Weekend news headlines...
Arctic Monkeys drop media-shy stance for new CD (Reuters)
The Money Shot: As frontman for the Arctic Monkeys, one of Britain's most successful and important bands of the decade, Turner is unfazed by the pitfalls of following up a zeitgeist-shaping debut.
"Was it a difficult album to record? No," Turner says from Milan, in the midst of a promotional tour, "because ever since we finished the first album (in September 2005), we've been writing songs for this one. So it wasn't like a rush at the last minute."
Rising Pop Star Mika Talks About Life in Cartoon Motion (Towleroad.com)
MS: Is it true you wrote “Grace Kelly” as a response to those label heads that wanted to change you?
Yes. I wrote “Grace Kelly” as a screw-you song to those label people that wanted me to be somebody I was not. But ironically, one year later, it was the song that got me signed!
Blonde Redhead Discuss New Album (NME)
MS: The band confessed that they nearly changed the name of their album when they discovered that a recent film , 'The Number 23' (a thriller starring Jim Carrey), shared the same numeral in its title. In the end they decided to keep it because it has special significance.
"On our flight from New York to Italy (before recording the album), my seat was number 23. I live in apartment 23. And I used to live on 23rd Street," Makino explained.
"And she used to be 23!" joked Simone.
Scottish rockers get U.S. boost from iTunes ad (Reuters UK)
MS: Rowdy rockers the Fratellis are many things: 2007 British breakthrough act winners at the BRIT Awards; multiplatinum unit-shifters; self-styled "people's band"; and kings of the live circuit. In America right now they are just one thing.
"That iTunes band," Jon Lawlor, the frontman of the Glasgow-based band, says with a grin. "But that's much better than coming to America and having people say, 'Who the f--- are you?', which is what happens to most British bands."
New Pornographers In An 'Epic' Mood On New Album (Billboard)
MS: Case, whose solo career has blossomed considerably in the past few years, is still planning to join the Pornographers on the road in the fall once the new album is out. Her parts are normally sung live by Kathryn Calder, much to the confusion of fans and bemusement of the band.
"It's a strange thing where you have people coming up to Kathryn and calling her Neko," Newman says. "Or you read about bloggers who have really fierce opinions about the band and write about how great Neko was, even though she wasn't there. It's like, you don't even know what Neko looks like!"
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