Category Archives: David Bowie
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NME recently conducted a poll asking readers to vote for the greatest Bowie LP of all time. The voting is closed and the results have been tallied…
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Vinyl geeks take note, Record Store Day 2013 is almost upon us. The global Indie extravaganza celebrates its 6th anniversary on Saturday, April 20, 2013 and there are some tasty releases lined up.
David Bowie has 2 options available for fans; a 7″ picture disc in clear sleeve of Drive-In Saturday b/w Drive-In Saturday (Russell Harty Plus Pop Version) as well as a collectible white vinyl 7″ featuring The Stars Are Out Tonight and Where are We Now taken from Bowie’s album The Next Day.
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Posted on March 27, 2013 in Uncategorized
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Tagged David Bowie, Echo & The Bunnymen, Kirsty MacColl, Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds, OMD, Pulp, Record Store Day, REM, Siouxsie & The Banshees, The Cure
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There’s lots of Bowie in the air and on the airwaves. Just weeks after Beck reimagined David Bowie’s Sound and Vision with a 160+ piece orchestra for the Lincoln Motor Company’s Hello Again Series, and days after Bowie released the 2nd single from his forthcoming The Next Day LP, Sony is taking a crack at the Bowie classic.
Sony Mobile Communications has revealed an ambitious marketing campaign for its new premium Xperia Z smartphone, utilising the talents of celebrated director Tarsem Singh. Singh previously directed memorable videos including REM’s Losing My Religion and Deep Forest’s Sweet Lullaby as well as feature films like The Fall, Immortals and Mirror Mirror. Continue reading →
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We are inching ever closer to the release of David Bowie’s new LP, The Next Day. Already receiving rave reviews, the new album is due Mar 12. Thankfully, to tide us over, we now have the 2nd single. Following up the sweeping ballad, Where Are They Now, is the decidedly more guitar rock oriented The Stars (Are Out Tonight).
The video stars Bowie and Tilda Swinton as a married couple whose normal suburban life is upturned by androgynous models Andrej Pejic and Saskia De Brauw. Continue reading →
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For weeks now, Lincoln has been gearing up promotions of its new Hello Again series. The series, stressing innovation where past creations inspire new ideas, will see modern artists re-interpreting classic tracks.
First up in the series, is a track new and dear to our hearts. Beck re-imagines David Bowie’s Sound and Vision in a 360-degree concert setting with a 160+ piece orchestra.
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David Bowie’s The Next Day is one of the most highly anticipated LP releases of 2013. We’ve got updates on Worldwide release dates including various formats and bonus tracks
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It’s been an amazing last few months or so with unexpected new music and/or tours from New Order, Depeche Mode, New Order, David Bowie, Suede, Pulp and more. While we once again were denied a reunion of The Smiths (they turned down yet another overture from Coachella), today brings another surprise.
The Postal Service, an Indietronic duo comprised of Ben Gibbard (Death Cab For Cutie) and Jimmy Tamborello (DNTEL, Headset) took the Indie world by storm in 2003 with their LP, Give Up. Infectious pop from top to bottom, the quirk was that Tamborello recorded instrumental tracks and sent them to Gibbard who recorded vocals and sent them back all through the US Postal Service. Continue reading →
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2013 has started off in a ridiculously amazing fashion. In it’s first month we have been treated with music from David Bowie, Suede, Pulp and New Order. Combine that with the new Depeche Mode song leaked late last year, and this has been one of the most impressive periods of music in recent memory. Let’s review some of the goodies that we have been blessed with so.
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On the occasion of his 66th birthday, David Bowie has emerged from a 10 year silence with a new single and announcement of a new LP. The Next Day, his first album since 2003′s Reality, is available for pre-order on iTunes with a Worldwide release date in March.
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Radio Soulwax has put together a multi-media tribute to the legend that is David Bowie. The extended 1 hour, 35-track medley contains Bowie originals, covers, backing vocals, production work and re-works by Soulwax. The whole thing is a seamless mix designed to highlight the full scope of Bowie’s genius.
While the audio portion alone is worth the listen, the whole thing is backed with a dizzying array of visual images by Wim Reygaert.
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Indie label Paper Bag Records, home to such artists as Austra, Young Galaxy and PS I Love You is celebrating their 10th anniversary this week with three nights of live music at The Great Hall in Toronto.
Even better, the artists have gotten together to cover David Bowie’s classic LP, Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders From Mars. Better still, the whole thing can be downloaded for free.
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The film The Perks of Being a Wallflower starring Emma Watson (Harry Potter) Logan Lerman (Percy Jackson & The Olympians) is about to hit theatres next week, and is expected to be a huge hit. Along with the movie The Perks of Being a Wallflower soundtrack is scheduled to be released September 18th. The album will be sold in physical copies as well as digital.
The trailer features the song It’s Time by Imagine Dragons, which is not featured on the Soundtrack, However, the soundtrack is piled with giants of classic alternative including, New Order, The Smiths, Sonic Youth and David Bowie. Also featured on the album are The Samples, XTC, Galaxie 500, Cracker, The Innocence Mission and Dexy’s Midnight Runners. The songs were collected over time by the author of The Perks of Being a Wallflower.
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The recent documentary, Upside Down: The Creation Records Story has caused the Strangeways Staff to reflect on some of their recent favorite Rock N’ Roll Movies (Note the recent – so please don’t yell at us for omitting This Is Spinal Tap!).
The film was released on DVD/Blu-Ray in the UK but we are eagerly await the announcement of its US Release Date. In the meantime, we offer a look at some of the great music-based films released on DVD in the last 15 years or so.
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Posted on September 13, 2012 in Movies
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Tagged David Bowie, Happy Mondays, Jesus & Mary Chain, Joy Division, My Bloody Valentine, New Order, Oasis, Primal Scream, Ride, Slowdive, Swervedriver
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To celebrate their 60th anniversary, UK Music Publication NME, is asking readers to pick just ONE Ultimate icon. Wow, what a daunting task, but we are hoping it will create some interesting conversation. Who would it be for you? We imagine that from the shortlist of candidates, there would be a lot of votes for Morrissey, Robert Smith, David Bowie or Ian Curtis but we’d love to hear what you think. Anybody that is glaringly missing from the list or ridiculously included?
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Ziggy Stardust…Aladdin Sane…The Thin White Duke; Bowie can be anyone. Nobody can be Bowie, but that doesn’t stop them from trying. The original Rock-Pop Chameleon has changed his colors with the times, perhaps more successfully than any modern artist. He has bridged the gap from late 60′s-early 70′s Psychedlic Folk, Mid-70′s Glam, late 70′s Soul, Funk and Disco, 80′s Pop, 90′s Electronica and so on. Along the way, he has influenced generations of artists like Iggy Pop, The Smiths and Morrissey, The Cure, Pixies, Suede, Placebo, Blur, Smashing Pumpkins, Nine Inch Nails and more. That being said, Bowie is the perfect subject for Strangeways’ latest Under the Covers series.
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