Get a load of this cracking little tune from Chelmsford soul rebels The Milk.
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Video for Little Comets’ brand new single “Isles.” It’s released on October 18.
The resurrection of The New York Dolls has been nothing short of extraordinary. Having lit the touchpaper for punk in the early seventies with their seminal garage-glam, the East Village outfit imploded at the end of the decade amid collective drug habits, infighting and an ill-fated association with Malcolm McLaren.
As their shambolic proto-punk went on to shape the sound of The Sex Pistols, Blondie and The Strokes (among others), singer David Johansen ditched his renegade swagger for soul and acting roles while guitarist Johnny Thunders slipped slowly into obscurity before his drug-related death in New Orleans in 1992. It would take Manchester indie icon Morrissey, himself a die-hard New York Dolls fan, to convince the band’s surviving members to reform in 2004.
Not just trading on former glories, The New York Dolls remain a fearsome live outfit. They may have lost the heroin-glam genius of Thunders, but frontman Johansen has cemented his position among rock ‘n’ roll’s most influential vocalists.
Catch them live at The Cluny on September 4, 5 and 6.
Split Festival
Here’s all the details for this year’s Split Festival. Thanks NME.
Brand new video for “That Day” by Villagers. The single, taken from the band’s Mercury Music Prize-nominated debut Becoming A Jackal, is released via Domino on October 4. Catch them live at The Sage in Gateshead on December 10.
Transmission - the NEw wave by Generator
Great playlist for Generator’s Transmission - The NEWave which takes place at The Discovery Museum this Saturday (September 4). Head over to the website for all the info: http://www.generator.org.uk/Transmission
Sunderland-based art-rockers Field Music play their biggest show to date when they headline London’s KOKO on November 23. It follows the release of their sublime double LP Field Music (Measure) and is set to coincide with their next single.
Paste Magazine Suspends Print Publication
Sad news that the print version of Paste Magazine has gone the distance.
