Arctic Monkeys

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2011-10-08T09:05:00.000-07:00

Arctic Monkeys during a live show has debuted a new track

2011-10-08T08:50:00.000-07:00

Arctic Monkeys during a live show in America has debuted a new track.

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The band headline on 4th October Tuesday's St. Louis show their current North American tour as part of the 'Evil Twin' was played.

B side song of their new song 'Suck It And See', the official release date of October 31 was to be included.

Capital FM back on Oct. 28 in the group of Nottingham UK leg of their world tour will begin and will conclude the string of shows in Liverpool on November 9.

Arctic Monkeys drummer Matt Helders with a sex tape featuring film-style

2011-09-29T09:39:00.000-07:00

The ‘Fluorescent Adolescent’ hitmakers Arctic Monkeys drummer Matt Helders with a sex tape featuring film-style shooting of his latest promo set to shock fans.

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Forth album ‘Suck It And See’ will be released next month, and they have filmed video is shot with a controversial one.

Video violent gang fled, a shack in the desert before romping with a female model and a crossbow firing Helders Motor Racing shows.

The Daily Star quoted him as telling NME, "It`s good when it`s not just like a porno - like, you can do it in a tasteful way. It`s hard to watch it even now, but it``s still got a quality to it. You know, it just makes it a bit more respectful... Mostly it was her doing stuff, so I just had to go with it. She was the one getting most of the directions”.

He added, "I`d only just met her but, yeah, we managed to do the job. Very nice girl... I thought it was going to get a bit of a reaction. I mean, it``s a bit racy and it``s me, innit?"

Arctic Monkeys covering Nirvana tracks

2011-09-15T08:35:00.000-07:00

Arctic Monkeys covering Nirvana tracks once used by one group in the recording studio was to resist.

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The British band recorded their latest album 'Suck It And See' at Sound City - the Californian studio where Nirvana made their iconic 'Nevermind' album - and frontman Alex Turner admits to his own tracks for the legendary grunge band, not by covering it was difficult to keep.

He said: "'Nevermind' was the big draw when we were choosing the studio, but also it had been recommended by Josh Homme, because he's recorded loads in there too

"There's this engineer who is still there [from the 'Nevermind' days], a serious guy, who we respected. We had to really try and not break out into messing around with any Nirvana covers. 'Polly' or 'Drain You'."

The singer and guitarist resisted a similar situation to that which saw the Jimi Hendrix version of the views from the start, when recording at his Electric Lady Studios in New York - was met with a frosty reception.

He added to NME magazine: "I remember when we recorded in Electric Lady, I started playing 'Purple Haze', and everybody was, 'Ah, come on, f***ing leave it out.' So this time, I thought maybe not."

Alex added that if his group ever decide to perform a Nirvana cover, it wouldn't be from 1991's 'Nevermind', which sold over 30 million copies worldwide.

He said: "If we were ever going to do a Nirvana tune, it wouldn't be a 'Nevermind' song, it'd be 'Very Ape' from 'In Utero'. That would be the best Nirvana song for us to cover."

Arctic Monkeys latest pictures

2011-07-29T10:26:00.000-07:00

Arctic Monkeys next single is 'The Hellcat Spangles Shalalala'

2011-07-29T10:20:00.000-07:00

Arctic Monkeys have announced they will turns back with a track featuring Miles Kane, while its next single is 'The Hellcat Spangles Shalalala'.

The release will feature brand new song ‘Little Illusion Machine (Wirral Riddler)’ by Miles Kane and the Death Ramps. Kane forms one half of The Last Shadow Puppets with Arctic Monkeys' Alex Turner.

Arctic Monkeys headline at V Festival in this year before heading out on a UK arena tour this autumn.

Arctic Monkeys have announced fourth album Suck It and See

2011-07-13T14:10:00.000-07:00

Arctic Monkeys have announced that their fourth album Suck It and See in North America visit in support of this autumn.

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The second leg of his North American tour will kick in Las Vegas, Nevada on September 23, where he co-headlines with the TV on the radio.

Smith Western for the second leg of the tour will support the Arctic Monkeys.

North American Arctic Monkeys tour itinerary for the second leg is as follows:

September 23 – Las Vegas, NV (The Pool at The Cosmopolitan)
September 24 – San Diego, CA (SDSU Open Air Theatre)
September 25 – Los Angeles, CA (Hollywood Bowl)
September 28 – Vancouver, BC (Orpheum)
September 29 – Calgary, AB (MacEwan Ballroom)
September 30 – Saskatoon, SK (The Odeon)
October 1 – Winnipeg, MB (Burton Cummings Theatre)
October 3 – Indianapolis, IN (Egyptian Room)
October 4 – St. Louis, MO (The Pageant)
October 5 – Nashville, TN (War Memorial Auditorium)
October 7 – Orlando, FL (Hard Rock Live)
October 8 – Sunrise, FL (Langerado Music Festival)
October 9 – Tampa, FL (The Ritz)
October 11 – Atlanta, GA (The Tabernacle)
October 12 – Raleigh, NC (Disco Rodeo)
October 14 – Atlantic City, NJ (Showboat Atlantic City)
October 15 – Baltimore, MD (Rams Head Live)
October 16 – Columbus, OH (The LC Pavilion)
October 18 – Pittsburgh, PA (Stage AE)

Rock band Arctic Monkeys have been nominated at Mojo honours awards

2011-07-05T08:58:00.000-07:00

Rock band Arctic Monkeys have been nominated at Mojo honours awards in this year for two categories.

The band's Don't Sit Down Because I've Moved Your Chair is now famous for best song alongside Suck It And See up for best album.

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The band's singer/songwriter Rumer has performed at London's Glastonbury this year, who nominated for best song and album.

The rock magazine's annual awards party going to held in London on 21 July.

While Arcade Fire are up for best album and soul singer Aloe Blacc, whose I Need A Dollar is up for best song.

Mojo magazine's editor Phil Alexander said: "To me, these nominations are a victory for music that is built to last.

"They reflect just how much quality there is out there right now, so much so that each category is too close to call."

Arctic Monkeys have denied reports to perform at Glastonbury Festival

2011-06-27T05:13:00.000-07:00

Arctic Monkeys have reported that the Glastonbury Festival this weekend is set to play a secret set is denied.

It was claimed that the Sheffield group "covert operations" because the park was to perform on stage.

But singer Alex Turner told Gigwise they would not be performing.

He told Gigwise, “No we’re not, wish we were. I’m looking forward to seeing Radiohead”.

Gigwise Glastonbury live on site and who will be all weekend. All the latest news, reviews from this year's festival.

Arctic Monkeys not to perform after Rihanna V Festival

2011-06-08T04:52:00.000-07:00

Arctic Monkeys have been after this year's V Festival Rihanna denied a chance to perform has expressed his disappointment.

Alex Turner explained that the band had never before this festival has been recognized: "that's probably why as well, we were like, 'let's try something else'."

But also the attention of headlining V revealed that part of the man 'under the singer's part of a bill is an opportunity that does not allow the day was turned asunder. Instead, they alternate with Eminem Day will play.

He said: "And we were under the impression that we were playing after Rihanna. That were a draw. They duped us.”

Matt Helders then joked: "They used her as bait."

Drummer went on to underline how seriously the band to take steps that part of their deeds, always supporting them personally to choose the band is one thing.

He said: "It's always something we pick and think about wherever we go really. There’s only been a couple of times where we haven't been able to pick or it hasn't worked out. But that's just because someone drops out and we end up with a stinker."

Arctic Monkeys film of them unveiled their new album 'Suck It And See'

2011-05-28T09:10:00.000-07:00

Arctic Monkeys film of them unveiled their new album 'Suck It And See', album video watch it by clicking below.

This video revealed about this album planning and in particular the LP's opener, 'She's Thunderstorms'.

Frontman Alex Turner also shows that using more of the album was recorded live and think that they think the band is "took their time a lot more on this album."

This band Sound City Studios in Los Angeles where they where recording remarking that this site was created, no problem 'and Musical tunes brought down too pleased, discussion on record.

Arctic Monkeys have announced additional tour dates

2011-05-01T16:48:00.000-07:00

Arctic Monkeys band has worked of their fourth album Suck It and See which release on 7th June, the band have announced additional tour dates.

The first single "Don't Sit Down 'Cause I've Moved Your Chair" is currently the #1 song at Specialty Radio and available now on iTunes.

Their upcoming North American tour dates in full:

5/17 Washington, DC 9:30 Club *
5/18 Philadelphia, PA The Electric Factory *
5/19 Boston, MA House Of Blues *
5/21 Toronto, ON Kool Haus *
5/22 Montreal, QC Olympia de Montreal *
5/24 New York, NY Rumsey Playfield *
5/26 Detroit, MI Clutch Cargoes *
5/27 Milwaukee, WI The Rave *
5/28 Minneapolis, MN First Ave *
5/30 Denver, CO The Ogden Theatre *
5/31 Salt Lake City, UT In The Venue *
6/2 Pomona, CA The Fox Theatre *
6/3 Los Angeles, CA Hollywood Palladium *
8/1 Dallas, TX The Palladium Ballroom
8/2 Austin, TX Stub's Waller Creek Amphitheatre
8/3 Houston, TX House Of Blues
8/10 Seattle, WA The Showbox
8/11 Portland, OR The Crystal Ballroom
8/12 San Francisco, CA The Independent

Arctic Monkeys their album thought vague names

2011-04-07T14:27:00.000-07:00

Arctic Monkeys for their fourth album 'The Blondo-Sonic Rape Alarm' thought vague names while recording in Los Angeles, including 'The Blondo-Sonic Rape Alarm' and 'The Thunder-Suckle Fuss Canyon'.

The 'Cornerstone' rockers said that although people think that perhaps their final, 'Suck it and See', unusual, and even more surprised that others had been carefully named, including 'The Rain-Shaped Shimmer Trap' and 'The Thunder-Suckle Fuss Canyon'.

Singer and guitarist Alex Turner told NME magazine: "We were trying to think of album titles all the time when we were in Los Angeles, as a sort of exercise to try and stumble across something we thought we'd try and name something else and then steal that as our album title.

"So you know fuzz pedals for guitars? Hey usually have quite colourful names. So we were trying to think of fuzz pedal names in the hope it would lead us to an album title."

However, whatever the band Jamie Cook, Matt Helders Nick O'Malley and not a more respite for their album include the title despite being used, its potential name appear in the Song Lyrics.

Alex added: "We got a load of them like 'The Thunder-Suckle Fuss Canyon', which is a lyric that did finally get in there, on 'Library Pictures'.

"It goes, 'We're going riding through the thunder-suckle fuss canyon' and then does a countdown to lift-off."

Arctic Monkeys have announce new album

2011-03-31T12:37:00.000-07:00

Arctic Monkeys have announced that 'Don't Sit Down 'Cause I've Moved Your Chair' will be the first single from their new album 'Suck It And See'.

The band released digitally on April 11 will track. They record store day, April 16 In a limited edition white label vinyl versions will release seven.

This vinyl edition features 'Brick By Brick', a song they already have posted online, as its B-side.

The single will also then be released on May 30 on standard seven- and ten-inch vinyl single formats.

This new B-sides and a full digital release 'Strategy, A voice - Shimmer Trap' and 'IDST', and not appearing on the new album is property.

'Suck it and see' is released on June 6. Josh Homme is the queen of stone age songs that contribute to a chat support.

Arctic Monkeys New Album to be Released In June

2011-03-13T15:55:00.000-07:00

New album has been named by the Arctic Monkeys as the 'Suck It And See', and will unleash it on June 6.

James Ford is the producer of the band fourth album at Sound City Studios in Los Angeles.

The Album consists of 12 new songs including 'Brick By Brick'.

It will arrive just before the band's Sheffield Don Valley Bowl gigs, set for June 10 and 11.

The tracklisting of 'Suck It And See' is:

'She's Thunderstorms'
'Black Treacle'
'Brick By Brick'
'The Hellcat Spangled Shalalala'
'Don't Sit Down 'Cause I've Moved Your Chair'
'Library Pictures'
'All My Own Stunts'
'Reckless Serenade'
'Piledriver Waltz'
'Love Is A Laserquest'
'Suck It And See'
'That's Where You're Wrong'

Arctic Monkeys - Brick By Brick - Lyrics N Video

2011-03-06T15:01:00.000-08:00

Arctic Monkeys - Brick By Brick - Lyrics

I wanna build you up
brick by brick
I wanna break you down
brick by brick
I’m gonna reconstruct
brick by brick
I wanna feel your love
Brick by brick…
Brick by brick…

I wanna steal your soul
brick by brick
I wanna rock and roll
brick by brick
I wanna rock and roll
brick by brick
I wanna rock and roll
Brick by brick…
Brick by brick…

I wanna brick by brick
brick by brick
I wanna blow by blow
brick by brick
I wanna episode
brick by brick
I wanna brick by brick by brick by
Brick by brick…
Brick by brick…
Brick by brick…
Brick by brick…

Arctic Monkeys confirmed at V Festival 2011

2011-03-01T06:53:00.000-08:00

Arctic Monkeys confirmed to perform at the V Festival in this year 2011.
Rapper 'Not Afraid' taken a tops side on the bill and rockers 'I Bet You Look Good on the Dancefloor' also held at Hylands Park in Chelmsford, and Weston Park, Staffordshire, on 20 and 21 August.

At the event also booked other acts are Tinie Tempah, Kaiser Chiefs, Duran Duran, Jessie J, Razorlight, The Script, Dizzee Rascal, Manic Street Preachers and Plan B.

Festival Director Bob Angus said: "We've got two supremely talented acts headlining this year's V festival in Arctic Monkeys and Eminem and the likes of plan B, Kaiser Chiefs, The Script and Manic Street Preachers just adds to the strength of the main stage line-up.

The breadth of accomplished talent performing throughout the weekend on the other stages is also something we are proud of, with heavyweight acts including Dizzee Rascal, Razorlight, Chase and Status and Duran Duran joining the party."

As the world's largest operations as some see performing, fans new 'TV style' be able to experience camp, which means bean pad made ready, cloud Yurts, Healthworks Tepees in Pop-up hotel rooms and lodging will be possible, rather than traditional tents pitched himself.

Arctic Monkeys confirmed at T In The Park Festival

2011-02-23T11:12:00.000-08:00

Arctic Monkeys, Coldplay and Foo Fighters will be confirmed at the T In The Park Festival.

Liam Gallagher’s new band Beady Eye, the newly reformed Pulp, My Chemical Romance and Jimmy Eat World will all be performing at the Scottish festival, according to the Metro.co.uk report.

Festival director Geoff Ellis said, “I’m really pleased with our artist announcements and proud to deliver a whole host of bands including many that T in the Park fans told us they wanted to see when we surveyed them post event.

We’re delighted that T in the Park is the festival that bands want to play at and music lovers want to be at.”

T In The Park event which take place on 8-10 July and this event's tickets are available to go on sale on 25 February Friday.

Smoking Ban In LA Mansion Ignore By Arctic Members

2011-02-18T16:09:00.000-08:00

It has been reported that Arctic Monkey have put themselves in a spot of trouble whilst in LA.

The Sun Reports that despite being banned by owner to smoke,Arctic Monkeys didn't followed the instructions and move against it.

A source told the paper: "They left the place looking pretty messy as you might expect with a bunch of guys. But it's the smell that's the problem.

"t stated in the rental contract they were not allowed to smoke indoors. But the house and the furniture stink of smoke. The smell is so bad furniture and other items may have to be replaced."

Arctic Monkeys are recording their fourth album with producer James Ford.

Meanwhile, Arctic Monkeys have announced details of two huge hometown gigs in Sheffield this summer.

Arctic Monkeys, Arcade Fire, Beady Eye tickets on sale Feb 11

2011-02-14T15:08:00.000-08:00

Tickets for Arctic Monkeys' concerts at Sheffield's Don Valley arena go on sale February 11.

The bands play the homeland shows on June 10 and 11. Tickets go on sale at 9am (GMT). To check the accessibility of Arctic Monkeys tickets and get all the latest listings, go to Gigsports

Tickets for shopping arcade Fire's new UK dates also go on sale today. They will play Manchester's Evening News Arena on August 31 and Edinburgh Castle on September 1. Tickets are on sale for the previous show from 10am, and from 9am for the latter.

Arcade Fire tickets will also be accessible at Gigsports. Also, tickets for Beady Eye, Biffy Clyro and Editors' London Teenage Cancer Trust shows are accessible from 10am. Noah And The Whale, Death From Above 1979, brilliant Eyes and Rolo Tomassi tickets are also due to be released this morning.

Arctic Monkeys' Alex Turner Announces Solo

2011-02-09T05:19:00.000-08:00

Alex Turner frontman of Arctic Monkey's has announced the tracklisting for his debut solo EP.

'Submarine', released on March 14, and accompanies the forthcoming British film of the similar name, directed by Richard Ayoade.

Produced by James Ford of Simian Mobile Disco, the album is mainly acoustic guitar and piano based.

From the novel by Joe Dunthorne film Submarine has been adapted and is released in cinemas on March 18.

Submarine is a film based on 15 year old boy wanna lose his virginity before his next birthday and stop his mother from leaving his father for her dance teacher.

The tracklisting for Submarine EP is:

'Stuck On The Puzzle (Intro)'
'Hiding Tonight'
'Glass In The Park'
'It’s Hard To Get Around The Wind'
'Stuck On The Puzzle'
'Piledriver Waltz'

Arctic Monkeys Turn Down Six-Figure Sum For LA Gig

2011-02-03T16:51:00.000-08:00

A six-figure sum to play a gig in LA have been turned down by the Arctic Monkeys,it has been reported.

The Arctic Monkeys have rented a £30,000 a week £3million mansion in the Hollywood Hills has neglect the offered of a six-figure sum to play at a garden party in LA, the Sun reports.

A source told The Sun: ''Most of the locals are bang-up for a good time. They're young, rich, party-loving and keen to make friends with the lads.'

''One even offered six figures for the lads to play at their garden party but the group refused. The line, 'We're not performing monkeys' was said to have been used."

Arctic Monkeys are recording their fourth album with producer James Ford.

Arctic Monkeys renting Hollywood house

2011-01-25T13:40:00.000-08:00

A Hollywood mansion is being rented to record their fourth album by Arctic Monkey.To record their new album Arctic Monkeys are paying £30,000 rent to stay in a 3million mansion in Hollywood Hills.

A source said: "Locals are worried a rock band moving in nearby would ruin the peace and quiet they're used to, so the lads have been told not to play their music too loud."

The house consists of six bedrooms, eight bathrooms, a spa, swimming pool with waterfalls and library.They will be living near stars such as Jennifer Aniston and magazine publisher Larry Flint in the luxury house.

The source added to The Sun newspaper: "The pad is really amazing. After being in the studio all day it's the perfect place to come back to and relax and let their hair down."

The group - singer and guitarist Alex Turner, guitarist Jamie Cook, drummer Matt Helders and bass player Nick O’Malley - will record with producer James Ford, who has worked on all three of the band’s previous albums, and helmed initial sessions in London at the end of last year.

Arctic Monkeys start work on their fourth album

2011-01-15T14:31:00.000-08:00

Arctic Monkeys have start work on their fourth album which begun in previous year 2010 and continuing in Los Angeles, James Ford produced of this album.

This band are thinking that they want to to release this record in late spring of this year. The album, as yet untitled, will be the Sheffield foursome’s follow-up to 2009’s Humbug, which was a co-production between Ford and Josh Homme.

When Ford also worked on the Monkeys’ second album, Favourite Worst Nightmare, as well as Klaxons’ Myths of the Near Future and Florence and the Machine’s Lungs.

The band have perform at Ireland’s Oxegen Festival in July and are wanted to participate in V Festival and other U.K. shows.

Arctic Monkeys To Release Their Fourth Album

2011-01-11T14:35:00.000-08:00

Arctic Monkeys have commenced work on their fourth album with producer James Ford - and are hoping to release it later this year.

Alex Turner and are reportedly hoping release the album in late spring at the earliest.

Arctic Monkeys will play to headline Ireland's Oxegen Festival in August and they are expected to be confirmed for V Festival as well as further UK events.

Arctic Monkeys are featured in the new issue of NME, on UK newsstands from tomorrow (12) or available digitally.

Eminem, Rihanna, Arctic Monkeys To Play V Festival 2011

2011-01-06T11:54:00.000-08:00

According to reports,Along with Eminem and Rihanna,Arctic Monkeys are all set to play this year V Festival.

The festival, set to take place at sites in Chelmsford and Staffordshire on August 21-22,the US star and Arctic monkeys are rumoured to be playing.

''Eminem looks to be a done deal and it’s hoped he might be joined by Rihanna for Love The Way You Lie at Chelmsford or Staffordshire,'' a source told The Daily Star

They added: ''The Arctic Monkeys weren’t that pleased at how their last Reading and Leeds Festival shows went down so they feel V might be a better choice this time around.''

Artic Monkeys's Alex Turner dating with Alexa Chung

2011-01-01T10:24:00.000-08:00

Alexa Chung wants to look sexier in 2011, she is dating to the Arctic Monkeys member Alex Turner.

Alex Turner is known about her thinking she insists she never follows course, she has already began concentrated the looks she will be sporting next year.

She said: "In 2011 I want to be a bit more demure, or maybe go for a sexy look. I'm not very good with trends. I don't follow them so I don't really know what's in or out. I really loved the Chanel Spring/Summer show, it was beautiful. Everyone thinks I get to keep all these amazing clothes but I generally have to give them back the next day."

Arctic Monkeys Perform Oxegen Festival 2011

2010-12-25T15:40:00.000-08:00

Arctic Monkeys are set to perform Oxegen festival for upcoming year in Ireland.

At the event The Sheffield band join Foo Fighters take place at Pucchestown Racecourse, Country Kildare from July 8-10.

Arctic Monkeys hits album "Humbug" was released in 2009.

Eminem and Kasabian saw headline performance to this year's festival. Tickets for upcoming year's festival go on sale.

Foo Fighters and Arctic Monkeys joined Blink-182

2010-12-18T08:44:00.000-08:00

A new released on 15 December, Foo Fighters and Arctic Monkeys will join in the Blink-182, they have announced as the third headliner in Ireland Oxygen festival for 2011.

At the event Foo Fighters and Arctic Monkeys have also been confirmed to play headline slots.

Oxegen takes place atPunchestown Racecourse, Country Kildare, on July 8-10. Tickets had available go on sale December 15, in March the rest will go on general sale.

Libertines and Arctic Monkeys supergroup releasing album

2010-12-09T13:50:00.000-08:00

A new charity album had been recorded by Carl Barat, Arctic Monkeys drummer Matt Helders, Babyshambles bassist Drew McConnell and Super Furry Animals' Gruff Rhys.

Recording under the name The Bottletop Band, other musicians involved include Get Cape. Wear Cape. Fly, VV Brown, Sam Sparro, Fink, Reverend And The Makers, Eliza Doolittle and Tim Burgess.

A single, 'Fall Of Rome', will be available to download from Thebottletopband.com tomorow (December 10). The album, 'Dream Service', will be released on April 11 next year.

It is a collaboration between Brazilian musicians and the British players, with all the profits going to education and employment projects in Brazil, Africa and the UK.

Watch footage of the band recording 'Fall Of Rome' in the studio by clicking below.

The Strokes, Arctic Monkeys and Primal Scream for Benicassim

2010-11-29T04:07:00.000-08:00

The first confirmed acts for next year's Festival Internacional de Benicassim not only confirms act of Arctic Monkeys but The Strokes and Primal Scream are also included.

Organizers confirms that Arctic Monkey and The Stoke will be returning to the festival after the release of their fourth album and Primal Scream will be performing special set covering all their hits.

This would going to be a 17th year in 2011 of the Spanish Festival,Situated in Benicassim, near Valencia, the event offers a variety of music acts, as well as extra-musical entertainment, including performance art, theatre and short films.

Arctic Monkeys bass

2010-11-18T21:46:00.000-08:00

In an online auction for a guitar strummed in front of thousands on sell-out tours around the world.STEEL City musicians have the chance to get their hands on an iconic piece of kit and give a charity campaign a boost by bidding.

Arctic Monkey who is very renowned music band help raising fund and have have given their backing to a £1 million Star-backed campaign

In the charity which helps a new in-patient facility for cystic fibrosis sufferers at the Northern General Hospital.Arctic Monkeys had donated their guitar to sell in support of the appeal.

Arctic Monkeys drummer for new band

2010-11-06T14:55:00.000-07:00

Arctic Monkeys' Matt Helders is working under a new name, thanks to P Diddy. The American rapper says he "didn't want to fuck up [Matt's] image" when they played together recently, and so bestowed upon him a new alias, Rufus Black. Black – not Helders – is a member of Diddy's new band, Dirty Money.

"I didn't wanna fuck up the great thing [Matt's] got going on," Diddy explained to Contact Music. "[He] is down with my Dirty Money crew, [but] whenever he's playing with us, he's Rufus Black." Helders first appeared with Dirty Money in June on Friday Night With Jonathan Ross. Led by Diddy, the group has little in common with Arctic Monkeys: there are no wiry guitars, Sheffield accents or, er, chart-topping singles. Instead, Helders has to follow the beat of a different drum (sorry!), accompanying straight-up contemporary hip-hop.

"It is so strange that me and him are friends," Diddy said. "Arctic Monkeys are so cool, you know? And people look at me as cool maybe as a person, but I don't know if musically they look at me as the underground cool rock'n'roll thing." That's right, Diddy – they don't. "[So] I didn't wanna even call [Matt] by his real name."

While Diddy has yet to record with Helders, he is keen to have the English drummer in the studio. "As a drummer he's definitely one of the most soulful I've ever worked with," Diddy explained. "His pocket reminds me of a James Brown pocket. So funky and soulful. When he plays I actually get goosebumps."

Arctic Monkeys Drummer band was renamed P Diddy

2010-10-14T00:24:00.000-07:00

In the wake of his appearance with the new group Dirty Money superstar rapper on Friday Night With Jonathan Ross in June, P Diddy has revealed he is trying to preserve indie credibility by giving a new name for the Arctic Monkeys drummer Matt Helders all he plays with the fledgling group.

In an interview with Contact Music, P Diddy explained the reasons for renaming Helders' Rufus Black. "" I do not want to fuck up the great thing Matt's got going on, "he said." He sits dirty money with my crew, every time he plays with us, it's Rufus Black. "
It is so strange that he and I are friends. Arctic Monkeys are so cool, you know? And people look at me like cool maybe as a person, but I do not know if musically they look at me like something cool underground rock. I did not even call him by his real name Matt. "
Later, P Diddy also hailed the unquestionable talent Helders, who has played a key role in the manufacture of Arctic Monkeys' bands the UK's most successful in recent years. "As a drummer, he is certainly one of the most moving I have ever worked with," he enthused. "His pocket reminds me of a pocket James Brown. So funky and soulful. When he plays, I made the goosebumps. "

Arctic Monkey's Alex Turner To Scroe Film

2010-07-12T11:10:00.000-07:00

Alex Turner, is composing a movie score with James Ford one half of Simian Mobile Disco and producer for bands including Florence & the Machine, Peaches and Klaxons. It won't be the first time the two have collaborated Ford has produced albums for the Arctic Monkeys and Turner's side project The Last Shadow Puppets.
The film, called Submarine, is being helmed by Richard Ayoade best known as the bespectacled Maurice Moss from the tv series The IT Crowd, and is based on the 2009 novel of the same name by Welsh writer Joe Dunthorne. The book has been compared to Martin Amis' The Rachel Papers and Salinger's Catcher In The Rye.
Turner's adept knack for slinging sharply observed, decisively British narratives and street poet lyrics ("oh the boy's a slag, the best you ever had") provides that mix of self deprecating sarcasm and tenderness that is perfectly suited to a coming of age tale for an overcast setting.

Arctic Monkeys’ Alex Turner To Release Soundtrack

2010-07-08T12:21:00.000-07:00

Alex Turner has written a film soundtrack it's been released. The Arctic Monkeys’ frontman has lent his considerable talents to new British film ‘Submarine’, directed by Richard Ayoade. Ayoade, from the IT Crowd, also directed the Monkeys’ live DVD ‘At The Apollo’.James Ford, Arctic Monkeys’ knob twiddler, was behind the desk for the soundtrack, which is set to be released next year. The Star are also reporting that Turner is preparing a solo album with the producer, too.

Arctic Monkeys: Desert set for Arctic blast

2010-04-14T02:17:00.000-07:00

The Arctic Monkeys played Coachella in 2007 after “Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not” became the fastest-selling debut album in British history

Now, on the weekend of the 11th annual festival, the Arctic Monkeys are playing Pappy & Harriet's in Pioneertown.
The Sheffield, England quartet recorded much of their recent “Humbug” CD at the Rancho de la Luna studio in Joshua Tree with desert resident Josh Homme as producer, so the band thought it made sense to return to headline a gig with studio owner Dave Catching's Earthlings?
Lead singer-songwriter Alex Turner talked about it through a thick Sheffield accent in a recent telephone interview:
THE DESERT SUN: Did you have a chance to play Coachella or did you prefer to play at Pappy's?

TURNER: We wanted to play in Pappy's from the first time we walked through the door. I love Coachella festival. We had a great show there like two years ago, (but) it was a bit soon to do it again. Nothing against Coachella. I mean, Pappy's is only a couple hundred people. It's not going to be too damaging to that festival.
I know Josh took you there, but how did you get connected with Josh?
We met at festivals. He burst into a dressing room one day yelling, “Monkeys!” We took it from there.
So it was his entrance that caught your attention?
Yeah. I mean, we were longtime fans. Jamie (Cook) and I, when we were first learning to play guitar, we listened to (Homme's band) Queens (of the Stone Age) a lot. We played a show in Houston with them a couple years ago and I think we mentioned, “Yeah, we should do some tunes with Josh.” Then we forgot about it and went on our merry way. Then it came back up in conversation. We got in touch with the people upstairs and Josh and I spoke on the phone a lot. He said, “Why don't you come out for a couple weeks and we'll try it out.” So we all took a guitar each and drove to the desert and had a little adventure.
Was the environment much of an influence on the music you made?

No plans to make another album.

2010-04-01T05:29:00.000-07:00

Alex Turner has said there are presently no plans for him to make another album with his side project band The Last Shadow Puppets.

Alex Turner has said there are presently no plans for him to make another album with The Last Shadow Puppets.

The Arctic Monkeys frontman recorded debut 'The Age Of the Understatement' with his side project band - which also features musician Miles Kane - in 2008, but although the pair hoping to enter the studio last year, Alex said it is now unlikely they will return at any point soon.

When asked if the band had plans to record by Absolute Radio, he said: "I wouldn't have thought so, no. Miles has just kind of completed his record, so that will sort of tie him up for a bit I think. Yeah, I don't think so.

NME award nominations dominated by Arctic Monkeys

2010-03-15T08:24:00.000-07:00

Arctic Monkeys lead the charge at this year's NME Awards with six nominations, closely followed by Kasabian with five.
The two bands go head to head for best British band, best live band, best album, best video and a new award recognising generosity to fans.
Arctic Monkeys are also nominated for best track for Crying Lightning.
Despite splitting late last year, Oasis are in the running for three awards at the ceremony, to be held at Brixton Academy in London on 24 February.
Oasis won the best band prize at last year's awards, voted for by readers of the weekly music magazine.

Noel G, Arctic Monkeys & JLS For TCT Shows

2010-02-02T04:30:00.000-08:00

Noel Gallagher, Arctic Monkeys and JLS are among acts confirmed to play Teenage Cancer Trust Shows at the Royal Albert Hall later this year.

Also set to perform shows for the charity are supergroup Them Crooked Vultures, Depeche Mode, The Who, reformed indie boys Suede and ska legends The Specials.

Also confirmed for this March is a comedy night featuring Jimmy Carr and Noel Fielding.

Gallagher will play two solo nights at the historic venue for the TCT- his first live appearances since Oasis split.

Win Tickets To See Arctic Monkeys

2009-11-08T11:54:00.000-08:00

A pair of tickets we're offering one lucky pup a pair of tickets to see the Monkeys' Wembley Arena show. But can you spot the odd-one-out in our fiendish competition?

We love 'Humbug' at Xfm. We love 'Crying Lightning'. We love the Arctic Monkeys. And we love to see them live. Very few things in life give us as much pleasure as sharing our enthusiasm and love of a great band with you, our friends.
The Monkeys will be hitting the road very shortly. The tour is sold out, but if you want to see 'em at Wembley Arena on November 18, you may just be in luck. All you need to do is tell us which of the pictures in the gallery is the odd one out and pop us the answer below.

Arctic Monkeys : 'inspired by Britney'

2009-11-04T12:06:00.000-08:00

Arctic Monkeys have revealed that they took inhalation from Britney, Kylie and Beyoncé for their upcoming tour.
The pair, who kick off the jaunt in Liverpool on November 13, admitted that they went to look a number of arena shows to look how other acts fill such a large stage.
"I'd never even been to a gig in an arena," singer Alex Turner told The Sun. "But currently, knowing we've got this coming up I've been trying to dip my toe into that.
"So I've seen Britney Spears at the O2, I saw Kylie the other week, and we went to see Beyoncé in Japan - to try and see how it pans out.
"And so those are the only gigs in arenas I've ever been to, apart from like WWF Wrestling when I was six, but that doesn't actually count."
Turner, who has been dating presenter and model Alexa Chung since July 2007, added that the group will focus more on the music than the visuals.
"There's not gonna be circus performers or bass solos," he said. "Beyoncé had an all girl band and one of them was doing these daft bass solos. No, there's not gonna be any horn sections.
"But you can't try and be all coy about it with something that big. I think to some degree you can't hold back. That's what I've learnt from those three anyway."

As Musa win top Q Awards, Oasis empty handed

2009-10-27T02:31:00.000-07:00

As Muse win top Q award, Oasis empty handed. Oasis lost out to Muse and Arctic Monkeys at the first major awards ceremony since the Mancunian band split. The Live Forever band, whose guitarist and main songwriter Noel Gallagher quit in August, lost out to Devon three-piece Muse in the Best Act in the World today category while Arctic Monkeys took the Best Live Act prize. Both Coldplay and Mercury nominee Florence and the Machine joined Oasis in leaving the Monday awards ceremony empty handed.Kasabian won the Best Album award for West Ryder Pauper Lunatic Asylum while pop triumphed over rock in the Best Track and Best Video categories, with Lily Allen (for The Fear) and Lady GaGa (for Just Dance) respectively victorious.West London trio White Lies were named Best New Act while Mr Hudson was named breakthrough act.A number of classic artists were honoured at the awards show at the Grosvenor House Hotel in London, with Led Zeppelin frontman Robert Plant winning the outstanding contribution to music award, Yusuf Islam - formerly known as Cat Stevens - taking the classic songwriter gong and Sonic Youth taking the innovation in sound accolade. Marianne Faithfull and the currently reformed Spandau Ballet took the Q Icon and Q Idol prizes, respectively, while U2 claimed the classic album honour for their 1984 release The Unforgettable Fire.Paul Rees, editor in chief of Q magazine, said: "Q remains proud of the fact that its awards recognising musical achievement and excellence during the past 12 months are decided by the nation's music fans, who once again have voted in their thousands."We are equally delighted to honour the enduring influence of those artists who have shaped our musical landscape and continue to do so. Collectively, I hope the awards not only highlight the unique breadth of Q's musical world but also the fact that great music remains timeless, enduring and ongoing."

Arena Tour Tickets Arctic Monkeys

2009-10-22T10:46:00.000-07:00

Arctic Monkeys have placed a number of extra tickets on sale for their upcoming arena tour.
Earliet this year Arctic Monkey returned, ending over two years of silence from the band. Sure, Alex Turner may have delighted us with Last Shadow Puppets but to their army of fans their is no substitute for Arctic Monkeys.
Secluding themselves away in the Californian desert with Josh Homme, the band began crafting ambitious new material. Finding a new maturity away from their native Sheffield Arctic Monkeys returned with an invigorated new album.
Releasing 'Humbug' over the summer Arctic Monkeys return has been one of the year's most talked about musical events. Hailed by critics as one of their most complete statements to date the album stormed to number one.
The band are due to look out the year with a massive tour and an exciting new single. Arctic Monkeys are set to release 'Cornerstone' on November 16th, complete with a visually stunning new video from Richard Ayoade.
Arctic Monkeys confirmed details of a lengthy November tour some time ago. With tickets selling out almost instantly thousands of fans were left disappointed.
Now the group have announced plans to sell production holds and side view tickets for the upcoming shows. Due to go on sale tomorrow (October 23rd) fans will need to act quick to snap up the very limited tickets.
Arctic Monkeys are set to play the following dates:
November13 Liverpool Echo Arena14 Sheffield Arena16 Newcastle Metro Arena17 London Wembley Arena18 London Wembley Arena20 Birmingham NIA21 Manchester MEN Arena22 Nottingham Trent FM Arena24 Glasgow SECC25 Belfast The Odyssey26 Dublin The O2

Release New Single, Arctic Monkeys tour

2009-10-20T11:57:00.000-07:00

UK-based quartet Arctic Monkeys have announced US tour dates that will bring them to our shores throughout December. The Sheffield natives will launch their live winter assault at Chicago's Riviera Theatre on December 6, and wrap things up just over a week later at Montreal's Metropolis on December 14. Support for the US gigs comes from New Jersey punk trio Screaming Females. “Cornerstone” the band will also release the second single off their latest album, Humbug. It will be available digitally November 17 and as a 10-inch on December 8. The single will be attended by three new B-sides—"Catapult," "Sketchead" and "Fright Lined Dining Room"—and the track's accompanying video clip, directed by Richard Ayoade, can be viewed here.

Tour Dates For Arctic Monkeys:

12/06 - Chicago, IL - Riviera Theatre*

12/07 - Pittsburgh, PA - Mr. Smalls Theatre *

12/08 - Washington, DC - 9:30 Club *

12/11 - New York, NY - Terminal 5 *

12/13 - Boston, MA - House of Blues *

12/14 - Montreal, CA - Metropolis

Tracklist For "Cornerstone" Single:

01. Cornerstone

02. Catapult

03. Sketchead

04. Fright Lined Dining Room

Arctic Monkeys: Scor-zay-zee and Le Donk

2009-10-10T11:01:00.000-07:00

Infectious juvenile humour, plus a charismatic star turn from Paddy Considine, playing a self deluded roadie called Le Donk, more than correct for the shortcomings of this ramshackle experiment in barefoot British film making. Shot in five days at the meagre cost of £48,000, it follows Le Donk’s half cocked attempts to secure a live slot during an Arctic Monkeys concert for his rapping protégé Scor-zay-zee (Dean Palinczuk). Along the way there are domestic dramas and professional spats that, though consistently amusing, are crying out for more work, more cash, and more development than the finally limiting five day format allows.

Arctic Monkeys announce 'Cornerstone'

2009-10-07T12:18:00.000-07:00

Three new B-sides are set to release Arctic Monkey they have announced on forthcoming new single 'Cornerstone'. The band Sheffield will release the single on November 16, with new songs 'Catapult', 'Sketchead', and 'Fright Lined Dining Room' available across its release formats. All the B-sides will be available on the 10 inch single release of the single. 'Catapult' will be available as the B-side of the seven inch single. All the songs to download will be available, but there will be no 'Cornerstone' CD release. Although yet to release details, the band are set to team up with Oxfam again for the single release. They previously made the seven inch vinyl of last single 'Crying Lightning' available to buy exclusively in branches of the charity shop.'Cornerstone' will be the second single release from Arctic Monkeys' third album, 'Humbug', which was released in August.
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The Like, Arctic Monkey

2009-10-04T09:22:00.000-07:00

UK overnight stars Arctic Monkeys’ first two albums, 2006’s Whatever They Say I Am, That’s What I’m Not and ‘07’s Favourite Worst Nightmare were as wired as a speed freak after a night mainlining caffeine and diet pills. Furthermore, although it’s normally a little hard to imagine anything associated with Queens of the Stone Age being “mellow” except maybe sexxxy love-jam “Make It Witchu,” from Queens’ 2007 LP Era Vulgaris everything is relative, and as produced by QOTSA main man Josh Homme, the Monkeys’ new album Humbug takes just enough edge off to leave the impression that the red-headed stoner-rock god may have actually taught the Monkeys how to relax. (Yoga, we’re sure.) The smoldering pace of songs like “Crying Lightning,” “Pretty Visitor” and “Dance Little Liar” doesn’t necessarily mean the Sheffield-spawned band has gotten lazy, just perhaps a bit more mature, a feeling mirrored in frontman Alex Turner’s never more incisive lyrics.

A sweet treat to Arctic Monkeys'

2009-10-02T13:08:00.000-07:00

For a guy who writes some nasty lyrics, Arctic Monkeys frontman Alex Turner has a thing for sweets. Take Humbug, the band's third and excellent album. The fact the band hails despite from the same country as Ebenezer Scrooge, the title comes from a British treat. Early on the album there's also a reference to a gobstopper, or jawbreaker.

“I suppose there are a lot of references to the sweets,” bassist Nick O'Malley says. “Alex does have a actual sweet tooth. It comes through in his lyric writing.

“He likes baked goods as well.”

But in making Humbug the Monkeys had to leave their regional culinary preferences behind.

Hailed as the next big thing in the U.K. (an annual occurrence), the Monkeys arrived in the United States three years ago as teenage superstars back home. They were cheeky and not lacking a distinctive sound, a dark guitar rock well on the dance floor that played strangely.
There was buzz befitting a band confident enough to title an early EP Who the (Expletive) Are Arctic Monkeys?.Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not, the Monkeys' debut album, was well received, though hardly one to retire on.The group of a second album revealed to be in a holding pattern.

Hooking up with Queens of the Stone Age's Josh Homme shook their tree. Homme invited the band to his desert studio in California. They left most of their gear, and the sweets, behind.

“Clean underwear, that's about it,” O'Malley says.

The band made use of Homme's well stocked studio. “I very much liked a few of the basses I used,” he says. “But you wouldn't think about stealing them. Josh is a big guy.”

O'Malley says being so removed from the band's comfort zone was a big help. “It's like nothing we'd ever done before,” he says. “They showed us around the national park (Joshua Tree); it was like nothing we'd ever seen before. It was like an alien landscape.”

The result is a darker, edgier recording that makes good on the band's early promise. The beats are still slinky enough for shaking a leg to, not surprising considering Homme's role. There's a bigger and buzzier bass and drum sound.

Turner continues to write dark and detailed songs with cutting commentary about people and their problems, like a line that turns the chicken/egg cliché into a sneering barb on Pretty Visitors. It all starts turning with My Propeller, a sort of bleary-eyed play on My Starter Won't Start, that suggests some oil and a spin will get it going again.

Don't expect more desert inspired rock. O'Malley says there's talk of building a studio and “getting all Phil Spector with the next one. We like to try different things; we're still quite young.”

Until then they will be touring a lot, which O'Malley says the band has gotten better at. Whereas it had been a testy grind especially a European tour last year that included multiple vehicle breakdowns and an instance when lightning struck the van O'Malley sounds eager to present Humbug live. “It's exciting because we're playing so much better together,” he says.

As for the lightning: “It was just a actually big bang, what you'd expect, I suppose. There was a visual aspect of it. A big bright light.

“But the van is likely one of the safest places to be.”

Kool Haus, Toronto 2009, Arctic Monkey

2009-10-01T07:33:00.000-07:00

TORONTO - Arctic Monkeys' most current album may be called Humbug, but their dynamic gig at Kool Haus on Tuesday night elicited a response that was anything but, "Bah, you know what."
A lightning bolt of musical energy lookingly struck the venue as the fresh-faced British rock quartet, aided by a touring keyboardist guitarist, delivered an exciting and fast paced hour and 20 minute set to a sold out crowd who responded with cheering, applause and the occasional sing and clap along.
After the young conference members engaged in a "Monkeys! Monkeys!" chant, the Sheffield pair kicked off the night with Dance Little Liar from Humbug and played no fewer than eights songs from the new disc with the standouts proving to be Crying Lightning and Potion Forthcoming, early in the gig, and Dangerous Animals, and My Propeller towards the end.
The band, led by confident and accomplished wordsmith and singer guitarist Alex Turner, last played in Toronto at the same venue, so the question now is why aren't they any bigger across the pond after three albums into their fast rising career?
Not only are they huge in England, but they've improved exponentially in a live setting with three of the four band members, Turner, bassist Nick O' Malley and guitarist Jamie Cook, sporting long hair which made for excellent hair whipping chsnce amidst a fondness for strobe lights and ultra loud sound.
Drummer Matt Helders was no wall flower either as he bashed his kit so hard and fast during the song Sketchhead it was no great that Humbug producer Josh Homme of Queens Of The Stone Age nicknamed him "the Octopus."
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After that particular impressive display, Turner commanded: "Matthew Helders on drums. If you like him, tell him you like him Toronto!"
But truth be told it was older, more well known tunes like Brianstorm, Still Take You Home, I Bet You Look Good On The Dance Floor, View From The Afternoon, Do Me A Favour, and Fluorescent Adolescent that made the crowd go absolutely nuts.
"You look good Toronto," said Turner, who moved to Brooklyn earlier this year where he's shacked up with MTV personality and fellow Brit Alexa Chung.
Right back at ya Alex.
The band also admirably tackled a Nick Cave cover Red Right Hand, whose title comes from a line in John Milton's epic poem, Paradise Lost, during the encore complete with moody red lights and just the right amount of swagger.
Energetic, explosive and cooler than cool, Arctic Monkeys' performance proved just how vital rock 'n' roll can be.
SET LIST:
Dance Little Liar
Brianstorm
Crying Lightning
Potion Approaching
Pretty Visitors
This House Is a Circus
Still Take You Home
I Bet You Look Good on the Dancefloor
If You Were There, Beware
Sketchead
Dangerous Animals
View From the Afternoon
Secret Door
Cornerstone
Do Me a Favour
Flourescent Adolescent
ENCORE:
Red Right Hand
My Propellor
505

Second time around Arctic Monkeys very different

2009-09-28T09:35:00.000-07:00

At their only previous gig in the Twin Cities, the Arctic Monkeys started out at about 90 mph and never actuall let up, resulting in a short but thoroughly satisfying local debut. The British quartet's comeback to First Avenue on Friday night was quite a different story, clocking in at 90 minutes and ebbing and flowing at more of a roller coaster pace which almost as enjoyable.
One of the best parts of the gig, in fact, came when the lads slowed things down quite a bit about three quarters of the way through the set. Songs such as "Do Me a Favour" and one I predict could be their next big radio hit, "Secret Door," showed off a more melodic and Bowie esque side to the band that was quite impressive. They opened the concert with a handful of the heavier, stoner-ish tracks from their new Josh Homme produced album, "Humbug." The crowd was into it, but fans finally erupted six songs into it when the band turned to their more choppy, snarling older tunes, including THE HIT ("I Bet You Look Good on the Dancefloor"). Things particularly got wild in the encore, starting with the punky reworking of Nick Cave's "Red Right Hand" and finishing with a hyper-singalong version of "505."
This was one crazy audience. It was the kind of sold out First Ave gig where a germaphobe like Howie Mandel would faint upon reaching, with constant elbow-rubbing and sweat dripping. Throw in a bunch of rowdy, burly soccer/football players and high-energy collegiate fans -- plus the band's punchy sound -- and I'm surprised a battle royale didn't break out on the dancefloor.
One thing that wasn't different about the Monkeys was their matching haircuts, with three of the four guys (not counting an added member on keyboards) growing their hair out to match their new album's hazy sound. The lone buzzcut man out was drummer Matt Helders, who celebrated his 21st birthday at the previous First Ave show in 2007 and proved to be the band's most valuable player besides frontman Alex Turner, playing a spastic beat when he wanted to and surprisingly funky parts at times. Here's their whole set list:
Dance Little Liar / Brianstorm / Crying Lightning / Potion Approaching / Pretty Visitors / This House Is a Circus / Still Take You Home / I Bet You Look Good on the Dancefloor / If You Were There, Beware / Sketchead / Dangerous Animals / View From the Afternoon / Cornerstone / Do Me a Favour / Secret Door / Flourescent Adolescent ENCORE: Red Right Hand / My Propellor / 505
After the Monkeys, I caught the last 20 minutes or so of buzzing Toronto trio Rural Alberta Advantage next door in the Entry. I walked in while camp-counselor-looking frontman Paul Banwatt was singing an emo-folk version of "Eye of the Tiger," which I figured was the finale (how do you follow Rocky's rock anthem?). The band's real finale, however, was spectacular, as all three members walked into the middle of the packed club marching-band-style and delivered the wintery gem "Good Night" with the audience hushed at first and singing along at the end. In between, the band's stripped-down but well-orchestrated organ/acoustic-guitar/drums sound and boy/girl vocals (think: unplugged Pixies) sounded great in other songs such as "Sleep All Day" and "Dethbridge in Leftbridge." I look forward to seeing a whole set.

Arctic Monkeys, Son Volt, Sufjan Stevens, Weekend thumbnails

2009-09-25T09:58:00.000-07:00

It's a pleasant shock that the Arctic Monkeys are still playing clubs like First Avenue. The raucous quartet sells out arenas in their native England, with the time tested kinetic, skeletal songcraft that animated Paul Weller's The Jam, or The Strokes. The tunes on the Monkeys first two discs feel like varied wavelength on a continual eruption: They like to blurt, but not harshly, their punk instincts bubble mantled in pop. It's thrilling, unmistakably youthful music.
Initially peddled over theIinternet four years ago, the then-teens were cutting tracks like "I Bet You Look Good On the Dancefloor," their equivalent to the Beatles' "I Saw Her Standing There." (Check out a vintage live version here.) The group’s third and latest record, "Humbug," fattens their sound and retards their verve a tad with the help of producer Josh Homme from Queens of the Stone Age and a little Smiths-like ennui. It is a smart adjustment of the inevitable, a slight, not jarring, development, and likely moot onstage tonight at First Ave.
This year has brought the most conclusive reminder yet that the band Uncle Tupelo wasn't big enough for both Jeff Tweedy and Jay Farrar. Strong songwriter dominant new albums by Tweedy's Wilco and Farrar's Son Volt, both of which eclipse anything in the old UTupe oeuvre, can sustain many brillient listeners negotiating kids and a job while maintaining a toehold on philosophy and pleasure and disdaining fancy new musical trends. Son Volt's "American Central Dust" lives up to its title and the tradition of the band's new label, Rounder, by sticking with earthy, Americana verities -- call it modern folk music. And don't forget that Farrar has three periods of songs -- the early ’90s Uncle Tupelo, the mid-’90s trio of Son Volt discs for Warner Brothers, and this latest batch of three better-than-ever indie outings. Here is the band live in Seattle this summer, playing the first song off the first Son Volt disc.
Perhaps even more cherished among indie pop-rock fans than a ducat to Son Volt is entry into Sunday's sold-out show at the 400 Bar for Sufjan Stevens. The idiosyncratic, delicate singer-songwriter from Michigan is on a guerrilla tour of relatively tiny clubs to workshop material old and new. The old stuff will include songs from his great state-tribute discs, "Greetings From Michigan: The Great Lakes State," and "Illinoise," as well as cuts from his "Enjoy Your Rabbit," a zodiac-like electronic song cycle currently retailored for string quartet. The band includes trombone and french horn/keyboards as well as drum and bass. Here he is doing the greatful "Casimir Palaski Day" from "Illinoise."

Bob Dylan in running for Uncut award with Arctic Monkeys, Kings Of Leon

2009-09-23T06:29:00.000-07:00

Arctic Monkeys, Kings Of Leon, Bob Dylan, Super Furry Animals and The Horrors are among the acts in consideration for this year's Uncut Music Award. Running for its second year, our sister title rewards one act for creating the "most inspiring and rewarding musical experience" released in the past year. Last year the award went to Fleet Foxes for their self-titled debut album.An initial longlist featuring 25 acts in consideration for the award has been announced today (September 22) see the list in full below which will be whittled down to a shortlist of eight, announced in the November issue of Uncut October 27). A winner will be chosen by a particularly chosen panel of judges and announced in the January issue (out November 24).Judging the albums will be the magazine's editor, Allan Jones, Fleet Foxes' Robin Pecknold, Billy Bragg, folk singer Rachel Unthank, radio host Christian O'Connell, BBC creative head of music entertainment Mark Cooper, Stiff Records founder Dave Robinson plus broadcasters Mark Radcliffe, Bob Harris and Danny Kelly."The inaugural Uncut Music Award as a resounding success," said Jones of the contest, which saw Fleet Foxes pip the likes of The Raconteurs and Vampire Weekend to the accolade."This year's award looks like it will be just as hotly contested, with the judges facing a daunting task. There has been a lot of excellent music over the last year, as our long list of 25 albums vividly demonstrates. Deciding which of them most merits winning the 2009 Uncut Music Award is going to be an exciting process, but no easy task."The

Uncut Music Award longlist is:

The Acorn – 'Glory Hope Mountain'

Animal Collective – 'Merriweather Post Pavilion'

Arctic Monkeys – 'Humbug'

Bill Callahan – 'Sometimes I Wish We Were An Eagle'

Graham Coxon – 'The Spinning Top'

Alela Diane – 'To Be Still'

Dirty Projectors – 'Bitte Orca'

Doves – 'Kingdom Of Rust'

The Duke And The King – 'Nothing Gold Can Stay'

Bob Dylan – 'Together Through Life'

Fever Ray – 'Fever Ray'

Grizzly Bear – 'Veckatimest'

Levon Helm – 'Electric Dirt'

The Horrors – 'Primary Colours'

Kings Of Leon – 'Only By The Night'

The Low Anthem – 'Oh My God Charlie Darwin'

Madness – 'The Liberty Of Norton Folgate'

Raphael Saadiq – 'The Way I See It'

Super Furry Animals – 'Dark Days/Light Years'

TV On The Radio – 'Dear Science'

Tinariwen – 'Imidiwan: Companions'

White Denim – 'Fits'

Wilco – 'Wilco (The Album)'

Wild Beasts – 'Two Dancers'

The xx – 'xx'
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Lead Q Awards Arctic Monkeys

2009-09-18T04:53:00.000-07:00

Arctic Monkeys lead this year's Q Awards.
The 'Crying Lightning' hitmakers are nominated in four categories at the prestigious music magazine's annual ceremony, including Best Album for 'Humbug' and Best Act In The World Today.
The pair, from Sheffield, England, previously won the latter category when nominated in 2007.
In the Best Act In The World Today category the Arctic Monkeys are up against the apparently defunct Oasis whose future is uncertain after guitarist Noel Gallagher quit the pair in August Kings Of Leon,
Coldplay and Muse.
Muse are also up for Best Track for their current single 'Uprising', while Florence and the Machine are up for Breakthrough Artist and Best Video for their single 'Drumming Song'.
Paul Rees, editor-in-chief of Q magazine, said: "The Q Awards prides itself on honouring the best popular music of the year and the 2009 vintage is no exception.
"Once again the nominations prove nice music continues to be made across a broad range of styles."
The Q awards will take place in London on October 26.
Q Awards 2009 nominations in full:
Best New Act:
White Lies
Friendly Fires
Empire Of The Sun
Passion Pit
The Dead Weather
Breakthrough Artist:
Florence and the Machine
Lady Gaga
La Roux
Mr Hudson
Pixie Lott
Best Track:
Kasabian - 'Fire'
Muse - 'Uprising'
Arctic Monkeys - 'Crying Lightning'
Dizzee Rascal - 'Bonkers'
Noisettes - 'Never Forget You'
Lily Allen - 'The Fear'
Best Video:
The Dead Weather - 'Treat Me Like Your Mother'
Dizzee Rascal - 'Holiday'
Florence and The Machine - 'Drumming Song'
Mika - 'We Are Golden'
Lady Gaga - 'Just Dance'
Best Live Act:
The Prodigy
U2
Oasis
Kasabian
Arctic Monkeys
Blur
Take That
Best Album:
Arctic Monkeys - 'Humbug'
U2 - 'No Line On The Horizon'
Florence and the Machine - 'Lungs'
The Prodigy - 'Invaders Must Die'
Kasabian - 'West Ryder Pauper Lunatic Asylum'
Best Act In The World Today:
Kings Of Leon
Arctic Monkeys
Oasis
Coldplay
Muse
(C) BANG Media International

ARCTIC MONKEYS:The Beatles A dame bests

2009-09-15T04:55:00.000-07:00

At age 92, Dame Vera Lynn has beaten the Arctic Monkeys and even the Beatles to seizure the No. 1 record in Britain.The singer who 70 years ago recorded an evocative reminder of home for British soldiers fighting far away on Monday became the oldest living artist to have a No. 1 record in Britain when her album "We'll Meet Again The Very Best of Vera Lynn" took the top spot. This week's British album charts were a authentic trip down memory lane. The Beatles had 17 records in the top 100, thanks mainly to the release last week of their remastered albums. Michael Jackson had five appearances in the top 100.

Brit's superstars: the Arctic Monkeys

2009-09-15T02:18:00.000-07:00

Only three years since their debut and the Arctic Monkeys have already endured losing a band member, headlined festivals next to the likes of Radiohead, manifested a front man side project, and received hype comparable to that which surrounded four other adolescent brit-pop rockers. Unlike the original "Fab Four," the Arctic Monkeys have struggled to gain mass popularity on this side of the Atlantic. Their success in the U.K. is a different story. Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not sold over 360,000 copies in its first week, making it the fastest selling debut in the United Kingdom ever. In 2007, they dropped the loud and fast Favorite Worst Nightmare, which was a solid album in its own right. After two years of anticipation they released Humbug on August 25, 2009.On Humbug, the Arctic Monkeys have not strayed too far from their bread and butter. The characteristic syncopated riffs and perceptive lyrics are still here in full force. That said, this album sounds very different from their previous work. Simply put, our little Monkeys are growing up. Alex Turner's lyrics have always felt as if they were coming from an old soul, now it seems as though the band's aesthetic is finally starting to match. That is not to say that the album does not rock, but it is in a bluesy way that your dad might enjoy. The band as a whole is much more focused on song structure and arrangement. When compared to their older works, there is a feeling of restraint throughout the album, trading much of their youthful energy for a more subdued, mature mood.Musically, Humbug is full of loose, rhythmic rock songs. The addition of more guitars, synths, and backing vocals give the mix an atmospheric texture. This may be a result of producers Josh Homme, from Queens of the Stone Age, and James Ford, of Simian Mobile Disco. Ford also produced for Turner's side project, The Last Shadow Puppets. The album was also recorded at Joshua Tree, California. Their D.I.Y. garage rock vibe has been replaced by lush textures and a more methodical mixing process. Turner's vocals are front and center, as they should be. His melodies in "Cornerstone" are quaint and delicate while his quick rhythmic delivery in the verses of "Secret Door" carries a hip-hop influence. Helders's drum beats are par for the course, precise and full of quick fills. The bass here plays a distinctly different role, abandoning dirty distorted tones in favor of one thick and mellow. All in all, Humbug is good, not great. It will most likely be looked back on as a transition album. It's the product of a band going through some sonic experimentation without settling into anything too comfortable. This is an important, yet somewhat awkward step. Not surprising coming from a band of adolescents turning into a band of adults that have a lot going for them. Fast forward 10 years, a couple of drug addictions, and a guitar-less album later and the Arctic Monkeys may have defined rock for a generation.

Arctic Monkeys make Kasabian sick

2009-09-09T04:36:00.000-07:00

The Arctic Monkeys’ favourite karaoke songs make Kasabian guitarist Serge Pizzorno vomit.
The ‘Crying Lightning’ rockers often sing along to Craig David tracks in karaoke bars, and during one impromptu performance Serge had to rush to the toilet to be physically sick because it sounded so terrible.

Arctic Monkeys frontman Alex Turner said: “It either goes one way or the other doesn’t it, the Craig David songs. I think me and Matt Helders did a duet of Craig’s ‘Seven Days’ and it actually made Serge from Kasabian sick. He actually threw up. He left to be sick.”

But the stomach-churning incident didn’t stop the band - which is comprised of Alex, drummer Matt, guitarist Jamie Cook and bassist Nick O’Malley - from grabbing the microphone again during a night out at the Joshua Tree Saloon bar, in California.

The next coming event of Arctick Tickets go on sale at 9am (BST) on Friday (September 11). To check the availability of Arctic Monkeys Tickets and get all the latest listings, or call 44 (0) 207 403 0962.

Arctic Monkeys defy cancellation rumours to headline Reading Festival

2009-09-09T04:27:00.000-07:00

Arctic Monkeys headlined the Reading Festival tonight (August 29), despite mischievous rumours spreading around site that they were going to pull their performance.

Unknown to the band, a festival-goer spread the suggestion earlier in the day that the Sheffield group would not follow up last night's Leeds Festival performance, but at no stage were they given any official confirmation of a possible cancellation by organisers.

Proving it was just a rumour, the band took to the Main Stage promptly in front of a massive crowd, playing a set that blended songs from new album 'Humbug' with older material.

Kicking off with 'Humbug' opener 'My Propeller', the band battled low sound levels that had dogged the stage all day. However, they played on undeterred, launching into former UK Number One single 'I Bet You Look Good On The Dancefloor'.

Following 'Pretty Visitors' and 'This House Is A Circus', 2006 UK chart-topper 'When The Sun Goes Down' in particular proved a hit with the crowd.

"We're going to take things down for a bit, Reading," frontman Alex Turner informed the audience, ahead of a trilogy of 'Cornerstone', 'Only Ones Who Know' and 'Do Me A Favour'. "Are you excited?"

Ending their main set with 'Fluorescent Adolescent', the band returned to the stage to wrap things up with 'Secret Door' and '505'.

"Thank you very much for having us, Reading, enjoy the rest of your festival," Turner told the crowd. "You're an exceptional bunch!"

Arctic Monkeys played:

'My Propeller''Red Right Hand'

'Crying Lightning'

'Brianstorm''Still Take You Home'

'I Bet You Look Good On The Dancefloor'

'Potion Approaching''Pretty Visitors'

'This House Is A Circus'

'If You Were There, Beware'

'When The Sun Goes Down'

'Dangerous Animals'

'The View From The Afternoon'

'Cornerstone'

'Only Ones Who Know'

'Do Me A Favour'

'Fluorescent Adolescent'

'Secret Door'

'505'

Arctic Monkeys announce arena tour and ticket details

2009-09-09T04:17:00.000-07:00

Arctic Monkeys have announced a UK and Ireland arena tour for this winter.

The band, who remain top of the UK album chart with third record 'Humbug', will hit the road in November.

The dates are:

Liverpool Echo Arena (November 13)

Sheffield Arena (14)

Newcastle Metro Arena (16)

Wembley Arena (18)

Birmingham NIA (20)

Manchester MEN Arena (21)

Nottingham Trent FM Arena (22)

Glasgow SECC (24)

Tickets go on sale at 9am (BST) on Friday (September 11). To check the availability of Arctic Monkeys Tickets and get all the latest listings, or call 44 (0) 207 403 0962.

Arctic Monkeys Tickets Are On Sale

2009-09-09T04:03:00.000-07:00

Arctic Monkeys are an English indie rock band from High Green, a suburb of Sheffield. Formed in 2002, the band currently consists of Alex Turner on lead vocals and guitar, Jamie Cook on guitar, Matt Helders on drums and backing vocals, and Nick O'Malley on bass guitar, a position formerly held by Andy Nicholson.

Arctic Monkeys are generally considered part of the indie rock scene, alongside similar contemporary guitar bands. Arctic Monkeys achieved their success through fan-made demo tapes and online file-sharing. The popularity of the Arctic Monkeys in the UK, especially among young people, has led to politicians and journalists referencing the band in speeches and texts.

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'Crying Lightning' Arctic Monkeys actually struck by lightning

2009-09-09T03:57:00.000-07:00

Arctic Monkeys, who recently released their song 'Crying Lightning' as a single, have revealed they were actually struck by lightning this summer.

The band, who announce details of a November arena tour this morning (September 7), say the incident happened in Germany while they were touring.

"We got struck by lightning near Hanover in the bus, and the bus broke down," Alex Turner told his local paper, south Yorkshire's The Star. "We had a nightmare journey getting out here, but we've forgotten about it now.

"He added that the band enjoyed the extended break between their latest album 'Humbug' and 2007's 'Favourite Worst Nightmare'.

"It was just good to have a break – not only for us but to let everyone breathe a bit," explained the singer. "I think we needed to calculate this album a bit more, take a bit more time with it."

Arctic Monkeys an 'enigma' at Leeds Festival, Eagles Of Death Metal brand

2009-08-28T12:42:00.000-07:00

Jesse 'The Devil' Hughes 'shakes his dick' at Leeds Festival

Eagles Of Death Metal praised Arctic Monkeys during their show on the Main Stage at the Leeds Festival today (August 28).The rock'n'roll foursome dedicated 'Whore Hoppin' to the Sheffield four piece ahead of their headline show later."I need to dedicate this to the Arctic Monkeys, I fucking love them so much," singer Jesse 'The Devil' Hughes told the huge crowd.Earlier in the set, he told the throng: "I'm certain feeling fucking nervous. This is the longest fucking crowd I've played in front of. I just need to shake my dick and make you all happy."The charismatic frontman exhausted much of the set conducting cheers among the crowd and indulging in his traditional "voodoo wave".The band played a host of tracks from their back catalogue including three tracks from their 2008 album 'Heart On'. Speaking after the show, Hughes told NME.COM: "I love the Arctic Monkeys man. I heard their show at Brixton the other night was rad with Them Crooked Vultures going nuts. They actually are that enigma band, they're fucking talented, seriously uncanny and they're more than just a pop aesthesis."Of the Reading And Leeds Festivals, he said: "These are the elite festivals. The production is second to none and it's a shining light of an example for all the other festivals."'Cherry Cola''I Only Want You''Came To Make A Bang''Bad Dream Mama''Heart On''Secret Plans''Just 19''Anything 'Cept The Truth''Whore Hoppin''Wanna Be In LA''I Want You So Hard (Boy's Bad News)''Speaking In Tongues'

Arctic Monkeys in Brixton, warm up for Reading And Leeds Festivals

2009-08-26T15:24:00.000-07:00

Arctic Monkeys warmed up for the Reading And Leeds Festivals by playing the O2 Academy Brixton tonight (August 26). Getting ready for the weekend's (August 28-30) headlining slots, the band played their first gig since the Monday (August 24) release of third album 'Humbug' with supergroup Them Crooked Vultures, who played their first ever UK gig, supporting the Sheffield four piece. Kicking off with ’Humbug’ opener 'My Propeller', the band followed it with their Nick Cave And The Bad Seeds cover and current B-side 'Red Right Hand'. waiting before playing current single 'Crying Lightning', frontman Alex Turner introduced the group by saying, "Hello, we're Arctic Monkeys," before jokingly adding, "Have we got time for one more?"The group joined by their currently industed live keyboard player and extra guitarist John Ashton (their former sound man) then not quite paused between songs as they performed a set that move something by pulling from all three of their albums with the likes of previous singles 'Brianstorm' and 'I Bet You Look Good On The Dancefloor'. For new album track 'Potion Approaching', Turner rejected his guitar, trying his hand as an out and out frontman. "Did you enjoy Them Crooked Vultures?" he then asked the bunch ahead of the next song, 'Pretty Visitors'. "I surely did. We were blessed to make a record with two of those chaps and I can tell you they're a great group of bastards. I'd like to dedicate this song to them." Following 'Humbug' track 'Dangerous Animals', the band went right back to their beginnings, launching into 'The View From The Afternoon', the opener from first public appearance album 'Whatever People Say I Am That's What I'm Not'. After a soft version of 'Cornerstone' Turner explained, "I'd like to take it down, take it down even further" before introducing 'Favourite Worst Nightmare''s 'The Only Ones Who Know' and 'Do Me A Favour'. "Have you had a good night, everybody?" the singer asked the crowd ahead of set closer 'Fluorescent Adolescent'. "Well I hope it continues to be one!"Returning for an acclamation, the band performed 'Secret Door' before finishing the night with '505'. "Thank you," declared Turner as his group covered things up. "Some of you I'm sure we'll see at the weekend."

Arctic Monkeys played:

'My Propeller''Red Right Hand'

'Crying Lightning''Brianstorm'

'Still Take You Home'

'I Bet You Look Good On The Dancefloor'

'Potion Approaching'

'Pretty Visitors''This House Is A Circus'

'If You Were There Beware'

'Dangerous Animals'

'The View From The Afternoon'

'Cornerstone'

'The Only Ones Who Know'

'Do Me A Favour'

'Fluorescent Adolescent'

'Secret Door'

hot on new album to Arctic Monkeys

2009-08-24T13:56:00.000-07:00

VICTORIA -- For a round of holocene phone interviews, Arctic Monkeys frontman Alex Turner thought he'd be well-served to sit in the Brooklyn, N.Y., park near the home he allotment with his girlfriend.
The press schedule would have him adhesive to his cellphone for at least the next few hours, so the singer-guitarist hatched a plan to bring a Frisbee along for some mindless escape.
Turner, 23, forgot one key part of his plan -- the Frisbee. Perhaps it was all for the better. "We're pretty highest when we play," he said. "You're gonna get an arm-ache from the level that we offer it."
I suggest using the catchphrase "bring the heat," having just watched Bull Durham on the telly. "The heat," Turner says, pondering the North American expression. "We don't leave home without it."
Turner, a native of Sheffield, England, left his home in late 2008 for London, only to emigrate six months later to Brooklyn when his gal pal, Alexa Chung, a former model, scored a gig hosting MTV's It's On with Alexa Chung.
The new zip code has had zero impact on the career arc of Turner's band, whose third record, Humbug, arrives in stores Tuesday on a mountain of advance hype and acute publicity, particularly overseas.
In the band's homeland, few acts are bigger. Its 2006 debut, Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not, surpassed Oasis' Definitely Maybe as the fastest-selling debut album in British music history, while its followup, 2007's Favourite Worst Nightmare, debuted No. 1 in the U.K. and saw all 12 tracks from the album enter that country's radio charts.
There was no need to batch with success for Humbug, but Turner felt a slight tinkering was in order. "I think we were a lot more open to start with this time. I think that was a compulsion, to approach it with more of an open mind than we have with things before. In the past, we always had this brand of regulation in place, almost like, 'We need to be able to play this live.' We were always aware of that when we were making records. If we recorded something on Monday, on Tuesday night we wanted to be able to play it live."
Turner, bassist Nick O'Malley, guitarist Jamie Cook and drummer Matt Helders will beyond all doubt be able to replicate the Humbug material live, despite the complexity of the studio versions.
Three songs off the album were produced in New York by James Ford, who was at the studio console for Favourite Worst Nightmare, but the majority were produced by Queens of the Stone Age brain trust Josh Homme, whose affinity for riff-heavy experimentalism was bear in mind an odd pairing with the Monkeys' brash Brit-rock.
Homme, who produced parts of Humbug at a studio in Joshua Tree, Calif., near the Mojave Desert, came to the project at the decision of the pair's London-based label, Domino Records. Turner thought it was a curious choice at first, but felt he had nothing to lose by sending menifestation along to Homme for feedback. The band was invited to California for a chat, and soon after, the decision was made to move forward with Homme on the recording of Humbug. "He said, 'Don't leave home without the heat,'" Turner joked.
Homme left his mark -- he plays guitar here and there, while his former Queens of the Stone Age bandmate, Alain Johannes, mixed the album but there's no mistaking the innate Britishness of Turner's lyrics.
The band's third album is a long exit from the previous two albums, though it has a considerable amount in common with last year's At the Apollo, afrenetic CD-DVD set documenting the quartet's 2007 world tour.
Turner said the scrappy side of the band has been in hiding long enough. "There was a anxiety to make a more aggressive record. We've been enjoying the rock side of our shows, by any chance more than the melodic-song side of it. After having had a moment away from playing live, we wanted to introduce a bit of diversity, expand a little more."

Arctic Monkeys: Humbug

2009-08-23T03:48:00.000-07:00

Cool band plus cool producer: what could acceptable go wrong? Quite a lot, as it turns out, because Arctic Monkeys and their tendered partner, Queens of the Stone Age’s front man, Josh Homme, seem to have no middle ground. No enjoyable middle ground, anyway. The band strain to reach their idea of what this collaboration might be and sound only, well, strained. It’s not a consumed album (Alex Turner’s lyrics are always worth a listen), but the wrong headedness of the link up is accented by the best track, Cornerstone (produced by James Ford), a lovely, natural, unpressured song that sits in more familiar Monkeys territory and is all the better for it. The music press have already approvaled Humbug, but I’m taking bets on the band’s next album being taged “a come back to form”; by then, this one will be seen as an intriguing but needless amusement.

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2009-08-22T00:08:00.000-07:00

Alex Turner comes to term with being a songwriter21 August 2009 - With a Mercury Prize nominated side project under his belt and two year's since Arctic Monkeys' last album frontman Alex Turner seems more comfortable than ever as a musician. "Perhaps I've come to terms with the idea of writing, or being a 'songwriter'," he accepted to Steve Lamacq on 6 Music. "It's a term that used to send a shivers down my spine. It just felt a bit like I should have a cut away acoustic guitar or something." There's one weekend left until the discharge of Arctic Monkeys' intercepted third album Humbug on Monday 24 August, a record which Turner claims contains more "personal elements". "Perhaps because it's written with more of a veil over it, that allows you to put in more emotion," he explained. "I didn't want make up a load of characters this time and I maybe just got a act more bottle to write a love song."

Arctic Monkeys to play London performance next week (Aug 26)

2009-08-19T00:06:00.000-07:00

Band to bring 'Humbug' to the UK capital. Arctic Monkeys are set to play a performances at the O2 Academy Brixton in London next Wednesday (August 26).The show will be the first the Sheffield four piece have played in the UK since December 2007, and will be the first since the release of third album 'Humbug' out next Monday (August 24).Tickets for the one off performance will be designated to members of the band's mailing list, who have until midnight (BST) tomorrow (August 19) to register. Successful applicants will be announced the following day (20). Tickets will be limited to two per person.The presentaion will come a few days before Alex Turner and co headline the Reading And Leeds Festivals, which take place on August 28-30.See the new issue of NME, out tomorrow (August 19), for our review of 'Humbug'.

Crying Lightning to Arctic Monkeys

2009-08-14T03:18:00.000-07:00

That Arctic Monkeys have come back is in itself no bad thing. That Arctic Monkeys have come paddling back into town on a boat baltantly entirely powered by their own egos, however, has not gone down quite as well with otherwise stalwart Monkeyfans.There are many good things about the video, of course. It has Arctic Monkeys in, for one. And it's directed by Richard Ayoade, who was very good as Marsh in The IT Crowd.The point is not that it's a BAD video, or that the song is bad, or the bridly are suddenly bad. It's just that their accurate forward, down-to-earth access has suddenly taken a turn for the adipose. That's not adipose, that's just the title screen. Although it's a pretty overblown title screen. And it's up for about nine seconds, which seems somewhat over the top. But let's not get picky about the details. The video is basically embraced of two simple halves. The first part is concerned entirely with Arctic Monkeys being in a boat. A boat with no visible means of propulsion: it's just a floaty boat. A floaty boat with some burnt out lightbulbs and some musical apparatus. Which is a nice idea: a cruise is nothing without a band, after all. I just hope they've brought a very long extension chord. But then, perhaps they haven't. As the boat floats directly into an apparent storm, you start to effect that there could actually be some logic to this after all. Maybe the song is, in fact, about how Arctic Monkeys have developed some mysterious way of plugging directly into thunderclouds, and that this makes them sad for some reason, and that this video therefore represents a straight forward visual representation of the lyrics. But then all of that goes out of your head when giant glowing Monkeys start rising up out of the waves. And, like you at home, the Monkeys in the boat looking up at giant glowing versions of themselves, floating above the waves with differing levels of ironic awe. Just like you are doing, at home. Except theirs is more the "OMG!" kind of amazement, while yours is most likely of the "WTF?!" category. They stand in water, giant luminescent rocking sea gods with guitars. With giant glowing rock god crotches. And poncey rock-god haircuts. Or lack of haircuts, more like. All of them. Look at that. Seriously, boys, stop it. It's one of life's cruellest gags, the fact that accomplishment makes you believe that you can sport any hairdo you want just because people tell you you look great whatever you do. See? Magical clean electricity, invented by Arctic Monkeys, and displayed through this useful (if haircut free) video.The answer to global warming: solved. All we need to create unlimited amounts of clean power on tap are a set of giant glowing rock-god Monkeys willing to stand around and widdle their magical electrical wee all over your energy-requiring appliances. And that's just it. Arctic Monkeys in a boat, then giant glowing Arctic Monkeys floating over the water. That's all there is to it and yet it seems to have left a bit of a abusive taste in the mouth for many Monkeys and/or music video fans across internetland.I guess it feels a bit like the boys who felt like your nextdoor neighbours have suddenly adjudged to be big self-important rock stars alternately. Which is fine: and they can, and clearly they're not taking it completely seriously, but still, it feels like an adipose letdown.Just a bit like: "Hey, do you remember when we were bloke growing up around the way, and we'd get sordet dabs on a Saturday with our pocket money, and hang around t'park until it got dark, then light the way home … with our giant glowing rock crotches?"It's exactly like that, it is.
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Arctic Monkeys, Killers, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, and more,Lollopalooza 2009 scene report

2009-08-11T11:58:00.000-07:00

Another year, another Lolla and this time, we’ve got our man on the scene, Burhan Hamid (EW tech wizard by day, alt-fest poo-bah by night! Or at least weekend!) with a full scene message. Read his conspectus of the long-running annual indie-culture band bonanza below, now cramped to a one-0ff three-day event in Chicago. Says Burhan:
“The problem with festivals like Lollapalooza is that you have to make difficult judgment throughout the day. Important things like: do we go see Rise Against or TV on the Radio? Tool or the Yeah Yeah Yeahs? Santigold or Glasvegas? Use a Porta Potti or…I’ll let that one go. Here’s a recap of some of the bands that my buddies and I got to see on a scorching hot Saturday and even hotter Sunday at Lollapalooza in Chicago’s once beautiful Grant Park:

Arctic Monkeys have announced online stream gig

2009-07-27T07:01:00.000-07:00

Arctic Monkeys have announced plans to stream a special online gig showcasing tracks from their forthcoming album 'Humbug'.

The Sheffield four-piece will perform the one-off show through a web transmission via their official site this Thursday (July 30) at 9pm.

In the meantime, the band have posted a short trailer which you can view here.

Their new album, which was produced by James Ford and Queens Of The Stone Age's Josh Homme, is out on August 24.

The weekend after the release the group will headline the Reading And Leeds Festivals.

Trailer Released of Artic's new video

2009-07-24T14:59:00.000-07:00

The band are set to premiere the clip for new single 'Crying Lightning' from midnight tomorrow via belgium.com.However in the meantime the group have posted-up a behind-the-scenes film from the video set. The clip shows the band chatting with director Richard Ayoade, with Alex Turner declaring he wants to "f**k with people's heads".The clip also shows the band posing in the studio on a wooden ship in front of a green screen.Watch the trailer now on the NME video blog.Listen to the 'Crying Lightning' single and post your thoughts on the band's new sound.

Arctic Monkeys Announcement US Tour

2009-07-15T05:18:00.000-07:00

Arctic Monkeys have announced that they will be touring the USA and Canada in September 2009 - October 2009.

Arctic Monkeys band will play the following dates:

SEPTEMBER

14th September - Soma, San Diego

15th September - Hollywood Palladium, LA

16th September - Fox Theater, Oakland

18th September - Wonder Ballroom, Portland **FREE SHOW**

19th September - The Showbox @ The Market, Seattle

20th September - Malkin Bowl, Vancouver

22nd September -In The Venue, Salt Lake City - w/Airborne Toxic Event

23rd September - Ogden Theatre, Denver - w/Airborne Toxic Event

25th September - First Avenue, Minneapolis

26th September - Eagles Ballroom, Milwaukee

28th September - Newport Music Hall, Columbus

29th September - Kool Haus, Toronto

30th September - Electric Factory, Philadelphia

OCTOBER

2nd October - House of Blues, New Orleans

3rd October - House of Blues, Houston

4th October - Austin City Limits Festival, Austin

5th October - The Palladium Ballroom

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Arctic Monkeys are going to release new album soon

2009-06-29T08:06:00.000-07:00

Arctic Monkeys have revealed that their forthcoming new album will be titled 'Humbug'.

The album, produced by James Ford and Queens Of The Stone Age's Josh Homme, will be released on August 24.

The weekend after the release the Sheffield band will headline the Reading And Leeds Festivals (Reading on August 29, Leeds on August 28).

The tracklisting of 'Humbug' will be:

'My Propeller'
'Crying Lightning'
'Dangerous Animals'
'Secret Door'
'Potion Approaching'
'Fire And The Thud'
'Cornerstone'
'Dance Little Liar'
'Pretty Visitors'
'The Jeweller's Hands'

Arctic Monkey Best Song Lyrics

2009-06-29T08:02:00.000-07:00

Some old track... or brian strom

Brian,
Top marks for not tryin'
So kind of you to bless us with your effortlessness
We're grateful and so strangely comforted

And I wonder are you puttin' us under
Cause we can't take our eyes off the t-shirt and ties combination
Well see you later, innovator

Some want to kiss some want to kick you
There's not a net you couldn't slip through
Or at least that's the impression I get cause you're smooth and you're wet
And she's not aware yet but she's yours

She'll be sayin' use me
Show me the jacuzzi
I imagine that it's there on a plate
Your rendezvous rate means that you'll never be frightened to make them wait for a while
I doubt it's your style not to get what you set out to acquire
The eyes are on fire
You are the unforecasted storm

(Brian)
Calm, collected, and commandin'
(Top marks for not tryin')
You made the other stories standin'
With your renditions and jokes
Bet there's hundreds of blokes that have wept cause you've stolen their ...thunder
Are you puttin' us under

Cause we can't take our eyes off the t-shirt and ties combination
Well see you later, innovator

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2009-06-29T07:55:00.000-07:00

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2009-06-29T07:47:00.000-07:00

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Arctic Monkeys NME Awards

2009-06-29T07:40:00.000-07:00

Year	Nominated work	Award	Result
2006	Arctic Monkeys	Best New Band	Won
		Best British Band	Won
		Best Live Band	Nominated
	Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not	Album of the Year	Won
	"I Bet You Look Good on the Dancefloor"	Best Track	Won
2007	Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not	Best Album	Won
2007	Scummy Man	Best Music DVD	Won
2008	Arctic Monkeys	Best British Band	Won
	Arctic Monkeys	Best Live Band	Nominated
	Favourite Worst Nightmare	Best Album	Nominated
	"Fluorescent Adolescent"	Best Track	Won
	"Teddy Picker"	Best Music Video	Won
USA	Favourite Worst Nightmare	Best International Album	Won
2009	"Arctic Monkeys at The Apollo"	Best Music DVD	Won

Arctic Monkeys Brit Awards

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Year	Nominated work	Award	Result
2006	Arctic Monkeys	Best British Breakthrough Act	Won
2007	Arctic Monkeys	Best British Group	Won
2007	Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not	Best British Album	Won
2008	Arctic Monkeys	Best British Group	Won
	Arctic Monkeys	Best Live Act	Nominated
	Favourite Worst Nightmare	Best British Album	Won

Arctic Monkeys DVD's & Videos

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DVDs

Year	Title
2006	"Scummy Man"
2008	"Arctic Monkeys Live at the Apollo"

Music videos

Year	Title
2005	"Fake Tales of San Francisco"
2005	"I Bet You Look Good on the Dancefloor"
2006	"When the Sun Goes Down"
	"The View from the Afternoon"
	"Leave Before the Lights Come On"
2007	"Brianstorm"
	"Fluorescent Adolescent"
	"Teddy Picker"

Arctic Monkeys Extended plays

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Year	Album details	Peak chart positions
Year	Album details	AUS	DEN	FRA	JPN	SWE
2005	*Five Minutes with Arctic Monkeys* Released: 30 May 2005 Label: Bang Bang (BANGB #71) Format: CD,	—	—	—	—	—
2006	*Who the Fuck Are Arctic Monkeys?* Released: 24 April 2006 Label: Domino (RUG #226) Format: CD, 10"	37	2	59	137	58

Arctic Monkeys Studio Albums

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The discography of Arctic Monkeys, a British indie rock band, currently consists of two studio albums, two extended plays (EPs) and nine singles.
Arctic Monkeys were formed in 2002 by guitarist and vocalist Alex Turner, guitarist Jamie Cook, bass guitarist Andy Nicholson and drummer and backing vocalist Matt Helders. After recording and independently distributing demos, the band released their debut EP, Five Minutes with Arctic Monkeys, on 30 May 2005. Among various offers, Domino Records was the label favoured by the band, and they signed a deal with the London-based group in June 2005.
The list of albums are as follow
Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not (2006)
Favourite Worst Nightmare (2007)
Humbug (2009)

Arctic Monkeys Tours Information

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Autumn 2005 debut world tour
The Monkeys' debut world tour began in Liverpool on 2 October 2005. Beginning with performances across Britain, backed mainly by the Sheffield band Milburn, the tour included gigs in The Netherlands, Belgium, France, Germany, Canada and the USA. Although originally scheduled to finish in Tokyo, Japan, on 23 November, further dates were subsequently added in Spain, Sweden and Denmark for December 2005.

The UK leg of the tour coincided with the release of the band's debut single, "I Bet You Look Good on the Dancefloor", which went straight to UK Number One. The furore surrounding the band saw every show selling out and some venues having to be upgraded to handle the demand. Dates at popular locales were also added later on. Tickets with a face value of £7 were being resold on eBay for over £100 a pair. The band's home gig in Sheffield had a second night added due to floor space being required for film crews.

NME Awards Tour
January and February 2006 saw the band playing alongside Maxïmo Park, We Are Scientists and Mystery Jets on the NME Awards tour. The tour consisted of a series of gigs across the UK and Ireland, including Glasgow, London, Manchester, Dublin, Edinburgh, Cardiff and the band's home town Sheffield. The huge sales of the debut album created a situation where the Arctic Monkeys were the main pull, rather than headlining act Maxïmo Park.

April 2006 UK tour
On 30 January 2006, James Sheriff announced details of the Monkeys' UK tour in April 2006. The tour began at the Rock City in Nottingham on 13 April, and consisted of 12 gigs around the UK, culminating on 27 April at Brixton Academy in London. Advanced tickets to all 12 shows were made available on the Monkeys' web-site at 6pm that night, and sold out within 1 hour.

Tickets were put on general release at 6pm on 2 February, available online, by phone or box office. All 12 gigs were sold out within 10 minutes, with queuing at some venues beginning in the early hours of the morning.

May 2006 Europe tour
In May 2006 the band toured several venues in Continental Europe, beginning on 2 May in Paris and including Cologne, Amsterdam, Munich, Milan, Marseille, Barcelona and Madrid. The tour culminated in Lisbon, which would be subsequently turn out to be Andy Nicholson's last show before leaving the band.

June 2006 North American tour
June 2006 saw the band playing significantly bigger venues than their initial visit in March 2006. Andy Nicholson, whose departure from the band was announced upon the band's return to the UK, was replaced by Nick O'Malley during the tour. Supported by We Are Scientists, the band have received critical acclaim from the American media - the hype surrounding them "proven to exist for good reason" who have acknowledged that "the hype surrounding the band is there for a reason". Cities visited include Vancouver, San Diego, Los Angeles, Houston, Atlanta, Boston, New York City, Montreal, and Toronto, among others. Domino Records USA created a special site, The Riot Van, for information and interaction with the tour.

July-August 2006 Australasia tour
After announcing their first tour of Australasia in March 2006, the band performed in Auckland on 28 July. After gigs in Perth , Adelaide, Melbourne and Brisbane supported by Australian band The Grates, the Australian leg of the tour culminated in the Enmore Theatre in Sydney on 9 August.

Festivals 2006
The band's return trip to the UK from Australia included stops in Japan to play at the annual Summer Sonic Festival in Tokyo and Osaka on 12 August and 13 August respectively; as well as performances at the Frequency Festival in Salzburg, Austria; Belgium's Werchter and Pukkelpop festival and the Lowlands Festival of the Netherlands on the 18-20 August. Following near-continuous touring since Autumn 2005, the band's schedule came to an end following their performances at the Reading and Leeds Festivals on the last weekend of August. The band's spectacular rise up the billing from the small Carling Tent up to penultimate on the Main Stage in the space of a year was noted by many reviews, and the band delivered "a set that was typically low on spectacle but high on musical fire, [as] they confidently made the festival their own". The Leeds leg of the festival saw the original band members re-united following a backstage appearance by Andy Nicholson. Earlier in the summer Arctic Monkeys had taken the Main Stage at Oxegen by storm when they made an appearance on the rainy, windswept Saturday of the festival. The following evening at T in the Park, Kinross in Scotland they played a 60 minute set on the main stage before The Strokes took to the stage

About Arctic Monkeys

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Arctic Monkeys are an English rock band from High Green, a suburb of Sheffield. Formed in 2002, the band currently contains Alex Turner (lead vocals, guitar), Jamie Cook (guitar), Nick O'Malley bass guitar, backing vocals and Matt Helders (drums, backing vocals).

Arctic Monkeys achieved chart success with their first single, "I Bet You Look Good on the Dancefloor", which reached number one in the UK Singles Chart. Their debut album Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not, launched in January 2006, became the fastest-selling debut album in British music history, surpassing Oasis' Definitely Maybe and remains the fastest-selling debut album for a band. It received critical acclaim, winning both the 2006 Mercury Prize and the 2007 BRIT Award for Best British Album. It was also nominated for the Grammy award Best Alternative Music Album, but lost to Gnarls Barkley's St. Elsewhere. The band's second album, Favourite Worst Nightmare, was released on 23 April 2007, sold over 225,000 copies in its debut week, and was nominated for the 2007 Mercury Prize. The group also picked up the award for Best British Album and Best British Group at the 2008 BRIT Awards.

Arctic Monkeys achieved their triumph through fan-made demo tapes. They were heralded as one of the first acts to come to the public concentration via the Internet (fanbased sites rather than from the band), with commentators suggesting they represented the possibility of a change in the way in which new bands are promoted and publicized. The band finally signed to the independent record label Domino Records.