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Out in the U.S. on Tuesday

       
The Charlatans - Simpatico [Really weak, are they ever gonna call it a day?]

• Human Television - Look At Who You're Talking To [Debut album from Philly 4-piece.]
• David Ford - I Sincerely Apologize [Vid. Easyworld-singer returns.]
• Gomez - How We Operate
• Decoder Ring - Somersault
• The Elms - The Chess Hotel
• Wolfmother - self-titled
• Duran Duran - Ultimate Review [DVD]
• Catch a Wave: The Rise, Fall, and Redemption of Brian Wilson [paperback]

Out in the UK on Monday

Here's the good stuff that's out in the UK on Mon May 1st...

SINGLE OF THE WEEK:

Shack - "Tie Me Down" [7"-only] 1st single from their new album. A welcome (electric) return from the scousers. I was dissapointed by Here's Tom...

• Howling Bells - "Blessed Night"
• Adam Green - "Nat King Cole"
• Jim Noir - "My Patch"
• Kubb - "Remain" [re-release]
• Sigur Ros - "Hoppipolla" [re-release]
• The Aeroplanes - "This Is My Love"
• The Ivories - "Heartstrings"

I don't really care for these songs, but maybe you do:

• Feeder - "Lost & Found" [New track from Singles, dissapointing.]
• dEUS - "What We Talk About"
• Jenny Lewis - "You Are What You Love"
• Joseph Arthur - "Can't Exist" [7"-only re-release]
• We Are Scientists - "Nobody Move..."
• Goldfrapp - "Fly Me Away"
• Captain - "Broke"
• Brigade - "Magneto"

Albums:

• Cosmic Rough Riders - Stars Look Different From Down Here
• The Tyde - Threes Co
• The Perishers - Let There Be Morning
• Snow Patrol - Eyes Open
• Astrid Williamson - Day of the Lone Wolf
• Roddy Frame - Western Skies
• The Walker Brothers -  The Very Best Of

Download new Moz live track

At a gig the other day Moz played a brand-new song which will be a b-side to the "The Youngest Was The Most Loved" single, out May 29th in the UK. It's definitely not a pop song, and I think it's better than half of ROTT.

• "Gang Lord" [4:59, tentative title]
• "Human Being" [5:30, New York Dolls cover from the same gig.]

"They say 'to protect and serve' / but what they really want to say is 'get yourself back to the ghetto'."

U.S. Chart Report

Here's the decent stuff that entered the U.S. Billboard chart today...

• # 42 The Dresden Dolls - Yes Virginia [19,047. I don't like 'em, who does?]
• # 50 Drive-By Truckers - A Blessing And A Curse [16,853. I hate 'em, I'm the only one.]

Billboard Heatseekers chart (artists who've never been in the top 100 of the big-chart):

• # 14 Elefant - Black Magic Show [5,265]
• # 113 Stereophonics - Live From Dakota [2CD] [1,429]
• # 117 Richard Butler - self-titled solo debut [1,521]

And these albums did not chart:

• Maritime - We, The Vehicles [mp3, mp3]
• The Lovely Feathers - Hind Hind Legs
• Cities - self-titled
• Michael Leviton - My Favorite Place to Drown
• Erasure - Union Street
• The Church - Uninvited Like the Clouds
• Afx - Chosen Lords

BTW:

• BRMC will be on IFC's The Henry Rollins Show, Sat at 9pmCT. And if you go to the video section of show's site you can watch an online-only video of 'em doing "Howl."

Bits & Bobs

Download - Elbow doing a live cover of Black Sabbath.

Stream - Primal Scream's new single; it's their best song in a decade.

Download a few good songs with Summer in the title.

Download five new Adam Green songs.

Download a few live Moz tracks.

Download: Mew - Frengers

Download: Clearlake - Amber

Download: The Radio Dept. - Pet Grief

A couple new options

By popular demand you can now...

• Search this site (it really works this time!)
  &
• Receive posts by e-mail (for the RSS-challenged!)

Both features can be found right over there in the side column. Enjoy.

Bits & Bobs

• Have any questions for Neil Halstead? E-mail 'em to me.
• The Raveonettes let us stream 3 new tracks!
• The Duke Spirit gear stolen while on U.S. tour.
• The Boyfriends do a tour diary as they support Moz.
• Kent has posted 13 videos on their myspace.
• Watch new vids: Boy Kill Boy, Kubb, Jim Noir, Sigur Ros, Feeder.

Reasons To Stay Indoors - Tues April 25th (my 26th birthday):

• Conan O'Brien: The Secret Machines
• Last Call: The Cloud Room

UK Chart Report

Here's the decent stuff that entered the UK charts this weekend.

Singles:

• #20 Richard Ashcroft - "Music Is Power" [Curtis Mayfield-sampling 2nd single from KTTW]
• #30 Snow Patrol - "You're All I Have" [Not out on CD until next week.]
  
• #39 A-ha - "Cosy Prisons" [3rd single from Analogue.]
• #45 Dirty Pretty Things - "Bang Bang You're Dead" [Not out on CD until next week.]

Indie-label singles chart:

• #4 Brakes - "All Night Disco Party" [Joke-band by members of Brighton bands BSP & ESP.]
• #20 Nobody - "Broaden A New Sound" [Los Angeles 3-piece who play quiet-electro-pop.]
• #31 The Idle Hands - "Loaded" [Minneapolis 5-piece who sound like English 80's pop-band.]
• #35 The Slides - "Slow Bullet" [7"-only from London-based 4-piece.]

These singles did not chart:

• Mew - "The Zookeeper's Boy" [Vid. 3rd single from their latest album.]
• The Flies - "The Temptress" [New Bristol 3-piece fronted by former Spiritualized bassist.]
• Union Of Knives - "I Decline" [Glasgow 3-piece who play dark-electro-pop.]
• Kalev - "Cutting At Nothing" [London 5-piece who play electro-rock.]
• The Marshals - "Make Her Cry" [Dublin 3-piece who play rock'n'roll.]

These were not chart eligible:

• The Immediate - Make Our Devils Flow [EP] [Dublin 3-piece who play power-pop.]
• Rebus - Red [EP] [Reading 4-piece who play ramshackle rock.]

Albums:

• #2 The Zutons - Tired of Hanging Around
• #10 The Charlatans - Simpatico

Indie-label albums chart:

• #6 White Rose Movement - Kick

Leya's Watch You Don't Take Off [debut album from great new Irish 4-piece] sadly did no chart.

Out in the U.S. on Tuesday

There's only one thing that interests me which is out in the U.S. on Tuesday...

       
The Rakes - Capture / Release [Debut album from London 4-piece finally gets a u.s. release.]

And here's everything else:

• Black Tie Dynasty - Movements [Debut album from Killers-sound-a-likes out of Dallas.]
• The Secret Machines - Ten Silver Drops
• Starlight Mints - Drowaton
• Elf Power - Back to the Web
• The Streets -  The Hardest Way to Make an Easy Living
• Sizzla - Jah Protect
• Rockin' with Moz's side-men
• Morrissey & The Smiths - Maximum [Interviews]
• Kaiser Chiefs - Maximum [Interviews]
• Unexpected Dreams - Clips. Scarlett Johansson, Ewan McGregor, John C. Rielly etc. sing lullabies for charity.
• The Velvet Underground - Under Review [DVD]

Classic Moz track leaks!

       
This unreleased song from the Viva Hate sessions leaked a couple years ago, but now it's available in perfect sound-quality, direct from the master-tape. Enjoy! Better than anything on ROTT? I think so.

• "Striptease With A Difference" [3:11]

Rumour has it the guy who leaked this will also be leaking perfect-quality versions of the other songs from the never-released cd.

BONUS YouTube goodies:

• The Smiths - Live in Madrid 1985 [8 songs]
• "Heaven Knows" [France, 1984]
• "Shoplifters" [Sweden, 1997]
• "There Is A Light" [Jools Holland, 2004]
• "Still Ill" [UK TV 2006]
• "The Youngest Was The Most Loved" [UK TV 2006]
• "I Just Want To See The Boy Happy" [UK TV 2006]
• "I Will See You In Far Off Places" [UK TV 2006]
• "You Have Killed Me" [Making-Of Vid]
• "In The Future When All's Well" [Making-Of Vid]
• Marr talks about first meeting Moz [2005? 4 mins]
• Alain Whyte interview [2006, 4 mins]