Red Light Company kicked off daytime two of the Leeds Festival today (August 23) with a fiery set on the Festival Republic stage.
The newcomers - whose members come from America, Scotland and New Zealand - were in impressive form, playing a 20-minute set of punchy indie-rock.
Recent single 'Meccano' got the biggest hearten, whilst 'Scheme Eugene' was introduced by singer Richard Frennaux as being "a song around death".
Red Light Company played:
'Sinking Ship'
'Scheme Eugene'
'With Lights Out'
'Station'
'Meccano'
'Arts and Crafts'
'When Everyone Is Everybody Else'
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Sunday, 24 August 2008
Wednesday, 6 August 2008
Basinger Fights Sale Of Tigers To Iraq
Campaigning Hollywood star Kim Basinger is battling to save deuce tigers from being sold to a zoo in Iraq. The actress is furious the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Usfws) has sanctioned the exporting of the animals from a zoological garden in Mebane, North Carolina to Baghdad Zoo. Basinger has scripted to Usfws director H. Dale Hall, begging him to turnabout the decisiveness. The longterm People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (Peta) campaigner writes, "It has already been shown that the animals at the Baghdad Zoo cannot be properly saved from the country's military conflict. When the warfare began, hundreds of animals in the zoo were killed, stolen, eaten, or let slack by looters. The last two tamil Tigers escaped and were
Friday, 27 June 2008
Earth,Wind and Fire
Artist: Earth,Wind and Fire
Genre(s):
R&B: Soul
Other
Pop
Jazz: Funk
Electronic
Discography:
Love Songs
Year: 2004
Tracks: 14
The Promise
Year: 2003
Tracks: 17
In the Name of Love
Year: 1997
Tracks: 11
The Very Best
Year: 1994
Tracks: 18
Heritage
Year: 1990
Tracks: 18
Touch the World
Year: 1987
Tracks: 10
Electric Universe
Year: 1983
Tracks: 8
Raise!
Year: 1981
Tracks: 9
Powerlight
Year: 1981
Tracks: 9
Faces
Year: 1980
Tracks: 15
I Am
Year: 1979
Tracks: 9
The Best Of
Year: 1978
Tracks: 2
All 'n' All
Year: 1977
Tracks: 9
Spirit
Year: 1976
Tracks: 9
The Need Of Love
Year: 1975
Tracks: 5
That's The Way Of The World
Year: 1975
Tracks: 8
That's The Way Of The Word
Year: 1975
Tracks: 12
Gratitude
Year: 1975
Tracks: 17
Open Our Eyes
Year: 1973
Tracks: 15
Head To The Sky
Year: 1973
Tracks: 6
Last Days and Time
Year: 1972
Tracks: 11
Fire
Year: 1971
Tracks: 7
Thursday, 19 June 2008
R Kelly trial: Day 16
Testimony in the R Kelly. child pornography case came to an end today (June 10) after the R&B star told the judge he doesn't plan to testify in his own defence.
Judge Vincent Gaughan told Kelly he had the right not to testify, and Kelly spoke at the trial for the first time, saying "I decided not to testify."
Also, the prosecution learned last night (June 9) that images from the sex tape at the heart of the trial were compressed and lost significant detail when transferred to the DVD that was shown in court.
The judge reportedly made no mention of this when he dismissed the jury until closing arguments begin on Thursday. The accuracy of the video could be significant because part of the defence's arguments revolves around a mole that appears and disappears on the back of the man in the tape.
The defence has said that the man could not be their client because he does not have a mole on his back, as R Kelly. does.
Gaughan asked the prosecution and defence to work together to resolve the matter, reports the Chicago Tribune.
Kelly faces child pornography charges for allegedly videotaping himself having sex with a minor some time between 1998 and 2000.
If Kelly is found guilty of the charges, he could face up to 15 years in prison.
--By our Los Angeles staff.
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Judge Vincent Gaughan told Kelly he had the right not to testify, and Kelly spoke at the trial for the first time, saying "I decided not to testify."
Also, the prosecution learned last night (June 9) that images from the sex tape at the heart of the trial were compressed and lost significant detail when transferred to the DVD that was shown in court.
The judge reportedly made no mention of this when he dismissed the jury until closing arguments begin on Thursday. The accuracy of the video could be significant because part of the defence's arguments revolves around a mole that appears and disappears on the back of the man in the tape.
The defence has said that the man could not be their client because he does not have a mole on his back, as R Kelly. does.
Gaughan asked the prosecution and defence to work together to resolve the matter, reports the Chicago Tribune.
Kelly faces child pornography charges for allegedly videotaping himself having sex with a minor some time between 1998 and 2000.
If Kelly is found guilty of the charges, he could face up to 15 years in prison.
--By our Los Angeles staff.
Find out more about NME.
Saturday, 14 June 2008
Charlize Theron blasts celebrity culture
Actress Charlize Theron has slammed celebrities who seek media attention in order to further their careers.
In an interview with GQ magazine, the Oscar-winning star said: "It comes across as this really sad need for approval. I've heard people make comments like, 'You don't really want to be in the tabloids but you need to be for your career'. They believe it's actually important. It's not. It's ugly."
She also slated the paparazzi, saying: "Like, your life belongs to us now? That's the deal? I didn't get that memo. It wasn't sent to me and I didn't sign it."
"People say, 'That's your job'. It really isn't, actually. It's not my job to go out there and make an ass out of myself."
In an interview with GQ magazine, the Oscar-winning star said: "It comes across as this really sad need for approval. I've heard people make comments like, 'You don't really want to be in the tabloids but you need to be for your career'. They believe it's actually important. It's not. It's ugly."
She also slated the paparazzi, saying: "Like, your life belongs to us now? That's the deal? I didn't get that memo. It wasn't sent to me and I didn't sign it."
"People say, 'That's your job'. It really isn't, actually. It's not my job to go out there and make an ass out of myself."
Sunday, 8 June 2008
N.E.R.D, Seeing Sounds
Remember when N.E.R.D. seemed like the coolest idea music had ever had? A meeting place for all the brilliant ideas running around in Pharrell Williams' mountainous imagination? All the best bits of rock, soul, electronica and hip hop? The electronic element died a death when their In Search Of… debut flopped and was re-recorded with a full live band. The rest of it came a cropper some time around their second album, Fly Or Die, which did neither, but just revealed the leaden band of Chili Peppers wannabes underneath. It also showed that, while Williams' genius in the studio was unquestioned, when presented with a pen and a blank piece of paper his stream of creativity didn't run quite so deep.
Album three reheats much of what's been before. N.E.R.D – Williams, Neptunes partner Chad Hugo and Shay Haley - are still so much better when they keep their rock influences in check and the riffing on the back burner. Kill Joy sounds like a Queens Of The Stone Age high school band, wasting a brilliant squally bassline and loose percussion on a vocal lacking power or drama, while the proggy Lazer Guns should've been left behind with Williams' childhood Star Wars obsession.
But there are moments when it all comes true and the reality of the 21st century's most gifted polymath letting loose lives up to the on-paper promise. Everyone Nose, which mixes up Dirty South rap with hectic double bass and a song about club babes queuing up for nose candy, works precisely because it's so improbable, as do the mutant Anti Matter and Spaz, whose skittering drums and fizzy chorus just about withstand the onslaught of piledriving rock riffs. Seeing Sounds is beautiful in places, but would be more so if N.E.R.D didn’t make a song and dance out of everything inside their head.
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Thursday, 29 May 2008
Usher - Usher Refuses To Sell Baby Pictures
R+B star USHER has blasted stars who strike million-dollar deals for exclusive baby pictures - insisting he would never use his child to make money.
The singer was rumoured to have attempted to sell pictures of his five-month-old son with wife Tameka Foster, Usher Raymond V.
But Usher is adamant he would never follow in the footsteps of new parents Jennifer Lopez, Nicole Richie and Christina Aguilera, all of whom appeared on magazine front covers holding their offspring in return for a large sum of money.
Usher has instead posed for free on the cover of a special Father's Day edition of Essence magazine.
He tells the New York Post's PageSix.com, "In no way would I ever pimp out my child for money. I am livid that people talk about my child.
"What makes you a man more than being a father to your child? I recognize I gave anonymity away when I became an artist, but to have people try to paint a horrible picture of what's so beautiful - it's obvious someone is trying to stop something so beautiful."
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