see if it happens. Stay tuned.

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Sonic Youth's Kim Gordon & Thurston Moore: Splitsville

Wow, I'm still in shock as I type this. Spin is reporting that Kim Gordon and Thurston Moore from Sonic Youth have separated after 27 years of marriage. The news has been confirmed by Matador Records, so this isn't some ridiculous rumor. Gordon and Moore were married in 1984 and have a 17 year old daughter, Coco. Read Spin's report on the split here.

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Soundgarden

Check out the awesome short film Soundgarden-The Early Years below:



Meanwhile, Chris Cornell is holding a "Who's Your Keeper" contest on his official website (as a tie in to his song "The Keeper" from Machine Gun Preacher.) Share your story of your keeper and you could win. Details are posted here.

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Spiritualized

Spiritualized performed at Royal Albert Hall in London a couple of nights ago and you can watch some high quality footage of "I Am What I Am" below.



Spiritualized performed some new material at the show, and you can check out fan shot footage here via Consequence of Sound, and read a review of the show here and here. According to Spiritualized their highly anticipated new cd has been pushed back to March of next year.

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Skinny Puppy

Skinny Puppy are releasing a new cd titled hanDover on October 25th. Revolver Magazine has the exclusive stream of the first single, "Village" so click on over and take a listen. I'm loving the new song--it's kind of old school sounding, but at the same time it sounds new. You'll get what I'm talking about once you hear the song. Regardless, I'm definitely amped up to hear the full length cd. You can also click over here to download a 10 minute mp3 interview with Ogre discussing the new cd and more.

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Noel Gallagher

Noel Gallagher is holding a listening party on his official website which started today at noon. The first side of the album will stream via Noel Gallagher's official site until tomorrow at noon, then the second half of the cd will stream tomorrow at noon for another 24 hours.

Or...you could just listen to the full cd stream now, right here on Soundcloud.

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Jack White

Jack White has redeemed himself. Back when news broke about White's collaboration with those fools in ICP, I was dumbfounded. I thought perhaps White had entered into some oddball Howard Hughes descent or something, but it now appears the ICP collaboration was a momentary lapse of reason. I've wholeheartedly forgiven Jack because he's recorded a sublime cover of U2's "Love Is Blindness" which you can listen to below (via Spin, via the BBC, etc):



The emotionally draining (in a very, very good way) cover will surface on Q's Achtung Baby tribute cd, AHK-toong Baybi Covered (really, that's the name of the cd) which will come along with the October 25th issue of the magazine in the U.K.

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Jane's Addiction

The new cd from Jane's Addiction is streaming on iTunes. The Great Escape Artist drops next Tuesday, but click here to listen to it in its entirety, and while you're hanging out on iTunes why not pre-order the album?

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Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds

Noel Gallagher will be previewing his solo record starting tomorrow on his official website. The first side of the album will stream for 24 hours starting at 12pm ET tomorrow, then Thursday at noon the second side will stream for 24 hours. To access the stream you have to register with Noel's site (the link to listen to the stream will appear in the inbox at the top right corner of the site tomorrow). Here's a link with all the details on the listening party, and if you need to register you can do that right here.

The debut cd from Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds drops Monday in the U.K. and November 8th in the U.S.

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Liam Gallagher

Oh no, Beady Eye fans: Liam Gallagher just sent out this tweet:

Zurich, apologies for cancelling tonight's gig, I've got a throat infection, absolutely gutted, hope to see you all again soon...LG

ZOMG! Inquiring minds WANT TO KNOW: Does this mean Beady Eye are breaking up? Will Andy, Gem, and Chris allege Liam had a hangover? Who'll be the first to get sued? Will the Sun snap a photo of Liam boozing it up tonight??? Does Liam really have throaty issues, or does he just want a good night's sleep so he can get up and listen to Noel's listening party tomorrow???

*um, yeah, I'm kidding. Chillax.

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Noel Gallagher strikes again

In the latest Noel Gallagher vignette, Noel talks about using wine glasses, a double bass, and a saw on the new record. Honestly, he should record one of these audio clips each day. Hell, I'd pay good money to subscribe to a daily commentary from Noel.

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U2 Achtung Baby tribute

U2's Achtung Baby is celebrating its 20th anniversary and a few months ago word leaked that a U2 covers/tribute record from Q was in the works. Today Q has revealed the album will be given away with copies of the October 25th issue of the magazine which U.K. readers can pre-order starting today. Everyone else will have to wait until it pops up on the interwebs (copies of the mag in North America will NOT come bundled with this disc. Sorry, them's the breaks.) At any rate, take a look below at the impressive tracklisting:

Nine Inch Nails "Zoo Station"
U2 (remix) "Even Better Than The Real Thing"
Damien Rice "One"
Patti Smith "Until The End Of The World"
Garbage "Who's Gonna Ride Your Wild Horses"
Depeche Mode "So Cruel"
Snow Patrol "Mysterious Ways"
The Fray "Trying To Throw Your Arms Around The World"
Gavin Friday "The Fly"
The Killers "Ultraviolet (Light My Way)"
Glasvegas "Acrobat"
Jack White "Love Is Blindness"

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Jarvis Cocker

Jarvis Cocker will release his first book, Mother, Brother, Lover on October 20th. The book features a ton of lyrics, commentary, and a special intro from Jarvis. Pre-order the book here, and check out an interview with Jarvis discussing lyrics and writing below.

Jarvis Cocker on Writing and Publishing his Lyrics from FaberBooks on Vimeo.

Full disclosure: I lurve Jarvis Cocker. I'm pretty sure it's partly because of his glasses. There, I feel better now that you know the truth.

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Fix--The Ministry Movie

The documentary on Ministry--Fix-The Ministry Movie--is currently being screened in select cities around the country (not Detroit, at least not yet). Earlier this year the documentary, which chronicles the band's 1996 Sphinctour excursion, was held up in part because Al Jourgensen was suing the directors/producers of the film. As it turned out, Jourgensen had a change of heart and dropped the suit this summer (some say due to a health issue he was dealing with) allowing the documentary to see light of day. Soon there should be a DVD release to report on, but for now you can read an interview with director Doug Freel here and you can read his tour diary (including an entry from the Detroit show on April 10th, 1996) here. Two trailers for Fix-The Ministry Movie can be viewed below:





And an early Happy Birthday to Al Jourgensen! His birthday is tomorrow.

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Jane's Addiction

Jane's Addiction are gearing up to release the brand new cd, The Great Escape Artist, on October 18th. If this stellar review of the cd is any indication, it appears that Jane's Addiction fans should be prepared to be blown away by the new album. Awesome.

While you're waiting for the cd to drop, why not watch the video for the band's latest single, "Irresistible Force" below:

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New Order/Peter Hook drama

Spinner's interview with Peter Hook made headlines this week mainly because he made a couple (ok, more than a couple) of derogatory comments about his old band mates in New Order. But beyond Hooky's snarky comments about New Order, it's a pretty interesting read. He talks about the various incarnations of New Order, explains why he's on the road playing Joy Division songs, and even admits that if New Order were to contact him and admit they should have included him in the reunion he would be 100% on board. Read the entire interview here.

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Noel Gallagher

Check out the 8 minute video for "AKA...What A Life" by Noel Gallagher below. The video picks up where "The Death Of You & Me" leaves off, and it even "stars" Russell Brand (not necessarily a selling point). The debut cd from Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds will drop October 17th in the U.K., and November 8th in North America.

Edit: I figured the video would get pulled down, and sure enough, it did. Hopefully the video will surface again on YouTube. Sadly it premiered officialy only in the U.K. so we'll have to wait for someone else over there to upload it surreptitiously at some point.

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Jane's Addiction

Watch Jane's Addiction's performance from Jimmy Kimmel last night:

Here's the new single "Irresistible Force"



And the classic "Stop"

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Noel Gallagher b-side

Check out another Noel Gallagher song below. "Let The Lord Shine A Light On Me" is the b-side to "AKA...What A Life."

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R.E.M.

Here's the official trailer for the upcoming R.E.M. career retrospective Part Lies, Part Heart, Part Truth, Part Garbage:



The collection is set to drop November 15th. And if you're an old school R.E.M. fan, you might want to check out this rare R.E.M. demo tape (from cassette!) that was unearthed earlier this week (unauthorized, of course).

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Portishead

Watch Portishead's performance of "Chase The Tear" from Fallon last night.

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Radiohead

Thom Yorke and Jonny Greenwood from Radiohead appeared on Fallon last night. Check out the performance of "Give Up The Ghost" here.

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Noel Gallagher

Check out another Noel Gallagher song "Alone On The Rope" below:

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Pop up video

VH1's show Pop Up Video is returning to VH1! The series originally aired on VH1 from 1996-2002, and starting tomorrow the new version of the series will air weekdays at noon on VH1. Read CNN's interview with Woody Thompson, the co-creator of Pop Of Video here, and check out a couple of classics below:

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Portishead

You can check out some live Portishead video from their performance last night (not great quality, but still...)

"Cowboys"



"Glory Box"



"Sour Times"

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Noel Gallagher

Noel Gallagher isn't just a talented musician, he's also ridiculously entertaining. Check out the video below (originally posted on Noel's official YouTube channel) of Noel commenting on digital music. If nothing else, be sure to listen to the last minute of the clip, because that's when Noel kind of starts ranting and that's never a boring thing.

Oh, also, he drops a lot of f-bombs, so don't bother clicking play if you find that sort of thing offensive.

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Portishead

Portishead is kicking off a month long North American tour tonight in New Jersey as they headline I'll Be Your Mirror (part of All Tomorrow's Parties festival). Portishead co-curated I'll Be Your Mirror, and a few months ago they even put together a free 2.5 hour mixtape featuring some of the bands playing (which you can still download for free here or just listen to it below.)

Portishead's tour will stop through New York later in the week then they'll be routed through Canada and so on. Of course they won't be stopping by Detroit, so be sure to catch 'em on Fallon this Wednesday night.

ATP I'll Be Your Mirror USA Mixtape by All Tomorrows Parties

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The Smiths

The Smiths always make it better...

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Garbage

Garbage debuted another short teaser video this week. They also posted on FB that they'll be finishing up the new cd over the next three weeks.

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Radiohead

Radiohead performed "Supercollider" for the first time with a full band last night. You can watch the performance below.



Here's a different angle of the same performance:

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Radiohead

Radiohead played a very sold out show at the Roseland in New York City last night. Kid Rock was even in the crowd visibly singing to the band's performance (sure, Chris Martin was there too, but isn't KR more of a shocker?) You can read the New York Times' review of the show here. The band will be playing Roseland again tonight.

Check out "Street Spirit" from one of the band's two encores last night!

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R.E.M.

Last week, Rolling Stone asked readers to choose their favorite R.E.M. songs of all time, and today the results of the poll were published. Not surprisingly, the top 10 songs are mainly the band's biggest hits, which isn't necessarily a bad thing (full disclosure: I seriously love all the songs on the list except for #4, and I have no idea why I've never liked that song.) Check out the list here (slideshow format unfortunately).

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Chris Cornell

Chris Cornell will be playing the Michigan Theater in Ann Arbor on December 4th, however the ticket info has changed. The internet pre-sale will now begin October 4th at 10am and run through October 6th at 10pm, then the general sale starts October 7th at 10am. Visit Chris Cornell's official site for more info, and check out Cornell's newly released video for "The Keeper" below:

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The Smiths

Here's the trailer for the upcoming boxset The Smiths: Complete:



The Smiths: Complete will be available in the U.S. in mid-October, but you can pre-order now. If you're interested, keep in mind there are a couple of different versions of the collection. There's the massive Super Deluxe version with the band's 8 cds, vinyl, rare singles and more, and there's also a more scaled down version containing only the 8 cds. iTunes will also be selling a digital version of the collection.

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The Cure

More news on the Cure today: first we learned the band was nominated for the Rock and Roll Hall Of Fame 2012, and now the band has confirmed the last handful of dates on their Reflections tour. This tour features the Cure playing their first three albums (Three Imaginary Boys, Seventeen Seconds and Faith in their entirety.) As it turns out, the lucky, lucky, peeps in New York and L.A. get multiple Cure dates, while all the other chopped liver areas around the U.S. and Canada get shut out (again). If you're up for a road trip, dates have been posted here and tickets go on sale September 30th. If it's any consolation, I'd bet at least one of these shows will be filmed for a future DVD release, although they did already release a live Trilogy DVD a few years ago.

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R.E.M.

R.E.M. have announced details regarding their upcoming retrospective release Part Lies, Part Heart, Part Truth, Part Garbage: 1982-2011. The 2 disc collection will contain 40 tracks (including 3 new songs) and it will be released on November 15th. Check out the track list below and read more about the collection here:

Disc 1:
Gardening At Night
Radio Free Europe
Talk About The Passion
Sitting Still
So. Central Rain
(Don’t Go Back To) Rockville
Driver 8
Life And How To Live It
Begin The Begin
Fall On Me
Finest Worksong
It’s The End Of The World As We Know It (And I Feel Fine)
The One I Love
Stand
Pop Song 89
Get Up
Orange Crush
Losing My Religion
Country Feedback
Shiny Happy People

Disc 2:
The Sidewinder Sleeps Tonite
Everybody Hurts
Man On The Moon
Nightswimming
What’s The Frequency, Kenneth?
New Test Leper
Electrolite
At My Most Beautiful
The Great Beyond
Imitation Of Life
Bad Day
Leaving New York
Living Well Is The Best Revenge
Supernatural Superserious
ÜBerlin
Oh My Heart
Alligator_Aviator_Autopilot_Antimatter
A Month of Saturdays
We All Go Back To Where We Belong
Hallelujah

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Noel Gallagher

Noel Gallagher has debuted his video for "If I Had A Gun" here. The debut cd from Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds is set to drop November 8th.

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Upside Down Movie

Good news if you're a fan of Creation Records. The peeps behind the Creation Records documentary, Upside Down: The Creation Records Story, have officially struck a deal with a distributor in the U.S., which means a stateside release date for the film is coming soon! Watch the trailer below:

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R.E.M.

I can't stop listening to "Shaking Through" by R.E.M.



And the Chronic Town outtake of "Shaking Through" is fun to listen to as well...

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Radiohead

Radiohead performed on Saturday Night Live last night. You can watch "Lotus Flower" and "Staircase" here (via NME). I'd click over soon, SNL has historically been pretty protective of their show and the video will likely be pulled down soon. Don't miss Radiohead tomorrow on an hour long episode of The Colbert Report.

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Peter Hook/Billy Corgan

Peter Hook has been on tour with his band The Light playing classic Joy Division records Unknown Pleasures and Closer. A few weeks ago the tour was in New York and Moby joined Hooky on stage for the encore. Last night the tour was in Chicago and hours before word leaked that Billy Corgan would be joining Hooky on stage for a couple of songs. Check out Corgan belting out "Transmission" and "Love Will Tear Us Apart."



Another highlight of the show was "Ceremony" which you can watch here.

Peter Hook & The Light continue on the road for the tour, and there won't be a Detroit date. But if it DID stop in Detroit, who would Hooky invite onstage for the encore? Jack White isn't in town, plus he's currently out of his mind (seriously, Jack, ICP???). Iggy Pop isn't in town but he would have been an awesome choice. Other huge Detroit names like Kid Rock, Eminem, or Aretha would be a trainwreck (though I'd pay huge money to see Aretha attempt it). Maybe Windsor's Daniel Victor from Neverending White Lights or the guys from Dale Earnhardt Jr Jr? Ah well, a Detroit show is not gonna happen anyway, but fun food for thought...

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Chris Cornell

Chris Cornell will embark on a solo acoustic tour this fall. Don't miss Chris Cornell at the Michigan Theater in Ann Arbor on December 4th. The pre-sale is set to kick off September 27th and the general onsale will be September 30th.

Don't miss Chris Cornell tonight on Letterman. He'll be playing "the Keeper" from Machine Gun Preacher. The film opens in theaters tomorrow. Watch the trailer below.

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It's The End Of The World As We Know It...

R.E.M. called it quits today. This statement was posted on the band's official website today:

"To our Fans and Friends: As R.E.M., and as lifelong friends and co-conspirators, we have decided to call it a day as a band. We walk away with a great sense of gratitude, of finality, and of astonishment at all we have accomplished. To anyone who ever felt touched by our music, our deepest thanks for listening." R.E.M.

R.E.M. have been at it since 1980, releasing tons of great records, putting on spectacular live shows, and influencing countless bands. Thanks for all the years of great music, R.E.M. :)

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Liam Gallagher

It's Liam Gallagher's birthday today, and that means it's a good excuse to post some Oasis. Here's "Wonderwall" from Glastonbury 2006.

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Michael Stipe

In totally unrelated news, website The Daily Swarm posted a nude picture of Michael Stipe today. Apparently it's a shot from a video that Stipe himself posted on his Tumblr account. You can click over to the Daily Swarm to see the picture, but keep in mind it's NSFW and if you click the link you will see the full nude. You've been warned, so don't send (any more) bitchy emails* to me unless it's about something else. Here's the NSFW link.

*I don't mind bitchy emails, in fact, I usually encourage that type of thing, however use your bitchiness for good, not evil.

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Radiohead

Lots of Radiohead news today, and it's really exciting if you live in New York (lucky bastards!) Radiohead will be in New York later this week for the season premiere of Saturday Night Live and while in town they're going to make the most of it. Next Monday (September 26th) they'll appear on the Colbert Report, then on September 28th and 29th they'll play shows at Roseland Ballroom. Ticket info can be obtained here.

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Jesus & Mary Chain

The Jesus & Mary Chain are reissuing ALL of their cds over the next couple of weeks as 2 CD/1 DVD sets. Take a look at all the reissue goodness here. Just a head's up though, these are U.K. imports, which means if you try to buy them directly from the band's site (via U.K. e-tailers) you'll have to convert currency and pay those pesky international $hipping rate$. But there's an easier (and cheaper) way: if you want the reissues, just wait another week or so and buy them (as imports) from Amazon with free shipping to boot. No, I don't work for Amazon, I'm just looking to simplify things for you.

Psychocandy & Darklands will be available September 27th, Automatic and Honey's Dead drop October 4th, then Stoned & Dethroned and Munki complete the series October 11th.

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Happy Mondays

Shaun Ryder from the Happy Mondays released his autobiography, Twisting My Melon, today. He recounts the Madchester days, heroin addiction, and more. I haven't read this yet, but it sounds phenomenal. Here are two reports on the book from NME and Gigwise.

"Bob's Yer Uncle" is one of my all time faves from Happy Mondays:

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Bjork

Bjork has pushed the release of her new cd Biophilia back a couple of weeks, and she felt compelled to explain the reason for delay. Read her statement about the October 11th release date here.

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Radiohead/Rain

Radiohead's "Exit Music (For A Film)" is one of my all time favorite Radiohead songs. If you love the song too, you might be into this (suggested by the person who uploaded the embedded video below onto YouTube): Visit this website and once you've got the audio there going, press play on the video below and listen to both at the same time. Try it, it's pretty cool.

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Anyone Can Play Guitar

A documentary about the Oxford music scene, Anyone Can Play Guitar-The Oxford Music Scene Documentary, will be released on October 31st. New Musical Express has already sang praises about the film, calling it "one of the 10 vital music docs of 2011." Anyone Can Play Guitar features music from influential bands out of Oxford, England, such as Ride, Radiohead, Swervedriver, Supergrass, and the Candy Skins.

It's pretty exciting news that the film is finally coming out, because there for awhile it looked like the film was going to be shelved. After shooting, director Jon Spira ran into some financial issues which led to the film's delay, but after a successful online fundraising campaign, the film is indeed ready for a proper release on DVD. The lucky peeps in the U.K. will also have the opportunity to attend screenings on the indie cinema tour, which also promises some live musical performances from Oxford bands past and present. Ordering info is forthcoming, so be sure to keep an eye on the film's official website and Facebook page.

Check out the trailer for Anyone Can Play Guitar below.

Anyone Can Play Guitar Trailer from video jon on Vimeo.

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The Smiths

Back a few months ago, Rhino U.K. announced plans to release a super duper Smiths collection, The Smiths-Complete, which you can still pre-order from Rhino U.K. here. However, as of today, Rhino U.S. started taking pre-orders for this same collection, and the nice thing is that you won't have to pay the hefty shipping fees since you're buying it stateside. Rhino U.S. will be selling only 750 copies, so if you're interested in this, I'd order it now.

Of course, you may also want to check out what appears to be THE VERY SAME COLLECTION at Amazon, because it's even cheaper than the version Rhino is selling (almost 150 dollars less). Regardless, do what you've gotta do, I'm just passing along the info...

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Dinosaur Jr

Dinosaur Jr are reissuing their first three albums, Dinosaur, You're Living All Over Me, and Bug, on October 4th. You can now pre-order the albums here.

Dinosaur Jr have also announced dates for a short West Coast tour in the fall where they'll play Bug in its entirety. Henry Rollins will be conducting a short interview on stage live before each show. For dates, visit the band's official website.

Back in 1991 Dinosaur Jr toured with Sonic Youth and Nirvana in Europe. Sonic Youth put together a documentary about that legendary tour, (which will be reissued on DVD tomorrow). Watch Dinosaur Jr. play "Freak Scene" from 1991: The Year Punk Broke below.

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The Cure

The Cure played for a lengthy two and a half hours at Bestival 2011 on Saturday night. The band played a set full of Cure faves and followed that up with two encores. LOOK AT THE AWESOMENESS WE MISSED! How fitting the band played "10:15 Saturday night" ON a Saturday night. Good times.

For more on what Robert Smith is up to these days, check out this recent interview by the Guardian.

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New York, New York

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Radiohead

More Radiohead remixes below from the forthcoming double disc remix collection which drops October 10th.

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Peter Murphy

Peter Murphy recently shot the video for "Seesaw Sway" and you can take a behind the scenes look at the making of the video below.



Don't miss Peter Murphy live at the Crofoot on November 25th (Black Friday). Tickets go on sale tomorrow morning at 10am.

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Morrissey

Morrissey is doing only one show in the Midwest on his upcoming North American tour this fall. That show is happening in Chicago on November 10th. Tickets go on sale this morning at 10am CT/11am ET. Here's where to get tickets.

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Radiohead

Sometimes when I have a shatty day, Radiohead makes it better...

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Noel Gallagher

Chuck Klosterman from Grantland wrote a fantastic article on Noel Gallagher. If you're an Oasis fan at all, you'll enjoy it. Gallagher talks fame, success, drugs, and why Be Here Now was so long. Be sure to also check out Klosterman's footnotes. Good stuff. Read the article here.

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Kraftwerk

Today I stumbled upon this fun cover of Kraftwerk's song "The Model" by Balanescu Quartet:



Here's the original Kraftwerk version:



Big Black's version is pretty good too:



And then there's Ride's straight ahead version recorded for the NME 40th anniversary compilation titled Ruby Trax (it's a 3-disc set of covers, cool rare stuff if you can find it floating around somewhere).

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Mudhoney

The Weekly Feed interviewed Mudhoney at last weekend's PJ20 Festival. Check out the interview below:

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Peter Murphy

Peter Murphy is set to play another live show in the Detroit area this fall. Don't miss Peter Murphy with She Wants Revenge November 25th at the Crofoot. Tickets go on sale this Saturday morning at 10am. Official listing and info here.

Watch Peter Murphy, Trent Reznor, and TV on the Radio perform the Bauhaus classic, "Bela Lugosi's Dead" below:

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New Order reunion

New Order announced today that they're reforming for a couple of benefit shows this fall. I'm not sure it should really be called a reunion, because while Gillian Gilbert will be taking part, bassist and founding member, Peter Hook most certainly will not. Hooky will be busy playing classic Joy Division albums on his Unknown Pleasures/Closer tour, but I'm also guessing he wasn't asked to be a part of the N'Order reunion anyway.

Watch New Order perform their classic song, "Temptation" for the BBC from 1984 below:

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Noel Gallagher

Today, Noel Gallagher premiered new songs from his forthcoming solo cd. Listen to "AKA...What A Life!" and "If I Had A Gun" below. Both songs will appear on the debut cd, Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds, which is set to drop on November 8th.

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Iggy Pop

Iggy Pop sustained multiple fractures to his leg in Romania on August 27th after tripping over a microphone stand on stage. Iggy has been sidelined for at least six to eight weeks while the injuries heal. Consequently, the four shows the Stooges had lined up for later this month have been canceled.

If you like the Stooges, be sure to check out Raw Power Live: In The Hands Of Fans on Blu-Ray and DVD on September 27th. This release features footage of the band's 2010 performance of Raw Power at the All Tomorrow's Parties festival, plus a special interview Iggy did with the six fans who filmed the show.

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Temple of the Dog

Pearl Jam held their Pearl Jam 20 festival in Alpine Valley this weekend, and as expected, there was a Temple of the Dog reunion. Read a review of the festival here, and watch some footage from last night's set below.

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Primal Scream

Screamadelica turns 20 years old this year.

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Pearl Jam

If you're a Pearl Jam fan, be sure to visit the band's official website daily. They're releasing exclusive content each day leading up to the release of Pearl Jam 20, the band's documentary. Today they posted a live version of "Better Man" from last year's show at Madison Square Garden, which you can watch below.

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Morrissey tour dates

Morrissey's North American tour dates have been posted here.

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