Ryan Adams quits drink and drugs (NME)
The Money Shot: Adams explained how, before beginning recording of his latest album, 'Easy Tiger', his drug of choice was snorting a combination of heroin and cocaine, before he quit and went cold turkey.
Bruce Springsteen’s ‘Magic’: Exclusive Details on New E Street Band Album (Rolling Stone)
MS: “This album is E Street Band heavy,” Landau says. “Clarence [Clemons] has some great moments on it. You could say that it’s a little more sonically guitar-driven than any past Bruce album. There are a few sort of pop, romantic touches that haven’t shown up recently, but were very prominent on the very early records.”
Nicky Wire: 'Snow Patrol are Britain's most hated band' (NME)
MS: "It's a desperate form of music, the endless repeated lines, over and over, the same drab fucking little thing on and on and on. They're the great losers turned into the great winners, that's their redemption. I won't be watching them."
Top 10 Alt-Country Greats Not Recorded by Uncle Tupelo (Stylus)
MS: 10. Marah – Kids in Philly (2000)
Much preferable for smoothing your alt-country transition than the better-known A Ghost Is Boring, these Philly kids amp up Steve Earle’s songwriting with the crowded space of a great E Street Bruce tune. Two joyous keg riots start the proceedings, “Faraway You” and “Point Breeze,” which shoot off harmonicas like fireworks in the street to “do battle down the boulevard.”
Dave Bielanko’s scrunched-up Bruce affectation and the band’s propensity for do-do-do's and sha-la-la's sets off the “barbecue for everyone” that Van Morrison’s too artsy for. They shuffle ridiculous metaphors in “My Heart is the Bum on the Street” and forever cement their second encore with the marching “Round Eye Blues,” which makes excellently vertical use of castanets, accordion and a little “Be my little baby.” The best sidewalk-and-shore juke band since, what, Southside Johnny?
Lily Allen denies she was dropped from award show (NME)
MS: She said that she would be unable to appear because the renewal of her US visa would not be finalised in time for the awards and her forthcoming US tour in September.
Violent Femmes Embroiled In Inter-Band Lawsuit (Billboard)
MS: Fresh off their latest tour, the Violent Femmes are headed for a surprise gig in federal court. Bassist Brian Ritchie sued lead vocalist Gordon Gano yesterday (Aug. 15), saying he was deprived of credit for some of the group's songs and a proper accounting of its earnings.
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