It’s been over 20 years since Roxy Music’s last album, Avalon, but there is a good news on the horizon: all five original members (Bryan Ferry, Paul Thompson, Phil Manzanera, Andy Mackay and Brian Eno) are planning to record a new album. The band already had a "reunion" tour four years ago but it wasn’t a true reunion as Brian Eno, who was once voted fourth best instrumentalist in the world, wasn’t a part of it. He has already confirmed that he’ll play with Roxy Music this June at the Isle Of Wight Festival in England.
Aural Fixation: Music News
Beata Patricia Pac
The White Stripes, image courtesy of www.newsimg.bbc.co.uk
A ROXY MUSIC REUNION
It’s been over 20 years since Roxy Music’s last album, Avalon, but there is a good news on the horizon: all five original members (Bryan Ferry, Paul Thompson, Phil Manzanera, Andy Mackay and Brian Eno) are planning to record a new album. The band already had a "reunion" tour four years ago but it wasn’t a true reunion as Brian Eno, who was once voted fourth best instrumentalist in the world, wasn’t a part of it. He has already confirmed that he’ll play with Roxy Music this June at the Isle Of Wight Festival in England.
RADIOHEAD BACK IN THE STUDIO
The geniuses behind Radiohead have begun to make new music together, according to the band’s post on their official website. This album will be a follow up to 2003’s Hail to the Thief. For more up-to-the-minute updates, visit http://www.radiohead.com.
LIVE DVD TO CELEBRATE 20 YEARS OF CULTURE CLUB
If you haven’t done so already, make sure to pick up Culture Club’s spanking new DVD, 20 Year Anniversary/Live at Royal Albert Hall featuring the band’s 20th anniversary live performance at London’s famous venue. The video celebrates 20 years of Culture Club, containing 130 minutes of colorful and outrageous live performance as well as interviews, rare photos and band history written by the band’s frontman, Boy George.
LIVE CD SETS FROM DEAD CAN DANCE’S TOUR
Dead Can Dance’s current 13-show tour will offer their fans something extra special. Each concert is recorded and sold online as a two-CD set. There are only 500 copies of each date printed, so investing in a set is a good idea since these babies are rare. They are selling out in record time. Each is numbered and packed with art, pictures and best of all, approximately 30 minutes of all new material.
BEST OF LEATHERSTRIP TWO-CD RELEASE
Industrial fans everywhere will surely love the long-awaited Leatherstrip greatest hits collection our right now on Cleopatra Records. The brainchild of Klaus Larsen, Leatherstrip’s Satanic Reasons (The Very Best Of) is a comprehensive compilation of influential songs including "No Rest for the Wicked," "Strap Me Down" and "Black Candle." The two-CD collection will also feature two songs from Larsen’s side-project, Klute, and a cover Kraftwerk’s "Showroom Dummies."
BELLE & SEBASTIAN SINGLES COMPILATION
Indie greats, Belle & Sebastian, have also just announced a release of a 25 track "best of" singles compilation. Scheduled to come out on May 24 in the US, the collection will be titled Push Barman to Open Old Wounds and will available as a deluxe CD, limited vinyl and as a standard two-CD version. The greatest hits will consist of: "Dog On Wheels," "The State I Am In," "String Bean Jean," "Belle and Sebastian," "Lazy Line Painter Jane," "You Made Me Forget My Dreams," "A Century Of Elvis," "Photo Jenny," "A Century Of Fakers," "Le Pastie De La Bourgeoisie," "Beautiful," "Put The Book Back On The Shelf," "This Is Just A Modern Rock Song," "I Know Where The Summer Goes," "The Gate," "Slow Graffiti," "Legal Man," "Judy Is A Dickslap," "Winter Wooskie," "Jonathan David," "Take Your Carriage Clock And Shove It," "The Loneliness Of The Middle Distance Runner," "I’m Waking Up To Us," "I Love My Car," and "Marx & Engels."
NEW ORDER CONCERT TOUR FOLLOWING THE RELEASE OF A NEW ALBUM
The fans of New Order will finally be rewarded for their patience and loyalty. After years of on-and-off breaks including an eight-year hiatus, the new wave pioneers have announced a small international tour following the April 26 release of their new LP titled Waiting For The Sirens’ Call. The gigs include four US locations: the Kaiser Arena and the Coachella Festival in California, the Aragon Ballroom in Chicago, and in New York City before heading to Spain, Germany, England, Italy Scotland, Ireland and Belgium.
THE WHITE STRIPES OR HOW TO RECORD AN ALBUM IN TWO WEEKS
While some bands take years to complete their albums, the White Stripes took only two weeks to record their new one. No release date has been set as of yet, but the word is that the band’s new album might be out by the end of June. Some lucky fans will get to hear the new material before then. So far there are three concert dates in Mexico scheduled in May followed by a June 10th appearance at Georgia’s Music Midtown Festival.
WE STILL DIG! DANDY WARHOLS
The late 1990s marked Dandy Warhol’s 15 minutes of mainstream fame on MTV with the release of their "Not If You Were the Last Junkie on Earth" music video (about the band’s former friend, Brian Jonestown Massacre’s Anton Newcombe). Their newly found popularity deepened the rift between the Dandys and Newcombe, as documented in the new DVD release of Dig!, directed by Ondi Timoner. Packed with drugs, jealousy and resentment, the movie won Best Documentary at the 2004 Sundance Film Festival. Following the Dig! after-buzz, this is a perfect time for the Dandy Warhols to release a new LP. According to the band’s official website, http://www.dandywarhols.com, their fifth album, entitled Odditorium or Warlords of Mars, is scheduled for a summer 2005 release. To see a preview of their first single "Smoke It," tune in to (what else but) MTV.
