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2006 - the year so far ...
JULY - 2006
LITTLE MAN TATE release a new single "House Party At Boothys" on 21st August - while a live version of the single will be available to download exclusively via iTunes on the day the single is released. For more info go to the AAPA MySpace zone.
BABY BIRD will be releasing a brand new album in the UK on 11th September - "Between My Ears There Is Nothing But Music" will be available on Chrysalis Records, with worldwide release dates still TBC. They were due to make a live appearance at this years Edinburgh Festival on 19th August at the Cabaret Voltaire venue but we just heard today (28th July) that this gig has now been cancelled!
One (new) record label worth checking out is TYPE RECORDS who are UK based and are specialising in modern experimental music - electronic, classical, soundscape and cinematic releases. You can find out more about them by going through our MySpace link HERE and then once at AAPA`s MySpace zone you can find the link to TYPE RECORDS
iLiKETRAiNS and TAPES `N TAPES announce live dates in Holland ... HOT CHIP and ALEX SMOKE will be doing DJ sets in Amsterdam, while PANIC! AT THE DISCO tickets for their gig in Amsterdam on 19th October are selling like hot cakes! For more info go to our GIGS section.
  
MORE NEW RELEASES: News just in that the debut album by the hotly tipped CAPTAIN will be out on Monday 14th August (see also our NEW BANDS section - > HERE) and THE PIPETTES have released their debut album on the Memphis Industries label just in time for the summer, while Transgressive Records are responsible for 2 more new bands that are worth checking out: DUELS release "The Bright Lights and What I Should Have Learned" on 31st July while LADYFUZZ released their debut album "Kerfuffle" in April (although so far in the Benelux region it is still only available as import) - Go to ALBUM REVIEWS for our opinion on this album.
JARVIS COCKER (Pulp) is about to release his first solo single - at the moment you can listen to "Running The World" on his MySpace area - simply go through AAPA`s MySpace link HERE and then once at AAPA`s MySpace zone select "friends" - then simply click on Jarvis and once there have a listen!
   
NEW RELEASES: The new RAZORLIGHT album finally hit the shops on Monday (17th July), while TAPES `N TAPES who are currently touring with THE FUTUREHEADS over in the states and are due to appear in the UK in August will be releasing their album "The Loon" (XL Recordings) on 24th July. And as already mentioned (see below) BASEMENT JAXX release their brand new album "Crazy Itch Radio" on 11th September. Meanwhile 70`s electro kings ELO (Electric Light Orchestra) are set to release "The Harvest Years 1970 - 1973" on 31st July on 3 CD`s.
CONTROL - Fans of Ian Curtis are set to get the chance to appear in the new biopic about the Joy Division front man. The makers of "Control" (directed by Anton Corbijn) are searching for people to appear in crowd scenes for the movie that is shooting around the UK this summer. The scenes are being shot in Nottingham and Manchester during the rest of July and August with hundreds of extras being needed according to the BBC. To get your chance to appear in the film simply email: controlfilm@leftlion.co.uk
It has just been announced the next LONDON CALLING event in Amsterdam (showcase for new and upcoming UK bands) will be in November - see the AAPA tip on how we think this event can be improved!
The ARCTIC MONKEYS are favourites to win the 2006 Mercury Music Prize after the shortlist was revealed in London. Their nominated album "Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not" became the fastest-selling debut when it was released in January. Past winners have included Franz Ferdinand, PJ Harvey & Pulp. The other nominations for 2006 include Muse, Editors, Richard Hawley, Hot Chip, Isobel Campbell, Radiohead singer Thom Yorke and Lou Rhodes (LAMB). The winner will be announced at a ceremony in London on 5th September.
It has been said on more than one occasion that the EDINBURGH Festival is the biggest and most impressive annual arts festival in the world, where during 3 weeks in August the city plays host to the best new comedy and theatre, the international film festival, along with art and photography exhibitions, a book festival and of course music from all over the world. During this years FRINGE FESTIVAL a load of upcoming and cool bands will also be appearing across 3 venues (Corn Exchange, Liquid Room & Cabaret Voltaire) in the city centre throughout the 3 weeks that the festival takes place and which then finishes with an outdoor gig by BELLE & SEBASTIAN on 27th August in Princes Street Gardens. So if you are planning a trip over to the UK in August then make sure you get yourselves up to Edinburgh. For more detailed info you can go to www.tonthefringe.com for full listings. Our tips include THE FRATELLIS on 17th August, BABY BIRD on 19th (more info below about his brand new album under Latest News - May), both EDITORS and CAPTAIN on the 21st at different venues (so a difficult decision has to be made there!), The DEAD 60`s on 23rd, MAXIMO PARK and SHIT DISCO share the same venue on 24th and THE SUBWAYS on the 27th August.
THOM YORKE (Radiohead) is to release his first solo single in August. 'Harrowdown Hill' will be the first track to be lifted from his debut solo LP 'The Eraser', which came out on Monday (July 10th) on XL Recordings. The 12" release will have an extended version of what is probably the most controversial track on his debut album.
BASEMENT JAXX are to release a new studio album in the autumn. 'Crazy Itch Radio' is out on 4th September and is the follow-up to 2004's 'Greatest Hits' compilation and their first studio LP since 2003. The album will be preceded by a single, 'Hush Boy', which is out on 28th August.
THE KILLERS are set to release their new album ('Sam's Town') on 2nd October which will be preceded by the single 'When You Were Young'. When asked about their new album back in January, singer Brandon Flowers was quoted as saying "I admire bands like the Talking Heads for having hits that are still pop and rock, but out of the norm" and "I want to get a producer who will mess with the parts, somebody with different ideas on how to arrange it. We've already proven that we can write a perfect pop song...". Since then he has also suggested that their new album would be "the best album of the last 20 years" - So as you can imagine with all this build up we were a wee bit surprised on listening to their next single 'When You Were Young' (out on 18th September) that it sounds alarmingly similar to bloody MEATLOAF!?!
NEW RELEASES: On 10th July, THE MOTORETTES & KUBICHEK! are to release a joint single on Kitchenware Records, with each band presenting one of their own songs, and a cover of one of the others, while ?Opening Shot? by KUBICHEK! is featured in the (AAPA PLAYLIST) for July. We also hear that the ARCTIC MONKEYS next single will be 'Leave Before The Lights Come On' (Domino Records) and will be released on 14th August, while THE FUTUREHEADS will be releasing 'Worry About It Later' (679 Recordings), which is the 2nd single to be taken from their album "News And Tributes", and is out on 7th August.
ELECTRONIC (Johnny Marr from THE SMITHS & Bernard Sumner from NEW ORDER) will be releasing their "Best of" album this summer (on Rhino Records). Their first, self titled album was released in 1991 on Factory Records, which included the indie hits "Getting Away With It," "Get the Message," "Tighten Up," and "Feel Every Beat." .... they went on to release 2 more albums.
RAZORLIGHT are back. The band who gave us the excellent single "Somewhere Else" last year and a decent debut album (in 2004) are set to release their second album on Mercury Records on 17th July. This will be preceded by the single "In The Morning" but on first listen this sounds like they have ripped off Talking Heads?! Our advice: stick with the original and look forward to "Road To Nowhere" or another classic song by Talking Heads in a future AAPA play-list instead!
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Rhino Records have just re-released all the solo albums by BJÖRK on the DualDisc format (music and video on 1 disc). The former member of influential indie band THE SUGAR CUBES and the singer who is still inspirational to new and upcoming artists today has released 7 albums since going solo just over 10 years ago and this re-release includes "Debut" (1993), "Post" & "Selma Songs".
  
AAPA went live in June on MySpace! - We have teamed up with the most influential alternative artists & the coolest bands around today. More info - > HERE
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