An Evening With Pete Doherty

Pete Doherty has announced two shows to take place next month at Hackney's Empire Theater in London. Doherty will play acoustic songs & read poetry on April 11th & 12th. Doherty will also more than likely read from one of his diaries, more well known as 'The Books of Albion'.

Here is a sample of Doherty's poetry which was written in his teens:

I knew she wasn't English
For she spoke it far too well
The grammar was goodly and the verbs where they should be
And the slang was bang on the bell
But as the language barrier banged and clanged
I could not hear, hear nor see
London, England and Bow
Crumble into the sea.

Tickets go on sale on the 7th of March and will be £17.50 each.

[MP3]The Libertines - Hooray For The 21st Century [Demo]

Our Earthly Pleasures leaks

Maximo Park's second effort, Our Earthly Pleasures, leaked yesterday and is fantastic so far. While I haven't listened to the whole album yet, I have listened to most and it's brilliant. I can't pick any favourite tracks yet but I was listening to Girls Who Play Guitars on repeat for a while this morning.

I have decided not to post official material any more, but I will post a streaming version of Girls Who Play Guitars. If you want to download the leak, I have posted a link to Dancing Jesus, a download forum. You can find the album on there.


Tracklisting:

1. Girls Who Play Guitars
2. Our Velocity
3. Books From Boxes
4. Russian Literature
5. Karaoke Plays
6. Your Urge
7. The Unshockable
8. By The Monument
9. Nosebleed
10. A Fortnight’s Time
11. Sandblasted And Set Free
12. Parisian Skies

[MP3]Maximo Park - Girls Who Play Guitars
[Video]Maximo Park - Our Velocity
[Link]Maximo Park - Drowned In Sound Interview
[Link]Dancing Jesus - Download Forum (Album Leak is available there)
[Link]Maximo Park - Homepage

NME Shockwaves Awards 2007 Winners

Mick Jones joined the Godlike Genius' Primal Scream on stage for a cover of the classic Clash song '(White Man) In Hammersmith Palais'.
Beth Ditto, Noel's new favourite singer, joined Jarvis on stage to cover Heaven 17's 'Temptation'. Other performances by Kasabian, The Killers & The View were also performed.

This years winners:
Godlike Genius Award - Primal Scream
Best British Band - Muse
Best International Band - My Chemical Romance
Best Solo Artist - Jamie T
Best New Band - Klaxons
Best Live Band - Kasabian
Best Album - Arctic Monkeys "Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not"
Best Track - The View "Wasted Little DJs"
Best Video - The Killers "Bones"
Best Music DVD - Arctic Monkeys "Scummy Man"
Best Live Event - Reading and Leeds Festivals
Best TV Show - The Mighty Boosh
Best Radio Show - Zane Lowe (BBC Radio 1)
Best Film - Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest
Sexiest Woman - Kate Moss
Sexiest Man - Matthew Bellamy (Muse)
Worst Band - Panic! At The Disco
Worst Album - Robbie Williams "Rudebox"
Worst Dressed - Lily Allen
Best Dressed - Faris Rotter (The Horrors)
Villain of the Year - George W Bush
Hero of the year - Gerard Way (My Chemical Romance)
Best Venue - Brixton Academy
Best Website (That isn't NME.com) - YouTube
John Peel Award For Musical Innovation - Enter Shikari
Phillip Hall Radar Award - The Twang

[Video]Pirates Of The Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest - Teaser Trailer
[Video]Scummy Man - Trailer
[Video]The Killers - Bones (KROQ Almost Acoustic Performance)
[Audio]The View - Wasted Little DJ's (Demo)
[Audio]Jamie T - Ike & Tina (Demo)

Some (Rather Small) Bloc Magazine Scans

Bloc Party Magazine Scans

Well, they aren't very big and they're kinda hard to read but they are related to Bloc Party so I had to post them! Click the thumbnails to see the larger pictures:


[MP3]Bloc Party - Tulips (John Peel Session, 30.11.04)