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The Mexican duo RODRIGO Y GABRIELA who grabbed peoples attention back in 2006 with their self titled second album with its fast paced fusion of flamenco guitars and metal are back with their eagerly anticipated new album - "11:11" - on Monday 7th September, which will include eleven brand new songs. Their debut album - "Re Foc" - came out in October 2003 through the Ruby Works label. In the build up to the release of their new album, you can listen to selected tracks, and find out about live dates by going through AAPA MySpace to their own site.
The French electronic duo AIR (Jean-Benoit Dunckel and Nicolas Godin) are back with a brand new album - "Love 2" - which is expected to be released on 6th October, and is the follow up to "Pocket Symphony" (Virgin Records - from 2007) - The new album will be preceded a digital release of the single 'Do The Joy' on 7th July, and in August they will then release 'Sing Sang Sung' as a CD single. The new album was produced by themselves at their Atlas Studio in Paris, and apart from the two singles will also include the tracks 'Night Hunter' and 'Tropical Disease'. A tour is not expected till 2010 - You can still read our review of "Pocket Symphony" (from March 2007) in our ALBUM REVIEWS - 2007 section. You can also have a listen to selected tracks by going through AAPA MySpace to their own site.
THE ANSWERING MACHINE are an indie band from Manchester who were first featured by AAPA as one to watch during our feature on the annual IN THE CITY event back in 2006. Since then they have had various singles included in our monthly play lists, and their much awaited debut album "Another City, Another Sorry" has now been released on the Heist Or Hit label. See our previous article about them in our review of ITC 2006 - You can listen to selected tracks by going through AAPA MySpace to their own site.
Members from NEW ORDER and BLUR join up to form new band! - It looks like Bernard Sumner (photo from 2007 book), Stephen Morris and guitarist Phil Cunningham (all of NEW ORDER) have teamed up with Alex James (BLUR) to form a new band - BAD LIEUTENANT - who will be releasing their as yet untitled debut album later this year (probably October) with a full tour to coincide. Sumner told the BBC that he was "very proud” of the record, adding: “It's pretty guitary too because we've got three guitarists in the band." You can watch an acoustic version of Sink or Swim being performed at: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jsn5f4t4YP0 - Meanwhile, it has also just been announced that BLUR are to play a secret gig tonight, 15th June, at a small venue in London, to coincide with the release of their new album "Midlife: A Beginners Guide To Blur" (EMI) which also came out today. They are then set to play at various festivals across the UK during the summer.
On 20th June, Universal are set to release a 3 CD collection entitled Common People: The Brit Pop Story which is a comprehensive journey through the Brit Pop era of the 90`s - The 54 track set has been carefully compiled to include most of the big names of the era: SUEDE, PULP, SAINT ETIENNE, THE AUTEURS, PAUL WELLER; along with a lot of forgotten gems: BABY BIRD, SALAD, SHED SEVEN, GENEVA, ELASTICA, DUBSTAR, BOO RADLEYS, MARION, and everything else in between. It is so much more than the press battle between OASIS and BLUR, and the album reveals the real story that lay beyond, with some of the great singles and tracks that helped define the era. Bob Stanley (Saint Etienne) has provided the sleevenotes for each of the 54 tracks in the box within a 24-page booklet in the style of a classic Select issue from April 1993. For more info see our special feature about THE INDEPENDENT which back in early 1994 was the very first venue in The Netherlands to be playlisting the rising Brit Pop scene. The full track listing on this album can be found at: http://www.play.com/Music/CD/4-/9814379/Various-Common-People-Brit-Pop-The-Story/Product.html
DEPECHE MODE will be playing a concert at the AHOY in Rotterdam on Monday 30th November as part of their ongoing Tour Of The Universe, with tickets going on sale from this Saturday (13th June) from 10am. It will be their first gig in The Netherlands since 2006. See also our previous article about their new album in our NEWS 02 - 2009 section. You can listen to selected tracks by going through AAPA MySpace to their own site.
Originally featured by AAPA as one to watch last year, WHITE LIES (photo) have been going from strength to strength since the release of their debut album "To Lose My LIfe" (Polydor) in January. They have just announced that they will be supporting KINGS OF LEON on their North American tour during September and October, which will be followed by their own UK tour (starting in November), along with four gigs in the Benelux region during October. See our previous article about them in our NEW BANDS section from December 2008. More details of their Benelux gigs can be found in our Benelux Concerts section. Meanwhile, EDITORS have also announced plans for a 15 date UK tour in October to follow the release of their third album "In This Light And On This Evening" (Kitchenware), which is the follow-up to 2007's "An End Has A Start" and will be released in September. You can also listen to selected tracks from both bands by going through AAPA MySpace to their own sites.
It looks like 'Pearl`s Dream' will be the next single to be released by BAT FOR LASHES and should be out on 22nd June - It is taken from her second album "Two Suns" (Parlophone / Echo) which was released in April and has since been receiving great reviews. You can listen to selected tracks and watch the new video for 'Pearl`s Dream' by going through AAPA MySpace to her own site.
MUSE have revealed details of a European Tour which commences in Scandanavia and Germany at the end of October, a gig in Antwerp (B) on 2nd November, followed by seven UK and Irish dates during November, and then on Saturday 14th November they will be back in the Benelux region with a gig at the Ahoy in Rotterdam. The tour will coincide with the release of their brand new album "The Resistance" - Their last studio album "Black Holes & Revelations" (Warners) came out three years ago (in July 2006). Go to our Benelux Gigs section for more info on dates within the Benelux region.
ARCTIC MONKEYS have just announced that they will be releasing their as yet untitled third album on Monday 24th August 2009 through Domino Records which will coincide with their appeareance at various European summer festivals. The album was produced by Josh Homme and James Ford, and will include ten new songs. You will be able to listen to selected tracks nearer the release date by going through AAPA MySpace to their own site.
THE TING TINGS are set to record their second album in Berlin this summer which will be the follow up to their debut album "We Started Nothing" (Columbia) from last year - Katie White recently told a UK newspaper that "We've got all our stuff from our studio in Manchester being shipped over to Berlin where we've got a studio above a jazz club." She added that they are also planning to play the new songs during several shows in Berlin. See also our previous article about them in our NEWS 09 - 2008 section. They were also featured in our NEW BANDS section back in 2007.
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Having just spent the past few months touring with THE ENEMY and THE SPECIALS, the ska influenced band KiD BRiTiSH are about to release their debut album in time for the summer festivals. This four piece band from Manchester are already being tipped as one of the hottest new bands of the year. Their debut album "It Was This Or Football" (Mercury Records) should be out later this month (29th June) although some online record shops have 20th July as the release date. See our previous article about them from January 2009 in our NEW BANDS section, and in our NEWS 03 - 2009 section from March - You can also listen to selected tracks by going through AAPA MySpace to their own site.
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