Showing posts with label NME. Show all posts
Showing posts with label NME. Show all posts

Tuesday, July 29, 2008

The Streets Announce LP Release Date, Fall Tour

(swiped from Pitchfork Media)
Everything Is Borrowed, the fourth album (of five?) from the Streets, is in the can. Skinner's follow-up to 2006's The Hardest Way to Make an Easy Living is due September 15 in the UK on 679, according to NME.com and confirmed by the Streets' publicist. (U.S. release details are still forthcoming.)
Of the record's recent completion, Streets main man Mike Skinner wrote in a MySpace blog "WWOOOOOOOOOOOOOAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHH. THE 2.5 YEAR MARATHON IS OVER!!! ALBUM 4 BABY! EVERYTHING IS BORROWED. REAL BIG UP IN THIS PIECE. AAAAIIIIII." So he's excited.
The video for "The Escapist" (you know, the one filmed on that walk to France) premiered last night on Channel 4 in the UK.
Mike and the Streets have been making their way around the European festival circuit lately, a well-blogged series of events if ever there was one. The next few appearances won't come 'til later next month, and Mike and company will follow the release of Everything Is Borrowed with a sizeable European tour through October and November.
The Streets:
08-19 Ibiza, Spain - Ibiza Rocks Festival
08-29 Paris, France - Rock en Seine
10-04 Glasgow, Scotland - Barrowlands
10-05 Manchester, England - Manchester University
10-06 Sheffield, England - Plug
10-09 Birmingham, England - Academy
10-10 Newcastle, England - Academy
10-11 Oxford, England - Academy
10-13 Southampton, England - Guildhall
10-14 Preston, England - 53 Degrees
10-16 Norwich, England - UEA
10-17 Bristol, England - Academy
10-18 Nottingham, England - Rock City
10-19 Leeds, England – Academy
10-25 Oslo, Norway – Rockefeller
10-27 Copenhagen, Denmark – KB Hall
10-28 Hamburg, Germany – Gross Freiheit
10-29 Bielefeld, Germany – Ringlokschuppen
10-10 Dresden, Germany - Strasse E
11-01 Duisburg, Germany – Kraftzentrale
11-02 Frankurt, Germany – Hugenottenhalle
11-03 Berlin, Germany – Huxleys
11-04 Warsaw, Poland – Stodola
11-06 Amsterdam, Netherlands – Paradiso
11-07 Luxembourg, Germany – Den Atler
11-09 Munich, Germany – Muffthalle
11-10 Stuttgart, Germany – Longhorn
11-11 Cologne, Germany – Live Music Hall
11-12 Zurich, Switzerland – Rota Fabric
11-13 Freiberg, Germany – Fri-son
11-15 Madrid, Spain – Joy Eslava
11-16 Barcelona, Spain – Razzmataz 2
11-18 Strasbourg, France - Laiterie

Thursday, July 03, 2008

Kanye West Designs Shoes With Louis Vuitton

(swiped from Pitchfork Media)

In October, Kanye West revealed that he was working on a collection of jewelry with Graduation cover artist Takashi Murakami. Our first thoughts upon hearing the news included "Silly Kanye, you sure love expensive shit," and "Way to expand the brand." Apparently Kanye's thoughts were more of the "Damn, I gotta work on matching shoes" variety.

According to an NME.com report citing WWD.com (Women's Wear Daily's website, which also broke the jewelry news), Kanye revealed at a recent Louis Vuitton show in Paris that he is working on a line of men's shoes with the fashion design company famous for its luggage. Fitting for a guy who has called himself "The Louis Vuitton Don".

But Kanye didn't stop with shoes. According to the NME.com report, he is planning to unveil a collection of women's wear this fall. It won't be long before that expensive shit he posts on his blog is all of his own design.

Steppin' out:
07-04 New Orleans, LA - Essence Festival
07-25 Stratford-upon-Avon, England - Global Gathering
08-01 Cincinnati, OH - U.S. Bank Arena
08-03 Chicago, IL - Grant Park (Lollapalooza)
08-05 New York, NY - Madison Square Garden
08-06 New York, NY - Madison Square Garden
08-07 Mashantucket, CT - MGM Grand at Foxwoods
08-10 Baltimore, MD - Pimlico Race Course (Virgin Festival)

Video: Kanye West: Flashing Lights [from the Graduation LP]