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NOVEMBER - 2006
MY CHEMICAL ROMANCE have confirmed details about their next single - "Famous Last Words" will be released early 2007 and is to be taken from their recent album "The Black Parade" (Reprise). It will proceed a tour of which UK dates in March include: Brighton Centre (21st), Birmingham NIA (22nd), Manchester MEN Arena (24th), Cardiff Arena (25th), Nottingham Arena (26th), Glasgow SECC (27th) and London Wembley Arena (29th & 30th). Live dates in the Benelux region may follow.
EUROSONIC (11th & 12th January) & NOORDERSLAG (13th January) Festival - The line-up for this annual 3 day event in Groningen has now been announced, with a few bands worth checking out, although at the same time it has to be said that the majority of bands selected aren't exactly ground breaking or even original. Still, at least it gives music lovers up in the very north of Holland a chance to see new bands performing in their area. Our recommendations would be Shit Disco (GB), About (NL), Larrikin Love (GB), Hot Club de Paris (UK), Peter, Bjorn & John (S) and Mumm-ra (UK). There is more info on ABOUT under our Latest News section (October), while SHIT DISCO and HOT CLUB De PARIS have previously been included in our Monthly Playlists . You can also listen to selected tracks by going through AAPA My Space.
For the full line-up for EUROSONIC & NOORDERSLAG you can go to: http://www.noorderslag.nl/
NEW RELEASES: Both AIR and THE GOOD, THE BAD AND THE QUEEN have announced the release dates for their new albums in 2007. AIR will be releasing "Pocket Symphony" as the follow-up to "Talkie Walkie" (2004) on 6th March 2007 - The album was produced by Radiohead collaborator Nigel Godrich and also includes vocals from Jarvis Cocker (Pulp) and will be dominated by Asian classical instruments. The self-titled debut album from THE GOOD, THE BAD AND THE QUEEN will see twelve new recordings, including recent single "Herculean" (see more info under LATEST NEWS from October) by Parlophone on January 22nd 2007. Five days later, they will then head out on their first tour. You can also go through AAPA My Space to check them out.
As THE FUTUREHEADS are about to embark on their UK tour we hear from BBC 6 that they have now parted company with 679 Recordings (part of the Warner Group) although there appears to be some confusion as over in the states they have been on the Vagrant label for ages having left Warners some time ago who hadn't really done that much to promote their album. When interviewed, Barry Hyde said that he couldn't be happier, explaining: "I'm over the moon about it to be honest with you, 'cos I feel like we're free now. We weren't happy as a band on that label ... It's good to get out of the shackles of being tied down to something." THE FUTUREHEADS played a storming set here in Holland last Thursday as part of the Crossing Border Festival (go HERE for a full review under CONCERTS/GIGS) - They have also joined forces with FIELD MUSIC, Golden Virgins and Kathryn Williams to form a new band called THE JOSEPH & MARY CHAIN for a Christmas album with a version of 'The Twelve Days Of Christmas'. This track will appear on a compilation LP "It's Not Like Christmas", of which all the profits from the album sales will go directly to support the work of the charity Shelter. And on the subject of The Warners Music Group and their 679 Recordings label it looks like someone there really hasn`t got a clue? - Apart from the fact that 679 artists rarely get any decent press (no budget?) the Warners label itself is also a bit suspect! - Take multiple grammy award winning artist MARIA RITA as a current example (see also our ALBUM REVIEW under June 2006 for more info on this fantastic talent). Earlier this month (November 2006) Maria Rita won another grammy award for her 2nd album "Segundo" (2005) which follows the success of her self titled debut album from 2003 that also won her awards galore, yet both albums only get released on Warners Brothers Brazil and are therefore only available over here, or anywhere else in the world as imports - Now where is the business sense in that I ask you?
 - MARIA RITA - amazing singer on Warners (see above article!)
Two of the bands who are set to play at the London Calling event next weekend (24th & 25th November) in Amsterdam have new singles out. LITTLE MAN TATE released "Man I Hate Your Band" (V2 Records) on 13th November, while the 1990s are set to release "You`re Supposed To Be My Friend" (Rough Trade) a week later on 20th November. See also our NEW BANDS section.
 - You can check out the 1990s by going to their MySpace site at: http://www.myspace.com/1990sband
Two new American bands who have been creating a bit of a buzz lately whilst touring parts of Europe are THE HUMAN VALUE and COLD WAR KIDS. For more info about both bands then go to our NEW BANDS section (includes My Space details). Meanwhile, THE HUMAN VALUE released their critically acclaimed self titled album over in the UK in October through Big Deal Records (European release to follow) and are currently touring the UK to rave reviews, while COLD WAR KIDS released their album "Robbers & Cowards" on 10th October through Downtown Recordings (US) and V2 (UK) and are playing live this month in Amsterdam and Nijmegen (supporting Two Gallants). Go to our GIG LISTINGS section for more info.
You have to feel a little bit of sympathy for OASIS, because just when they thought it was time to release their "Best Of" collection along comes original Beatles producer George Martin with an entirely new production of Beatles classics which are both set to be released on the same day! - The much anticipated "Love" album by THE BEATLES will be released on 20th November (EMI in Europe - Capitol Records in the USA) while "Stop The Clocks" by OASIS will be released through their own Big Brother label.
A review of IN THE CITY 2006 is now online - > HERE
10th November: Many congratulations to music maestro ENNIO MORRICONE who is 78 today. Apart from previous reports (see Latest News section for September) that he was to work with Morrissey again we have also been hearing strong rumours that he will be collaborating with one of Manchester's other musical legends! - It has been rumoured that Ennio Morricone is to team up with New Order on a brand new song which is then to be premiered as part of next years Manchester International Festival. This new annual event (which will run between 28th June and 15th July 2007) is also said to feature a live performance by David Bowie and the Bolshoi, along with other possible appearances by James Brown, Herbie Hancock, PJ Harveyand Asian Dub Foundation. The Manchester International Festival will become the first serious challenge to the annual Edinburgh Festival in August which is still the biggest annual event of its kind in the world today with over a million visitors each year.
KLAXONS have confirmed the release date of their much anticipated debut album - "Myths Of The Near Future" will be released on 29th January on Polydor. The album was produced by James Ford (Simian Mobile Disco) and will be preceded by their next single "Gold Skans" in January, while current single "Magick" (see also AAPA playlist for November) is out now. KLAXONS will be one of the bands appearing at the next London Calling event in Amsterdam later this month (go to our GIG LISTINGS for more details)
BAT FOR LASHES released "Trophy" as a single on 30th October which also includes the previously unreleased song "Howl". They are set to play their first ever gig in Holland at the Paradiso in Amsterdam next Tuesday (7th November). You can listen to "Trophy" and view them live in session for the BBC at: http://www.bbc.co.uk/dna/collective/A14312882. Our NEW BANDS section has more info about them (including MySpace details). The review for their critically acclaimed debut album can be found - > HERE
NOVEMBER PLAYLIST NOW ONLINE
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On 9th October a new 2-disc compilation from the late legendary DJ John Peel's radio show entitled "John Peel - Right Time, Wrong Speed (1977 - 1987)" was released. The front cover artwork was provided by the artist Sir Peter Blake, the man behind the legendary cover of The Beatles' "Sgt Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band". This 2-disc set includes tracks by some of John's favourite bands from the late 70`s to mid 80`s period including The Buzzcocks, The Associates, Laurie Anderson, Echo & The Bunnymen, The Sugar Cubes, Joy Division, The Smiths, The Wild Swans, The Fall, The Jesus And Mary Chain, and many more.
MOBY 's brand new single "New York, New York" featuring Debbie Harry on vocals was released on 30th October 2006. It was written and recorded over the summer and is taken from "Go - the very best of Moby" (Mute) which will be out on November 6th.
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