Pete Doherty: 'We've discussed making a new Libertines album'
Pete Doherty has revealed that he and Carl Barat discussed plans to make an album and tour together after The Libertines reunited for a one-off gig in London in May.
The Babyshambles frontman has repeatedly outlined his desire to reform the band properly, but has not spoken about the discussions he and Barat have had until now.
However, he has now told The Times that the pair talked about returning to the studio in 2010 following their show at the Rhythm Factory, a tribute for late promoter Johnny Sedassy, who used to organise the band's shows.
"We had a good couple of hours [after the show]," he said. "We were up all night together. It was amazing really. I think we're gonna make a record and tour. Get The Libertines to take it to the next step, next stage."
Doherty also said that he had another solo album in mind – a follow-up to his 'Grace/Wastelands' record, which was released in March.
"I just see 'Grace/Wastelands 2'," he said. "I think I've got a 'Harvest' [classic Neil Young album] in there. I keep getting flashes of it, even if it's just for a couple of minutes."
One naturally assumed that when Panic At The Disco announced they had broken up that the world would finally be spared of their terrible music.
But such is not the case, as the two remaining members (Brendon Urie and Spencer Smith) have hired replacement musicians and will take to the road later this summer alongside fellow pop staples No Doubt and Blink-182.
Artist: Wolfmother
Album: "Cosmic Egg"
Release Date: October 13 (U.S.), October 12 (Europe), October 8 (Japan), October 9 (Australia, New Zealand, Germany)
Label: Modular/Interscope
Tracklist:
01 California Queen
02 New Moon Rising
03 White Feather
04 Sundial
05 In the Morning
06 10,000 Feet
07 Cosmic Egg
08 Far Away
09 Pilgrim
10 In the Castle
11 Phoenix
12 Violence of the Sun
Weezer have unveiled the name of their new album, which is set to be released on October 27.
The title was revealed on the band's official website, Weezer.com in a message reading: "Weezer's seventh album due out on October 27, does indeed have a title, and the title is 'Raditude'."
Weezer previously announced that the first single to be taken from 'Raditude' would be named '(If You're Wondering If I Want You To) I Want You To'. The track hit YouTube yesterday (August 17) but has since been taken down.
'Raditude' was produced by Butch Walker and Jacknife Lee.
Aug 17, 2009
Radiohead's New Song "These Are My Twisted Words" Available for Free Download
After much anticipation and speculation from fans over the internet, Radiohead has officially released their new song "These Are My Twisted Words" on their official site, available for free download.
In a statement posted along with links to the MP3, Greenwood shot down the rumors that the song was part of some elaborate EP scheme, saying that the band had the completed version of the song that had been lying around for a while, and they decided to release it, since they'll be playing it on a brief UK/European tour later this month.
"So here's a new song, called 'These Are My Twisted Words.' We've been recording for a while, and this was one of the first we finished. We're pretty proud of it," Greenwood wrote. "There's other stuff in various states of completion, but this is one we've been practicing, and which we'll probably play at this summer's concerts. Hope you like it."
The "Twisted Words" download comes with a PDF artwork file (lots of tendril-like tree branches) made by Yorke and longtime Radiohead collaborator Stanley Donwood. It also includes instructions from the band: "We suggest you print these images out on tracing paper ... use at least 80 gsm tracing paper or your printer will eat it, as we discovered. You could put them in an order that pleases you."
But is "Words" a one-time deal? Will Radiohead continue to release MP3s through their site? Or perhaps an EP? When reached for comment, a spokesperson for Radiohead told MTV News that he "can't comment on that, as no one really knows as yet."
New Order's Bernard Sumner unveils music by new band – audio
New Order singer Bernard Sumner has premiered his new band Bad Lieutenant's debut single online.
'Sink Or Swim' has been uploaded to the group's Myspace.com/badlieutenantmusic page, ahead of its September 28 release.
Sumner, who sings the lead vocal on the track, is joined in the band by latterday New Order guitarist Phil Cunningham and singer-guitarist Jake Evans.
As previously reported on NME.COM, Blur bassist Alex James has also contributed to Bad Lieutenant's debut album 'Never Cry Another Tear', which is released on October 5.
According to a recent Tweet on the band's Twitter.com/badltmusic, the Bad Lieutenant live band "will include [New Order's] Stephen Morris on drums and Tom Chapman on bass".
Earlier this month, New Order bassist Peter Hook admitted that it was his decision to split the band in 2007.
Hook's new band Freebass are also set to release their debut material later this year. Talking about going head-to-head with Sumner and Morris in Bad Lieutenant, Hook said: "It's a bit like a fat version of Blur and Oasis."
Pete Doherty: 'Libertines will play festivals in 2010'
Pete Doherty has confirmed his plan to reform The Libertines to play UK festivals in 2010.
The Babyshambles frontman told NME.COM that he had already convinced former bandmates John Hassall [bass] and Gary Powell [drums] to reunite for gigs, and that as soon as Carl Barat agreed, dates would be finalised.
Barat had previously told NME.COM that he and Doherty had "left it as next year" in terms of Libertines plans.
"It's going to happen [The Libertines playing festivals], you know," Doherty said. "I spoke to John Hassall, he's well up for it." Referring to Powell, he added, "He said he would [play the shows]."
Doherty went on to joke that he was so desperate to play the festival shows he would even consider hiring a Carl Barat lookalike to stand in if the real one wouldn't sign up.
"Maybe I could reform The Libertines without him, like he did without me [Barat played Libertines shows without him in 2004 when Doherty was kicked out of the band for drug use]," he said. "I'll put an advert in NME: 'Carlos lookalike required'."
Pete Doherty is set to play at the V Festival this weekend (August 22-23) as a solo artist.
Oasis' Noel Gallagher to play live with 'Psychedelic' supergroup
Noel Gallagher is set to join a supergroup for a one-off gig.
The Oasis guitarist will play live with Amorphous Androgynous in London on September 17 at the matter venue, which is part of the O2 Arena complex.
Gallagher will join the band on his own 'Falling Down', for the launch of their new compilation 'A Monstrous Psychedelic Bubble In Your Mind – Volume 2: Pagan Love Vibrations'', which is released on October 26.
Noel Gallagher has been a vocal fan of Amorphous Androgynous, even getting them to remix the Oasis track 'Falling Down', which features on the compilation.
As well the supergroup, the likes of Hawkwind will also be playing live on the night.
Eight years ago, I watched Death Cab for Cutie sleepily rock an upstate New York college cafeteria. And in two weeks, that very same band's song from a massively anticipated teenage vampire romance movie will debut at the MTV Video Music Awards. That, my friends, is what we call a wide career arc.
The VMAs will air live on September 13, and on the show, MTV will debut a new Death Cab song called "Meet Me on the Equinox", a track confirmed to be on the soundtrack for the forthcoming Twilight sequel New Moon. This New Moon soundtrack has been getting an unlikely amount of burn here at Pitchfork news thanks to the shocking number of great bands who are said to be on it. Director Chris Weitz has said that Thom Yorke and Bon Iver have both written songs specifically for the soundtrack.
In a statement from Twilight author Stephanie Meyer's website, Death Cab bassist Nick Harmer had this to say:" We wrote 'Meet Me On the Equinox' to reflect the celestial themes and motifs that run throughout the Twilight series, and we wanted to capture that desperate feeling of endings and beginnings that so strongly affect the main characters." Whaaaat? Well, now we know that Ben Gibbard's literary tastes range from Jack Kerouac to teen vampire romance novels.
Posted by Tom Breihan
In an awesomely curt statement on the band's website, Noel Gallagher announced today that he's quit Oasis. And to hear Noel tell it, the split is a direct result of a long-contentious relationship with brother and co-frontman Liam. Here's Noel's complete statement:
"It's with some sadness and great relief to tell you that I quit Oasis tonight. People will write and say what they like, but I simply could not go on working with Liam a day longer.
"Apologies to all the people who bought tickets for the shows in Paris, Konstanz, and Milan."
Not a whole lot of ambiguity there. As the Los Angeles Times points out, this isn't the first time Noel has quit the band; he also walked out during a Paris show in 2000 and briefly during an American tour in the mid-1990s. That statement, however, sure has a ring of finality to it.
Jay-Z Reps for Grizzly Bear "What the indie rock movement is doing right now is very inspiring."
As pretty much the entire music blogosphere already knows, Jay-Z, along with Beyoncé and Solange Knowles, attended JellyNYC's free Grizzly Bear show at Brooklyn's Williamsburg Waterfront yesterday. This surprise royal visit led to this pretty hilarious video of Jay and Beyoncé swaying to "Ready, Able".
As he tells MTV today, Jay himself doesn't see anything weird about the world's most recognizable rapper going to see an indie band: "I don't understand why people are always surprised to see me at shows! I've always said that I believe in good music and bad music, so I'm always at those type of events. I like music. The second Blueprint, the reason it was so all over the place was because I love music so much, so there's records on there with Lenny Kravitz and Sean Paul and Dr. Dre. I've done records with Chris Martin. I'm all over the place because of my taste in music."
But Grizzly Bear isn't exactly the same thing as Lenny Kravitz, and Jay knows it. To hear Jay tell it, he hopes Grizzly Bear and "the indie rock movement" in general will "push rap". Here's the exact quote:
"[Grizzly Bear is] an incredible band. The thing I want to say to everyone-- I hope this happens because it will push rap, it will push hip-hop to go even further-- what the indie rock movement is doing right now is very inspiring. It felt like us in the beginning. These concerts, they're not on the radio, no one hears about them, and there's 12,000 people in attendance. And the music that they're making and the connection they're making to people is really inspiring. So I hope that they have a run where they push hip-hop back a little bit, so it will force hip-hop to fight to make better music. Because it can happen. Because that's what rap did to rock.
"When rock was the dominant force in music, rap came and said, 'Y'all got to sit down for a second, this is our time.' And we've had a stranglehold on music since then. So I hope indie rock pushes rap back a bit because it will force people to make great music for the sake of making great music."