musicleech » Arctic Monkeys http://musicleech.com Tue, 27 Jul 2010 03:38:39 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 The Origins of Band Names http://musicleech.com/2009/10/10/the-origins-of-band-names/ http://musicleech.com/2009/10/10/the-origins-of-band-names/#comments Sun, 11 Oct 2009 02:00:12 +0000 Mark Jackson http://musicleech.com/?p=2479 Yet Another Related Posts Plugin.]]> The user ByteMe on rateyourmusic.com has compiled a list of band name origins. It's far from comprehensive but it covers a wide spectrum of bands, new and old, so you're sure to find a bunch that you know. And hey, maybe you'll be turned on to some just based on how they got their name!

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]]> http://musicleech.com/2009/10/10/the-origins-of-band-names/feed/ 5 New Arctic Monkeys – “Crying Lightning” http://musicleech.com/2009/07/07/new-arctic-monkeys-crying-lightning/ http://musicleech.com/2009/07/07/new-arctic-monkeys-crying-lightning/#comments Wed, 08 Jul 2009 02:25:29 +0000 Rad Parker http://musicleech.com/?p=1966 Yet Another Related Posts Plugin.]]> Here is the first single from the Arctic Monkey's third release, Humbug. It will be released in August.

Arctic Monkeys - Crying Lightning

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]]> http://musicleech.com/2009/07/07/new-arctic-monkeys-crying-lightning/feed/ 0 Lineup: 2009 All Points West Festival http://musicleech.com/2009/03/30/lineup-2009-all-points-west-festival/ http://musicleech.com/2009/03/30/lineup-2009-all-points-west-festival/#comments Mon, 30 Mar 2009 17:38:45 +0000 Mark Jackson http://musicleech.com/?p=1722 Yet Another Related Posts Plugin.]]> A bunch of big names are slated to play the second All Points West Music & Arts Festival in New Jersey the last weekend in July. Lineup is below.

Tickets go on sale this Friday (4/4) at noon via Ticketmaster. They are $89 for a single day ticket and $199 for a three-day pass.

A new addition this year is the option of rail and boat transportation in addition to the popular ferry service that arrives at Liberty State Park from lower Manhattan. More travel info here.

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Girl Talk at All Points West 2008

Friday, July 31 : Beastie Boys, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Vampire Weekend, The National, Fleet Foxes, MSTRKRFT, Q-Tip, The Pharcyde, Organized Konfusion, The Knux, Ra Ra Riot, Seasick Steve, Telepathe, Shearwater, Heartless Bastards, Flying Lotus, College Humor Live, Arj Barker, Eugene Mirman and Bo Burnham.

Saturday, August 1 : Tool, My Bloody Valentine, Gogol Bordello, Arctic Monkeys, Neko Case, The Ting Tings, Yelle, Crystal Castles, St. Vincent, Tokyo Police Club, The Cool Kids, Kool Keith, Cage the Elephant, Chairlift, White Rabbits, Electric Touch, The Postelles, Black Gold, College Humor Live, Tim & Eric, Judah Friedlander and Jim Jeffries.

Sunday, August 2 : Coldplay, Echo & The Bunnymen, MGMT, The Black Keys, Elbow, Silversun Pickups, Mogwai, We Are Scientists, Ghostland Observatory, The Gaslight Anthem, Etienne De Crecy, Lykke Li, Akron/Family, Steel Train, Kitty, Daisy & Lewis, College Humor Live, Janeane Garofalo, Michael Showalter and Todd Barry.

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]]> http://musicleech.com/2009/03/30/lineup-2009-all-points-west-festival/feed/ 0 Monkeys Could Finish New LP by Month’s End http://musicleech.com/2008/11/09/monkeys-could-finish-lp-by-months-end/ http://musicleech.com/2008/11/09/monkeys-could-finish-lp-by-months-end/#comments Sun, 09 Nov 2008 22:44:24 +0000 Rad Parker http://musicleech.com/?p=685 Yet Another Related Posts Plugin.]]> Arctic Monkey's drummer Matt Helders, in a recent interview with Gaurdian, revealed that the boys are taking their time creating their follow-up to Favourite Worst Nightmare. Homme said that the record could be finished by the end of the November, but the band did not want to put any arbitrary time limitations on the unique crafting that has gone into the album.

Interestingly enough, Homme added to the conversation that "we've got to finish it this time", possibly hinting that Favourite Worst Nightmare may have been rushed to release. Maybe, as a result, we will see a return to the slightly slower tempo that the Monkeys used to burst onto the scene with Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not.

They are currently working with Joshua Homme, frontman of Queens of the Stone Age, at his Joshua Tree Recording Studio in Sacramento, California. Look for the new album to be released towards the end of winter.

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]]> http://musicleech.com/2008/11/09/monkeys-could-finish-lp-by-months-end/feed/ 0 Last Shadow Puppets’ First U.S. Tour Dates http://musicleech.com/2008/10/27/last-shadow-puppets-first-us-tour-dates/ http://musicleech.com/2008/10/27/last-shadow-puppets-first-us-tour-dates/#comments Mon, 27 Oct 2008 15:44:37 +0000 Mark Jackson http://musicleech.com/?p=526 Yet Another Related Posts Plugin.]]> The Last Shadow Puppets are the side project of Arctic Monkeys' Alex Turner and The Rascal's Miles Kane, and are finally ready to make their way over to the states. Although there are only three scheduled dates and no plans to add more, the true fans (well, the reallly true fans) will get a chance to see them live.

The band is new: they released their debut album The Age of the Understatement in April of this year, and an upcoming mostly acoustic EP My Mistakes Were Made For You is on its way.

The band is planning to start recording their next album sometime in 2009, according to Kane.

Dates:

10.29 New York, NY: Late Night With Conan O’Brien
10.30 New York, NY: The Grand Ballroom
11.03 Los Angeles, CA: The Mayan Theater

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]]> http://musicleech.com/2008/10/27/last-shadow-puppets-first-us-tour-dates/feed/ 0 Arctic Monkeys Ready To Record Third Album http://musicleech.com/2008/07/15/arctic-monkeys-ready-to-record-third-album/ http://musicleech.com/2008/07/15/arctic-monkeys-ready-to-record-third-album/#comments Tue, 15 Jul 2008 22:39:13 +0000 Mark Jackson http://musicleech.com/?p=41 Yet Another Related Posts Plugin.]]> At the Glastonbury Festival last weekend, Arctic Monkeys guitarist Jamie Cook told BBC 6Music they would start work on their new album in the coming weeks in Alex Turner’s house in Sheffield.

Arctic Monkeys About To Record Third Album

The band's first two albums, Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not and Favourite Worst Nightmare, received wide critical acclaim, but the band says they are not sure which direction this album will go. "I don't know yet, we could go any way. I'm excited yeah... End of last year when we had been touring for a long time, we just needed a bit of a rest. But I think as a band we are just eager to get back in and really... I don't know what", said Jamie.

At Glastonbury, Jamie caught part of The Rascal's warm-up set on the Leftfield Stage, and unsurprisingly (they are friends) complimented them on their music and sound. But in more INTERESTING news, he talked about a Monkeys/Rascals supergroup possibility: "Oh it could definitely happen, I could see that! Yeah definitely. That's the best idea I have heard in a long time."

It won't happen for a few months at least, considering Arctic Monkey's frontman Alex Turner and The Rascals singer Miles Kane's new band The Last Shadow Puppets will go on tour in the UK to support their album The Age of the Understatement.

[via Paste Magazine]

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