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Their debut album has finally arrived (well, it is in the shops from 1st June), they are expected to make a similar impact that ARCADE FIRE did several years ago, and already some people are saying they have delivered the best debut album of the year! BROKEN RECORDS are a seven-piece band from Edinburgh and here at AAPA we were tipping them for greatness over a year ago, and since May 2008 they have also had previous singles (If The News Makes You Sad, Slow Parade, Lies, A Promise) included in some of our monthly playlists. Our previous article about them from February 2008 is in our NEW BANDS section - Their debut album "Until The Earth Begins To Part" (4AD) will be available in all good record shops from Monday 1st June. You can listen to selected tracks by going through AAPA MySpace to their own site.
"SIOUXSIE & THE BANSHEES at the BBC" is a stunning 84-track, all digitally-remastered, 4 disc hard-back book set of exclusive BBC sessions, live concert tracks and TV performances recorded between 1977 – 2001 split across 3CDs and a DVD and is expected to hit shops in the UK on Monday 1st June. All tracks hand picked by the band and featuring Siouxsie's introduction to the liner notes. Discs 1 and 2 feature key session tracks from 1977 – 1987 and a concert recording from the Apollo Theatre in Oxford in 1985. Includes the complete John Peel sessions and features 21 unreleased versions. Disc 3 contains highlights from their BBC concert recordings at the Apollo Theatre in Oxford and the Royal Albert Hall in London in 1988, where the band performed a storming set 3 nights in a row to a sold out crowd. Highlights include a breathtaking Last Beat of My Heart, Christine, and a rip roaring crowd pleasing end of show version of Hong Kong Garden. Disc 4 is the real gem; a 29 track DVD of the band's BBC TV performances. Features the complete Old Grey Whistle Test broadcasts from 1978, 1982 and 1985, the Something Else performances from 1979 and 1980, the Rock Goes to College broadcast from 1981 and the band's complete Top of the Pops performances. This is a fantastic visual documentary of the band, starting with the OGWT performance of tracks from their debut album in 1978; Metal Postcard and Jigsaw Feeling, through the dark years of Juju, performed for the Rock Goes to College show and culminating with the beautifully pure pop bliss of Kiss Them For Me from Superstition. The set also includes a fantastic 30 page booklet with extensive sleeve notes by Paul Morley, which features interviews with all the band members and a unique and insightful introduction written by Siouxsie. For more info and full track listing go to: http://www.amazon.co.uk/At-BBC-Siouxsie-Banshees/dp/B001UJGK7C
SAINT ETIENNE will be releasing a 2 CD re-mastered version of their classic 90`s indie pop album "Fox Base Alpha" (Heavenly / Universal) this month - The album was nominated back in 1991 for the Mercury Music Prize, and has now been remastered with a second disc featuring b-sides, mixes and five previously unreleased tracks. The album is luxuriously packaged in the Deluxe Edition style and comes with a booklet packed with brand new sleeve notes, images and memorabilia and is to be released on 18th May over in the UK. See also our Monthly Playlist from February 2009 for more info on their recent "Greatest Hits" CD & DVD release entitled "London Conversations".
Earlier this month iLiKETRAiNS showcased some new songs (including probable next single Sea Of Regrets) at gigs in Glasgow and Leeds before returning to the studio to start recording their third album. They recently supported SISTERS OF MERCY across Europe, and are also due to play at this years Wave Gotik Treffen Festival in Leipzig, Germany on 30th May. You can listen to selected tracks by going through AAPA MySpace to their own site.
On the Later With Jools Holland show this week on BBC2 there are live performances from MORRISSEY, LITTLE BOOTS, ANNIE LENNOX, and NEW YORK DOLLS who have a brand new album entitled "Cause I Sez So" (photo) out this month through the Warners label. You can catch them all live on Tuesday 12th May at 10:00pm (23:00 hours NL time) and Friday 15th May at 11:35pm (00:35 hours NL time) on BBC 2.
BAT FOR LASHES second album "Two Suns" (Parlophone / Echo) was released on 6th April and has since spent four weeks in the UK Top 20 Album charts. The two gigs in the Benelux region next weekend (Friday 15th & Saturday 16th May) have since sold out. You can listen to selected tracks, and watch the video for recent single 'Daniel', by going through AAPA MySpace to her own site. See also the previous article in our March - 2009 news section.
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THE HORRORS return with their new album "Primary Colours" (XL) on Monday (4th May), which was the follow up to "Strange House" (from 2007) which offered an energetic revival of the classic garage-punk sound, displaying the marked influence of glam-punk bands like the New York Dolls. The next single to be lifted from the album is to be 'Who Can Say' which will be out next week (on 11th May), and has been described as psychedelic, Spector-esque, and full of Jesus & Mary Chain drama. You can listen to selected tracks (including 'Who Can Say') by going through AAPA MySpace to their own site.
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