The Rascals played the Festival Republic Stage at the Leeds Festival this afternoon (August 22), the first of frontman Miles Kane's iI shows today.
The singer will join up later with sidekick Alex Turner from Arctic Monkeys to perform together as The Last Shadow Puppets - complete with an orchestra - on the NME/Radio 1 Stage.
With the new bands' tent jammed out, The Rascals played a taught set of songs from their recently-released debut album 'Rascalize'.
With Kane's bandmates drummer Greg Mighall and bassist Joe Edwards providing a storming backing, the trio divine a phrenetic moshpit at the front of the tent passim their set.
Wrapping up with outgoing single 'I'll Give You Sympathy' and an drawn-out version of closer 'Is It Too Late', Kane and co left the stage to loud football-style chants of "Rascals, Rascals".
The Rascals played:
'People Watching'
'Does Your Husband Know That You're On The Run'
'Bond Girl'
'Out Of Dreams'
'Fear Invicted Into The Perfect Strange'
'Freakbeat Phantom'
'Stockings To Suit'
'I'll Give You Sympathy'
'Is It Too Late'
For a full report of The Last Shadow Puppets limit later today stay tuned NME.COM.
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Monday 25 August 2008
Friday 15 August 2008
Download Count Me Out
 Artist: Count Me Out: mp3 download Genre(s): Rock: Punk-Rock Discography:  110 Year: 2000 Tracks: 10 Hardcore icons Count Me Out portmanteau word cruel straightedge punk with fell punk-influenced metallic element. Starting in Richmond, VA, in the fall of 1997 (in brief going away by the name What the F*ck, ever-changing it ahead playing their first present later that year), they released the acidic Few and Far Between EP in 1999, produced by Brian McTernan. A year later, the full-length 110 came proscribed on Indecision Records and was backed up by a prolonged tour. The dwight Lyman Moody and viciously honest Permanent followed 2 years later. After finishing a enlistment of Europe, Count Me Out -- vocalist Jason Mazzola, guitarists Garth Petrie and Pete Appleby, bassist Charlie Flexon, and drummer Colin Kimble -- suddenly played an unheralded concluding present back up in Richmond in February 2003. Members went on to act as in bands like Renee Heartfelt and Strike Anywhere. |
Friday 27 June 2008
Monday 23 June 2008
Lyzanxia
Artist: Lyzanxia
Genre(s):
Rock: Thrash
Discography:
Mindcrimes
Year: 2002
Tracks: 12
Anjou, France's Lyzanxia were founded in 1996 by the Potvin brothers, David (vocals, lead guitar) and Franck (vocals, rhythm method guitar), and by the following year, had a full-length demo (deceptively entitled Lullaby) in bridge player to sponsor to record labels. But there were as until now no takers for the band's services, so Lyzanxia continued functional on their personal brand of neo-thrash alloy laced with last and nu-metal tendencies until 2001, when Wagram Music agreed to freeing their second total album, Eden. This disc featured the musical rhythm section of Eguil Voisin (freshwater bass) and Gweltaz Kerjan (drums) and, like its 2003 successor, Mindcrimes, was directed by renowned Swedish producer Fredrik Nordström at Gothenburg's Studio Fredman. Excellent reviews and a ontogeny outside fan base permitted Lyzanxia to venture on their number 1 U.S. and Canadian duty tour in the fall of 2004, and a newfangled handle with Listenable Records finally sent the Potvins and their new rhythm division of Vincent Perdicaro (freshwater bass) and Clement Decrock (drums) game into the studio apartment to record their fourth album, UNSU.
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Monday 16 June 2008
Naomi Campbell - Campbell Has Surgery To Become A Mum
British supermodel NAOMI CAMPBELL has undergone surgery to enable her to have children.
The catwalk queen, 38, is desperate to become a mother and recently had an operation to help her fulfill her dream.
Although Campbell doesn't specify her condition or give any details about the surgery, she insists she can now become a mother.
She says, "Now I can have a child I would like one. I'm even willing to have one without a father. I know that I am ready."
And Campbell believes motherhood will be life-changing for her.
She adds, "I know that with a baby I would change, I'd calm down. With a child you cannot accept compromises. You have to give your full self."
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Friday 13 June 2008
Record label sues two Stone Temple Pilots
Warner Music Group Corp's Atlantic Records label has sued two members of the alternative rock band Stone Temple Pilots for trying to end their recording contract early.
The suit filed in US District Court in Manhattan claims lead singer Scott Weiland and drummer Eric Kretz have threatened to stop performing under their contract and have indicated they would like to end the agreement unless Atlantic makes significant changes.
The record company said in the suit that while Stone Temple Pilots have already delivered six albums, it wants the group to record a seventh album and deliver up to two more albums if the record label decides they want them.
The group, known for hits like Sex Type Thing and Interstate Love Song, rose to fame in the 1990s and reunited last month for their first national tour in eight years.
The group, whose momentum was often curtailed by Weiland's drug problems, had fallen apart shortly after a 2002 tour.
In late 2003, the other two members of the group, guitarist Dean DeLeo and bassist Robert DeLeo, were released by Atlantic from their recording contract as they said they wanted to pursue separate careers.
Atlantic said in the lawsuit that the group - Weiland, Kretz and the DeLeos - was now touring successfully and had indicated its intention to record together again.
The record company said its contract with Stone Temple Pilots was written under New York laws and that the musicians are trying to use California laws to terminate it.
Atlantic said claims by Kretz and Weiland that they have a right to terminate the contract "have given rise to a definite, real and substantial controversy between the parties that threatens to harm Atlantic's business".
Atlantic is seeking a court declaration of its rights under the recording contract, the costs of its legal fees and any other relief the court decides is appropriate.
A spokeswoman for Stone Temple Pilots had no immediate comment on the lawsuit.
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Play it again: Mission of Burma turns old albums into new shows
Playing a classic rock album front-to-back in concert should be a gambit for nostalgia-milking dinosaur bands: Certainly Roger Waters owes most of his 21st century fortune to the practice. But it isn’t Rush with “2112” or Yes with “Fragile” spearheading the trend.
Rock’s leading indie, underground and cult bands are fueling the fad. Artists from Mission of Burma and Built to Spill to the Lemonheads and Camper Van Beethoven are playing their milestone releases live in 2008.
Thursday night, Boston’s Mission of Burma performs 1981’s “Signals, Calls and Marches” at the Paradise. Friday the quartet returns to do 1982’s “Vs.” Thorny, brutal slices of post-punk, the albums were recently reissued by Matador. Burma figured doing them live would be good promotion.
“In some skewed way it seemed to make sense,” Burma guitarist/vocalist Roger Miller said. “When we were touring for (2006’s) ‘The Obliterati,’ we kind of nuked all the old stuff from the set list. Partly because we suspected we might be doing the old stuff when the reissues came out.”
Many in the indie rock crowd like the idea because no one thought they’d like the idea.
“This is all very un-Mission of Burma,” Miller said. “We have only done the same set twice. It was in 1979 and it was a disaster.”
The whole-album concert is becoming incredibly chic among Burma’s peers. New York’s All Tomorrow’s Parties has sponsored a series of entire-album events called “Don’t Look Back” since 2005; the inaugural show featured Western Massachusetts rockers Dinosaur Jr. doing “You’re Living All Over Me” and Boston’s Lemonheads doing “It’s a Shame About Ray.” When the deluxe CD of “Ray” was released two months ago, the Lemonheads celebrated by playing it in full at the Paradise.
“ATP set the precedent, but now there’s a tradition for doing this,” Miller said. “This summer we’re playing at the Pitchfork festival doing ‘Vs.’ After us comes Sebedoh doing ‘Bubble and Scrape’ and then Public Enemy doing ‘It Takes a Nation of Millions (to Hold Us Back).’ ”
The practice will likely continue to grow as more bands get hip to the notion of reliving their not-so-distant heyday.
“As far back as I can remember I liked the idea of hearing my favorite bands doing my favorite albums,” said Built to Spill leader Doug Martsch, who will perform 1997’s “Perfect from Now On” at the Orpheum on Sept. 27.
“The idea of going to a show knowing exactly what to expect is really interesting to me,” Martsch said. “But it seemed like a lot of work to do just one show. We’re going to bring along John McMahon, who played cello on the album. To take the time to integrate John and work out the sound kinks and add keyboards, it made sense to do a whole big tour.”
For the first time in many of these indie bands’ histories, they’ll be paying attention to details their messy, unrehearsed genre usually ignores. No Waters-esque lasers or smoke or flying pigs, but plenty of chord changes to remember.
“We’ve had to learn 12 new songs,” said Miller. “Not new songs but resuscitated songs, some that we haven’t played since 1980. Relearning them can be kind of dizzying.”
Mission of Burma, at the Paradise, Thursday night with Cul de Sac, Friday with A.K.A.C.O.D. Tickets: $20; 617-562-8800.
Rock’s leading indie, underground and cult bands are fueling the fad. Artists from Mission of Burma and Built to Spill to the Lemonheads and Camper Van Beethoven are playing their milestone releases live in 2008.
Thursday night, Boston’s Mission of Burma performs 1981’s “Signals, Calls and Marches” at the Paradise. Friday the quartet returns to do 1982’s “Vs.” Thorny, brutal slices of post-punk, the albums were recently reissued by Matador. Burma figured doing them live would be good promotion.
“In some skewed way it seemed to make sense,” Burma guitarist/vocalist Roger Miller said. “When we were touring for (2006’s) ‘The Obliterati,’ we kind of nuked all the old stuff from the set list. Partly because we suspected we might be doing the old stuff when the reissues came out.”
Many in the indie rock crowd like the idea because no one thought they’d like the idea.
“This is all very un-Mission of Burma,” Miller said. “We have only done the same set twice. It was in 1979 and it was a disaster.”
The whole-album concert is becoming incredibly chic among Burma’s peers. New York’s All Tomorrow’s Parties has sponsored a series of entire-album events called “Don’t Look Back” since 2005; the inaugural show featured Western Massachusetts rockers Dinosaur Jr. doing “You’re Living All Over Me” and Boston’s Lemonheads doing “It’s a Shame About Ray.” When the deluxe CD of “Ray” was released two months ago, the Lemonheads celebrated by playing it in full at the Paradise.
“ATP set the precedent, but now there’s a tradition for doing this,” Miller said. “This summer we’re playing at the Pitchfork festival doing ‘Vs.’ After us comes Sebedoh doing ‘Bubble and Scrape’ and then Public Enemy doing ‘It Takes a Nation of Millions (to Hold Us Back).’ ”
The practice will likely continue to grow as more bands get hip to the notion of reliving their not-so-distant heyday.
“As far back as I can remember I liked the idea of hearing my favorite bands doing my favorite albums,” said Built to Spill leader Doug Martsch, who will perform 1997’s “Perfect from Now On” at the Orpheum on Sept. 27.
“The idea of going to a show knowing exactly what to expect is really interesting to me,” Martsch said. “But it seemed like a lot of work to do just one show. We’re going to bring along John McMahon, who played cello on the album. To take the time to integrate John and work out the sound kinks and add keyboards, it made sense to do a whole big tour.”
For the first time in many of these indie bands’ histories, they’ll be paying attention to details their messy, unrehearsed genre usually ignores. No Waters-esque lasers or smoke or flying pigs, but plenty of chord changes to remember.
“We’ve had to learn 12 new songs,” said Miller. “Not new songs but resuscitated songs, some that we haven’t played since 1980. Relearning them can be kind of dizzying.”
Mission of Burma, at the Paradise, Thursday night with Cul de Sac, Friday with A.K.A.C.O.D. Tickets: $20; 617-562-8800.
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