Archive for November, 2005
Thieving MS
The drummer from former Gothic-Punk band Ink and Dagger, Ryan McLaughlin, is filing litigation against software giants Microsoft with claims that the company has infringed copyrights. He alleges that Bill Gates and his merry crew used the bands tracks in their Xbox 360 game, Amped, without the correct permissions.
Apparently the bands former, now discontinued, [...]
Strokes turn to Bloc Party…
Or rather their marketing methods. The band will be broadcasting tonights London gig at ULU over the web via BBC’s Radio One. The stream will be available from http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio1/presents/strokes/ from 21.15 GMT. The fun doesn’t end there however, the beeb’s going to allow a video recording of the webcast to be downloaded for 1 week [...]
BlocParty turn to the web
It looks like Bloc Party are taking the next step to the complete digitalisation of the music industry and are planning on streaming their December 3rd gig at Paradiso, Amsterdam over the internet. The stream will be available at http://www.blocparty.fabchannel.com/ from 19:30GMT (20:30 CET) so add it to your bookmarks and don’t forget to [...]
Teens like Vera!
The likes of Death Cab, Bright Eyes and Shins have been involved in the Vera project for a while now, helping to bring gigs to under 21s which would otherwise be inaccessible. December 7th sees the project celebrating a successful first year of fund-raising and marketing by opening the stage, be it behind scenes or [...]
29
AngryApe.com have just published the tracklist for Ryan Adams (NOT Bryan Adams) new album 29.
29
Strawberry Wine
Night Birds
Blue Sky Blues
Carolina Rain
Starlite Diner
The Sadness
Elizabeth, You Were Born To Play That Part
Voices
The album is set to launch shortly before christmas, it’s definitely on my wishlist!
Changes
Just going to be making a few changes today to make the site faster and generally better. Don’t worry if you see something broken today, chances are I’m just working on it.
*Update*
Updates are complete, thanks for bearing with me while I got them done.
New fund for musicians
The Edge (U2 lead guitarist) and Bob Ezrin (producer: Peter Gabriel, Pink Floyd, Kiss) have announced their brain-child, Music Rising, a fund dedicated to providing instruments to musicians affected by the recent Hurricanes on the Gulf coast. The initiative also has the backing of MusiCare, the recording academies charity foundation, which will be engineering the [...]
Strokes announce “secret” tours
Does that not contadict itself? Well apparently… No! The “secret” tour kicked off in Tokyo on Monday and will now take on a veritable plethora of small clubs (which will remain secret) in Sydney, London, Paris, Amsterdam, Berlin, Milan, and Madrid, all by mid-December. The secret tour is aimed at promoting the bands up-and-coming album [...]
It’s Tuesday!
That’s right everybody, Tuesday…. Think about it! Anyhow, what’s so special about Tuesday? Well, it’s the first official show on Indie Anthems Radio and we’ve chosen the eclectic beats of Zak Kinear and his show “Palp Tuesday” for the Tuesday night spot. So drop in at 7PM (British Time) for a whole hour of quality [...]
Interpol up to old antics
Is it me or is the constant stream of “remix” albums that are hitting the shelves really unnecessary and only the sort of thing a manic fan would buy? Well apparently Interpol disagree with me, which is fine… I can handle that!
Anyway, back to the point in hand, the band will apparently be spitting [...]
All done here
More good news everybody, although Gwen Stefani’s not involved this time. I’ve finally got the site completely finished. That’s right, apart from the forum, every page is live and ready for you to cast your eyes over. Enjoy everybody, and don’t forget to check out the radio for some of the best tunes in Indie [...]
Good news about Gwen
That’s right everybody, Gwen Stefani has single-handedly decided that she, her brother and the other members of the band (not heard from since “Rock Steady” in 2002) will be dusting off the old Ska act and releasing a new CD sometime in the future. Unfortunately this doesn’t constitute the death of her solo “efforts” and [...]
Bara in Belle and Sebastien: After The Show
Edwin Frazier in 29
Nicky Sanford in The New Ultraviolet Vanish