A while back, I read somewhere that Ben Chasny’s next Six Organs Of Admittance record would feature the heavy involvement of his old bandmates from Comets On Fire: it would be a kind of Comets reunion, was the speculation, albeit with Chasny in the driving seat rather than Ethan Miller.
Flair, grit and determination - not to mention a nine-figure outlay on players - have all been cited in recent days as the reasons why Manchester City won the Premier League over the weekend.
However, fans of the club actually have one man to thank for their first title win in 44 years - and it's apparently not manager Roberto Mancini.
Nope, ironically it's staunch Manchester United fan Mani - who infamously said The Stone Roses wouldn't reform until the Blues tasted major success.
Country music legend Willie Nelson has turned down Roseanne Barr’s offer to be her Presidential running mate.
Earlier this year, Barr – who found fame with her 1990's sitcom Roseanne – filed the official documents needed to become the Green Party's nominee for President. On her Twitter account, Twitter.com/therealroseanne, she recently stated: "My Vice President will be announced at the debate in San Francisco this Saturday. I want Willie Nelson as Vice President."
To accompany this month’s Uncut (Take 181, June 2012), out now, which features the Bonnie “Prince” Billy/Palace icon fielding questions from fans and musicians, here’s an illuminating Album By Album piece with Will Oldham, talking to Andrew Mueller, from Uncut’s April 2009 issue. “I feel more confident about things now,” he says. “Which frees up space for me to feel insecure about a whole new range of stuff…”
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Robert Plant has announced details of three live dates for this summer.
Plant will debut his new band, Sensational Shape Shifters, at:
** Gloucester, Guildhall - May 8
** HMV Forum, London - July 12
** WOMAD, Wiltshire - July 29
Apart from Plant, the line-up for the Sensational Space Shifters is:
Juldeh Camara (JuJu)
ritti (one-stringed African Violin), kologo (African Banjo), talking drum, vocals.
Justin Adams (JuJu, Jah Wobble)
guitar, bendir, vocals
John Baggott (Massive Attack, Portishead)
keyboards
Liam "Skin" Tyson (Cast)
In the latest issue of Uncut (Take 181, June 2012), out now, we visit Tom Petty at his California home to discuss the history of the Heartbreakers, why he's "a ridiculous control freak" and why the group are heading to the UK for the first time in 15 years – so it seems like a good time to check out this great piece by Adam Sweeting on Petty's 'lost classic', 1985's Southern Accents, from Uncut's May 2004 issue.
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I’ve never been a particularly assiduous follower of Ryan Adams, but my favourite thing I’ve ever heard him do was a version, with The Cardinals, of “Goodnight Rose” on a Henry Rollins show.
James Murphy of the now defunct LCD Soundsystem has revealed that he is currently writing a novel.
Speaking to GQ, Murphy said that he has considered writing under a pseudonym so his work is "considered fairly". He said: "I'm writing now, actually. A novel. I'm always making things, but whether they turn into something that I'll consider making a part of the public world is different. I mean, I write songs every day, but only once in a while do they go out into the public sphere."
