November 16th, 2009 by Hannah
Courtney Love is going to be releasing a new album, ‘Nobody’s Daughter’, in January. This will mark the rock star’s first album since 2004’s ‘America’s Sweetheart’. The singer is going back to her roots though as she will release it under her old band’s name, Hole. The band hasn’t had an album out since 1998’s ‘Celebrity Skin’ and the new band includes Courtney and guitarist Micko Larkin. She said “Wherever I lay my head is Hole. It’s four letters. It is one of the best band names in fucking history, if I do say so myself. For a while I was a little embarrassed it was maybe vulgar, but at least it’s not phallic. It’s H-O-L-E, it’s a great band name, and it’s mine.” The new album was also said to be influenced by David Bowie, Pink Floyd and 80s goth, with underlying themes of greed, vengeance and feminism.
November 10th, 2009 by Hannah
Bono penned a short essay on being in Berlin that recalled being in the historic city when the Wall came down.
His band, U2, have just given a concert to mark the 20th anniversary of the tearing down of the Wall that divided the West from a communist East.
“Berlin has always been cool. Berlin has always been evocative – in film, in books, in art. Berlin has always meant something to anyone who listens to music. Iggy Pop did it for me, David Bowie and Lou Reed carried it on – we could all be heroes, or anti-heroes like Nick Cave and The Bad Seeds,” he writes.
In lyrical prose, Bono continues: “Through the 80s, Berlin was a city of dark horses, like a 24-hour radical and select club, full of anarchists, the military and war widows with tiny dogs. When we wanted to make our best record [which is what we try every time], we booked into Hansa studios, known then as Hansa by The Wall. The day after we arrived, East and West came together. We felt privileged to be there – if a little awkward at this most dysfunctional reunion. The surge and speed of reunification was breathtaking.”
He recalls:”One of the great things about the wall coming down was that nobody could see it coming. In recent times, we may have become used to seeing the right thing happen. But in 1989, the right thing didn’t always happen and the popular momentum that brought it all down – not only the wall, but also so many other boundaries – was the first of its kind in current memory. To have been there at the time was wild. We fractured with the excitement of it all, and One was essentially the four of us getting back together. This is where we conceived our Achtung Baby – our reunification. Berlin is still radical, still cool – and now it’s got no boundaries.”
February 2nd, 2009 by Hannah
If you’ve heard rumors about the likes of David Bowie, Radiohead and Daft Punk being part of this year’s Coachella Music Festival, don’t buy tickets if you happen to be going because of them. The rumors are just that – nothing but rumors. All three artists have gone on the record that they will not be participating in the events and that they haven’t even been asked to participate. But hey, it’s not too late yet right? The organizers of the fest can still make some things happen. The least they can do is make good on the rumors. Unless they also happen to be affected by the economic crisis and they can’t afford those three acts.
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September 23rd, 2008 by Hannah
Out Magazine has compiled a list of the 100 Gayest Albums of All-Time for their latest issue. The magazine asked over 100 musicians, writers, actors, performance artists, critics and bloggers for help in determining who made the list. The top ten lists David Bowie’s ‘The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars’ as number 1, The Smiths’ self-titled album at number 2, Tracy Chapman and the Indigo Girls self-titled albums at number 3 and 4, Judy Garland’s ‘Judy at Carnegie Hall’ at number 5, The Smiths’ ‘The Queen is Dead’ at 6, Elton John’s ‘Goodbye Yellow Brick Road’ at 7, Madonna’s ‘The Immaculate Collection’ at 8, Cyndi Lauper’s ‘She’s So Unusual’ at 9 and Antony and the Johnsons’ ‘I Am a Bird Now’ at 10. What’s your top 10?
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