Thank You For Your Love

So, if Antony and the Johnson's blubber 'Fistful of Love' didn't make you, well, blub, then there's something wrong with you.

Antony's new offering 'Thank You For Your Love' is a little lighter, yet still sublimely beautiful.

It's taken from the upcoming album 'Swanlights' which can be pre-ordered here: http://www.swanlights.com

Want to hear it?

Well you can listen here, with the accompanying video. Enjoy:

Sufjan Stevens North American Tour

Sufjan Stevens has announced via Rough Trade Records, his upcoming North American Tour:

10-12 Montreal, Quebec – Metropolis Theater
10-13 Toronto, Ontario – Massey Hall
10-14 Royal Oak, MI – Royal Oak Music Theatre
10-15 Chicago, IL – Chicago Theater
10-16 Minneapolis, MN – Orpheum Theater
10-17 Kansas City, MO – Uptown Theater
10-19 Austin, TX – The Long Center for the Performing Arts
10-20 Dallas, TX – McFarlin Memorial Auditorium
10-22 Mesa, AZ – Mesa Arts Center (Ikeda Theater)
10-23 Los Angeles, CA – The Wiltern
10-26 Oakland, CA – The Paramount Theater
10-28 Vancouver, British Columbia – Orpheum Theater
10-29 Portland, OR – Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall
10-30 Seattle, WA – The Paramount Theatre
11-01 Salt Lake City, UT – Kingsbury Hall
11-02 Denver, CO – Paramount Theatre
11-04 Indianapolis, IN – Hilbert Circle Theatre
11-05 Knoxville, TN – Bijou Theater
11-06 Atlanta, GA – The Tabernacle
11-07 Asheville, NC – Thomas Wolfe Auditorium
11-10 Philadelphia, PA – Kimmel Center
11-11 Boston, MA – Orpheum Theatre
11-14 New York, NY – Beacon Theatre
11-15 New York, NY – Beacon Theatre

Sufjan Stevens is currently putting the finishing touches to his new album.

Messy Mix from Aeroplane

Remixer, Aeroplane has recently uploaded a new little mix tape to his Sound Cloud. 


Tracklisting


1. Sweet G - Games People Play (Instrumental)
2. Sarah dash - Low Down Dirty Rhythm
3. Koto - Chinese Revenge (Maxi Version)
4. Everything Everything - My Kz, Ur Bf (Grum Remix)
5. Sheharzad - Yalla Yalla (Kid Who Remix)
6. Chromeo - Don't Turn The Lights On (Aeroplane Remix)
7. Omar - Feeling You (Henrik Schwarz)
8. The Chemical Brothers - Swoon (Lindstrom & Prins Thomas Remix)
9. Goldfrapp - Believer (Joris Voorn Remix)
10. Yoko Ono - Every Man Has a Woman Who Loves Him


Listen to it here...

Fenech-Soler Announce New Single and Tour

'Lies' is out 20th September on B*Unique

Fenech Soler are a true faith in pop nowadays. Their spirited and self determined explosive debut, 'Lies' comes to us, radio-friendly, on September 20th through B*Unique.


Their independently released single Stop & Stare was playlisted on Radio 1 in May and reached the Top 10 of the Dance and Indie singles charts.


An album is planned for release September 27th.


Tour dates are listed below and all tickets can be purchased from: fenechsoler.co.uk


30th SEPT, EDINBURGH, Electric Circus 
1st OCT, ABERDEEN, The Warehouse 
3rd OCT, DUNDEE, The Doghouse 
5th OCT, GLASGOW, King Tuts 
7th OCT,NEWCASTLE, The Other Rooms 
8th OCT, YORK, Fibbers 
10th OCT, LIVERPOOL, The Shipping Forecast 
12th OCT, WOLVERHAMPTON, The Little Civic 
13th OCT, NOTTINGHAM, Stealth 
14th OCT, LEICESTER, Lock 42 
15th OCT, COVENTRY, Kasbah 
17th OCT, LEEDS, Brudenell Social Club 
25th OCT,BRISTOL, Thekla 
26th OCT, CARDIFF, Barfly 
27th OCT, HUDDERSFIELD Tokyo 
28th OCT, WREXHAM, Central Station  
29th OCT, STOKE, Sugarmill 
1st NOV, EXETER, Cavern Club 
2nd NOV, BRIGHTON, Audio 
3rd NOV, TUNBRIDGE WELLS, The Forum 
4th NOV, PETERBOROUGH, Met Lounge 
6th NOV,NORWICH, Arts Centre 
7th NOV, PORTSMOUTH, The Kraken Wakes 
9th NOV, OXFORD, The Jericho Tavern 
10th NOV, LONDON, Heaven

Victoria's Vital Stats: 11-inch, you say?

Holding an umberella and wearing a stunning Diane von Furstenberg bikini (complete with huge hair bow), Victoria Beckham looks incredible in the American Elle photoshoot.

But, wait, WHAT are those gigantic, glittering juggernaut shoes she's wearing? They're a pair of delectable 11-inch Nina Ricci boots.


Posh also is taking the US fashion world by storm as she launches her latest DVB dress collection in New York this weekend.

American (App)auling???

Television watchdogs in the UK have banned the new American Apparel adverts, believing that they "sexualise" children as the model "looks under 16" and appears to be "stripping off for an amateur photoshoot".

What a load of bollocks. One word: FASHION.
You absolute fools. Just because you walk around in polo necks and leggings.

See for yourself...


P.s. the model is actaully 23. Insult, much?

It's All Gone Pete Tong Harry Potter

An article published on the BBC's website has detailed that the first EVER video advertisement will appear in US magazine, Entertainment Weekly, this coming September.

How cool?!

"The video-in-print ads will appear in select copies of the US show business title Entertainment Weekly.

The slim-line screens - around the size of a mobile phone display - also have rechargeable batteries.

The chip technology used to store the video - described as similar to that used in singing greeting cards - is activated when the page is turned.

Each chip can hold up to 40 minutes of video."

Click here to read the FULL ARTICLE

Panic? No, it's just a New Perspective

Panic at the Disco. are finally back on our speaker systems, albeit a few changes.

In July 2009, both guitarist Ryan Ross and bassist Jon Walker, left the band, claiming it was due to "creative difference". Hmmm...

Now, Panic is comprised of vocalist Brendon Urie and drummer Spencer Smith, and personally, it works better.

The new sound is great: it retians the quirkiness of the original Panic we came to love on smash 'A Fever You Can't Sweat Out,' yet brings a whole new edgier dimension that we are all the more grateful for.

For those of you who haven't yet heard new release 'New Perspective' here's a video with the song in (not the actual video):

The Institution has Announced...

The Mercury Music Prize nominees for 2009.


And they are as follows:

Kasabian : ‘West Ryder Pauper Lunatic Asylum
Florence & The Machine : ‘Lungs’
Bat For Lases : ‘Two Suns’
Friendly Fires : ‘Friendly Fires’
The Horrors : ‘Primary Colours’
La Roux : ‘La Roux’
Sweet Billy Pilgrim : ‘Twice Born Men’
Lisa Hannigan : ‘Sea Sew’
Glasvegas : ‘Glasvegas’
Led Bib : ‘Sensible Shoes’
The Invisible : ‘The Invisible’
Sophie Da Belle : ‘Speech Therapy’

'Coming Up Easy'

Scottish singer-songwriter, and one of my personal favourites, Paolo Nutini, has hit the official UK number one spot in the album charts with his second offering and has, quite literally, landed 'Sunny Side Up'.

Let's hope he preserves the positives and looks a little less glazed this year whilst on the festival circuit.


BUY YOUR COPY HERE.

Manly Gossip...

Gossip, who have been working with The Beastie Boys' Rick Rubin, have confirmed the title of their new album.

'Music For Men' will be released on the 22nd June 2009.

First single to be taken from the album will be 'Heavy Cross' due for release 15th June 2009.

Here's a clip of Gossip performing 'Heavy Cross' @ MTV's 52 Bands/52 Weeks.

Pack your bags, we're leaving...

Thats right. Go.


Well actually, no. You can't go anymore because Scotland's Homecoming Festival has been cancelled.

The 2 day event due to be held over the 2nd and 3rd May is believed to have been cancelled after the financial demands laid onto the organisers by the local council:

"This is due to new demands from the council requesting 50 percent of the profits and a £60,000 bond on the land."
Greedy buggers.

If you've bought a ticket you can claim a full refund here.

Or, why not start a protest? Go on,it'd be funny...

Efron: The Good, The Witty, and the Downright Dirrrty

Zac Efron: one of 2009's most promising stars (and sexy as hell).

1. There was the good in 'High School Musical.'
2. Then there was the witty in '17 Again.'
3. And now, prepare yourselves for the dirrrty.

In the April issue of Interview Magazine you can catch a very personal interview with Zac, as well seeing an even more personal photo shoot. (WARNING: contains nudity - albeit, not from Zac)


Here's the shizz you all want to see... (thank me later)

Fish for a Spoon?

Fischerspooner have announced today that their new album, 'Between Worlds', is complete.


The Culprit...

Casey Spooner has commented that "it's a very American story about ambition, experimention, danger and the frontier."

'Between Worlds' will be released on May 5th and to celebrate, Fischerspooner are giving away a FREE DOWNLOAD of comeback single 'Supply and Demand'. How nice?!

The King's of Monkey-Head

I've got my ticket, have you???


And here is the sexy line-up...


I'm most excited about...
1. Prodigy
2. Kings of Leon
3. Yeah Yeah Yeahs
4. Jamie T
5. Florence and the Machine

BOOK TICKETS.

Everyone's At It

Benicassim 2009 has revealed it's latest act...

LILY ALLEN will be playing the Valencia festival on Saturday 18th July 2009.

Be there, or be square.

It's all a bunch of Latitude

More festival news for you...

Latitude Festival has released it's headline acts for 2009. They're a bit, ahem, different:

1. Grace Jones
2. Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds
3. Pet Shop Boys

The festival takes place between 16th and 19th July at Southwold in Suffolk.

Buy tickets.

Love Music Hate Racism

No, those are not just random words I have strung together.

It's a festival. Yeahhh.














And the venue has just been confirmed...

May 30th 2009. Stoke City FC's Britannia Stadium

Buy your tickets.

Arctic Monkeys do Lady G

A four-minute video of the Arctic Monkeys has been posted on YouTube showing them rehearsing for their third album in a London studio.

The group are seen playing a tiny bit of a previously unreleased song - new material?!

The video also shows them joking around and attempting a sing-a-long to Lady Gaga's 'Poker Face'.

'Tis funny stuff. Watch it below...

Sun, Sea, Sangria & Sexy, Sexy Songs

I'm going. Are you?

On top of the four major headlines acts: Oasis, Kings of Leon, Franz Ferdinand and, The Killers - Benicassim 2009 looks set to soak up the sun this year, as further acts have been announced to play at the summer fetsival in Valencia.


These include:
Friendly Fires
Mystery Jets
Glasvegas
Late of the Pier
White Lies
Bell X1
plus heaps more...

Buy your tickets here.