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Gibbard’s gone country on “These Roads Don’t Move” for the soundtrack to the documentary film One Fast Move or I’m Gone, about Jack Kerouac’s time spent at Big Sur. Joined on the tunes by folk rocker Jay Farrar, the two created all of the music for the documentary; and the melody on this track particularly stands out in the collection. both the documentary and soundtrack dropped October 20th, in memory of the 40th anniversary of Kerouac’s death. and if you haven’t yet, get familliar..

Ben Gibbard and Jay Farrar - These Roads Don’t Move

get the soundtrack here

rating: 7.5

John Harris once asked Liam Gallagher during an interview for the NME “do you have any recurring dreams?” Liam’s response, “Yeah, just the one… where I take over the band.” a powerful statement from Liam off Fierce Panda’s Oas*s Wibbling Rivalry release recorded in 1994. the bootleg of the Gallagher brothers bickering about Liam getting thrown off a ferry (transcript here) charted in the UK at #52 in November 1995, making it the highest ever charting recorded interview. most importantly though, the interview ends eerily with that exact quote from Liam.

in fact, Liam has put it on the table several times that Oasis would continue without his brother Noel. reason being that he was instrumental in the original line up of the band in 1991 formerly known as The Rain, of which Noel would later join to form Oasis. it became official this week that Oasis would not continue without Noel, since his for real departure from the band in late August. in an interview with The Times UK Liam stated:

“Well, Oasis is no longer. I think we all know that. So that’s done,” he explained. “It’s a shame, but that’s life. We had a good run at it. The thing about Oasis is no-one… we ended Oasis. No-one ended it for us. Which was pretty, kind of… cool. I’m thinking of what the next step is musically, which is all my mind’s on.”

And a shame it is, but of course Liam did leave room for a possible reunion, “People will be able to buy his (Noel’s) records. People will be able to buy our records. So everyone’s happy,” he explained, adding that he hoped in future to recover his relationship with Noel. “Well, that’s a long way off yet, man, but who knows?”

as a solo artist Noel Gallagher so frequently produces incredible moments, which you can hear in this arrangement of the classic Oasis b-side “Listen Up” that he and guitarist Gem Archer performed during a small unplugged tour in 2006. Noel has also stated he has loads of song that he didn’t think were “Oasis tunes”. it’s been rumored that Noel is working on a solo project, of which we’ll definitely keep you posted. as for Liam, while so many claim he’s the lesser talented of the two, his tracks on Oasis’ last few releases speak for themselves. it will be interesting to see what kind of projects he gets involved with… as long as he doesn’t take Jay-Z up on his offer, we’re cool with it. Andy Bell, Ride reunion.. eh? sing us out Noel..

Cos I’ve been sailing down this river alone,
Just trying to find my way back home.
But I don’t believe in magic cos life is automatic,
and I don’t mind being on my own

Oasis - Listen Up (Noel Gallagher Unplugged at Le Cabaret Sauvage, Paris 11.28.06 )
Oas*s - Wibbling Rivalry (Part 1)
Oas*s - Wibbling Rivalry (Part 2)

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“Talk Tonight” was written after Noel Gallagher first left oasis during their ‘94 US tour. they weren’t done then, or in 96′ when they started a tour in the states with liam house shopping back home with the misses, they weren’t done in 2000 when noel left the band during their world tour. and there’s more in between, but the point is.. are they actually done now?

hope not. as much slack as this band gets for not being what they were in the 90’s, they are simply one of few, a small handful of bands that can actually still hold it down as a relevant rock and roll band after almost 18 years. should they actually be over this time, it would be a shame. ok - to see noel do a non-accompanied solo tour, neil young style, would be mind blowing. a solo record would be incredible as well. but what wouldn’t be incredible is seeing oasis fall into the “reunion” band category. they’ll do it for the money, fuck the pistols did it, but it’s a sad and uninspiring moment for a band when shit like that happens.

so will another “talk tonight” come out of this break? hope so. it’s clearly one of noel’s best songs ever, and a b-side of course. does any band even have better b-sides than oasis?? either way, to see what happens with the big O in the near future will be an interesting course of events, at least to us. so we’ll keep you posted.

Oasis - “Talk Tonight”

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oasis pre-break ups. fookin’ guigsy, bonehead, mcCarroll.. broken up ever since?

WHY OASIS ARE STILL RELEVANT

OASIS LIAMLESS

OASIS NOELESS

NOEL BANDLESS

rating: infinity

noel, this is completely unacceptable:

“It’s with some sadness and great relief to tell you that I quit Oasis tonight. People will write and say what they like, but I simply could not go on working with Liam a day longer. Apologies to all the people who bought tickets for the shows in Paris, Konstanz and Milan.”

noel, we know our kid can be a fookin’ wanker. we know. but, for real, ya fookin’ geezer, DO NOT BLOW IT!

a new supergrass side project produced by nigel godrich of radiohead, beck, travis, McCartney, REM, etc fame that showcases Gaz and Dan recording some of their favorite tunes. and low and behold, it sounds like well… supergrass covering songs. SURPRISE!

now, we like the songs and their version of The Velvet Underground’s “I Can’t Stand It” particularly kills it. and we dig supergrass. but do we like side projects focused on cover songs? well i guess who cares what we like..

The Hot Rats - “I Can’t Stand It”
The Hot Rats - “Drive My Car”
Supergrass - “Seen The Light”

getitgetgetit

rating: 7.5

trent announced on friday that NIN would be going on an “indefinite hiatus” after a string of dates late august and early september in NY, Chicago and ending in LA at the Echoplex. suppose indefinite is better definite?

* w/ the Horrors
^ w/ Mew

8/22 - NY, NY @ Bowery Ballroom *
8/23 - NY, NY @ Webster Hall *
8/25 - NY, NY @ Terminal 5 *
8/26 - NY, NY @ Terminal 5
8/28 - Chicago, IL @ Aragon Ballroom ^
8/29 - Chicago, IL @ Aragon Ballroom
09/2 - Los Angeles, CA @ Hollywood Palladium ^
09/3 - Los Angeles, CA @ Henry Fonda Theatre ^
09/5 - Los Angeles, CA @ The Wiltern
09/6 - Los Angeles, CA @ Echoplex *

lets party! hit us back!

No news is good news today. It is an especially tragic day for the history of music as it has lost one of the best male vocalists and artists of all time. Michael Jackson suffered cardiac arrest and was unable to be resuscitated at his Holmby Hills home earlier this afternoon. His is already a legend, his music will live forever, may he rest in peace..

The Jackson 5 - We’re Almost There
Michael Jackson - P.Y.T. (Pretty Young Thing)
Michael Jackson & Janet Jackson - Scream
The Jackson 5 - Never Can Say Goodbye

Charlies Angel goes angel. Farrah Fawcett (1947 - 2009) passed away this morning after her 2½-year battle with cancer in a Santa Monica hospital. R.I.P..

Method Man & Mary J. Blige - I’ll Be There/You’re All I Need To Get By

remember when method man did that song with fred durst? can you believe limp bizkit played their first show with the original line up in 8 years… i think it was in latvia last week? can you believe i’m talking about limp bizkit? but in all seriousnessnesness zombie marvin gaye is gettin it on with zombie tammi terrell this very moment..

rating: 8

Pete Yorn & Scarlett Johansson - Relator

Pete Yorn & Scarlett Johansson Breakup. not that it’s true, because they were never together. it’s just the title of their duet album due September. damn it. feeling like a tmz gossip whores right now - so while we’re at it… how about this picture?

anyways, the duo’s first single “Relator” is a solid pop tune with a classy old fashioned rock ‘n’ roll swing to it. Pete Yorn pens yet another gem, and Scarlett’s sultry almost raspy alto adds the right tone. blahblah yeah she’s an actress who’s doing the music thing… but fuck it’s better than hearing Feist do another damn duet.

our vote, she sticks with lucky bastard pete, and stays away from tom waits and jeff buckley covers.. Ghost World = pizza party.

buy it here

rating:7.4

Jimi Hendrix - Little Wing

Jimi Hendrix’s former roadie James ‘Tappy’ Wright claims in his new book “Rock Roadie” that Jimi was murdered by his manager Michael Jeffrey in order to claim his life insurance. This confession was made to Wright in 1971, just two years before he was killed in a plane crash.

The manager seemed worried that Hendrix was about to sack him, even though Jimi had recently taken out a life insurance policy worth $2 million naming Jeffrey as beneficiary. Jeffrey supposedly confessed:

“I was in London the night of Jimi’s death and together with some old friends… we went round to Monika’s hotel room, got a handful of pills and stuffed them into his mouth…then poured a few bottles of red wine deep into his windpipe.” more… “I had to do it. Jimi was worth much more to me dead than alive… that son of a bitch was going to leave me. If I lost him, I’d lose everything.”

Hendrix’ body was found at London’s Samarkand Hotel in a room booked by some chick named Monika whom Jimi had known for a few days. The coroner recorded an open verdict, stating cause of death was “barbiturate intoxication and inhalation of vomit”.

If it is true, at least we know why Jeffrey was killed in a plane crash..

Wilco’s new album, Wilco (the Album), is due out the end of June. It’s streaming at the link below. $20 says that b-rock is listening this very moment. The Chicago in me is freaking out, diggin the record… especially “I’ll Fight”, check it out…

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