July 11th, 2011

The Strokes performing Taken For A Fool. (C) 2011 RCA Records

From the debut full-length ‘Behaviour’

Beady Eye frontman Liam Gallagher has candidly discussed the frustration being felt at what he claims are lies told by estranged brother Noel regarding the break up of Oasis.

Last week, Noel Gallagher finally announced his solo plans to a London press conference, and in doing so offered his own take on the events in Paris in 2009 which led to the Manchester band’s dramatic demise.

Pixies frontman Black Francis is to release a new album in September, which has been written in collaboration with New York songwriter Reid Paley.

The ten-track album, released on September 6th, has the straight-to-the-point title of ‘Paley & Francis‘ and was recorded over just two days in Nashville.

The Arctic Monkeys are excited to announce the second leg of their North American tour which kicks off this fall. Before co-headlining Hollywood Bowl with TV On The Radio on September 25th, they will be joining the Brooklyn band for two newly announced shows in Las Vegas and San Diego. The band will then kick off a run of dates with Smith Westerns through October. There will be an Arctic Monkeys fan pre-sale running from 10am(CDT) on July 11th – July 13th, details are available to Arctic Monkeys Website Members only. General on sale is July 15th at 10am(CDT). Please visit www.arcticmonkeys.com for additional ticketing info.

The Horrors are a band who wear their influences as proudly as John Rambo wore his blood-spattered bandana, and third record ‘Skying‘ is no exception – though this time the influences are far less obvious.

Coming snarling out of, erm, Southend in 2007, The Horrors initially fused a conceptual sound that was unequal parts The Fuzztones, Sonics, Joe Meek and Screaming Lord Sutch, and while their outré garage rock was enough to put off many an NME reader (the band having been pushed fairly relentlessly by the publication in that inception year), they have subsequently expanded their record collections and scope, as evidenced on euphoric sophomore effort ‘Primary Colours’, which was nominated for the Mercury Prize in 2009.

Glastonbury organiser Michael Eavis has said the festival may only have ‘three or four years’ left as the event prepares to take a break in 2012.

In an interview with The Times, Eavis outlined his belief that music fans are growing tired of festivals, despite the huge volume of events which are currently staged during the UK summer, and also revealed how the well-publicised problems which surrounded the 2008 edition of Glastonbury almost led to bankruptcy.

Foo Fighters brought this year’s T In The Park festival to an epic conclusion last night, playing a set of over 20 songs packed full of their biggest hits to a massive crowd on the Main Stage.

With frontman Dave Grohl declaring his intention to play for as long as possible right from the start, the band didn’t disappoint as seminal rock anthems such as ‘Learn To Fly‘, ‘All My Life‘ and ‘Everlong‘ were all trotted out for a typically bombastic end to the annual event.