Classic 60's mod rockers The Who brought the curtain down at the London 2012 closing ceremony. Yes, we sadly had to put up with the shocking Ed Sheeran covering Pink Floyd's Wish You Were Here and the terrible Kaiser Cheifs prancing around (who's idea was it to ask them?!). But thankfully The Who cam out and added some credibilty to the end of the ceremony and SMASHED IT! They performed two songs; Baba O'Riley & My Generation.
Jessica Pare (Megan in Madmen) joined The Jesus and Mary Chain at a handful of their gigs in The States and Canada, as she sang Hope Sandvals part "Sometimes Always" from Mary Chain's album Stoned & Dethroned as well as backing to ''Just Like Honey''. A slight change from her famous performance of Gillian Hills 60s hit "Zou Bisou Bisou" on Madmen, which was so popular it was actually realesed as a single on itunes.
Here it is here as she surprises Don Draper at his 40th Birthday in Madmen....
Black Rebel Motorcycle Club's Robert Levon Been features on Dark Horses new track ''Radio Offshore''. The Brighton based group firmly grip the concept of drone rock here and with Levon Been guesting, it seems the perfect compliment to the groups fuzzy guitars and dreamy verve.
A nice teaser from the B.R.M.C co- frontman and fingers crossed, a new album from them to come before the year is out. Check out ''Radio Offshore'' right here... http://www.clashmusic.com/feature/track-of-the-day-307-dark-horses
Yes, Yes we are back to extinguish your summertime blues with our August edition at The Ruby Lounge this Saturday the 4th of August. We're lookin forward to bashin' out some of the new Tame Impala stuff as well of of course the best in alternative, rock n roll.
Here's the Facebook Event: http://www.facebook.com/events/322335147859860/
..and here's a taster of what you can expect this Saturday...
Here is the NEW single from Tame Impala titled ''Elephant'' from their new album ''Lonerism''. Check it out, we're lookin forward to playing it at the next Remake Remodel....
Banksy has just released some new street art with a unique Olympic twist just in time for the games which are due to start this Friday. Banky's work always provokes thought and hidden meaning and this work is no different.
It seems Banksy tries keep our feet on the ground with all the hu hah about London 2012. Maybe he is telling us with all the focus on the Olympics itself, the athletes and to some extent the sponsors too.That there are still wars being fought and child slave labour workers, possibly some of the athletes sports gear being made by them. How do you interpritate it?
Ridiculously excited for this on Friday, need we say anymore, The Dark Knight Rises for one last time.....
Last week while on our holidays in sunny Barcelona we stumbled across this on the outside of a trailer truck advertising a play. On closer inspection we were shocked to see rock n roll legend Iggy Pop was featuring?????
Has Iggy decided to quit rock n roll and car insurance tv ads for the Circo De Los Horrores?
Yes thats right Mr Cranky himself Bob Dyaln is releasing his 35th album titled ''Tempest'' to be released on September 11th 2012 to mark the 50th anniversary since his debut ''Bob Dylan''. The album will feature 10 new songs and will follow up 2009's critically acclaimed ''Together Through Life''.
We'll be lookng forward to hearing some more of Bob's husky howling lyrics and his futher take on modern times. But for now here's some classic Dylan below and one of our fav's down at Remake Remodel....
We recently recieved a welcome email from Tame Impala announcing plans of the follow up to 2010's ''Innerspeaker''. New album ''Lonerism'' will be released in October and they shared a track off the new album tittled ''Apocalypse Dreams'' which you can check out here....
The psychedelic rockers from Perth, Australia will also be doing a host of dates across Europe and some select dates across the UK too.
October 30th- Brixton Academy, London
November 1st- Ritz Ballroom, Manchester (YES)
November 2nd- Leadmill, Sheffield
November 3rd- ABC, Glasgow
It seems with the new record that Tame Impala are a band not half empty but half full.....glass of wine.... and with plenty more to come we look forward to hearing the rest of Lonerism very soon.
Victoria Black