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Posts Tagged ‘Blur’

Blur DVD Coming Out, Arcade Fire Encourage Haiti Donations and Arkells Featured in Ontario Tourism Ad…(yeah, seriously)

Friday, January 15th, 2010 by Jenn-O

The scoop on Arcade Fire’s Haiti plea and the Arkells’ Ontario Tourism Ad after the jump, but first…

Blur documentary No Distance Left To Run is set to be released on DVD.

The film, which was premiered earlier this week with a screening attended by the band at London’s Leicester Square and begins a nationwide cinema run on January 18, will be released as a two-disc set. (more…)

Alt Stamps Out Now…In The UK, Flea Designs His Own Bass and Paramore Win Big!

Thursday, January 7th, 2010 by Jenn-O

The scoop on Flea’s new bass(es) and Paramore’s big award win after the jump, but first!

The albums of The Rolling Stones, The Clash and Pink Floyd are being memorialized in the British mail.

Britain’s Royal Mail will begin selling stamps today featuring iconic album covers by British musicians.

The Clash’s “London Calling” is one of the featured albums. (more…)

Pumpkins Promise 44 Free Songs, MGMT Prep New Album, U.K. Stamps to Celebrate Classic Albums…

Monday, October 19th, 2009 by Jenn-O

The scoop on MGMT’s new album and how the U.K. is honoring classic albums from the Clash, Coldplay and more, after the jump…but first…

True to his word, the in-progress, psychedelic-leaning Smashing Pumpkins album, Teargarden by Kaleidyscope, will be released one track at a time, as free downloads, starting in late October. “No strings attached, no e-mail address need be given, no fees, nothing, totally free,” he says. (more…)

My Morning Jacket To Appear on American Dad, Jack White To Release Rarities, and Blur Among Playable Lego Rock Band Characters…

Friday, October 16th, 2009 by Jenn-O

The scoop on Lego: Rock Band and some White Stripes/Raconteurs rarities after the jump…but first…

The members of My Morning Jacket will guest-star as themselves on an upcoming episode of “American Dad” on Fox. (more…)

NIN To Play V-Fest, Metric Up For Polaris Prize and Oasis Beat Blur

Wednesday, July 8th, 2009 by Jenn-O

The scoop on Metric’s secret to success and a final winner in the Oasis-Blur feud after the jump, but first…

Looks like Trent Reznor was wrong: Bonnaroo wasn’t Nine Inch Nails’ final North American gig.

Less than three months after putting on a stellar show at Toronto’s Molson Amphitheatre, Nine Inch Nails will headline one of the two nights at Virgin Festival Ontario in Orillia, Ont. (more…)


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