NME (8 April 2006)

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BAND
INDEX
Arctic Monkeys 44
The Aliens 22
A Woman Of NEWS
No Importance 22 Page 4
Bearsuit 45
The Beatles 5
4 The Killers COVER
Bromheads Jacket 45 STORY
Kaiser Chiefs
Cazals 45
Dirty Pretty Things
The Charlatans 41
The Streets
Coldplay 45
The Cribs 5 6 CarlingWeekend:Reading
Daft Punk 41 And Leeds Festivals
Deadboy & The 9 Morrissey CSTOOVRERY
Elephantmen 41 10 Embrace CSTOOVRERY
Death Cab For Cutie 45 13 Keane
Dirty Pretty Things 5 15 Peter Robinson Vs Murdoc
Embrace 10 16 Letters
Euros Childs 44
Field Music 37
The Fratellis 45 RADAR
The Futureheads 37 PAGE Page 18
Gnarls Barkley 45
Gorillaz 15,45 Murdoc, 18 Semifinalists
Hard-Fi 45
21 Love Is All
Hot Chip 78
Voxtrot
Hundred Reasons 41
Islands 39 Gorillaz 22 The Aliens
Jarvis Cocker 33 Tiny Dancers
Kaiser Chiefs 5
Keane 13
FEATURES
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Maccabees 45 STORY
37 Field Music COVER
Maximo Park 5,37 STORY
82 The Long Blondes COVER
Morrissey 9 STORY
Nada Surf 45
The Ordinary Boys 51
REVIEWS
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48 The Subways
Guillemots
50 The Long Blondes
51 The Ordinary Boys
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have delayed the posters by a week.Fall Out Boy and The
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DOES THIS COAT
HOLD THE SECRETS
TO THE KILLERS’
SECOND ALBUM?
The Killers made a rare excursion from recording their second album
at their Las Vegas studio on March 25 to play an American festival.
The band played at the Ultra Music Festival in Miami’s Bicentennial
Park, and even though they didn’t reveal any new songs, the
performance did offer telling clues to the nature of their next record.
Having previously claimed that the band were working on a “more
American” album and had been listening to Bruce Springsteen’s ‘Thunder
Road’, frontman Brandon Flowers showed his love for The Boss at the
gig. Out went the salmon-pink Dior jacket and the glitter, and in came a
gruff beard, hippy beads and a velvet trenchcoat.
It’s a look straight out of Springsteen’s back pages (see inset) suggesting
a more folksy approach, while a recent studio message from
the band was Biblical in tone, mentioning, “chariots, church and
cherubim”– hinting that rather than murder trilogies we’ll be
getting passion plays.
However, the band haven’t become total hippies, with Flowers
previously explaining the new material would make listeners
“feel dirty”. With songs ‘Leave The Bourbon On The Shelf’,
‘Higher And Higher’ and ‘Where White Boys Dance’ all under
consideration, who knows what will happen between now and
the LP’s September due date?
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NME PHOTOGRAPHER
SCOOPS AWARD
NME cover snapper Dean Chalkley has been named Portrait
Photographer Of The Year at the 2006 Picture Editor Awards 2006.
Chalkley scooped the prize for capturing the likes of Noel Gallagher
(pictured), The White Stripes, Pete Doherty, Franz Ferdinand and
OutKast for these pages.
“It was great. I let Noel know and he said, ‘Fuck me, they’ll give
that award to any Tom, Dick and Harry these days – well done, son!’
(laughs). It was really good,” said Chalkley. “I won a decanter and
nice cheque. Unfortunately the decanter was empty!”
www.deanchalkley.com
MIKE SKINNER:
TIGER THIEF
As evidence goes, it looks like Mike
Skinner hasn’t got a leg – or tail – to
stand on as he’s caught handling a
stolen tiger.
Our snaps show there was almost
an international incident between
The Streets and German offi cials after
the stuffed beast was swiped from a
service station outside Hamburg on
March 10. Having played at the city’s
Übel & Gefährlich venue, the group
picked up the extra passenger while
en-route to the next gig.
“He was looking very lonely on the
top shelf next to the porn and engine
oil,” explained Skinner, who admitted
swiping the tiger – now christened
Tony – without paying its ¤200 price
tag. “The guy didn’t see him jacked
from the store.”
Skinner confessed to the kidnapping
on his online blog and is now looking
RICKY AND RYAN TAKE OVER to return the stuffed beast.
“If you get in contact maybe we can
Kaiser Chiefs’Ricky Wilson made his TV-presenting debut return Tony, in exchange for amnesty
on March 27 when he hosted quiz Never Mind The Buzzocks. from deportation,” he offered.
“I’m Ricky Wilson of middle-of-the-road band Kaiser Chiefs www.the-streets.co.uk
and tonight I am contracted to say I predict a laugh riot…
I feel so dirty,” he joked. However, it was guest Ryan Jarman
of The Cribs who stole the show, confessing to vandalising
Snoop Dogg’s tourbus when the Wakefi eld band borrowed it. INSIDE JOHN
“All the DVDs on Snoop’s bus feature him. One of them had LENNON’S MIND
him on the front cover dressed as a pilot. We drew the classic
schoolboy penis on his head,” said Jarman. “I really want Following the publication of Kurt Cobain’s
to know the look on his face when he saw it.” journals, a school book belonging to John
www.kaiserchiefs.co.uk Lennon is being auctioned. Written when
he was 12, it contains ideas, drawings and
poems, plus an illustration entitled ‘The
Walrus And The Carpenter’. Some fans
believe it infl uenced The Beatles’ tune
‘I Am The Walrus’. www.cooperowen.com
Gonzáles confi rmed for T In The Park Bloc Party, Mystery Jets, Cure and Razorlight rock Albert Hall in aid of Teenage Cancer Trust Gnarls Barkley’s ‘Crazy’ a huge hit based on downloads only
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CARLING
WEEKEND
READING
AND LEED
FESTIVALS
RickyKaiser willbebanginghis
tambourineontheMainstage
FallOutBoy aresetto rock
yourAugustBankholiday
Thatcouldbeyou in
just a fewmonths…
CARLING WEEKEND: READING
AND LEEDS FESTIVALS ARE GO
This year’s bash boasts the world’s best talent – just as we said
he summer festival season is Fellow headliner AlexKapranos said PaulSmith admitted he looked
approaching again – and the Carling this year’s festivals marked an important forward to the intimacy of playing
Weekend: Reading And Leeds milestone for Franz Ferdinand. under canvas.
Festivals promise to make sure “It’s our first real headline in the UK and Organisers of the Carling Weekend:
August finishes with a big bang. that’s amazing,” he explained. “It’s been Reading And Leeds Festivals are also
As predicted by NME back in February, a pretty exciting year for us. The way I feel hoping to grow by adding a bigger
Franz Ferdinand,Muse and PearlJam about Reading and Leeds is that it’s going after-hours element to the bash, with
Y/ line up as this year’s headliners, while the to be the climax for us.” some entertainment going on ’til
KLE full bill reflects the strength of the music And leading the way on the NME/Radio 1 around 3am, details of which will be
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D:
DS READING: FRIDAY, AUGUST 25
S LEEDS: SATURDAY, AUGUST 26
Fall Out Boy (Reading)
Main stage
The Subways
Franz Ferdinand Panic! At The Disco
Kaiser Chiefs
Audioslave NME/Radio1 stage
Feeder Primal Scream
Belle & Sebastian
READING: SATURDAY AUGUST 26
LEEDS: SUNDAY AUGUST 27 NDeeaatlhCOasfaAlDream(Fargo Records)
Exquisite introspection meets earthy,
The Futureheads downbeat charm as Ryan Adam’s
Main stage The Cribs Cardinal man makes his solo debut.
Muse Wolfmother Zombi
Arctic Monkeys SurfaceToAir(Relapse)
The Streets NME/Radio1stage Itnhset rhuemadeyn tdaaly Csh oicf a19go7 0dsu hoo rrercorre matoev ie
Yeah Yeah Yeahs The Raconteurs soundtracks on their John Carpenter-
Dirty Pretty Things aping latest disc.
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LEEDS: FRIDAY AUGUST 25 Bverrilslieasn tth Laotn gdoo,n“ Bscleaemeepe-pgohp!”, wanitdh
verses that go,“Meeeeeeeeeeeh!”
NME/Radio1stage
Mainstage TheRaconteurs
Maximo Park Broken BoySoldiers(XL)
Pearl Jam The Rakes Jack White and Brendan Benson’s new
Placebo band sound exactly as you’d expect.
My Chemical Romance BTohye KKiolloBkosy Which is a very good thing.Hurrah!
READING AND LEEDS RUNNERS AND RIDERS
THELOCAL
DIDZ
HAMMOND, TheRacs:steady
DIRTYPRETTY astheygo
THINGS
Is it difficult
being the newest Elle Milano
bandon that bill? Swearing’sForArtStudents
“Not really. We’re (BrightonElectric)
confi dent in what we’ve written and how we Test Icicles are dead!Long liveElle
perform. It’s strange because we’re a new Milano and their bouncy, shouty
band but we’ve all played Reading before.” art-pop called things like ‘Men Are OM
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night. We’re thinking about it and there’ll be “I saw them play in New York. They’ve got release sheep into confused, but by God, how come a song D
a couple of things.” good lyrics and they’re pretty cool. I met the arena and that explores an abusive relationship OVIDE
Arewe talking guest appearances,or one of their mums. I think it was one of their people might not have such infectious swagger and PR
flying around the stage? mums. Came up to me in a bar and said, tell the difference sound so damn glamorous?It’ll be MIS
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for FranzFerdinand!” “She was pretty hot – surprisinglyyoung!” knows about my shepherding skills.” youmust”. Wonderful. HI-FI
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MOZ GOES TO
WAR WITH CANADA
Manc legend pulls shows in protest
against the slaughter of harp seals
e may be celebrating one of his to its knees, but it is our small protest HEY! MOUNTIE!
biggest ever hits in the UK, but against this horrifi c slaughter –which is LEAVE THOSE SEALS
Morrissey is at war on the other the largest slaughter of marine animal
ALONE!
side of the Atlantic – refusing to species found anywhere on the planet,” the
visit Canada in a protest against singer said.“The Canadian prime minister
the government. says the so-called‘cull’ is economically
As‘You Have KilledMe’ entered the British and environmentally justifi ed, but this is
charts at Number Three on Sunday (April 2), untrue,”Moz added.
Canadian fans were told there would be no The hunt is still going aheaddespite
shows in their country on his forthcoming international appeals for it to stop.
world tour.Moz is protesting against the He continued:“German gas chambers
“barbaric and cruel” annual seal hunt – an also providedwork for someone – this is
important source of revenue for Canada’s not a moral or sound reason for allowing
rural fi shing communities –which is taking suffering.”
Despite being known for his views on
animal cruelty, Moz has found himself on
“It is a small protest
the receving end of Canadian fans’protests,
who are threatening to boycott the release
against the largest
of album ‘Ringleader OfThe Tormentors’.
Messages on Moz’swebsite described the
marine animal
singer’s actions as “really disappointing”
and called him a “tosser” and a “sycophant”.
slaughter on the
“Why should someone like me, a fan for 17
years, be cast aside because of the country
planet” Morrissey
Iwas born in?”, one fan complained.
“Idon’t support clubbing seals, but it’s not
fair to take it out on the fans.” MOZ BOYCOTT: THE FANS HAVE THEIR SAY…
However, others praisedThe Mozfather
place in the far north of the country at for sticking to his principles, saying:
the moment.Itwas estimated that up “Morrissey puts his “Seals have been “Whatever you think “Instead of punishing “Isn’tBritain in Iraq
to 325,000 young values before any hunted in this wild of Morrissey’s music his fans why doesn’t right now?Killing
harp seals could be personal gain.That’s and savage land far or even his beliefs, he give some of his people? Morrissey
killed over the next one of the reasons longer than holier- if you don’t respect millions to an activist really shouldn’t be
fewweeks. I admire the man.” than-thou Euro-trash him standing up for group who know far able to play any live
“I fully realise that His tour has already have been disgracing what he believes in, more than him about shows in Britain,
the absence of any visited north themselves by oozing then you’re soulless, the situation, and or in the United
Morrissey concerts America, ignorance from their spineless or both.” help out in that States for that
THEY HAVE
in Canada is unlikely and is due to gobs.” MikePhelan Ned Netherwood way?”Paul Hughes fact.” Simone
to bring the CULLED ME come to the
Canadian economy UK in April.
BOBBY GILLESPIE: “I WAS SMASHED A “bored”Bobbyon
stageatGlasto2005
AND TRYING TO WIND PEOPLE UP”
Primals singer is ready for more festival shenanigans
aving confi rmed their slot for the admittedGillespie, “but it’s a performance; It’s likewalking a tightrope; anything can
Carling Weekend:Reading And it’sjust another gig.In2003wedid happen,” he explained.“The bandswho
LeedsFestivals, Primal Scream Glastonbury andwewere amazing and are more professional and always deliver
insist they have nothing to make up nobody really gave us any attention.We a tight rock show are different to us.It must
for after last year’sGlastonbury. played the second stage, headlining, and be boring being in those bands because
RE The band are set to headline the it was one of the best Primal Scream gigs that’s all they ever do.The people I’ve
UI NME/Radio 1 stage at this year’s bash, plus ever.Nobody made a fuss about it.So it’s always loved are the ones where you don’t
G
MA appear at the Isle OfWight andTInThe Park just another gig.There’s no black mark to knowwhat’s going to happen.I’d much
ALEX festivals.But their festival credentials had erase.Michael Eavis didn’t mind.He asked rather have that sense of danger; it’s much
URES/ bPeyeranm qiudeSsttaiognee pde arfftoerrm aa snhcaem –b tohleic p 2lu0g0 5 mAen tdo Bsionbgb ‘yR oincskisst’ sa tth heis u bniprtrheddaicyt apbairltityy.” of more entertaining, exciting and sexy.”
FEAT had to be pulled after frontman Bobby the band has made them festival stalwarts NEXT WEEK
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RETN Iwas just trying to wind the audience up,” –whatever happens, happens and it’s gone. GILLESPIE INTERVIEW
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