January 2012
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Lana Del Rey - Born To Die
For the past year there has been one name of the lips of music industry types – Lana Del Rey. You may have heard everything; you may have heard nothing but the release of her album Born to Die has set tongues wagging again.
Surrounded in hype and controversy, Del Rey (real name Elizabeth Grant) is seen by many as a fake, a phony, completely manufactured pop star. Many see her unlikely rise to...
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Nordic Britain: A new Viking age?
This is something that’s greatly interested me for a while. I myself enjoy the Scandinavian music scene and have liked bands from that region for some years, so I’m intrigued as to why it’s suddenly so popular. So I wrote a little something to try and process these thoughts and the recent fascination behind Scandinavian music.
AUTHOR’S NOTE: All the views expressed herein...
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February gig picks
After the bare month that is January, the gigs are slowly picking up, enough for us to give you some recommendations!
Rammstein
German industrial rockers Rammstein are heading over for headline arena tour! They are a spectacle to behold, both musically and visually. It’ll be a night you’ll never forget, don’t miss out!
Shinedown
American rock group Shinedown are touching...
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Vains of Jenna call it a day after seven years
Swedish rockers Vains of Jenna have decided to call it quits after seven years together.
“After 7 years, we have amicably and mutually decided to end Vains Of Jenna,” said Jesse Forte, Nicki Kin, J.P White and Jacki Stone on their Facebook page. “There’s no drama behind the decision. We simply feel like it is time to move on in our lives and close this chapter. It has...
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Preview clips of Van Halen's new album posted...
As anticipation builds for new material from Van Halen, dutch website Bol has posted 30 second previews of all the album tracks online; check them out here.
First single Tattoo, released earlier this month, didn’t really seem to reach the bar with a lot of Van Halen fans. Will this sneak preview reach expectations?
A Different Kind Of Truth is released on 6th February and is available...
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Panic! At The Disco - Leeds Academy, 26.01.2012
Panic! At The Disco seems to be one of those names that randomly pops up every so often, as if to remind you they are still around. After a couple of line up changes and reaching mainstream success, the group released their third album last year to mainly positive reviews. The crowd is fairly young, with the occasional group wanting to relive their teenage years!
The support came in the form of...
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Dappy and Brian May video debuts online
Yes, you read that right. Legendary Queen guitarist Brian May has teamed up with Dappy from N-Dubz. The collaboration occurred after May admitted he loved Dappy’s first single.
Watch the video below:
The single is also set to appear on Dappy’s album, whenever he actually decides to release it!
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Steel Panther's Balls Out ad banned in UK
The poster for Steel Panther’s album Balls Out has been banned by UK advertising authorities after they deemed it to be “overtly sexual”. The UK’s Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) deemed the advert, which ran outdoors throughout October and November and featured a photo of a woman wearing an extremely revealing outfit (seen above) above the words “Balls...
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Playlist: Alternative 80s →
Here at LTMDTT we love a bit of the 80’s so we compiled a playlist of some of our favourite 80’s tunes. Not your average 80’s compilation! Enjoy!
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Foxy Shazam - The Church of Rock and Roll
Foxy Shazam are really a band like no other. Constantly re-inventing themselves and changing their sound. Their new album The Church of Rock and Roll sees them shift from the slightly chaotic, manic sound of albums past, and onto a more anthemic poppier style, which suprisingly works.
Opening track Welcome to the Church of Rock and Roll makes a bold statement from the get go. Lead Singer...
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Blur recording a new album?
If producer William Orbits tweets are anything to go by, he could have given it away that the legendary British band are back in the studio and recording a new album.
Writing on his Twitter accountTwitter.com/WilliamOrbit, the producer wrote a message to record label World Circuit Records about their artist Fatoumata Diawara, which read: “I just found out that she [Diawara] has done...
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Garbage unveil new record label
Garbage have announced that their forthcoming album will be released independently on their own record label STUNVOLUME. It will be self released in the Spring in the States, and around the world it will be released via publishing deals with Cooperative music, Sony, Liberator music and Universal Canada.
The band released a statement on their Facebook page noting
Today we announced the launch...
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Upcoming release from the Jeffrey Lee Pierce...
Glitterhouse Records have announced a final release date for the latest Jeffrey Lee Pierce Sessions Project album, “The Journey is Long”, to be released on the 30th of March on CD and double LP. The album is in commeration of the late Gun Club frontman/vocalist/songwriter Jeffrey Lee Pierce, and features a variety of different artists “covering” and reworking his...
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Big Chill festival cancelled
Festival manager Melvin Benn has cancelled this years Big Chill due to lack of artist availability. Held in Herefordshire, the festival date clashes with the Olympic games, a factor Benn states in the cancellation.
“It is with a considerable amount of regret that I have decided not to go ahead with The Big Chill in 2012.I looked long and hard late last year at moving the date so it didn’t clash...
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Legendary singer Etta James dies aged 73
Singing legend Etta James passed away yesterday evening aged 73. 5 days away from her 74th birthday, James died in a Californian hospital with her husband and sons at her side. Diagnosed with leukaemia in 2010, she suffered from complications as well as dementia and hepatitis C.
Etta’s biggest hits include Dance With Me, The Wallflower and At Last. Her soulful voice reached millions of...
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Sum 41 pull out of Kerrang! tour
An injury to frontman Deryck Whibley has seen pop punk group Sum 41 forced to pull out of next months Kerrang! tour. Taking their place is Welsh group The Blackout.
Deryck issued a statement explaining:
I feel really terrible about letting down the fans. I injured my back and the doctors are saying that I could be in a wheelchair.
So, as much as I wanted to be able to do it, I’ve got...
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Corey Taylor and Dave Grohl record song together?
Yes. Apparently, according to Corey’s twitter account, the two have recorded a track together alongside legendary producer, and Nevermind producer Butch Vig. Corey is well known for spreading himself around other projects so it is no massive surprise, but indeed an interesting one.
It seems Mr Taylor has quite the busy year ahead, with the new Stone Sour album due for release...
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New video from Theory of a Deadman
Canadian rockers Theory of a Deadman have released an official video for Hurricane from their latest album The Truth Is…(review here)
Check the video out below.
Don’t for get that Theory are on tour in the UK next month. Get your tickets here.
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Sonisphere headliner revealed? Well almost...
Last night tv channel Scuzz revealed who the first headliner of Sonisphere festival will be, well kind of….
The channel played a Sonisphere festival special, playing 11 different artists and confirming that one of the WILL be headlining the festival at Knebworth this year!
So, its time to guess who you think it will be. The 11 bands played last night were
Van Halen...
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New bands added for Download 2012
Last night saw the addition of 14 more bands to the Download 2012 line up!
The first announcement on Radio 1 at 7pm last night revealed that Chase and Status, Biffy Clyro and Soundgarden were to support already announced headliners The Prodigy, Metallica and the mighty Black Sabbath on the main stage.
The latter announcement, supposed to take place at midnight was accidentally leaked by...
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What I've Been Listening To
For the past few months or so, I have been revisiting music that I haven’t listened to in a while…
Mark Lanegan
The first of such artists is Mark Lanegan, known for his unique vocal and honest writing style throughout a consistently good back catalogue: from the Screaming Trees’ first release “Clairvoyance” to the upcoming Mark Lanegan Band album “Blues...
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Frank Turner - The Second Three Years
After a hugely successful 2011, Frank Turner begins the new year with a new album. Earning high praise from the media and gaining plenty of fans, The Second Three Years is a compilation of tracks that missed the cut of The First Three Years, various B sides and other performances.
Opening solo, the soft, beautiful tones of Turner’s voice ring out before an acoustic guitar joins for the small...
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Slipknot start film production company
Slipknot members frontman Corey Taylor and ‘the clown’ Shawn Crahan have launched Living Breathing Films, their own film production company! A press conference and short acoustic performance will take place on January 21st during the Sundance Film Festival. Unsurprisingly, the films will focus on psychological horror and mystery.
Crahan has told Rolling Stone magazine:
“Our...
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Velvet Revolver reunite for tribute show
Velvet Revolver reunited with singer Scott Weiland last night for benefit show Love You Madly: A Concert For John O’Brien at the House Of Blues in West Hollywood. The band played a four song set, including a cover of the Pink Floyd classic Wish You Were Here. The show was a tribute to composer John O’Brien who was found dead in his Chicago hotel room last August.
The short set...
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The Yo-Yo's reunite for special one-off birthday...
On Feb 17th Jubilee are taking over the Camden Barfly all night long to bring you a very special, exclusive show featuring The YoYo’s with Danny McCormack (ex Wildhearts), Rich Jones (Ginger Wildheart band, Amen, The Black Halos), Tom Spencer (ex The Loyalties) and a guest appearance on drums for a few songs from Ritch Battersby (Wildhearts/ Grand Theft Audio). The YoYo’s...
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Rolling Stones to face fan protest?
As most of you may well know, this year is The Rolling Stones 50th anniversary! It’s only natural that the UK has keenly anticipated tour dates to celebrate one of the most important bands in the music industry. There has been a lot of to-ing and fro-ing with different members saying different things and at the moment, no one is really sure what’s going on; even the band itself, so it...
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At The Drive In reunite!
At The Drive In have broke their 11 year silence and have taken to twitter to announce plans of a reunion. The message read “¡ATTENTION! To whom it may concern: AT THE DRIVE-IN will be breaking their 11 year silence THIS STATION IS …NOW…OPERATIONAL.” The bands official website has also been updated to reflect that there is definitely something on the horizon.
The band have been...
