July, 2010

Central Park Summerstage doesn’t attract the rowdiest crowd. It’s usually hipsters in tight pants with meticulously groomed moustaches. The Black Keys, however, drew quite a different (and diverse) crowd. Let’s just call it “bro-centric.” There was a bevy of suits, NY Yankees hats, and old dudes in Harley gear. The ground was littered with half-crushed Coors Light cans and a marijuana haze floated over the crowd. Fist pumping was soon to follow.

Pink Floyd have backed an Iranian resistance movement which has adopted the band’s 1979 smash hit ‘Another Brick In The Wall‘. Founding member Roger Waters granted permission for the song to be re-worked by duo Blurred Vision who currently reside in Canada.

Our latest Soundbites has news from next month’s Reading/Leeds Festivals, Muse frontman Matt Bellamy truly falls under Kate Hudson’s spell, there’s a new event to mark Elvis’ birthday, and a Mercury-nominated act announce a new single and Franz Ferdinand discuss their new record.

Detroit Social Club have announced a tour to commence in October. The band will hit the road in support of their debut album ‘Existence‘, and will begin in Birmingham on October 8th, before finishing at the Leeds Faversham on the 16th.

Last Sunday, July 25, Damon Albarn’s Gorillaz project gave a special performance in the Syrian capital of Damascus. NPR Music is proud to transport audiences to this historic spectacle that took place within a 1,000-year-old walled palace through a specially edited version of the show now streaming here courtesy of NPR:

Watch Dani play and smash the blue piano to pieces in this promo video for his new album “Punching Keys E.P

In honour of John Lennon’s 70th birthday on Saturday October 9, 2010, the “Rock and Roll Hall of Fame & Museum” and “BoxofVision LLC” will create three authorized time capsules of John Lennon’s post-Beatles recordings and fan contributions, which can be submitted via www.BoxOfVision.com/TimeCapsule, to carry his legacy of peace and love to future generations.

Interpol will head out on a US tour in October in support of their upcoming self-titled fourth studio album. The tour is preceded by a date at the Mexico City Corona Festival on October 16th, before they kick-off the tour proper in Oakland on the 18th. The tour is rounded off with a show at New York’s United Palace on November 5th.

Interpol’s new record is due for release on September 7th.

She Fell In Love With Silence is the second single to be taken from self-titled debut album from LOSTBOY! A.K.A JIM KERR, the musical alter-ego of the legendary Simple Minds singer/songwriter. It is released in the UK & Ireland as a digital download on 15th August 2010 on earMUSIC, the international pop rock label of Edel, distributed by Absolute via Universal.

The Jim Jones Revue tearing it up in New York City !