September 5:

TV On The Radio announce a band pause. After living on a tourbus together for over a year they need a break from each other and cure homesickness. Fair enough!

Our favourite drunken sailors Friska Viljor are about to release their third studio album, "For New Beginners" in October. Title speaking for itself, it is going to be "something different". They have changed as persons, so they need to sound different as well. Made you curious? Have a sneak on their myspace.

Damon Albarn's Gorillaz are working together with The Horrors on new material. That's an interesting combination we can look forward to.

August 18:

Is Ricky Wilson cheating on music? Rumour has it that the lead Kaiser Chief is going to play a part in a movie called "St. Trinian's II - The Legend of Fritton's Gold" alongside Sarah Harding from Girls Aloud. Can't wait to see that!

Zoot Woman are back with a new album, "Things Are What They Used To Be". It's out August 21 and if you pre-order it on amazon you get a free bonus track on top.

Last year the Infadels, this year the Noisettes: Mazda's advertising department has got an very non-commercial taste. For their TV spot they used "Don't Upset The Rythm" from the new Noisettes album "Wild Young Hearts".

August 15:

Them Crooked Vultures are making small steps further. There is a 14 second intro to what seems to be a first song on Youtube.com, it's called "Nobody Loves Me And Neither Do I". The official homepage is pretty empty except a store and a forum. I dare say, one single shirt only available in men's sizes which is already sold out is not a real store. Give us more!

Port O'Brien are going to release a new album on September 25.  You can find the first prelistenings on Cityslang.com ("Sour Milk/Salt Water") and Stereogum.com ("My Will Is Good").

Another chapter in the Morrissey vs. Label-chronicles: He is calling on fans not to buy the release of Morrissey- and Smiths-classics that is announced for this autumn, because HMV, EMI + Parlophone have not discussed this release with him.

Weezer! New Album! New Single! But read that story yourself in their myspaceblog.

Yo La Tengo are about to release a new album as well. "Popular Songs" comes out September 4 and of course there's a preview download on Spinner.com.

Last but not least, rumors have it Radiohead are releasing an EP on Monday. If you go on wallofice.com you'll be redirected to an online store. Look out for anything that's called "Wall Of Ice"! If you find it before us, let us know.

July 19:

Thom Yorke and the Kings Of Leon are possible candidates for the soundtrack to the new Twilight-Movie "New Moon"!

Nick Cave is reading an excerpt of chapter 12 of his book "The Death Of Bunny Munro" in a video on the guardian.co.uk.

July 7:

Elbow are re-releasing a special edition set of last years album "The Seldom Seen Kid" on July 10. It includes three bonus tracks. Until then you can download "Every Bit The Little Girl" for free - but only if you're one of the first thousand new newsletter-subscribers.
I am one! :P

Mew's new Album "No More Stories..." will be out on August 21. You can have a taste of it with "Repeaterbeater" as free download.

A new Bravery album is on its way as well, says their blog!

And...it's been long since I had the chance for another chapter in the "Needless quotes from the Gallaghers". But I knew I can rely on the mighty brothers!
Noel Gallagher said in an interview, he "spent at least a million Pounds on drugs before he stopped in 1998". Gooood boy! Well done! That's what we all wanted to know. Your stupid fans made you so fuckin rich that you were able to afford drugs like other people milk cocoa! Isn't it that you wanted to tell us?

 
Furthermore, Mr. Gallagher explained he feels so damn sorry for Chris Martin, who claims to never have been doing drugs before in his life, because "Doing drugs is the best thing in being a rockstar!".

Honestly. This guy needs help. But, let's be true to ourselves: we all knew that making music was never his favourite part!

June 15:

I was following Trent Reznor on Twitter lately. Besides the fact that he likes to blackbite Chris Cornell, which we've all heard before, now he seems to get really pissed about all that web2.0 and social networking thing and is constantly talking about stepping out of the interactive world. There are some twats around who send him pretty arrogant and aggressive messages - and we all can imagine how Trent reacts on that. Example? I'm so glad I'm not working for Metal Sludge...

Beth Ditto, the refreshingly non-model-like singer of The Gossip, who already made our faces fall with some of her outfits, announces the build-up of her own fashion label and is proud to say: "I'm looking for really fat models." Could she be the missing link to the U-turn in anorexic size 0 fashion?

Peter Doherty (yes, the "r" belongs there, I had to get used to it to, but Mr. Doherty is trying to get his reputation straight...) was arrested twice (!!) the last week for drunk driving and drug consumption.

Jack White hates boredom, so it seems. Next to revitalising The White Stripes and sideproject The Raconteurs he started working with another Band, The Dead Weather (Dean Fertita - QOTSA, Jack Lawrence - Raconteurs and Allison Mosshart - The Kills), and is working on a solo project. Where the hell does he get the energy and ideas for all that? You should really start teaching some self-help classes for burn out syndromers, Jack!

Last but not least: Billy Corgan, my special friend. Now that Jimmy Chamberlin has left the Band, why is Corgan still calling them Smashing Pumpkins? It's starting to get annoying. And hey, putting a 19 year old lad on the drum seat? That idea is SO stolen from Placebo!!

May 22:

Banished and confused. Manic Street Preachers' new Album has been taken out of the storage racks of several british department stores because the artwork could harm peoples feelings. The cover shows the drawing of a young girl whose face is obviously covered in blood. Nick Wire is rightly confused, that eg. the Pussycat Dolls can show off their barely clothed bodies pole dancing but a fine piece of art is disdained. Silly.

April 11:

A lot of new stuff is going to come towards us the next two months. Yes, in the springtime everything's blossoming! Here's a little taste of our favourites:

Maximo Park already gave us permission to download "Wraithlike" from the new album "Quicken The Heart", which since then is on heavy rotation on the radio over here. Pre-Orders are on since March and most likely to give the mailorder-logistics a lot of work until May. And last but not least, here you can watch the Video of "The Kids Are Sick Again". It makes a pretty good first impression and us bloody impatient!

IAMX were presenting their new album live in December last year already, but only bits and pieces to make us fans horny. A free download of "Think Of England" followed. Earlier this year they continued with another tour and some more tracks of "Kingdom Of Welcome Addiction". And if you were there and are not addicted to IAMX Chapter Three by now, something must be wrong with you, get yourself some professional help! Then, order here.

Now to the hero part:

Placebo had to go through a big change the last year. Drummer Steve Hewitt left the band and was replaced by Steve Forrest. No one was sure if this would work, neither for the band and their developement, nor for the fans and their appreciation of this new lad. Long time no here from them and how it's going on. But now they are back again, present a new album, and yes, another free download. "Battle For The Sun" it's called and proves every sceptic wrong! There was a pre-order lottery - one person on every continent who preorders the album could be soon the proud owner of a golden pass that makes you friends of Placebo for one glorious day! Don't give up hope...Summed up, here are the good old Placebo in a new fancy dress, making fans hearts jumping happy high again!

Manic Street Preachers have something pretty special this time. "Journal For Plague Lovers" is a collection of songs written by the still missing band member Richey Edwards. Comes out May 15. No further argument needed for a real fan. Order!

Febtruary 23:

Kings of Leon announced their next album to be released in 2010! After touring all year in 2009 they want to go straight back in the studio in early 2010 and release new stuff asap. According to the Followills they already got some exciting bits of music which may turn into a grungier direction.

IAMX just announced the release date for the third studio album "Kingdom of Welcome Addiction". The glorious day will be May 19. Pre-orders are welcome and will be shipped on May 6 already! SHOP!

Another new record takes its forms: Yeah Yeah Yeahs "It's Blitz" already has two single releases: "Zero" will be the first one, "Heads Will Roll" follows. You can listen to it on stereogum.com and live:

29.04. NL-Amsterdam – Paradiso
03.05. Köln – Live Music Hall
06.05. Berlin - Columbiahalle

And we're not done with album releases: Pete Doherty gives birth to his first solo album "Grace/Wastelands" on March 13. Worth mentioning is his collaboration with Blur-guitarist Graham Coxon. See Petey's EPK!

December 15:

It's been months of keeping fingers crossed, praying and being patient, now it finally seems to work out! You've probably heard about the first announced Hyde Park gig from Blur on July 3 sold out within 15 seconds. Now there's a new date, July 2, Hyde Park as well, in additon. I don't have tickets yet, but 2009 seems to become the best year ever!! The only thing missing now is a tour. And a new album. And one of the guys talking clearly about all this. I'm really sick of all this back and forth in the media, all rumours and urban legends. We want Blur back!

November 4:

I have a new favorite topic: Needless quotes from Liam Gallagher! I found one today, but I believe there are millions more out there!!

Quote of the day:

“I like the Kings of Leon, but I don't know about this fucking new record. I like the old stuff, but I like his voice, you can always tell his voice when it comes on,” he said.

“But it seems to me they've gone for the bucks, man. When they first come out I was going, "Who the fuck is this?" They were cool and now they've all got their sleeves cut off."

Comment: Have you looked in the mirror lately, Liam?? And btw: Their new album beats your new shit in a million ways!

“And I'm not dissing them because I fucking really like them, but it's like they've got this U2 sound and you can do better than that.”

Gallagher said the only bands he was following at the moment are Kasabian, who will support Oasis on their 2009 UK stadium tour, and the Arctic Monkeys.

“The band that I like at the moment is Kasabian. They've got it; they've got the look, the tunes, they say just the right amount of stuff, they don't fucking rub it and rub it and rub it,” he said.

“I like them and the Arctic Monkeys are great, but they're not rock stars.”

Comment: I agree with Kasabian in some way. But I guess, you've just heared too much Arctic Monkeys with your kids, man. A grown up beardy man does not like Arctic Monkeys without being made fun of. Ask Josh Homme!

And who the hell asked you anyway? Who are you to tell us what's good and what's not, you ignorant little bastard? There are much more good bands out there at the moment, you're just too arrogant to listen. Are you afraid someone could kick you off your high throne?

October 15:

...finally Franz Ferdinand have disclosed the secret of the release date for their new record. January 26 will be a happy day!

October 8:

Foo Fighters are not very happy about Mr. McCain. Well, yes, a lot of people aren't, but that's a special case here: The guy used their song "My hero" for his presidential campaign without asking permission. Man, you proofed again how much unused space there's left in your head, otherwise you wouldn't mess with guys like the Foo Fighters! We hope you're at least man enough to apologize...

October 1:

Okkervil River fans, attention: you can watch the video of the beautiful piece of sound "Lost Coastlines" online!

Purple masters The (International) Noise Conspiracy present their new record "The Cross of my Calling" on tour through Germany:

30.11. Hamburg - Uebel & Gefährlich
01.12. Berlin - SO 36
02.12. Leipzig - Conne Island
04.12. München - Backstage
05.12. Heidelberg - Karlstorbahnhof
06.12. Schorndorf - Manufaktur

September 12:

Josh Homme is planning to produce Arctic Monkey's new album... (naahh...something's wrong in this sentence. I just don't get it, Mr. Homme. Are you serious?)

August 7:

Wolfmother as we know it - are over. That's what their management announced today on their myspace-profile. They just couldn't get working together anymore. Singer Andrew Stockdale is looking for replacement to finish the new Wolfmother-album, Myles Heskett and Chris Ross are working on a new project. Read the full explanation here.

Of Montreal give you a funky online dance impression of their next record "Skeletal Lamping". The track is called "Id Engager" and will be their first release.

July 28:

Fleet Foxes release their debut on the magic date 080808. We advice you to go have a look at a special e-card to get your appetite working!

Franz Ferdinand still torture us with the release date of album Nr.3- it's postponed again. We have to wait at least six more months. If you ask me, there should be something like a fine for this. "You are accused so of letting your fans starve! That's 500 bucks, you can either pay cash or with credit card."

Kings Of Leon go faster. And very direct. The first release of their new album "Only By The Night" is called "Sex on Fire" - woohoo! You can download a piece of the new shit here - "The Crawl". You have to sign up your email address and you'll get your download code instantly!

June 17:

Aerogramme, who announced their break-up last year, are about to release an incredible Fan-Vinyl-Box. Including the "Glam Cripple EP", "White Paw EP", "A Story In White", "Sleep And Release", "Livers And Lungs" and their last album "My Heart Has A Wish That You Would Not Go".

The Ting Tings new single, "Shut Up And Go", is going to be the new musical background for an Ipod commercial. Let's hope we don't see it too often and get rid of the song soon...

Nick Cave has written a whole book about his latest song "Dig!!! Lazarus, Dig!!!". It's 60 pages full with the story of his thoughts about, work on and feelings for the song and will be available via amazon from July 8!

June 9:

One of Dave Grohl's biggest wishes has partly come true: At last Saturday's Foo Fighters concert at the Wembley Jimmy Page and John Paul Jones accompanied him for the last song "Rock And Roll".
Watch it.

Með Suð I Eyrum Við Spilum Endalaust - what a great anthem for an album title! Sigur Ros allow us to hear their fifth album on stream before it's out!

May 26:

Good News: Okkervil River announced a new album for this September!

Bad News: Mumm-Ra announced their break-up, reasons are unclear. You can read their statement HERE.

May 13:

With 8'30" track "I Will Possess Your Heart" Death Cab For Cutie sent us a special apetizer for their new album "Narrow Stairs". For those who were able to listen through this whole new long masterpiece and can not wait to get the new album there's good news: You have the chance to skip into every song of the new album for free and here!

May 7:

Broken Social Scene Presents...Brendan Canning! After last year's release "Broken Social Scene Presents...Kevin Drew - Spirit If" the Canadian Music Community will release (as promised) Part 2 with Brendan Cannings works, called "Something For All Of Us" (Release Date for USA is July via 'Arts&Crafts'). Next to all the other BSS-Members he had support from Musicians like Kevin Hearn (Lou Reed) and Liam O'Neil (The Stills).

For those who can't wait that long, you can (legally) download "Hit The Wall" HERE!

May 5:

Damon Albarn announces a new album release for upcoming July (if everything works out well)! He's currently working on the record with an 80 people Chinese choir and a complete orchestra. Regarding to Albarn the record has something to do with the Opera "Monkey: A Journey To The West" he composed lately. But we should not expect an opera thing on CD (I keep the 'thank god' to myself...)!

April 25:

Latest update for the Frequency Festival: Besides R.E.M., The Killers, Maximo Park, IAMX and Babyshambles they announced The Dresden Dolls, The Wombats, Kaizers Orchestra, Dirty Pretty Things, The Subays, Get Well Soon and Blood Red Shoes!

April 23:

First part of the Roskilde Lineup is online, if you please:   Roskilde Official Homepage

We are looking forward to Neil Young, Tokyo Police Club, Kings of Leon, Cat Power and Bonnie Prince Billy!

Sorry, Jay-Z, but we will not be there when you're onstage!

April 22:

You can find the Southside Lineup here:  Southside Official Homepage

Our programme: Foo Fighters, Black Rebel Motorcycle Club, Nada Surf, Maximo Park, Bat For Lashes, Elbow, Tegan and Sara, British Sea Power, The Notwist, Pigeon Detectives and Sigur Ros!

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