John Lennon would have been 70 this year, and as tribute his albums are being re-released in memory of the influential artist and member of The Beatles. Yoko Ono, his partner, along with professionals from Abbey Road studios and Avatar Studios in New York have got to work remastering the songs. The 121 tracks will be available on download and on CD around early October, or more specifically around the 9th of the month, which was Lennon's birthday. [NME]
Kylie Minogue's new album leaked recently and it's got overall quite good reviews, especially from the lovely folk(s) at PopJustice. They were even lucky enough to get a phone interview with her where she stated how she's more back on track (musically) since X, how she's released the best comeback tune in ages and how she has "Kylie Moments"- those special, distinctive but highly inspiring moments of emotion, found when listening to a Kylie Minogue song. [read the full interview at PopJustice]
If you've not seen them, Katy Perry is on the front cover of Esquire magazine this month in the UK (not the US edition) with her California Gurls' on show, on the front cover. It's quite the magazine, methinks. Why? Because Katy is on it. No other reason. (Oh, and sorry, for the sexist statement and the bag joke.)
Check out the pictures. You know you want to.
I had the pleasure of watching most of Glastonbury this week. And, after seeing Stevie Wonder play on the Sunday night, I'll agree that this was one of the best years of the festival in a long time. Many people seem to agree. If you've not seen the superb performance from the legendary musician, you can take a look here. Plus, Muse can be seen here (albeit, without their rumoured and anticipated spaceship), and pretty much every other artist that the BBC got to video.
However, what was the most important thing? Can the artists play the infamous Vuvuzela; the noisy little butter that is wrecking the World Cup that they are determined never to ban? The question was posed to the bands, and the video proves this below. Watch out for Kele Okereke, he's not into it at all.
Tuneskies of the Day
From their latest offering, Factory is the first track from Band of Horses new album, entitled Infinite Arms. The lyrics are most interesting, and compliment the music excellently. They've been described as story-tellers, and as an album opener there couldn't be a better way to continue that title than with this wonderful track. Plus, you can download it today legitimately, free of charge. How nice is that?
photo credit: Renata Rolim
