Category: Music News

Rilo Kiley have announced details of their new album, Under The Blacklight.

Frontwoman Jenny Lewis and guitarist Blake Sennett claimed it will be their sexiest album ever , thanks to the “strong rhythmic perspective” which wasn’t apparently on their last records. Lewis said of the new album:

“As a woman, the older I get the more comfortable I feel writing about sex and singing about it, whereas in my late teens and early 20s I wouldn’t have dared. But now I feel comfortable enough where I can start writing about sex – not necessarily about my own experiences, but the sexual lives of others. And the somewhat deviant sexual lives of others.”

The video for their new single The Moneymaker features real life porn stars as the band told people they would be auditioning for a porno. Check it:

www.rilokiley.com

Bobby Brown is planning very tight security on his upcoming tour in Australia because Osama Bin Laden has got beef with him.

Apparently Osama has an obsession with Brown’s ex-wife Whitney Houston and Brown has said he’d take a threat from him very seriously, adding:

“I figure if bin Laden wants me, and everybody is looking for him, it probably won’t happen. But if he wants to try and find me for something so stupid, he can do what he wants. I have to leave it in the hands of my higher power”.

You crazy fucker Bobby.

Next week on Celebrity Beef – Meatloaf goes one on one with Robert Mugabe and Fidel Castro takes on Girls Aloud.

Alan McGee must have had a rough night.

The Scotsman wrote a big rant on his MySpace blog on Sunday, and we know he must’ve been a bit peeved because it was all in capitals. And as we all know, it’s CAPITAL LETTERS FOR EMPHASIS.

Here are some words of debatable wisdom from the man himself:

“RADIO ONE.APART FROM WHEN MATHEW BANNISTER AND JEFF SMITH TO LESSER EXTENT A FEW YEARS LATER RAN IT THEN IT HAS ALWAYS BEEN SHIT…MTV IS OVER RE YOUTUBE THOSE CUNTS DESERVED IT I HATE MTV WHAT A WASTE OF HUMAN BEINGS…

THE ACTUAL NME MAGAZINE NOBODY THERE EVEN GIVES A SHIT ABOUT IT ANYMORE THEY LIKE EVERY NEW BAND AND YOU ARE OVER BY THE FIRST ALBUM…THE BUSINESS NOW IS CORPERATE IN THE 70’S AND 80’S IT ACTUALLY WAS RUN BY MUSICAL NUTTERS[ A BETTER PLACE].NOW IT’S RUN BY LAWYERS AND CORPORATE WHORES.THIS IS 1% OF THE TRUTH I KNOW AND INTEND TO TELL ONE DAY.I JUST CAN’T BE ARSED EXPLAINING THE REST ON A BLOG AT 7 AM BED IS MORE APPEALING…

IN 2007 IT PAYS TO BE NICE EVERYBODY TELLS ME I SHOULD BE[LIKE I GIVE A FUCK ABOUT THE MUSIC BUISNESS IF I COULD DESTROY IT I WOULD BAR THE MUSIC] SO EVERYBODY IS SO FUCKING NICE.THAT’S WHY PUNK WAS GREAT IT TOLD THE TRUTH.”

Righto. Read the rest of this here.

www.myspace.com/deathdiscolondon

A pair of John Lennon’s glasses have gone up for auction.

The specs, which he wore during the Beatles’ tour of Japan in 1966, is attracting bids of £750,000. The glasses are owned by Junishi Yore who was the band’s translator at the time. He was given them by Lennon after looking after them whilst they were confined to their hotel on the tour.

Bidding is set to continue until July 31st. Click the link below for more info.

www.991.com

The second day of this year’s Ashton Court Festival had to be cancelled due to bad weather.

Despite this laughably being called summer, the rain hasn’t stopped and the event in Bristol was pulled due to a huge downpour the night before. The site was deemed unsafe for the public due to the state of the ground and as such The Good The Bad & The Queen and Enter Shikari weren’t able to play.

www.thegoodthebadandthequeen.com

Marilyn Manson‘s horror film is set to begin filming this year.

The singer will be directing and appearing in the film, but put the project on hold whilst touring his new album Eat Me, Drink Me. The film, Phantasmagoria: The Visions Of Lewis Carroll is set to see Manson as Lewis Carroll with supermodel Lily Cole and Manson’s current squeeze Evan Rachel Wood also likely to appear. Manson said:

“I read Lewis Carroll’s diaries, and he’s a very fractured soul. I think I identified with it more than just fascination; I was in the same mental state. So I think, by waiting, I’ll be able to make a better movie, and I got to make this record.”

Fractured soul or not, you’ve smudged your lippy mate, sort it out.

www.marilynmanson.com

Atreyu have signed to Roadrunner Records it has been announced.

The band’s new album Lead Sails Paper Anchor is due for release on August 27th through the label and is produced by Goldfinger’s John Feldmann. Frontman Alex Varkatzas said:

“We’re excited to be on a label with a roster we respect and with such a strong track record overseas. The Atreyu/Roadrunner combination is going to really shake things up, we feel confident about this relationship and can’t wait to start crushing together!”

The track listing is:

1.Doomsday
2.Honor
3.Falling Down
4.Becoming The Bull
5.Lose It
6.Two Becomes One
7.No One Cares
8.Can’t Happen Here
9.Slow Burn
10.Blow
11.Lead Sails (And A Paper Anchor)

www.atreyurock.com

Post-rockers Explosions In The Sky and apparently still going, The Bravery, will be supporting the recently reunited Smashing Pumpkins on their forthcoming tour in the autumn.

The Bravery will kick off the tour in late September and continue through till October 9th while Explosions in the Sky will be supporting the band from October 11th through the end of the tour.

Explosions most recently released All of a Sudden I Miss Everyone. The Bravery are supporting The Sun and the Moon. The Pumpkins most recently delivered their highly anticipated post-reunion full length, Zeitgeist.

The Zutons guitarist and lead singer Boyan Chowdhury has quit the band, saying musical differences are the reason he wanted to leave.

The band have had an incredibly successful 18 months, but Chowdhury says he has new songs and will form a new band.

The split was said to be amicable with both parties wishing each other luck on future projects.

A comic book on the life of MF Grimm is due out soon.

The rapper and producer, has penned the autobiographical comic, called Sentences: The Life Of MF Grimm and moves from his apperance on Sesame Street through to his part in a gang-land shooting and beyond.

Of the story, Grimm says:

“I didn’t do this book to glorify my life and I certainly hope those of you who read this don’t look at me as a model for how to be successful.”

www.myspace.com/mfgrimm1