Dirty Pretty Things premiere new songs in London
Dirty Pretty Things debuted two new tracks for an intimate club show in London tonight (July 23).
The four-piece played a short acoustic set for a small crowd at the Cuckoo Club minus drummer Gary Powell.
During the performance the band road tested new track 'Come Closer' and 'Plastic Hearts' for a show which was being filmed for a future screening on Alan McGee's Rock World TV.
Following a technical hitch the band had to play 'Come Closer' twice. Singer Carl Barat, who was dressed in a black trilby hat and red hoodie, joked: "I think the sound engineer fucked up with that so we're going to have do it again."
Speaking after their set Barat told NME.COM: "Obviously being managed by Alan McGee a gig like this is going to get slung our way so we were more than happy to do it. To be honest it's just a pleasure to get out there and play some new songs again even though they're pretty much cobbled together at this stage."
Guitarist Anthony Rossomando added: "It was great to play them acoustically as well because we've never done that before. It was really sparse."
Later Enter Shikari put in a chaotic performance which saw various members of the band jumping into the mosh pit.
The band played a six song set which mainly comprised of tracks from their debut album 'Take To The Skies', including 'OK Time For Plan B', 'Sorry You're Not A Winner' and b-side 'Keep It On Ice'.
Singer Roughton "Rou" Reynolds, who was wearing a baseball cap underneath a grey hoodie, invited various members of the audience to sing into the mic, mounted various chairs before he eventually jumped on a fan's shoulders.
The singer also made the crowd form a human pyramid before the end of their riotous performance.
Signing off Reynolds added: "This is definitely the weirdest gig we've ever played but thank you. We've been Enter Shikari."
Further performances came from Milburn, Glass Vegas and Hatcham Social.
For more more details on how to watch the gig go to www.rockworld.tv. |
Alicia Keys teams up with Courtney Love cohort
Alicia Keys has teamed up with Courtney Love's current collaborator Linda Perry.
Keys last studio album was 2003's 'The Diary Of Alicia Keys'.
Speaking about Perry, Keys said: "(She)'s written a tremendous amount of incredible work. And us together, us as both being musicians and being writers has really created this incredible music."
The album, which has been been rumoured to be called 'As I Am', features collaborations with John Legend and Timbaland as well as Perry, reports MTV News.
Song that are expected to feature on the album are 'Superwoman', 'Saviour', 'Reckless', 'Like You'll Never See Me Again', 'Lesson Learned', 'Heavy Times' and 'Sweet Tooth'.
No release date has been set, but it is believed the album will come on in the autumn. |
Wireless Sansa Connect player, which sells for $250, will be paired with Yahoo's music service.
In another pairing of two companies chasing Apple in the digital music space, SanDisk and Yahoo said today that they are pairing SanDisk's wireless Sansa Connect music player with Yahoo's music and media services.
The deal will allow people who buy the $250 Sansa Connect player to subscribe to Yahoo Music Unlimited To Go, an $11.99-per-month music rental service via which users can listen to or download tracks and also listen to music from nearby Sansa Connect users via a Wi-Fi network.
The pairing also allows people to use a Wi-Fi Internet connection to listen to Yahoo's LAUNCHcast Internet radio and browse Flickr photos, since LAUNCHcast and Flickr are both part of the Yahoo network.
When the 4-gigabyte Sansa Connect is not connected to a Wi-Fi network, the player behaves like a traditional Flash music player and can be connected to a personal computer. Users can play music and view photos stored either on the player or on an optional microSD card.
The move is yet another attempt to combat Apple's domination of the digital music space. Apple's iPods accounted for nearly 74 percent of the total MP3 player market share, as of February, according to NPD Group. SanDisk is a distant second at 9 percent.
"I don't think this is going to make a serious dent in Apple's market share anytime soon," Jupier Research analyst David Card told MarketWatch today. "But it's a good sign that there is innovation going on in the space, and clearly that's what needs to happen before anybody can compete with Apple."
The new player, unveiled by SanDisk at CES in January, supports both subscription services and digital downloads, meaning that it has the technology to support playback and storage of songs that are rented for a monthly fee in Microsoft's PlaysForSure format, as well as those purchased outright. |