Creature’s ‘Hesh Law’ – coming to a cinema near you soon.
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Author: Crossfire
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Atlas Sound – Live
The Sazerac, London
17.09.08
Someone once said that the distance between insanity and genius is measured only by success. Who said it is irrelevant, but it’s an interesting point – how much irrational, ridiculous and generally socially unacceptable behavior can be justified by true talent? Throughout history, many of the most famously productive and creative minds have been riddled with mental illness and social problems, but should we really be applauding people who wear their flaws so unashamedly?
Wednesday night in a function room over a fashionable bar in central London; necks crane and people shift around increasingly irritably, trying to catch a glimpse of the man they’ve paid a precious credit-crunched £8 to see. Bradford Cox, AKA Atlas Sound, is sitting contentedly cross-legged onstage, wrapped up in his own world and apparently oblivious to the fact that, in ensuring his own comfort, he is cutting off the vast majority of his audience.
As he sinks into a set of beautifully melancholic iridescent pop, more and more people tut dejectedly and make for the exit. Glorious ambient hazes and purring beats drench those persistent enough, but moody and swelling though the sounds emitting from the stage are, they cannot excuse a man so wrapped up in himself that he seems to have completely forgotten that one of his main obligations in a live show is to actually be seen.
An hour into his set and Cox awakens from his inward spiral of noise, his attention caught by an audience member at the front wearing a Swans t-shirt. And so, bartering for said t-shirt ensues, at first entertaining, but eventually padded out with endless waffle, it becomes uncomfortably dull. Where most front men should know their time to speak is over and move onto the next song, Cox seems insistent that everything he says, however trivial, is worthy of his audiences time.
It has frequently been reported that Bradford Cox does little to endear himself to fans and journalists alike, instead choosing to brood over his own depression and angst. And yet, discomforting though it may be, it’s most likely precisely that depression and angst that feed Atlas Sound and with his band Deerhunter, making them two of the most exciting musical projects around. And lets face it, with music this good you don’t really need to be able to see anything to enjoy yourself anyway, do you?
Katie Price
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The Paddingtons announce UK tour
The Paddingtons have announced a bumper UK tour to support their new single and album.
The single What’s The Point Of Anything New will be released on October 27th and will be followed on November 3rd by the album No Mundane Options. The tour dates are:
September
24th – Barfly, Camden
October
1st – Wedgewood Rooms, Portsmouth
2nd – Hub, Exeter
3rd – University Of Luton, Luton
4th – Kasbah, Coventry
6th – Chinnerys, Southend
7th – Sin City, Swansea
8th – Plug & Play, Reading
10th – The Royal, Derby
11th – Plug, Sheffield
13th – Portland Arms, Cambridge
14th – Marquee, Hertford
15th – Roadhouse, Manchester
16th – The Welly Club, Hull
17th – The Guild, Glyndŵr University, Wrexham
18th – The Town Hall, Selby
21st – Bar Academy, Bristol
22nd – Metro Bar, London
24th – University, Newport
25th – Audio, Brighton
27th – Fibbers, York
28th – Zodiac, Oxford
31st – Georgian Theatre, Stockton
November
1st – White Riot @ The Fife Ocean, Fife
2nd – King Tuts, Glasgow
9th – Cockpit, Leeds
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Ben Kingsley joins Minor Threat
This is genuis!
Sir Ben Kingsley STOMPS into the shoes of Minor Threat’s Ian MacKaye from Mean Magazine on Vimeo.
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MGMT plan new album
MGMT have said they are working on the follow up to Oracular Spectacular.
The duo revealed they’re looking to release a double album as well as working with The Chemical Brothers on new material. Ben Goldwasser told the NME that:
“We’ll experiment with them to create a different sound. They’ve collaborated with people like Noel Gallagher before and they have this psychedelic side to them, so we’ll find common ground.”
However, they have said that the album is several months away and they may well change their mind about it being a double album in due time.
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Strokes side project news
The Strokes’ drummer Fabrizio Moretti has spoken about his new side project.
Little Joy will release their album in November and feature Moretti, Binki Shapiro and Rodrigo Amarante and were named after a bar near where they lived in Los Angeles. The album tracklisting is:
‘The Next Time Around’
‘Brand New Start’
‘Play the Part’
‘No One’s Better Sake’
‘Unattainable’
‘Shoulder to Shoulder’
‘With Strangers’
‘Keep Me in Mind’
‘How to Hang a Warhol’
‘Don’t Watch Me Dancing’
‘Evaporar’
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R.I.P. Rick Wright
Pink Floyd‘s keyboardist Rick Wright has died aged 65.
The musician who formed the band died on September 15th after losing his battle with cancer. As well as being the keyboardist, he also helped write a number of songs in the earlier years.He also worked on a number of solo albums and albums with Syd Barrett.
R.I.P.
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Idlewild to play albums in Glasgow
Idlewild are set to play all their albums live, in order.
The band will play at Glasgow’s King Tuts in December, playing a different album each night. The albums and dates are:
Hope Is Important and others – December 17
100 Broken Windows – 18
The Remote Part – 19
Warnings/Promises and acoustic set – 20
Captain and Make Another World – 21
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We The Kings announce instore
We The Kings will be playing an instore as part of their UK tour support.
The band, whose self-titled album is out now, are currently supporting The Academy Is… will hit the new Eastpak store on September 18th in London. The rest of the tour dates are:
September:
18th – In-store @ Eastpak
19th – Oxford Upstairs at the Academy
20th – Birmingham Academy 2
21st – Portsmouth Wedgewood Rooms
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Black Lips v The Bouncers
Security at Heaven nightclub felt the wrath of upset fans earlier this week.
What started off as harmless fun ended in staff ruthlessly shoving fans off the 6ft stage, but The Black Lips came out of the slap-stick battle triumphant in a gig that can only be described as punk rock! Check it out below: