I just caught The Redwalls on Leno playing their song “The Game of Love.” I couldn’t help but thinking that The Strokes were probably giving them a ring, asking if they could have their song back.
It actually sounds a lot like The Strokes + Albert’s solo stuff + the drumming from The Walkmen + James Walsh from Starsailor’s voice. Take a listen:
That said, I love all the aforementioned bands/artists so therefore, I kinda love this song.
The video of the Leno performance isn’t up yet, but you know how they say that couples who are with together a long time start to look and dress like one another? I think the same is true of band members. Two of the guys had the same guitar, they were all wearing black tight jeans and almost identical shoes. And they are all wee.
Going through all my old posts made me curious to check up on some bands I haven’t heard from in a while. I just went to the Starsailor site, and low and behold, singer James Walsh just posted an update!
Sounds like they are getting ready to record another album!
What an amazing few weeks we have had!
Firstly we found a great little place near Henley to write and record songs for our next album. We are now in great shape with around 15 songs written but we will continue doing tracks until we are happy we have got the best songs we could possibly write. The last 4 tracks we did are called: 1) Let Go 2) Do You Believe In Love? 3) Won’t Stop Now and 4) Change My Mind.
I think we have struck a great balance between our heavier side and our more emotional downbeat side. There are some stompers certainly but also the ballads are back! I can’t wait for you to be able to hear some of these songs and we hope to be able to play them live for you in the near future.
Thanks to all the staff in the local pub who kept us fed and watered during the time we spent in Henley and also to Barriemore Barlow (drummer with Jethro Tull!) whose recording/rehearsal space we were using.
Watch out.. Starsailor on MTV again: “This half hour special highlights all the action surrounding MTV’s Campus Invasion 2K2, hitting college campuses across the country with performances by Nickelback, Default and Injected on the main stage, and Starsailor on the MTV2 stage.” Starting on April 8 @ 6:30PM, airing again on the 9th and the 12th @ 9AM and 1PM, respectively.
A review of Plaid from The Village Voice. BTW- I think Plaid is in the new issue of Index or something.
Also in the Voice, a Super Furry Animals article that starts out pretty damn hilarious, in my humble opinion… “On TV and in the magazines, nothing but nonstop coverage of Gruff, Dafydd, Huw, Guto, and Cian and their various doings . . . wait, I’m thinking of U2. And uggh, I hate U2! Maybe SFA haven’t donated a billion dollars to the UN like Bono has (or was that Tina Turner?) or pushed legislation that would ban the electric spanking of war babies, but still.”
Unexplainable rambling rules, don’t it? It doesn’t? What? Wait. Stop. Stop reading this site then. In any case, props to the dude who wrote the article. Yeah Scott Seward… respect. I wholeheartedly recommend this article… even if you don’t like SFA. But hey man- who doesn’t love “Juxtaposed With U”?
I can’t believe how lazy I was yesterday. I was so lazy I didn’t pull any practical jokes for April Fools. Bah. There’s always next year.
NME flaps their yap about the Charlatans/Starsailor Irving Plaza gig. I still can’t believe I got into that show!
Andrew WK knocked out some chick when he crowd-surfed at the NME Carling show. What a tool.
I’ve mentioned it before, but I’ve never illustrated the eerie resemblance between Joaquin Phoenix and James Walsh
My mom sent me this link to a feature on Starsailor from Newsday.
Meg just totally pointed out the weirdness to me… The Faint are gonna be touring with No Doubt. Oh daaaaamn.
Starsailor still hasn’t aired yet on KROCK. It’s coming up very soon, so you still have a chance to tune in.
Andrew WK @ Bowery, March 26. NOOOOOOoooooooooooooooo.
So did you figure out I got into the Charlatans with Starsailor show? Uh huh.
The show? Starsailor was so ON. The Chars were fun. It got good when everyone started moshing toward the end.
Quote of the day: From a completely SMASHED Barry Westhead’s dialogue with Jenn:
Jenn: James ate 3 of these candies
Barry: You know why? Because he’s a fat bastard! … ::looks behind:: He’s not around, is he?
Word- Starsailor, Irving Plaza, March 5, 2002. Tickets on sale now. $16.50. Also, listen for the band doing “Good Souls” on KROCK today at 1:30PM.
On the way back to my apartment, some drunk guy in my building got in the elevator, followed me off and proceeded to follow me down the hallway as he mumbled incoherent blather. I started to walk faster, hoping that he wouldn’t catch up with me before I could shut the the door in his face. I succeeded.
Speaking of incoherent blather….EW Kelly Jones! Who do you think YOU are? The Strokes rock harder, faster and better than your stupid band. Hey- aren’t I seeing the ‘Phonics next week? Hahah.
In local concert news… Friday March 29, 2002: French Kicks and The Vue. Brownies. $10. Sunday February 3, 2002: The Faint/special guests. Maxwell’s. $12.
This Friday is Beck day on WFUV…. more radio news… John Peel is obsessed with D-Town. That’s right- a D-Town docu!
Music of the moment: “You’re So Pretty, We’re So Pretty,” The Charlatans, “The Way Young Lovers Do,” Starsailor
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Starsailor/Charlatans @ Irving Plaza ticket, anyone?
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In other sold-out news… tickets to The Faint at N6 are no more. Boo-yah!
And we like the subtle Strokes reference in the “Here comes the groom” story over at TONY (see David Russell).
Ok, the “Last Nite” video is on again… I think I’m watching M2, but I’m not sure… I just saw Starsailor “Good Souls” too. But I wasn’t gonna write about that, but the video came on so I ended up mentioning it and this is when I realize I’m completely babbling. But as you can see by the photographic evidence over at Combustication (Check the Jan 26th post), BRMC has taken over London- plastering “Love Burns” everywhere. The limeys fall for it hard… BRMC is the next next big thing… 2 steps behind the Strokes to super-british-rockdom. Ok, fine, whatever. They’re ok. They work it. Although it’s a little disturbing Cute Drummer (Nick, I think most people call him) isn’t playing with them… you know, due to that “smuggling cocaine” problem. I hate when that happens.
But I think I need to talk about another one of those upcoming Brit band (yeah, like I don’t talk about British people enough). Anyway, I’ve mentioned them before, but I’m gonna go ahead and mention them again because their album is coming out very soon, and their first single has just been released. Haven, ladies and gents, has a really lovely song called “Say Something” that’s becoming quite popular, I think… Sorta sensitive, wussy brit rock like Coldplay meets… um… it’s a little more “rocky” than Coldplay so I’d say mix in a little… uh.. I don’t know. Meets Starsailor and a little Travis? Am I starting to scare some people off right there? It’s sorta rock ballad-ey or whatever. But it’s pretty. I’ll keep an eye out. They play London’s Dingwalls March 6, damnit. Why am I not in London this semester?
The Air remix album, Everybody Hertz is out Feb 19… just one week after my birthday. *Hint hint*
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The Starsailor lads get exposure in US music industry bible, Billboard. No earth-shattering news on the Chorley-boy front. We already knew they were coming back to the US in late Feb- early March to do a headlining tour, right?
And just because I feel like it… The “Fuck Her Gently” video.
Ah.. memories of The Strokes circa… um.. December.
Brian wanted it to be known that Bipolar is finally up and running again, after falling to the wayside earlier this month. Check it.
Today’s favorite web searches for this site include: “ryan adams gay” and “does james walsh of starsailor have a girlfriend?” (sorry ladies and gents, he does… last time we checked)
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