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From Green Plastic…

this is just a note to say that something has been kicking around in the background that i have not told you about.
its called The Eraser.
nigel produced & arranged it .
i wrote and played it.
the elements have been kicking round now for a few years and needed to be finished & i have been itching to do something like this for ages.
it was fun and quick to do.
inevitably it is more beats & electronics.
but its songs.
stanley did the cover.
yes its a record!
no its not a radiohead record.
as you know the band are now touring and writing new stuff and getting to a good space so i want no crap about me being a traitor or whatever splitting up blah blah…
this was all done with their blessing. and i don’t wanna hear that word solo. doesnt sound right.
ok then thats that.

i think its out in july and im pretty certain XL are going to put it out.

love thom

www.theeraser.co.uk

UPDATE: Pitchfork says the album will be out on July 11 and has the tracklisting:

01 the eraser
02 analyse
03 the clock
04 black swan
05 skip divided
06 atoms for peace
07 and it rained all night
08 harrowdown hill
09 cymbal rush

Pitchfork also notes that the band will resume work on the next Radiohead album after the tour and it will be released sometime next year.

Bjork will be releasing a new box set entitled “Surrounded“. It will contain all 7 of her solo albums as dual discs, with videos on the back of the discs.

‘Debut’will features the videos ‘Human Behaviour’,'Venus As A Boy’,'Play Dead’,'Big Time Sensuality’ and ‘Violently Happy’.

‘Post’ will feature ‘Army Of Me’,'Isobel’,'It’s Oh So Quiet’,'Hyper-Ballad’,'Possibly Maybe’ and ‘I Miss You’.

‘Homogenic’ will feature’Joga’,'Bachelorette’,'Hunter’,'Alarm Call’ and ‘All Is Full Of Love’.

‘Vespertine’ will feature ‘Hidden Place’,'Pagan Poetry’,'Cocoon’,'It’s In Our Hands’ and ‘Nature Is Ancient.

‘Medulla’ will feature ‘Oceania’,'Who Is It’,'Triumph Of A Heart’,'Desired Constellation’ and ‘Where Is The Line’.

The box set is due to be released on June 27.

(Link via NME)

I love everything that Bjork puts out, but it doesn’t seem like that there’s not going to be anything new being put out on “Surrounded” - just the old stuff remastered. I have her other box set, the live one, and its awesome. That was a really nice addition to my collection.

Bjork can do no wrong by me. But if I’m gonna spend more than a $100 for a box set, it should have something new or something I don’t have yet.

My sister sent me this link, its so funny. Its like every dance from the 50’s to now. This guy nailed it.

Although, none hold a candle to this dance…

The next best thing is to check them out live on NPR. It’s good.

From Pitchfork…

Tonight on the season finale of the WB’s “Gilmore Girls”, Sonic Youth’s Kim Gordon and Thurston Moore, along with their daughter Coco, will perform “What a Waste”, from the new Sonic Youth album, Rather Ripped, due out June 13. Yo La Tengo, Sparks, Joe Pernice, and Sam Phillips will also appear. Some people think “Gilmore Girls” is the best TV show ever, and we aren’t going to argue.

I didn’t get tickets to Radiohead this weekend, because I’m boycotting Ticketmaster. Tickets are selling for a ridiculous amount on eBay and Craigslist.

So if you’re like me and didn’t get tickets, maybe this will console you.

Two nights ago Radiohead played in Copenhagen, San Diego Serenade has all the songs for you to download.

Here’s their setlist from that night:
01. Intro
02. Everything In It’s Right Place
03. Planet Telex
04. Bangers and Mash
05. Open Pick
06. Karma Police
07. Black Star
08. Nude
09. 15 Step
10. Street Spirit
11. Wolf At The Door
12. The Bends
13. 4 Minute Warning
14. Pyramid Song
15. House Of Cards
16. Idioteque
17. Spooks
18. There There

Encores:

19. Bodysnatchers
20. You And Whose Army
21. Let Down
22. Paranoid Android
23. Lucky

(Link via Stereogum)

I just read on Ultragrrrl that the first single of Muse’s “Supermassive Black Hole” leaked on the internet this weekend.

You can listen to it here.

People are already making comparisons to Britney Spears’ “Do Somethin”. Someone mashed the two songs together, and I must admit they mash perfectly. Almost too perfectly.

Listen to the mashup here.

From You Ain’t No Picasso…

We Are Scientists performed on BBC 1 yesterday and rocked the house as usual. But the unusual bit is that they did it by foregoing their normal electric onslaught. Our boys did a completely reworked version of their hit “Nobody Move, Nobody Get Hurt� and threw in a Sigur Ros cover to boot.

MP3: We Are Scientists - Hoppipolla (Sigur Ros, live on BBC)
MP3: We Are Scientists - Nobody Move, Nobody Get Hurt (live on BBC)

I’ve never heard anyone even try to attempt a Sigur Ros cover. They did it acoustic! Its awesome.

I just read in NME…

Muse have revealed the title for their upcoming fourth studio album.

The band have named the record ‘Black Holes And Revelations’ and announced that it will hit the shops on July 3.

Singer Matt Bellamy told NME.COM: “I was going out dancing in clubs around New York. That helped create tracks like ‘Supermassive Black Hole’. Franz (Ferdinand) have done it very well, with that dance type beat going on mixed with alternative guitar and I’ve always wanted to find that.”

This weekend was the German Beard and Moustache Championships. Here’s a picture of one of the winners…

Here’s a slideshow of some of the other winners. (Link via Yahoo News)

Here’s a gallery of contestants and champions.