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Saturday, April 13, 2013

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 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





Saturday, March 2, 2013

Screw Driver




Prince’s new bandmates talk to the Current and release ‘Screwdriver’

Meet Prince's new band: Donna Grantis, Hannah Ford, and Ida Nielsen (Nate Ryan/MPR)
Meet Prince's new band: Donna Grantis, Hannah Ford, and Ida Nielsen (Nate Ryan/MPR)

Still buzzing off of last week’s surprise shows at the Dakota Jazz Club, Prince’s new rock ‘n’ roll trio—guitarist Donna Grantis, drummer Hannah Ford, and bassist Ida Nielsen—stopped by the Current to share a new track and chat about how they got together with the Purple Yoda.
There has been speculation from fans that the new all-female trio is affiliated with mystery Twitter account @3rdEyeGirl, which has been sharing all kinds of bootlegs and other goodies from the Prince camp, but the bandmates denied it. Instead, they say that their new lineup is an “untitled” work in progress, and that we can expect to hear a lot more from them in 2013.
First up? This track, “Screwdriver,” which has been teased in a few places online and is now getting an official release. Prince and his trio played it live on Friday, and it was a good representation of the punchy, down-and-dirty rock that they were whipping up that night at the Dakota. In the recorded version, the track has a bit more studio sheen (and synthesizer). It’s his first above-the-boards offering since his fall single “RNR Affair.”