Beady Eye - Second Bite of the Apple

Beady Eye – “Second Bite Of The Apple”

Apr 29th '13 by Michael Nelson @ 3:51pm

A couple weeks ago I wrote complimentary things about “Flick Of The Finger,” the first track to be released from BE, the second album from Beady Eye (aka Oasis sans Noel Gallagher). Now we’ve got another new one, and man, I like this even more than the first. Dave Sitek produced BE, and there are definitely textural and instrumental similarities to TV On The Radio here (especially in the incredible horns that propel the track). It’s retro as hell, yeah, but Sitek treats that (essential) aspect of the band’s identity with a wink, and in doing so, makes it feel oddly contemporary. Liam Gallagher has got a million effects on his voice, to the extent that I can’t tell if he’s actually singing this thing at all, but whatever the hell is happening, it sounds fantastic. Listen.

New Twitter App!

Twitter officially launched a new music service today (4/18), simply called 'Twitter #music', which is available via the web along with iOS devices (Android is coming soon). Twitter explained the app in a blog post which you can read about here. The primary aim of the app, which is available as a platform separate from Twitter's stand-alone main page, is to allow users to discover music based on what other users are tweeting about. In other words, Twitter is trying to become another music-recommendation machine. The free app consists of four pages/tabs: "Emerging", for "hidden talent", "Popular", which displays what's trending on Twitter, and two personal tabs focusing on people you follow as well as songs "suggested" based on your tastes. Click the screenshot below to get started: (via P4k)

Coachella 2013: Phoenix Bring Out R. Kelly for Triumphant Headlining Set

New Order, Postal Service, 2 Chainz and more take the stage for Day Two

 

R. Kelly performs with Phoenix during day two of Coachella in Indio, California.

 

Christopher Polk/Getty Images for Coachella

 

By Matt Diehl and Monica Herrera 

 

Phoenix pulled off a major Coachella surprise on Saturday, but it wasn't the Daft Punk cameo that festival-goers had been buzzing over: About three-quarters of the way through the band's joyous, two-years-in-the-making headlining set, R. Kelly – the Chicago R&B star who shares little if anything in common with the French rockers – belted one of his best known lyrics from offstage, shocking virtually everyone: "My mind's telling me no! But my body . . . my body's telling me yes!" Seconds later, Kelly and Phoenix leader Thomas Mars were arm in arm and duetting on "Ignition," Kelly's sexy 2003 Chocolate Factory smash, as the band jammed out to its own "1901" riffs, then segued into the even-loucher "I'm a Flirt." The whole thing lasted less than five minutes, but that was plenty of time to send fans into a frenzy – not that Phoenix needed the help. They were tight, propulsive and supremely confident all night, their painstakingly-planned set demonstrating exactly how to hold an overstimulated Coachella crowd's attention.
Phoenix's giddiest synth-pop singles, from "1901" to "Fences" and "Lisztomania," came sprinkled between new tunes from their upcoming Bankrupt! LP that venture into more far-out places, but never sagged live. A romantic at heart, Mars was obviously feeling extra mushy on this night, bounding about the stage and hugging his bandmates at the knees. "For the last two years, we've been thinking about tonight," he gushed. By the time Mars ended the night by running to the lighting riser and crowd-surfing his way back to the stage, Springsteen-style, fans were more than happy to lift him off into the stratosphere.

Beady Eye - Flick of the Finger

Liam Gallagher uses sound of iPhone apps to create new Beady Eye album

Liam Gallagher said that working with producer Dave Sitek was liberating (Picture: ITV)

Liam Gallagher says he’s leaving the 90s behind him at long last after revealing he used the sound of people’s conversations and iPhone apps to make his band Beady Eye’s forthcoming album.
Talking about the follow up to 2011’s Different Gear, Still Speeding, the former Oasis singer said he called on London with cult producer Dave Sitek to help his band reinvent themselves.
‘He’s without a doubt the best producer i’ve ever worked with, a real outlaw – he doesn’t give a f***, no rules,’ Gallagher said of Sitek.
The 40-year-old frontman added: ‘We had a new found focus when we were writing it – we really got our heads down and got our s*** together – clear heads, none of that crap from the 90s. It feels like a really special record for us.’
The outspoken frontman previously set the bar high for his band’s success, when he said: ‘F*** being as big as Oasis. I want to be bigger than The Beatles, man.’
The first single from the album will be track ‘Flick of the Finger’ before the album is released on June 10

Phoenix - Entertainment Homemade Performance Video

Preview of next weeks release...check it out!

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