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Archive for the ‘Alternative’ Category

January 9th, 2008

Radiohead Reveal Cities They’ll Be Playing On Upcoming North American Tour

After the success of the physical release of new album In Rainbows in the States, which has reached number one in the charts, Radiohead have added some details to their upcoming North American tour.
Although no venues or dates have yet been revealed or even decided on, the band have let it be known which cities […]

By Dave Parrack -- 0 comments

November 22nd, 2007

Radiohead Discuss ‘In Rainbows’ Theories & Thom Yorke Paid Nothing To Download It!

Radiohead, or at least portion of them (Thom and Ed) were interviewed by Steve Lamacq at BBC6 Music on Monday. They spoke about the new album ‘In Rainbows’, and various theories surrounding it.
We also heard Thom talk about his solo effort, and his plans for the future. Most intriguingly, Thom revealed that, like so […]

By Dave Parrack -- 0 comments

November 20th, 2007

100 Guilty Pleasures From Around The b5 Music Channel… How Embarrassing!

Yesterday, a few of the bloggers here on the b5 music channel decided we couldn’t hold it in any longer, and the time was ripe to embarrass ourselves. So we each revealed our top ten guilty pleasures, those songs which although we love, know most people think suck.

You’ve read my post, which contained ten British […]

By Dave Parrack -- 1 comment

November 18th, 2007

Radiohead Reveal Artwork For ‘In Rainbows’ Physical CD Release… Shut Up Lily Allen

At the beginning of October, Radiohead rocked the music industry by offering their new album ‘In Rainbows’ as a download only, and allowing the fans to pay what they wanted for it. If that meant 10p then so be it, although most people tended to pay more like £4 for it.
Now they have announced […]

By Dave Parrack -- 1 comment

November 5th, 2007

Amy Winehouse & Pete Doherty Have Diversely Different MTV EMA Experiences…

The MTV European Music Awards ceremony took place last week, and reports have emerged since that two British stars had wildly different experiences at the event.
Amy Winehouse and Pete Doherty (with his band Babyshambles) were both in attendance, but while one of the renowned drug addicts had a great time, and seemed to make some […]

By Dave Parrack -- 1 comment

October 28th, 2007

Led Zeppelin Fan Strips Naked For Tickets

There are a host of disappointed Led Zeppelin fans who failed to secure one of the 20,000 tickets available for their reunion show at the London 02 Arena November 26th.
Some have been desperate enough to go searching on eBay for tickets which are going for many times more than the already steep face value price. […]

By Dave Parrack -- 1 comment

October 26th, 2007

Bloc Party - Flux | Single & Video Review

Bloc Party are one of my favourite bands in the world, so whenever I hear they have a new single coming out, I get as excited as a kitten with a ball of wool, just not quite as cute looking.

This song, called Flux, is being released on November 12th and will be on the new […]

By Dave Parrack -- 4 comments

October 17th, 2007

Pink Floyd Release Special 17 Disc Box Set To Commemorate Their 40th Anniversary

Pink Floyd are to release a special new box set to commemorate the 40th anniversary of the band being together.
The album, which is now available on Amazon.co.uk is currently tentatively titled ‘Studio Box Set’ and priced at an enormous £144.99 ($300).
The box set will be 17 discs, including all their studio albums, as well as […]

By Dave Parrack -- 1 comment

October 4th, 2007

Lily Allen - Don’t Get Me Wrong Pretenders Cover | To Celebrate Radio 1 40th Birthday

I’m kind of in love with Lily Allen. Not as much as Kate Nash, but still quite a lot, in a non-stalky threatening way. I think it may be her third nipple, or maybe just the fact that she’s a kick ass British singer with a great voice and attitude to boot.
She recently covered ‘Don’t […]

By Dave Parrack -- 2 comments

October 3rd, 2007

Radiohead Announce Fans Can Pay What They Want For New Album ‘In Rainbows’

On Monday Radiohead announced the details of their new album ‘In Rainbows’ and sent shockwaves through an already anguished record industry by telling fans “You can pay what you want!”
The album will be released for download on October 10th and you, the loyal and fair minded Radiohead fan, will be able to choose how much […]

By Dave Parrack -- 5 comments