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R.I.P. Philippe Zdar (Cassius)

Cassius: 1999 Read More Cassius Cassius - La Mouche - Virgin France S.A. This is a must have album if you're a dj. I played La Mouche at several clubs in Chicago including Karma and the Metro. Basically, I was beating and the .…

Grammy-winning producer Philippe Zdar (half of influential French house duo Cassius) fell off a building in Paris, France and died at the age of 52. According to Pitchfork, via a press agent, it was an accident.

When not so busy with Cassius, Zdar had worked with Phoenix, Kanye West, Cat Power and more, thanks to his ownership of Motorbass studio (named after Zdar’s old duo Motorbass) in Paris.

For the full death list head over to Musicians who died in 2019.

June (36)

[23 Jun 2019] Dave Bartholomew (American Hall of Fame musician), 100, heart failure

[22 Jun 2019] Paulo Pagni (Brazilian drummer for RPM), 61, pulmonary fibrosis

[22 Jun 2019] Stepan Shakaryan (Azerbaijani-born Armenian composer), 84

[21 Jun 2019] Kelly Jay Fordham (Canadian singer-songwriter and keyboard player for Crowbar), 77, complications from a stroke

[21 Jun 2019] Eamon Friel (Northern Irish singer), 70

[21 Jun 2019] Elliot Roberts (American music executive for Asylum Records), 76

[20 Jun 2019] Jacqui Magno (Filipino jazz singer), 65, pancreatic cancer

[19 Jun 2019] Anthony Hedges (English composer), 88

[19 Jun 2019] Philippe Zdar (French electronic musician for Cassius), 50, fall

[16 Jun 2019] Bishop Bullwinkle (American singer and comedian), 70, heart attack

[16 Jun 2019] Zappy Max (French broadcaster for Radio Luxembourg), 97

[16 Jun 2019] Sergey Ostroumov (Russian drummer for Mashina Vremeni), 53

[15 Jun 2019] Karlheinz Miklin (Austrian jazz musician), 72, stroke

[13 Jun 2019] A. Rahman Hassan (Malaysian singer and composer), 73

[12 Jun 2019] Philomena Lynott (Italian author of My Boy, the story of Phil Lynott and Thin Lizzy), 88

[11 Jun 2019] Enrico Nascimbeni (Italian singer), 59, heart attack

[10 Jun 2019] Chuck Glaser (American country singer for Tompall & the Glaser Brothers), 83

[10 Jun 2019] Ib Nørholm (Danish composer and organist), 88

[10 Jun 2019] Sven-David Sandström (Swedish composer for Jeppe: The Cruel Comedy), 76, cancer

[10 Jun 2019] Paul Sinegal (American zydeco and blues guitarist and singer), 75

[09 Jun 2019] Bushwick Bill (Jamaican-American rapper for Geto Boys), 52, pancreatic cancer

[08 Jun 2019] Spencer Bohren (American roots guitarist), 68, prostate cancer

[08 Jun 2019] Andre Matos (Brazilian singer for Viper), 47, heart attack

[08 Jun 2019] Yehuda Talit (Israeli record producer), 74

[08 Jun 2019] Tre Da Kid (American rapper), 32, shot

[07 Jun 2019] Zhanneta Metallidi (Russian composer and music educator), 85

[07 Jun 2019] Serguei (Brazilian rock singer-songwriter), 85, multiple organ failure

[06 Jun 2019] Dr. John (American Hall of Fame singer-songwriter), 77, heart attack

[05 Jun 2019] Brian Doherty (Canadian guitarist for Band Big Wreck), 51, cancer

[04 Jun 2019] Roger Covell (Australian musicologist), 88

[04 Jun 2019] Mikey Dees (American rock musician for Fitz of Depression)

[02 Jun 2019] Piet Botha (South African rock musician), 63, pancreatic cancer

[02 Jun 2019] Lawrence Leathers (American drummer for For One to Love), 37, strangled

[02 Jun 2019] Paulo P. A. Pagni (Brazilian drummer for RPM), 61

[01 Jun 2019] MC Reaça (Brazilian singer), 25, suicide by hanging

[01 Jun 2019] John Myers (British radio executive for GMG Radio, Radio Academy), 60, cancer

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World AIDS Day 2014

Q Read More U2 With yesterday's announcement of Apple Watch and iPhone 6, Irish band U2 made a surprise concert appearance to close out Apple's event. They also made it known that U2's latest album Songs of Innocence …

Just a quick note to let you know that you can watch U2, Bruce Springsteen, Chris Martin (Coldplay), Carrie Underwood and Kanye West rock out at Time Square on YouTube.com. Although the show is now over, you can watch it on YouTube. I don't know how long they will keep it online, but it's available now so you might want to make the most of it.

This concert event was meant to raise awareness for World AIDS Day, which is taking place today, December 1st.

Details below:

Watch a live World AIDS Day performance for (RED), presented by (BANK OF AMERICA)RED. Learn more at bankofamerica.com/red.

Performance starts at 7.30pmET on December 1st 2014.

Donate at: red.org/thankyou
(RED) on Twitter: @RED
Bank of America on Twitter: @bofa_community

Since U2 is behind this, you would think the video is already in your iPhone, right? You're welcome.

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Splendour in the Grass - The Words Part 1: Friday

  Thanks to the delightful Gemma and Amber of the Festival Ladies we have a series of reviews to accompany the riveting podcast that i'm sure you've already listened to.

Anyway.... here goes... Part 1.

Splendour in the Grass is Australia’s largest winter music festival and in 2011 and for the second year in a row was held at Woodford, QLD over 3 days from 29-31 July. The ladies made the trip to the festival this year. See what they thought about the happenings of the Friday.

Jebediah

Gem: I’m a long term Jebediah fan. They were one of the first bands I ever saw. It was an U18s gig and it was at Sutherland Entertainment Centre. It’s amazing how much this band has not dated. Kev, Vanessa, Chris and Brett look exactly the same as I remember them and they sound better now than ever. As an old school fan, of course, I was really looking forward to hearing the older songs again and I wasn’t alone. There was a massive sing-along to the 1997 hit ‘Leaving Home’ and the “Screw up your life again” lyrics of ‘Please Leave’. They also played ‘Animal’ and my personal highlight, ‘Harpoon’. The songs from their new album, Kosciuszko, have brought new energy to the band and, after a bit of air play on Triple J lately, have a certain level of familiarity that results in the whole crowd dancing along to them. Great set, my only disappointment is that they didn’t play ‘Teflon’ (I later learned that they very rarely play the song live).

Glasvegas

Amb: Glasvegas were a bit disappointing, not enough chat for my liking (what’s the point in having a great Scottish accent if you’re not going to share?), however they earned points back for having a bass player with several missing teeth. I’m not sure why, but it kept me enthralled.

Does It Offend You Yeah?

Gem: Does It Offend You Yeah? mash many different genres of music into their songs – dance, electronic rock, punk, indie, and pop. Throughout their set they quickly jumped from big beat dance tunes to slow acoustic songs in such unpredictable fashion that I found myself questioning their identity. This is precisely the band’s intention. They don’t want to be predictable, they don’t want to fit into some preconceived genre, and they don’t want to follow the formula. They want to be interesting. I was mesmerised throughout the performance, wondering what they would play next. Song highlights included ‘Pull Out My Insides’ and ‘Epic Last Song’, as well as a cover of Nirvana’s “Aneurysm”. Their last song ‘Funky Monkey’ got the whole of the mix up tent dancing.

The Hives

Amb: Raise your hands in appreciation of The Hives!!! Howlin’ Pelle RULES. He spent the entire set prancing and strutting across the stage, blowing kisses, scolding the crowd and generally hamming it up and pouncing about the way he does best. Plus The Hives have the best stage backdrop I have ever seen. And matching outfits. I LOVE matching outfits on a band.

Gem: It was my first time seeing The Hives. Not sure how, considering my friend's obsession with the band and in particular the lead singer. It didn’t take me long to understand the obsession. The lead singer was fabulous. His continuous and highly infectious stage presence and interaction with the crowd is mesmerising and it’s not long until he has us all eating out of the palm of his hand. For the final song ‘Tick Tick Boom’ he got the whole crowd to sit on the floor before a massive dance off. Other highlights were ‘Walk Idiot Walk’ and ‘Hate to Say I Told You So’.

Kanye West

Amb: I was hoping for a ridiculously grandiose entrance from Kanye and he didn't disappoint. He emerged from a thick cloud of smoke, being lifted above the crowd on a platform set up in the middle of the moshpit. What a dick. But a thoroughly entertaining dick, so he’s forgiven. Lots of fun.

Gem: Kanye was so much fun, let’s face it his songs are catchy. On the stage there was always so much going on – dancers, giant white sheets. I didn’t understand it all but it kept me entertained. I was a bit disappointed that the rumour that Jay-Z would make an appearance didn’t eventuate. 

 

Check out the offical Splendour website for replays of webcasts and the official photo gallery.

W♥M112: Splendour in the Grass Preview

W♥M112 (50 mins) Listening options: Archive.org: W♥M112

Happy holidays! It's also Sally's birthdate week, as she was kind enough to stop in to preview Splendour in the Grass, which takes place this July 29th to 31st. Doors at 9am, music starts at 11 and ends after midnight. Details at splendourinthegrass.com.

Before we get into the meat of the matter, we did wrap up NXNE, which you can read more details at nxne.weheartmusic.com and all my exploits and adventures and lessons learned.

I did touch a bit on Jo Williamson, not literally, but I kept running into her. Saw Washington played twice, saw loads of other bands too. Disappointed with Brian Wilson, but Men Without Hats, Evan Dando and Juliana Hatfield saved the festival. Outro song is "Everybody Loves Me But You" by Hatfield.

Splendour in the Grass 2011 will be covered by the fine Festival Ladies, but Sally and I looked over Coldplay (it was all yellow!), Kanye West (he just shows up everywhere). A good bunch together of Isobel Campbell & Mark Lanegan, Gomez, and Regina Spektor in a block is pretty amazing. Also, Grouplove, who I saw a few months ago, they are on the up and up. Yelle, the French girl is pretty hot too. Of course, Foster the People are a really good band, love their songs!

Amazed that DJ Shadow is still around, he pretty much was the first guy that made a whole album of just entirely out of samples.

Song of the Podcast is: British Sea Power's "Georgie Ray" from their new album, Valhalla Dancehall.

BONUS
More Pulp than you can stand. Fitz & The Tantrums are playing the same night as Pulp, so Sally will have to miss out.

Britpop class of '95 article available on independent.co.uk spotlights on Justine Frischmann, Louise Wener, Debbie Smith, David Roundtree, and Tim Brown. Where are they now and what they are doing. Kind of glad to see Debbie Smith is still playing in several bands (I met her a long time ago in a bar and she asked about my t-shirt - it was my penpal's artwork of Morrissey).

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Splendour in the Grass - Update

So Splendour in the Grass is getting closer (29th to 31st of July) and we've got a little teaser video for you.

Have you forgotten who's playing?

How could you?!?

You can see the likes of Coldplay, Kanye West, Pulp, Janes Addiction, The Hives, Mogwai, The Living End, The Grates, Glasvegas, DJ Shadow ... oh loads!

There are some tickets still available for the days only (not camping). You can get them through moshtix here. 

For the full line up and all the information you need to sort it out head over to: http://splendourinthegrass.com

Also, have a listen to Vu and Sally talk about the festival and some of the bands that you'll see there (amongst other fabulously interesting things) here: W♥M109

 

Sally

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W♥M108: Coachella 2011

W♥M108 (30min: archive/podomatic/mypodcast)

Covering Coachella Music Festival 2011, in the comfort of his swimming pool, Brody gives us a play-by-play of what's going on.

It seems Coachella is streaming their shows live on youtube. Bands on the discussion block:

Best Coast: they've blown up. Loads of buzz behind this band.

Warpaint: Vu likes them

Robyn: hopefully will make it on a future DVD/Bluray release

Foster the People: Amazed why they're so popular, they're selling out all their upcoming shows and with only two EPs!

The Strokes: Still massive, apparently. Headliner and back together, better than ever according to Brody

Cage the Elephant: We like them. They're amazing live.

Suede: Please drop that London-thing

Chapel Club: $2 show

Kanye West: The "top secret" guest appearance at Coachella.

Song of the Podcast is The Jezabels' "Hurt Me"

Bonus: Brody's rant on The National live.

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Splendour in the Grass - Line-up announced today!

SPLENDOUR IN THE GRASS 2011 

“…you could barely wipe the smiles off our dials. Thank you Splendour for anticipating our every whim, and fulfilling them. A truly unforgettable weekend.” Groupie 

SPLENDOUR IN THE GRASS - the annual, ephemeral city of sounds that exists solely for sweet music and good times will transform Woodfordia, near Woodford, south east Queensland from Friday 29 to Sunday 31 July. 

The eleventh SPLENDOUR IN THE GRASS event will see 81 acts giving their splendiferous best across three stages.

COLDPLAY (only Australian show) * KANYE WEST (only Australian show) * JANE’S ADDICTION * THE HIVES * PULP * THE LIVING END * THE MARS VOLTA * REGINA SPEKTOR (only 2011 show…anywhere) * BLISS N ESO * PNAU * MOGWAI (only Australian show) * DJ SHADOW * GLASVEGAS * THE GRATES * DEVENDRA BANHART AND THE GROGS* MODEST MOUSE * THE MIDDLE EAST * KAISER CHIEFS * JAMES BLAKE * KELE * THE VINES * ELBOW * ESKIMO JOE * NOAH AND THE WHALE * CHILDREN COLLIDE * THIEVERY CORPORATION * CUT COPY * ISOBEL CAMPBELL AND MARK LANEGAN * BLUEJUICE * THE KILLS * BLACK JOE LEWIS & THE HONEYBEARS (featuring THE RELATIVES) * ARCHITECTURE IN HELSINKI * FOSTER THE PEOPLE * THE PANICS * FRIENDLY FIRES * JEBEDIAH * THE VACCINES * GOMEZ * BOY AND BEAR * GOTYE * DOES IT OFFEND YOU, YEAH? * CLOUD CONTROL * MONA * SPARKADIA * WARPAINT * MUSCLES (Live) * FITZ AND THE TANTRUMS * THEJEZABELS * DRAPHT * BRITISH SEA POWER * TIM & JEAN * LEADER CHEETAH * GROUPLOVE * SEEKER LOVER KEEPER * YELLE * KIMBRA * PHRASE * OH MERCY * DANANANANAYKROYD * THE BLACK SEEDS * MARQUES TOLIVER * THE HOLIDAYS * GHOUL * LIAM FINN * THE HERD * YOUNG THE GIANT * GUINEAFOWL * HUNGRY KIDS OF HUNGARY * JINJA SAFARI * WILD BEASTS * ILLY * CUT OFF YOUR HANDS * GARETH LIDDIARD * ALPINE * WORLD’S END PRESS * MOSMAN ALDER * LANIE LANE

 

Pretty exciting right?

So for further information (including ticket prices) head this way: http://splendourinthegrass.com

Kanye West's heart is broken. For reals.

03 Heartless

Kanye West

I know a lot of people just don't like the guy. I am not one of those people. I actually love Kanye West. I think he makes awesome beats and he's got (as my friend likes to say) flow. He's arrogant and an ego maniac and is notorious for throwing fits at award shows. All of that is uncool, I know this, but I like the guy. And when I heard is mom died, I felt for him too. I've lost my mom as well and I've known that pain for years. Almost my whole life, so I knew his next record was going to be a painful one. To make matters worse for the guy, his long time girlfriend/fiance` leaves him too. Ouch. I guess I knew what to expect from this record, especially when I first heard the first single come out. Love Lockdown. I've got to admit though, I was NOT fond of this single and grew a bit weary of what was to come. I'm not the type to go seeking out leaked albums and tracks so I waited patiently for the record to come out and waited for his performance on the AMA's, hoping he'd do a different single rather than the one I wasn't feeling as mentioned before. It was hard, I must admit, to wait for it; there weren't a lot of good things going on at the AMA's. Then I heard "Heartless" and I really liked it, so there was hope. At least that's what I felt. He performed the song so well and you could hear it in his voice, his heart is totally broken. So I've heard the album and yeah, it's full of pain. Almost every song feels like a total downer. It's just sad. It's not the Good Life, but his break out wasn't the Good Life. His break out song was "Through the Wire". THAT was a song made frome pain. Jesus Walks, that was a song not exactly of pain, but still had the same feeling. So he broke out and made the Good Life. You know, because life was good. Wellllll, life is not so good anymore and you can hear it. I picked the song "Welcome To Heartbreak." It's probably the best off the album. I'm not saying the album isn't good, it is.  But I'm biased, and it's going to be an album I listen to when I'm sad. Like when I break out the Elliot Smith stuff, now I'm gonna be breakin' out this one.The album is also named after not only his hearbreak, but also the drum machine he used to make the album. He used a (or maybe a couple of) Roland TR 808. Very nice looking machine I must say. I think I might want one of those too!  I just hope you enjoy the songs. Forgive me for my entries too; they aren't very well written. ^.^ Commence enjoyment!

02 Welcome to Heartbreak (Featuring Kid Cudi)

Kanye West

The song features Kid Kudi. He's an up and comer from Chicago. Just like Kanye. From what I've heard, he's pretty dark sounding, but he's got quite a following it seems. I had seen a performance from a club he had done. He sampled the Ting Tings "Shut up and let me go" and people were eating it up! They loved it. I'm expecting great things from this dude. I think he's gonna be awesome. So keep an eye out for Kid Kudi!  Sorry I didn't change the artwork too. It's just the same as the other. I should have put the picture of him in his grey PeeWee Herman suit, but it's my favorite off the record. And I'm not knockin' him for the grey suit either. I like it. So yeah, the record is out now, so go get it.  Or don't it's fine. Alrighty, I'm out.

Kanye West

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News: Ben Sollee's "Dear Kanye"

 07/08/2008 19:32:00  ♥ written by vu ()

Ben Sollee - Dear Kanye Ben Sollee Read More Ben Sollee Learns To 'Bend' : NPR Music http://www.npr.or... All Things Considered, July 5, 2008 - Ben Sollee just wants us to get along. On his debut, full-... Kanye West Defends Self at Bonnaroo http://www.kanyeu... I am sick of negative people who just sit around trying 2 plot my downfall... Why???? I unders...

Thanks to Bookishly Fabulous for pointing out that Ben Sollee was recently on NPR's "All Things Considered" (July 5, 2008).

It would be seem that Sollee is looking for a fight with Kanye West, who recently disappointed fans at Bonnaroo for being two hours late (performed at 4:30 am). He made national/internet news by blogging about the venue's inability to setup the lighting and Pearl Jam was already an hour late.

This "open letter" song to Kanye West basically tells off West that "you don't need a light show, just good flow".

 

It's Not Impossible

You can read more about Ben Sollee on our previous W♥M articles.

Other interesting music news: Facebook's a hotbed of celebrity gossips. Lilly Allen and The Chemical Brothers' Ed Simon are back together. Apparently they both changed their facebook status to "in a relationship" and immediately thousand of fans wrote to congratulate them.

Björk seems to be canceling a few concerts, citing throat ailment. I'm not sure why that's so closely followed by the media, but Ex-Whitesnake guitarist is dead. Does anyone even know his name?

The outrageous headline of "Kylie Minogue Saves Fan from Suicide" makes it sound as if Minogue was there on the rooftop talking that person down. The truth is, the fan was listening to his iPod and her song came on and he suddenly didn't want to stab himself. (Lame, right?)

Also, some idiot stole the headstone to Joy Division's Ian Curtis' grave. I hope his ghost haunts him.

The sad news of the collector's mentality of the CD box sets are on its death bed (hint: maybe it's because it's too expensive). The Yahoo story (written by Ed Christman) paints a picture that "Boxed-set sales have fallen off the cliff; they went from something to nothing".

Even at price slashed to about $29.99 (from the regular $49.98), sales continues to decline. At the end of the article, they mentioned that the limited-edition box for Nine Inch Nails' "Ghosts I-IV," ($300) sold really well.

Reunited: Lily Allen is back together with Chemical Brothers' Ed Simon http://www.welt.d... It appears that the young singer (28) has reconciled with her 38-year-old ex-boyfiend Ed Simons ...	Björk Cancels Another Gig Due to Throat Ailment http://www.pitchf... Photo by Ashley WilliamsonBjörk is still struggling to beat the bug that kept her from playing a ...	Headstone Swiped from Joy Division Singer's Grave http://news.yahoo... Curtis, who was recently played by Sam Riley in the well-received biopic Control, hanged himself...
CD boxed sets face uncertain future http://news.yahoo... Only a handful of enticing boxed sets are due out at year's end. Among them are Rhino's long-in-...	Ex-Whitesnake Guitarist, R.I.P. http://news.yahoo... Galley played for the hard-charging, Led Zeppelin-influenced group from 1982 to 1984, joining sh...	Kylie Minogue saves fan from suicide http://www.nme.co... Kylie Minogue has saved a fan from stabbing himself to death. A peace campaigner who goes by the ...

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The Legendary K.O. - George Bush Doesn't Care About Black People

Audio   The Legendary K.O. - George Bush Doesn't Care About Black People The Legendary K.O. Links NPR : Katrina, Two Years Later http://www.npr.or... Two years ago, Hurricane Katrina devastated New Orleans and other cities and towns along the Gul... The Boston Globe: Residents muster the will to rebuild in New Orleans http://www.boston... A chair moldered yesterday on top of a slab of a Lower Ninth Ward home destroyed when Hurricane... Footnotes [1] Information provided by wikipedia [2] Watch video on youtube

 

It was just two years ago on this day (Aug 29th) that Hurricane Katrina devastated Louisiana. Katrina caused over $80 billion dollars in damages and took the lives of 1,800 people^[1].

Shortly after the destruction, everybody (and I mean everybody) wanted to help Louisiana. One of the more memorable benefit concert for the fallout of Katrina was when Kanye West, live on national television, said:

George Bush doesn't care about black people.^[2]

Although the broadcast was censored for the West Coast, the scene did make it out on the East Coast... and instantly made it on the internet.

Inspired by this, The Legendary K.O. recorded the internet-only song, "George Bush Doesn't Care About Black People". The song made this group known to over 2.5 million downloaders. Incidentally, the song was produced by Kanye West and Jon Brion.

One of the lesser-known effort was when Target, with all the major record labels, put together the benefit album Sound Response (2005). All the proceeds went to the Target Katrina fund, but unfortunately the CD was only sold through the Target chain stores.

 

 

Radiohead - Everything In Its Right Place (live)

I picked up this album to help out, but I mostly got it because of Radiohead's song, "Everything It Its Right Place". After listening to it, I think it might be the same exact version as appeared on their live album, I Might Be Wrong: Live Recordings (2001).

Anyway, check out some more interesting articles appearing recently in newspaper about rebuilding New Orleans. The most detailed coverage is at NPR.

 August 29, 2007 7:37 PM  vu my♥posts [email protected] k-otix.com