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LATEST NEWS
THE COURTEENERS are currently finishing off the year with another sold out tour over in the UK - To readers of The Guardian newspaper, the band from Manchester have delivered the best debut album of the year with "St Jude" (Polydor) and our tip from the summer of 2007 should go from strength to strength across the rest of Europe during 2009.
You can read an exclusive interview with the band for The Guardian newspaper at: http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/2008/dec/19/album-award-courteeners-st-jude - The album and the band were also praised by MORRISSEY, who had told an American radio station: "Every song was very strong and full of hooks and dynamics. So many groups in England, they're hyped and they're all over the press, but they don't actually have any songs, they don't really have anything to offer ... But it's different with The Courteeners." You can read our review on "St Jude" (from April 2008) in our ALBUM REVIEWS section. See also our previous article about the band by scrolling down to September 2007 in our NEW BANDS section.
Our overview with a "Best of 2008" compilation in one Play List can now be found - > HERE
ARCADE FIRE have announced details of a new live DVD entitled "Miroir Noir" and as from today (16th December) you can find out about how to purchase it as a download from their website at: www.miroir-noir.com, with a physical release to follow at a later date. The DVD version will also include backstage footage and live performances on the BBC, and from the Saturday Night Live show.
We have just been informed that LUSHUS - the 3-piece power punk pop band from Utrecht - are set to play a gig at the SUB 017 venue in Leiden (which is inbetween The Hague & Haarlem) tomorrow night (16th December) and once again we strongly recommend that you get yourselves along to see what a live band should sound like! The venue is very close to Leiden Central Station. See also the previous article about them from last month in our NEWS 11 - 2008 section.
DEPECHE MODE have revealed that the band have completed work on their as yet untitled new album, which is the follow-up to "Playing The Angel" (2005 - Mute Records) and is due for release in 2009. The band will also be playing a full European tour during 2009, although no dates have been scheduled for The Netherlands.
PJ HARVEY has revealed that her next album will be a collaboration with John Parish called "A Woman A Man Walked By" (Island Records), and is a follow up to Harvey and Parish's previous collaboration "Dance Hall at Louse Point" (1996) - The album was recorded in Bristol and Dorset, and mixed by Flood and is due to be released on 30th March. John Parish also co-produced "To Bring You My Love" (1995) and also PJ Harvey's most recent release "White Chalk" (2007).
PORTISHEAD will release 'Magic Doors' as their next single on 15th December. The single is taken from the band's album "Third" (Island Records) and will be available on two formats - 12" Etched vinyl and a digital bundle which will include the tracks 'Silence', 'Threads' and 'Mysterons', which were all recorded live at the Coachella Festival earlier this year. You can also listen to selected tracks by going through AAPA MySpace to their own site.
Dundee band THE VIEW will be releasing their second album "Which Bitch?" (1965 Records) on 2nd February, and this will coincide with a 12 date UK tour and a new single - 'Shock Horror' - which will be released on the same day as the album and will be available on 7" vinyl and as a download. The new album contains 14 tracks, is the follow up to "Hats Off To The Buskers" (from early 2007) and has once again been produced by Owen Morris (Oasis, The Verve).
As previously reported back in August, the brand new album from MORRISSEY is due out on 16th February 2009 - "Years Of Refusal" (Polydor / Decca) will be preceded by the single "I'm Throwing My Arms Around Paris" which is expected to hit the shops on 9th February and is backed by two new b-sides: 'Shame Is The Name' and 'Because Of My Poor Education'. The artwork for the album (see photo above) is now available, along with the provisional track listing (both have still te be confirmed) which is: 1. That's How People Grow Up 2. I'm Throwing My Arms Around Paris 3. Sorry Doesn't Help 4. When Last I Spoke To Carol 5. Mama Lay Softly On The Riverbed 6. I'm OK By Myself 7. Something Is Squeezing My Skull 8. Black Cloud 9. You Were Good In Your Time 10. I'm Looking Forward To Going Back 11. I Was Bully, Do Not Forget Me & 12. One Day Goodbye Will Be Farewell. MORRISSEY has also just announced his first three gigs for 2009 over in the UK (when he will play London Royal Albet Hall on 11th May and then 2 dates at the Apollo in Manchester on 22nd & 23rd May for which tickets go on sale from this Friday - 5th December). You can read our previous article about him in our NEWS 08 - 2008 section.
Having recently played various gigs in South America and due to tour Australia in December, KLAXONS are hoping to finish their new album before the end of the year with producer James Ford (Simian Mobile Disco member and Last Shadow Puppets drummer) - It will be the follow up to "Myths Of The Near Future" (2007 - Polydor). And after not being seen at any of this years festivals, they have said that to help promote the new album they intend to play as many festivals as possible next summer.
DECEMBER 2008 PLAYLIST NOW ONLINE
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As previosly mentioned during the summer, Manchester band DOVES are currently in the studio adding the finishing touches to their next as yet untitled new album which is expected to be released next year before the summer festivals start. It will be their fourth studio album since they released "Lost Souls" in 2000, and will be the eagerly awaited follow up to "Some Cities" (2005 - Capitol / Heavenly Records). See also the previous article about them in our NEWS 07 - 2008 section. You can also listen to selected tracks by going through AAPA MySpace to their own site.
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