PJ Harvey has said that she’ll be releasing a Peel Sessions album on October 23rd. The album will feature tracks recorded on Peel’s radio show between 1991 and 2004 and will contain 12 songs. The track listing is:
29.10.91
Oh My Lover
Victory
Sheela-Na-Gig
Water
02.03.93
Naked Cousin
Wang Dang Doodle
05.09.96
Losing Ground
Snake
That Was My Veil
10.11.00
This Wicked Tongue
Beautiful Feeling
John Peel Tribute 16.12.04
You Come Through
A documentary will be premiered about Love, and its recently deceased frontman Arthur Lee, at the National Film Theatre on October 27th and will also be shown at the Brixton Ritzy on October 29th. The documentary, by Chris Hall and Mike Kerry, will focus on their first 3 albums and also features interviews with the other band members.
Meanwhile, the first ever Nirvana DVD will be released on November 13th. Live! Tonight! Sold Out had been available on video and had been released in 1994. But the title will now come out on DVD with remastered audio and visual, and will feature many extras and perhaps even some new footage. The film follows the band from 1991 to 1994.
The premiere of the much anticipated American Hardcore movie dropped in NYC this week followed by after-party with Flipper (!?!)
Bert Q tells us that there were a lot of of ageing punk rockers there: Bobby Steele, assorted Agnostic Front guys, Vic Bondi, Bad Brains, and er, Moby (go figure).
The movie opens this Friday in NYC but will it reach the UK cinema screens? Who knows but we will have a copy of the movie reviewed for you as soon as we can blag one…
watch the trailer here..
Canadian group of the moment Bedouin Soundclash are back with a new single next month. The group, fresh off the back off sets at the Reading and Leeds festivals, will release 12:59 Lullaby in early October and will be touring on th e Eastpak Antidote tour with Gogol Bordello. The dates are:
October
31st – Leeds Metropolitan University
November
1st – Glasgow Barrowlands
2nd – Birmingham Academy
3rd – Manchester Academy
4th – London Brixton Academy
6th – Brighton Dome
Check www.bedouinsoundclash.com for more info.
The Longcut will be releasing A Tried And Tested Method as their new single which comes from their debut album A Call And Response.
The track will come with a remix from The Go! Team and there is also a online download EP from the band, which will feature four tracks. The single will be released on October 2nd with the EP already having been released.
Check out the video here.
Stones’ guitarist Keith Richards has claimed to have quit drugs, saying they aren’t as strong as they used to be. Richards, who had brain surgery this year after falling out of a tree, told Q magazine that he thinks the quality has gone downhill and that he didn’t like how drugs worked through the brain nowadays instead of the blood stream.
However, he did enjoy the morphine he had whilst in hospital saying:
“I did try to squeeze a little bit more out of the night nurse. She was very accommodating.”
Eminem will be releasing a new mix cd, The Re-Up, and has denied that it was intended to be a tribute to his recently deceased friend Proof.
The album will feature a load of guests including 50 Cent, Mobb Deep, Nas, Lloyd Banks, Snoop and Obie Trice. Eminem explained that the material was being produced as if for a normal studio album so they added some new tracks, mixed it so it didn’t sound like a rough cut and put it out in stores.
He added that a new D12 album and unreleased Proof tracks will be released in due time. The Re-Up will be out in early December.
Public Enemy’s Chuck D has warned artists of the world to keep a close eye on the big companies that are investing in online and mobile content platforms. He also warned the majors that the expansion of mobile music is going to have a huge impact on the part they play in music space. He also pointed to the fact the original digital revolution is moving to mobile phones as “the next step”. Whilst being happy that the internet and mobiles give artists the chance to get their music out without having to go through a middleman, he was wary of Murdoch’s buyout of myspace.
He finished by saying he’ll “always tip his hate to rebels”, when asked about hacking of computers. Chuck’s own mobile venture offers ringtones, videos and other hip hop content, and allows emerging artists to put their content out to people’s mobile phones.
Turin Brakes have announced they will be take a breather from working on the new album, which is due out in 2007, to play some dates in the UK in November, and plan to play new material. The dates are:
November:
22nd – Bournemouth Opera House
23rd – Stoke Sugarmill
24th – York Fibbers
26th – Exeter Phoenix Club
27th – Bristol Fleece
28th – Leicester Charlotte
Cat Power’s album The Greatest is to be re-released. The reissue will feature a new cover and will be sold at a reduced price on September 25th. Also, a live session is available at the iTunes music store. The track listing is:
1. Love and Communication (Acoustic Version)
2. House Of The Rising Sun
3. Wild Is The Wind
4. Who Knows Where The Time Goes
In addition, there is a video for Lived In Bars which you can view here.