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![]() IT'S LIVERPOOL SOUNDCITY 2009! JOHNNY FOREIGNER Q1 How did you start out making music? Q3 What process do you go through in creating a track? Q4 Which artists influence your work? Q5 What would you say to someone experiencing your music for the first time? Q6 What are your ambitions for your latest album, and for the future? JOHNNY FOREIGNER AT LIVERPOOL SOUNDCITY>> 20 May at the Barfly Theatre. |
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LSC-SSQ: What would you say to someone experiencing your music for the first time? From the SSQ archives, bands playing LSC tell us what they'd say to people hearing their tunes for the very first time. Crystal Antlers: "Listen to the whole record all the way through at least three times". Barfly, Evol & Clash Magazine, 21 May Dan Black: "Er... um... so... like... er what do you think and stuff?" Barfly, 22 May Fight Like Apes: "I would hope I wasn't in the room, unless it was at a gig. In which case I'd hope I was in the room. And I wouldn't say anything to them. I'd just look at them. Y'know. A stare, like..." Korova, 21 May Heartbreak: "Remember that music is not meant to fit your lifestyle, it's meant to change your life" Alma de Cuba, 21 May |
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DANGERMOUSE SPARKLEHORSE ALBUM SHELVED, BUT OFFICIAL CDRS SOLD FOR BURNING FILE-SHARED COPIES Making the story all the more interesting, Danger Mouse has started selling the artistic products designed to accompany the album - a book and poster of David Lynch photos - along with a branded CDR which contains the words 'For Legal Reasons, enclosed CD-R contains no music. Use it as you will'. The implication, of course, is that people who buy the book for fifty dollars, or the poster for ten dollars, may want to download the album off the unlicensed P2P network of their choice, and burn it to the branded CD. I think that Danger Mouse and Sparklehorse, ie Brian Burton and Mark Linkous, intended to self-release this album, though EMI have released past Sparklehorse long players, and a previous Burton/Linkous collaboration. Therefore it's not clear if the EMI dispute is because of some sort of sampling issue, or whether it is linked to Linkous' past contracts with the major. EMI haven't commented, while Burton remains ambiguous regarding the nature of the dispute, saying just: "Danger Mouse hopes that people lucky enough to hear the music, by whatever means, are as excited by it as he is". -------------------------------------------------- JACKO DOCTOR DENIES SKIN CANCER CLAIMS -------------------------------------------------- KAISER CHIEFS DENY THAT THEY'VE BEEN DUMPED A spokesman for the band told NME.com: "The band has two records left to run on an existing contract. Kaiser Chiefs will take their first break in six years at the end of the summer. As with many successful artists, the band is considering creative options to improve the way their music reaches people ahead of their fourth album". -------------------------------------------------- ELTON HELPED EMINEM BEAT ADDICTION He continued: "When I first wanted to get sober, I called him and spoke to him about it. He's somebody who's in the business and can identify and relate to the lifestyle and how hectic things can be. He understands ... the pressure and any other reasons that you want to come up with for doing drugs. I reached out to him and told him, 'Look, I'm going through a problem and I need your advice'". -------------------------------------------------- MADONNA DISMISSES WEDDING TALK Reports last week suggested that Luis Heitor Pinto da Luz had told Brazilian magazine Quem that the couple were in fact set to marry, though on closer examination, what he was alleged to have said did not in fact amount to a confirmation. Now a rep for Madonna has said that it was all made up anyway, and he didn't talk to the magazine at all, saying: "This is completely and totally not true. Jesus' father didn't make any statement on this subject". TIMBERLAKE NAMED IN SEXUAL DISCRIMINATION LAWSUIT The lawsuit alleges that: "One or more of Southern Hospitality's owners and/or executive managers bullied, degraded, harassed and ultimately discharged McDaniel... because of her gender. In at least one instance, defendants Sugarman and Kaplan viewed... pornography while in a locked room with McDaniel and made fun of her when she began crying". A rep for the restaurant told reporters: "We will vigorously defend any allegations of wrongdoing or improper behaviour". Timberlake hasn't commented. But then why would he bother responding to some little lady's little moans? -------------------------------------------------- SPEARS SENIOR DEFENDS LUTFI PUSH Lutfi is currently suing the Spears family for defamation over their allegations that he sent Britney loopy, probably by feeding her drugs. He is also accusing Jamie Spears of assault after a run in between the two men outside the singer's LA home last year. In his legal papers, filed last week, Spears Senior denies assaulting Lutfi, but admits using force to keep him away from Britney, adding that he should be allowed to do so, given the allegations against the former manager, and the subsequent restraining order that has been issued against him. According to TMZ.com, Spears Senior's legal papers say the courts should confirm that "any necessary force may be used to protect from wrongful injury the person or property of oneself, or a wife, husband, child, parent or other relative or member of one's family". Lutfi is seeking compensation in relation to the incident, though US media reports say the case isn't likely to actually go to court until next March. LLOYD-WEBBER HAPPY WITH FIFTH PLACE Personally I think the fact a song as shit as the one we entered this year can come fifth is proof there's still something wrong with Eurovision's voting system; though having Andy himself on stage playing along was a stroke of genius, especially given the inclusion of judging panel votes this year. I suspect one or two Euro-judges would have been influenced by seeing one of the world's most successful modern-day composers on stage when rating the UK's entry, what was possibly the dullest song in the history of the infamous Song Contest. As previously reported, Lloyd-Webber was brought into the Eurovision venture this year after last year's UK entry came last. He helped pick a singer - Jade Ewen - via a BBC talent show earlier this year - and then penned the song she'd sing, 'It's My Time', with Diane Warren. That, plus successful lobbying by the UK Eurovision team (and other Western European broadcasters whose funding is essential to make the big Contest happen) to bring back judging panels alongside public phone voting in a bid to counter Eastern European bias towards neighbouring counties, all seemed to pay off; a fifth placing makes 'It's My Time' the best performing UK Eurovision entry since 2002's 'Come Back'. Lloyd-Webber told reporters: "Jade performed brilliantly, as I knew she would. I am delighted with her fifth place finish. After so many years of disappointing results the UK can finally hold its head up high. I am sure that this will be a springboard for Jade and that she will go on to enjoy great success as an artist". Lloyd-Webber and Warren's terrible song, though, will hopefully be forgotten for all time. Although doing much better than in recent years, the UK was along way behind this year's winners, Norway, whose hyperactive fiddle-playing 23-year-old pretty-boy entrant, Alexander Rybak, penned his own song. Well done him. But given that most Brits watch Eurovision more to laugh at their European friends rather than really root for their own entry (especially when their own entry is so dire), the big question is did new commentator Graham Norton fill the very big hole left by Terry Wogan, who, as much previously reported, stood down as the BBC's chief Eurovision sarcasm provider last year. I didn't see it, but the consensus from the TV reviewers today seems to be that, despite a bit of a shaky start, Norton managed to pull off the happy balance of curiosity, enthusiasm and all out contempt that Wogan managed for all those years. So, Norton finally delivers on all the millions the Beeb have been paying him then. ![]() LINKIN PARK RECORD TRACK FOR TRANSFORMERS MOVIE Director Michael Bay adds: "I love Linkin Park. This is the second film we've worked on together and the fact they're huge Transformers fans makes it all the better. They really delivered with 'New Divide' - it's a great song that perfectly matches the film's intensity". ZIGGY PRODUCES CHILDREN'S MARLEY CD Apparently, Bob Marley once said "Me is a common sense man". Ziggy explains, "That mean when me explain things me explain it in a very simple way, that mean if I explain it to a baby the baby will understand too, you know, my father's music spans generations and with 'B Is For Bob' we give the youngest their very own Bob Marley record." The album is out in June. LIBERTINES ALMOST-REUNION IN LONDON The next day Doherty appeared with Babyshambles at a surprise (though not as big a surprise as the Libertines reunion) show at The Great Escape in Brighton. -------------------------------------------------- BLINK 182 SET FOR FIFTY DATE TOUR Blink-182 manager Rick Devoe has told Billboard that the reunion probably wouldn't have happened, had it not been for drummer Travis Barker's involvement in that much previously reported plane crash last year, in which four people were killed, and from which Barker and collaborator DJ AM emerged injured but alive. Explaining that the crash, and the death of the band's producer Jerry Finn, had put the members of the band back in touch following their acrimonious 2005 split, Devoe said: "Unfortunately it took something catastrophic to do it, but sometimes that's how life is. These guys got together for the right reasons". The band are apparently writing new material, but the set on this tour will mostly be a 'greatest hits' one. Devoe does suggest, however, that at least one new song might make it into the set list during the course of rehearsals. ![]() THREE INJURED AT DERBYSHIRE FESTIVAL Festival organiser James Willis added: "True to the festival spirit the personnel and festival-goers pulled together to ensure the continued running of the festival". -------------------------------------------------- BESTIVAL LATEST Organiser Rob Da Bank says this: "Carl Cox and Underworld have both soundtracked my raving years and both have smashed it at Bestival before. I'm grinning like a fool at the prospect of Karl and Rick warming up the Bestival masses before Kraftwerk and Coxy tearing the roof off the Big Top on Sunday night. I'll make sure I'm not DJing at the same time as him this year!" You all know when it is, don't you? Okay, well, I'll just tell you, to be sure. It takes place at Robin Hill Country Park in the Isle of Wight from 11-13 Sep. ALBUM REVIEW: Kissy Sell Out - Youth (Marrakesh Records) Buy from iTunes POP EMBARRASSED BY INSURANCE ADS When a Times journalist brought up the ads in a recent interview with Pop, he said: "This is so embarrassing. I was afraid you'd ask me that. This is so fucking embarrassing". He added that he was told he'd been offered the ads because the insurer wanted a celeb who "you can't help but like" to appear in the commercials. He added: "That's a very nervous position to be in [...] to be liked". RELENTLESS MAN TO HEAD UP VIRGIN UK Jobanputra has been working with EMI since they bought into Relentless in 2003. The label initially had an urban focus with artists like Daniel Bedingfield and So Solid Crew, though since becoming an EMI joint venture has expanded somewhat, with success stories including Joss Stone, KT Tunstall, Seth Lakeman and Cage The Elephant. The Relentless JV sat within the Virgin UK division of EMI until the recent company-wide rejig. As the boss of the whole Virgin UK outfit Shabs will oversee his former Relentless signings, plus a whole range of EMI's other pop and indie artists, including some formerly aligned with the major's EMI Records and Heavenly divisions, including Robbie Williams and Doves. Virgin UK will also handle the marketing over here of US-based EMI artists like Katy Perry, 30 Seconds To Mars, Lenny Kravitz, Hockey and Empire Of The Sun. Formally confirming Jobanputra as the new Virgin UK President, Gatfield told CMU: "Shabs has got the drive and ambition to ensure Virgin becomes a leading home for UK talent. His ability to identify and develop artists across all genres makes him the ideal candidate for the role". Shabs himself added: "It's a great time to be coming on board as EMI seeks to become the number one music-based company that adds real value to artists and their work". NME RADIO ADDED TO DAB IN LONDON CHART UPDATE Albums chart wise, and there's a change at the top there too, with Green Day storming in at the top despite '21st Century Breakdown' not being released until Friday. The rest of the top five is filled with Lily Allen, Lady GaGa, The Prodigy and Pink. Last week's number one album from Bob Dylan slides to number eight. GREEN DAY MAN ADMITS TO STAGE FRIGHT -------------------------------------------------- GAGA WILL ALWAYS DRESS UP FOR THE FANS She continued: "The outlet for my work is not just the music and the videos, it's every breathing moment of my life. I'm always saying something about art and music and fame. That's why you don't ever catch me in sweatpants. I have found that my work has to be both deep and shallow. All of my songs have meaning, all of my clothing has iconography buried into it. But by the same token, it's just as special if you look at it in its shallowest form. A quick moment of melody, a beautiful dress. People think, 'GaGa's so sweet', or 'GaGa sucks'. The point is that it's memorable". |
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