Lots of artists you enjoy are covering lots of other artists you enjoy for another tribute album organized by and benefitting War Child, the "network of independent organisations, working across the world to help children affected by war." The pairings... CONTINUE READING TV ON THE RADIO, HOT CHIP, BECK SHOW SOME COVER LOVE FOR THE NEW WAR CHILD COMPILATION »
Posted on January 12, 2009 (18 comments)
Tags: Beck | Duffy | Elbow | Estelle | Franz Ferdinand | Hot Chip | Lily Allen | Mick Jones | Peaches | Rufus Wainwright | Scissor Sisters | The Hold Steady | The Kooks | The Like | The National | TV On The Radio | Yeah Yeah Yeahs
We were in Chicago for Fork Fest the weekend of MGMT's Pool Party free show at McCarren in Williamsburg, and my phone that Sunday was attacked by nonstop texts about how the Pool had never been more packed, the VIP... CONTINUE READING THE KOOKS COVER MGMT»
Posted on August 29, 2008 (4 comments)
Tags: Akron Family | Bat For Lashes | MGMT | SXSW | The Kooks
Brighton's the Kooks are just about set for the Stateside release of the follow up to the Pete Townshend beloved-Inside In/Inside Out LP. They've called it Konk. The new single "Tick Of Time" has Pritchard & Co. unplug and set... CONTINUE READING NEW KOOKS - "TICK OF TIME"»
Posted on April 11, 2008 in , , (13 comments)
Tags: The Kooks
Pete Townshend loves the Kooks so much he's featured them on Attic Jam and ran around Austin with them in '06. Lily Allen, she doesn't like them so much. Remember, she went to the same private school as vocalist Luke... CONTINUE READING NEW KOOKS VIDEO - "ALWAYS WHERE I NEED TO BE"»
Posted on February 26, 2008 in (1 comments)
Tags: The Kooks
In grading the grating Inside In / Inside Out record by The Kooks, Stylus went the humour route before assigning the album a big fat "D." They imagine a correspondance between UK label execs that probably hits close to home... CONTINUE READING A BY-THE-LETTERS REVIEW OF THE KOOKS»
Posted on November 30, 2006 (12 comments)
Tags: The Kooks
UK charttopper Lily Allen tells NME about the outcome of her blog dis of Carl Barat and the Kooks."Libertines fans gave me a lot of shit, but I think they're all obsessed with that band in a really dangerous way.... CONTINUE READING LILY ALLEN VS. INDIE»
Posted on July 17, 2006 in (30 comments)
Tags: Lily Allen | The Kooks | The Libertines
