Rock Snob: April 2007

are you normal?

The White Stripes are bringing their tour all the way across Canada and they deserve major props for venturing as far North as Nunavut, the Northwest Territories and the Yukon! Also, take a listen to the new single "Icky Thump" if you're up for it.

The Joy Division/Ian Curtis film 'Closer' will be screened at this year's Cannes Film Festival.

The next Babyshambles album will feature collaborations with Amy Winehouse and Shaun Ryder.

NME has album details for Interpol's 'Our Love To Admire' which is released in July.

Bez won't be at Coachella this weekend with the Happy Mondays because he's been refused a US visa.

"Are You Normal For Your Age?" Just thought this was kinda interesting.

lets kill music

Pete and Carl have dismissed the idea of a proper Libertines reunion.

The Cooper Temple Clause have announced their split. It's for the best - I once got in a car crash whilst their album was playing.

Jack White finally sold his house... Sadly, did not turn a profit. Perhaps that's why Raconteurs are back in the studio making a new album.

This week's Guest List on Pitchfork features Lily Allen.

my favourite season? patio season!

This weekend was so awesome it was worth the farmer tan!

Russell Simmons, head of Def Jam, is calling for voluntary removal of racially offensive words from hip hop lyrics.

Patrick Wolf says he's quitting the music industry. He'll play his final gig in November.

Interpol's new album might be out on July 10th.

gone fishing

Last night's Kaiser Chiefs show was AWESOME. Check out Kat's review over at the MuchMusic Blog.

I'm sitting at home being jealous cos my boy's at the Art Brut show tonight. Sigh. Speaking of, here's the tracklisting for the band's new album.

Amy Winehouse + Patrick Wolf = What!?! I have to go to this show!!!!

The weather's supposed to be spectacular the next few days so I'm going to ignore this this. Have fun without me.

and we move on

Lily Allen has cancelled the rest of her US tour. But at least she explained it in a funny way.

Arcade Fire frontman Win Butler is on the mend. He better be good as gold for the Toronto show.

The cover art for the new Art Brut album is a bit shit.

The Superficial tells us how they really feel about Kate Moss' official engagement to Pete Doherty.

This short video is equal parts funny and adorable.

everything just keeps getting worse

This is so unbelievable sad and horrific... everything else in the news is just totally irrelevant.

just like the good old days

Yay! The Libertines, Pete & Carl, reunited onstage in London tonight and played 13 Libertines songs!

Has anyone heard this Mark Ronson album? I'm curious but I'm not a fan of his Smiths cover.

I'm real tired kids. I'll be back Saturday (if not tomorrow).

roundup

Aww! Pete and Carl spent the Easter holidays together.

Rumour has it M.I.A.’s new album Kala will be out on June 26th.

The White Stripes Icky Thump will be out June 19th.

The Live Earth UK concert has been announced.

Blur drummer Dave Roundtree is getting into politics.

Lily Allen whined to The Sun when she was recently in town. Fans at last week’s show got a set 3 times longer than the last time.

So I’m kinda glad this guy turned out to be Anna Nicole’s baby-daddy. He seemed the lesser of the two creeps.

Someone else has finally noticed the silly error made while building the Oakville Go Station.

the worst song i've heard in ages

This is by far the worst song I've heard in 2007. I CANNOT STAND IT. It makes my ears burn and my head hurt.

On the other hand, though I'm slightly embarassed to admit it, I have to confess that this has been my favourite workout song for the past 4 weeks. Yeah. I said it.

happy bunny day

HAPPY EASTER / LONG WEEKEND EVERYONE!

Was anyone at Lily Allen's show at the Phoenix in Toronto last night? And, more importantly, did she lose it onstage again?

Nicky Wire (Manic Street Preachers) encourages aspiring musicians to get the whole "drug use" thing out of their system in University. "That's when you should do it" he said.

Jenny Lewis was recently honoured with the "Pioneer Woman" award by the Los Angeles City Council.

Damon Albarn will play Guest DJ on XFM on Sunday night taking listeners on a "tour of his personal record collection". Manics will do the same in early May.

Metric's video for "Empty". Bit of a bore.

White Stripes promo pic for the new album. HIDEOUS!

You can check out the new Kate Moss line for Topshop online. I'd say 80% of the pieces are fantastic but most would really only look good on someone as thin as Kate Moss.

don't "la la" me

Montreal's Osheaga Festival will return this summer. It was fantastic last year.

A home movie from Pete Doherty and Kate Moss. Lovely.

I'm a little disappointed with the album cover for Arctic Monkey's new CD, 'Favourite Worst Nightmare'. It looks like something a 15 year-old threw together in a few hours on Photoshop.

Alanis Morrisette singing "My Humps" has to be the most awkward/funny thing ever.