Bruce Willis in Stylo
Just headed over to Youtube to watch the video for Stylo, the new Gorillaz single. For some reason they’ve disabled embedding so here’s a still and yes, that is Bruce Willis. Best musical project he’s worked on since Return of The Bruno.
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I'm New Here album cover
RAD, not something I was expecting to see but there’s a new Gil Scott-Heron album on the way, it’s entitled I’m New Here out on the 8th of February on XL Recordings.
As far as I was aware he’s been in and out of prison for the last decade or so so I’m glad he’s got it together to release some new material.
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Just read this article The 101 Best Music Videos of the Decade which has the videos for some great work. No surprise there’s a bag full of Michel Gondry videos, including the winning entry ‘Fell In Love With A Girl’ for the White Stripes, although I was quite surprised that the video for Around the World by Daft Park doesn’t make the list.
So rare I even see music videos these days apart from on YouTube perhaps, was just trying to remember when I last saw a music video on the TV and I honestly cannot remember. Oh no, hang on, it was a clip of a Katherine Jenkins video which is a cover of some shite Evanescence song and it was a total load of bollocks, the song and the video.
I can’t even believe I just made the effort to find it on YouTube.
It’s Friday afternoon and I’m in a rockin’ kind of mood, I think I want this played at my funeral. Can’t believe it’s over 20 years ago since the first Pixies album came out.
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Unkle – Heaven Remix from We Love You So on Vimeo.
Just found myself over at the Spike Jonze blog and saw this video for Unkle, saw the original footage from Fully Flared a while ago and thought it was great, as is this video; skateboarding, explosions and music from Unkle.
Omar Souleyman
Went to see Omar Souleyman and Group Doueh on Friday night (29/05/09) at the Tufnell Park Dome, much less illustrious venue than the Dome in Greenwich it must be said. They are from Syria and Western Shahara respectively, and it was the first UK gig for both of them. The concert was a sell out and there were also quite a few people scouting for tickets outside. Also a sell out was the Omar Souleyman Highway to Hassake LP, I went to buy it before he even appeard on stage but was left disappointed. Damn. (more…)
The Pixies - Minotaur
Just read over at the NME that The Pixies are to release a new album entitles Minotaur, their first album release since Trompe Le Monde in 1991. I’m a massive fan of The Pixies but not sure how I feel about this, be interested to hear it but I get the suspicion it could just be some cash cow or publicity stunt. We’ll see.
UPDATE: Seems that is is actually ‘..a luxury collector’s box set featuring a wealth of material spanning the band’s entire career‘. Er, $450 for the Vinyl version.
Just booked tickets to see Omar Souleyman and Group Doueh at the end of May at the Tufnel Park Dome. The concert has been organised by the Sublime Frequencies record label.
Should be a great gig.
Lagos Shake album cover
Just bought Lagos Shake, an album of Tony Allen remixes. I’ve only given it one listen so this isn’t an album review, more of an excuse to blog about the album cover. Puts those pups you see cruising around with their bull terriers look distinctly pathetic. I’m glad I haven’t bumped into this guy around Camberwell after the pub.
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Warner Chappell reveals Radiohead’s ‘In Rainbows’ pot of gold
Warner Chappell will today reveal details of their view of the Radiohead licensing experiment at the “You Are in Control” conference in Iceland, including total sales figures of more than three million for ‘In Rainbows’.
Just read this article about sales statistics for the In Rainbows album by Radiohead, made interesting reading.
Some Stats:
I bought the Discbox for £40 and then another copy of the album on vinyl for £10 because I was too lazy to keep opening up the discbox every time I wanted to play it.