The Waterboys have unveiled the tracklisting for their six CD Fisherman's Box set.
Due to be released on October 14, the set comprises of tracks from the band's Fisherman's Blues sessions recorded between January 23, 1986 to June 2, 1988.
Mike Scott will be writing the liner notes with additional contributions from Decemberist Colin Meloy.
Fisherman's Box Tracklist CDs 1-6
CD 1
1. Stranger To Me
2. Girl Of The North Country
3. I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry
4. Fisherman's Blues (Piano Version)
5. Fisherman's Blues
David Bowie has unveiled the video for "Valentine's Day" – watch it below.
The track is the fourth single from Bowie's album The Next Day. It was directed by Indrani and Markus Klinko, who previously collaborated with Bowie on the artwork for the 2002 Heathen album. The track will also be released as a limited edition picture disc on August 19, with the track 'Plan' as a b-side.
From Uncut's September 2002 issue: In one of the most revealing interviews of his career, Bruce Springsteen talks exclusively to Adam Sweeting about his new album, The Rising, much of which was written in the aftermath of September 11, and which reunites him with the E Street Band for their first studio album since Born In The USA.
Keith Richards has been speaking about his years of drug abuse in an interview for Men's Journal.
According to a report in Rolling Stone, Richards claims he doesn't believe his body has been damaged by his drug intake.
"It’s like Churchill said about alcohol, 'Believe me – I’ve taken a lot more out of alcohol than it’s ever taken out of me!' And I kind of feel the same way about the dope and stuff. I got something out of it.
James Murphy has said he thinks the new Arcade Fire album will be "really great".
Murphy, who has helped to produce a number of tracks on the forthcoming album, told Rolling Stone: "I think it's going to be a really great record, actually. I'm eager to see it come out." The Canadian band joined Murphy at the DFA studio earlier this year to work on new material. "There's a lot of them, and they're mostly self-produced – like, they don't need a producer in a certain way. So I didn't know how it would go," he said.
Astronaut Chris Hadfield has become the first person ever to record a music video in space, filming his version of David Bowie's "Space Oddity" from the International Space Station.
This month’s issue of Uncut (June 2013) features The Waterboys discussing their mammoth new Fisherman’s Box release – here, in this archive feature from Uncut’s July 2008 issue, the band, including Mike Scott and Karl Wallinger, reflect on the creation of their pop masterpiece, The Whole Of The Moon. Expect disagreements, still; arguments about musical contributions, worries over spending life in prison for hitting someone over the head with a guitar… Words: Nick Hasted
Been meaning to post this piece for a while, since the whole clandestine operation around the new Boards Of Canada album, “Tomorrow’s Harvest”, began. It’s an interview I did with the duo in February 2002, around the release of “Geogaddi”. NME billed it erroneously as “Boards Of Canada’s first ever interview” at the time, which was pushing it a bit…
