What a bummer! Here’s the official statement from Dorian Cox (guitarist): *We have decided to call it a day. The main reason for this is that I suffered from a stroke in June and unfortunately I don’t know when or if I will be well enough to play guitar again. On behalf of the band, I’d like to say thank you to anyone who ever came to one of our shows, bought one of our records or danced to 1 of our songs.*
Visit TLB on MySpace.
Enjoy ‘Century’ (off of Couples) below. Watch their official clip for ‘Guilt’ here.
Enjoy ‘Guilt’ (off of Couples) below. Win tix to their upcoming Brooklyn gig here.
Sheffield’s finest glam-punkers are set return to the US.
(Thursday, 5/15 @ Studio B)
To win tix, e-mail us a haiku about your favorite blonde!
Winner will be selected & notified by 5/12.
Visit The Long Blondes on MySpace.
The female collective (which also includes The Long Blondes & Blood Red Shoes amongst a host of other acts) exclaims the following on PETA 2′s official site: *“We are standing up for chicks and urging KFC to adopt basic animal welfare standards that will improve the living and dying conditions for the birds who are unfortunate enough to end up in your buckets. Until that happens we birds agree boycott KFC.”*
Learn more about PETA here.
The Long Blondes’ new clip for ‘Giddy Stratospheres’ can be viewed below. Do ya love it or hate it? A Music Slut-favorite Long Blondes track can be found at the bottom of the post.
Beth and the entire Gossip gang just sent out a MySpace bulletin claiming that they are planning dates with CSS & The Long Blondes and deemed it ‘the total wyld tour of the year’. We agree!
As far as current tours for this potential triple bill – The Gossip will embark on The True Colors tour this June, CSS will conclude a string of North American dates in mid-June (check out those dates on the band’s MySpace page), while The Long Blondes have a gap in their schedule between July’s T In The Park in Scotland and Japan’s Summer Sonic festival in mid-August.
So, does this mean we can expect an announcement for July sometime soon? Let’s keep our fingers crossed.
MP3s: CSS – Fuckoff Is Not The Only Thing You Have To Show + The Gossip – Don’t Make Waves + The Long Blondes – Autonomy Boy (via WFMU)
Damn this post is late coming. Sorry ’bout that.
I was rather pumped to go and see Think About Life at Knitting Factory a couple of Thursdays ago. I had heard a little buzz about them and they looked like a fun group but alas, they failed to make much of an impact on me. While their music was peppy and their lead singer endearing, together, they sort of created a bit of a sticky mess of it all. The lead singer’s vocals reminded me a bit of Julian Casablancas while the music was very Bloc Party. Separately, great. Together, not so much. Lord I hate writing bad reviews, especially when it is so obvious that those boys were just up there having a good time. After the Think About Life set, lead singer, Martin Cesar, came up to the balcony and danced like a madman during the Long Blondes set right next to me. A bit distracting, but oh so funny. Especially when he stepped on me.
