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At last, some sneaky little beggar has made two rare and long sought-after Ryan Adams sessions available to people apart from anally retentive traders. Go forth and search your local P2P sharing resource. These full-session recordings were sifted through to provide tracks for his 2002 'Demolition' L»
This, the third single from Orton’s exceptional ‘Daybreaker’ LP, is sadly spoilt by a pretty soulless radio remix from Everything But The Girl's Ben Watt. The original had a pleasant, hushed vibe to it, but this 'peps' up a track which doesn’t need it. It’s not like it’s going to get dayt»
Considering ‘Play Some D’ is the backing music to a mobile phone advert, it’s hardly surprising that it’s annoying. Released originally in 2000, it’s back out to bland over my day. Its dishwater-dull groove inspires me to half-heartedly scratch my arse, adjust my socks and bite a bit of skin from the side »
NEW IN THE PLAYER THIS WEEK….
50 Cent, Eminem, Obie Trice and Lloyd Banks 'We All Die Someday'
A posse cut from Shady/Aftermath records dissing Benzino again. Decent production, but more amusing than vitriolic. Available on the forthcoming »
Not satisfied with getting constant airplay from the pop and hip-hop charts, The Neptunes are now soundtracking TV adverts. And you can download these two exclusive tracks for free. These new songs are part of the new Nike Freestyle campaign and accompany imagery of an animated stickman matching the»
The best beard in rock is back. The Deftones, led by Chino Moreno (for it is he with the beard), are back and are busy. A single, ‘The Late Great Planet Earth', has been pencilled in for a late April/ early May release with the currently untitled LP to follow on May 20th. In related news, Mo»
Cover your bloody ears! Knifehandchop takes no prisoners, and is about to blitz UK and Europe (to quote Jay and Bob) Wolverine style. If you like your beats underground, junglist, experimental, hardcore, industrial and straight up noisy then you are advised to be at one of these shows. One of the st»
New in the player this week….
Michael Franti ''U Can't Bomb The World To Peace'
Ex-Disposable Heroes of Hiphoprisy and Spearhead front man gives us the benefit of his intelligence and common sense on this issue. Check it out at
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Tennent’s Lager.
Whats the first thing that just popped into your head when you read that?
a) A particularly bad hangover
b) How refreshing its fine balance of 23 hops and stuff is
c) An sponsored annual 3 day festival of quality musical acts in 3 Scott»
Stuart Braithwaite (guitar, vocals, rent-a-quote) will be appearing on Scottish radio this Thursday. Check out the BBC Session in Scotland between 20.00 and 22.00 to hear him chatting about the band, his strong dislikes, Mogwai’s very own Rock Action Records and playing a few tunes. For those who can’t tu»
For much of their career The Beastie Boys have been known as much for their political leanings as for their music. Their Tibetan Freedom Concerts were pivotal in bringing this issue into the mainstream music press, and therefore into the minds of a new generation. Now the Beasties join an evergrowin»
With a track record of collaborations ranging from Alison Moyet to the Red Hot Chili Peppers to RZA, Tricky always has the ability to pull something unexpected of out the hat. ‘Vulnerable’, his second LP for Anti Records has a provisional release date of May 19th, and was recorded in A»
Sick of the diet-MC5 offerings of most festivals? Want to rock, but you're sick of guitars and egos? Homelands 2003. Nine arenas, 60 DJs, live dance acts and 35,000 sweaty, bog eyed, water supping, up-for-it 24 hr party people. Don’t expect any kip on/at the following: Saturday 24th May<»
Chris Morris is back to offend more Daily Star readers... The 2 DVD set of Jam drops on 7th April, the second disc contains the late night TV version entitled Jaaaaam and some hidden extras. Jam, a freakish sketch show which revelled in taboo pushing and digital trickery, was adapted for t»
The free spirited, and now no longer incarcerated, Ol’ Dirty Bastard is about to go on the road. The Wu-Tang Clan founding member has been bouncing between jail and rehab since 1999’s ’Nigga Please’ with only cobbled toge»
According to a source at Truth Hurts.net the R&B protege of Dr Dre has been dropped by Universal records. Truth Hurts had a worldwide hit with 'Addictive' which kickstarted a recent sampling trend of Indian music within h»
Soulseek is a free person-to-person (P2P) file sharing application. From what I can gather, it started up around April 2001 and for me is currently the best place to go to for online sharing. Soulseek used to have a reputation for being an electronica/idm sharing resource but as other P2P softw»
For over 20 years, Adrian Sherwood has been immersed in the UK reggae and fusion scenes but has only just released his first solo album. If creating this debut was all he'd been up to during this time, you'd be forgiven for thinking he was a right lazy bastard and should take a crash course in Ryan Adams-ism »
This wasn't what I'd normally expect as a trailblazer for a second LP. Instead of a flame lettered statement of intent written across the sky, this is more like writing “Wash me” on the back of a white van. Boring. Recent claims that they want to move away from their spontaneous vibe toward a more “organic»
The 50 Cent story began with a 1996 mix tape track ‘How To Rob An Industry Nigga,’ his open half-braggadocio, half-comedy claim that, as he was skint, he was going to lift ideas and samples off hip-hop's biggest names (39 to be precise). Instant notoriety was his. Shame that this early balls-the-»
