In among short stories from Annie Proulx, Ed Park and Dashiell Hammett in The New Yorker’s recent “Crimes & Misdemeanours” fiction special was, unexpectedly, new material by Cormac McCarthy.
Over a week on, I suppose we’re still dealing with a kind of Neil Young & Crazy Horse feedback. This week’s major live distraction in the office, though, has been a stream/download of Wilco’s covers set from their festival last Friday night. The whole thing is hugely recommended but, if you’re pressed for time, please have a listen to the uncanny version of “Marquee Moon” I’ve embedded below.
Motörhead have had to cancel two European gigs after their frontman Lemmy suffered a haematoma.
The band have pulled tonight's show in Milan (June 25) and also had to cancel their gig on June 22 at a festival in Austria, reports Ultimate Classic Rock. The size, scale or location of Lemmy's haematoma – where blood collects outside of a blood vessel - is not known, but the news of the medical problem follows reports that the frontman has also recently been fitted with a defibrillator because of heart problems.
Former DEVO drummer Alan Myers has died following a battle with cancer.
Ralph Carney, a former bandmate of Myers and uncle of The Black Keys' Patrick, shared the news on Facebook earlier this morning (June 26). "i just got some bad news," he wrote. "Alan Myers passed yesterday from cancer. he was Devo's best drummer and one of the first people to teach me about jazz. i cry.........."
Myers joined Devo in 1976 and drummed with the band for just under a decade, playing on their early hits including "Jocko Homo", "Working In The Coal Mine" and "Whip It".
Last week started on an absolute high when Neil Young & Crazy Horse’s Alchemy tour rocked up to London’s 02 Arena, turbulence in its wake, some of the crowds they had recently played to evidently unhappy with aspects of the band’s current set, notably the long jams around the songs they are playing from last year’s Psychedelic Pill, especially “Walk Like A Giant” and the extended feedback cacophony of its final 10 minutes, which was spectacularly brutal. Audiences in Birmingham and Newcastle had been from all accounts clearly agitated.
The V&A museum has announced details of a special live screening event of the David Bowie Is... exhibition.
On Tuesday, August 13, audiences in over 200 cinemas will be able to watch the exhibition's curators Victoria Broackes and Geoffrey Marsh and a host of special guests talk about the stories behind some of the 300 objects on display at the exhibition live from the museum in London. David Bowie Is Happening Now will be directed by BAFTA winning director, Hamish Hamilton and will be broadcast to participating Picturehouse cinemas.
Arctic Monkeys have announced details of their new album, AM.
The album, the band's fifth studio record, will be released on September 9 and features 12 tracks including the new single "Do I Wanna Know?". The song "Mad Sounds", first played at the Hultsfred festival in Sweden earlier this year, also appears alongside 2012 single "R U Mine?". Scroll down to see the full tracklisting for AM.
