Ha pasado ya un tiempo desde que escuchamos algo de James Iha. La última vez que supimos del ex-Smashing Pumpkins fue con el lanzamiento del álbum debut de Tinted Windows, banda en la que colaboró con uno de los Hanson y con la que realmente no pasó mucho. Después tuvimos algunas colaboraciones como las que hizo con Isobel Campbell y Mark Lanegan para su álbum del 2010, pero hasta ahí. Sin embargo, este 2012 finalmente nos trae noticias del músico en solitario, pues ya tenemos el anuncio del lanzamiento de...

Mark Lanegan and Isobel Campbell, Warren Ellis, Lydia Lunch also appear on 'The Jeffrey Lee Pierce Sessions Project'

Sixteen years after his death at the age of 37, the unfinished works of Jeffrey Lee Pierce are finally seeing the light of day. A number of cassettes containing a collection of song ideas by the former Gun Club frontman was unearthed when Pierce's house was cleared, and now a group of artists including Nick Cave, Mick Marvey, Debbie Harry, Mark Lanegan and Isobel Campbell have completed the songs for a new album entitled The Journey Is Long. The record - which is released next month - is the second in a series of albums of reworked Pierce material...a third ...

A year and a half ago, I had a perfectly lovely telephone conversation with Isobel Campbell, the former Belle & Sebastian member who has recorded three ultra-satisfying albums of Nancy Sinatra pastiche with Mark Lanegan. And during that conversation, I learned something about Lanegan that seems to throw this entire career into stark relief: He [...]

Fact brings news of an upcoming tribute record to Jeffery Lee Pierce, the deceased singer of The Gun Club, that will feature Debbie Harry, Nick Cave, and more reworking and finishing Pierce’s “lost” songs… It’s been sixteen years since Jeffrey Lee Pierce, the hard-living frontman of Los Angeles punk band The Gun Club, died of a brain haemorrhage aged 37. Along with undeniable classics like “Sex Beat” and “She’s Like Heroin To Me,” Pierce also left behind a glut of unfinished material… Tracklist Nick Cave “City In Pain” Hugo Race “I’m Going Upstairs” Steve Wynn “From ...

Mark Lanegan Band Blues Funeral 4AD Records [2012] Fire Note Says: Mark Lanegan makes a solid addition to his solo catalog with the grooving Blues Funeral ! Album Review: It really doesn't seem like it has been that long since we have heard a record from Mark Lanegan considering he has been very musically active with the Greg Dulli combo of the Gutter Twins and Twilight Singers">The Twilight Singers, laying down vocals for Soulsavers and Queens Of The Stone Age plus releasing records with Isobel Campbell. So, it was quite surprising to acknowledge that it has been 8 years ...

One thing has kept Mark Lanegan from the hitting the stratospheric highs and catastrophic lows of his grunge-era peers: the timelessness of his voice. Even in his best-known outfit, Screaming Trees , his single-barrel baritone conjured feral purrs and psychedelic wails, sounding so huge it swallowed everything in sight—often including the music it accompanied. Age has been kind to Lanegan, due in part to the taste and aptness of his post-Trees collaborations, most notably with folk-pop chanteuse Isobel Campbell and fellow grizzled vet Greg Dulli . But with Blues Funeral , the new album from Mark Lanegan Band, the singer has done ...

(4AD/Remote Control) Not counting collabs, the first Mark Lanegan record in eight years After a varied career (frontman with Screaming Trees, clocking in as a member of Queens Of The Stone Age, teaming up with former Belle & Sebastian singer Isobel Campbell etc), Mark Lanegan is back with his first solo album since 2004’s Bubblegum. Like its predecessor, Blues Funeral blends Mark’s usual gravel-voiced deathly blues rock with drum machines, but Josh Homme and Greg Dulli aside, is much ligh ...

Steve Wynn, Mark Lanegan, and Isobel Campbell also featured.

It's been seven years since Seattle troubadour Mark Lanegan released Bubblegum and whilst this time has been spent collaborating to great acclaim with the likes of Isobel Campbell, Greg Dulli (The Gutter Twins) and Soulsavers, as well as touching base with erstwhile cohorts Queens of the Stone Age, for devotees of Lanegan's work there’s nothing quite like the dark majesty of his solo output. His newest offering Blues Funeral , recorded with Alain Johannes and guest players including Josh Homme and Jack Irons, is therefore hotly anticipated by fans (of varying degrees of rabidity) and critics alike. The ...

Mark Lanegan would love to be mentioned in the same breath as Tom Waits or Leonard Cohen.  His vocals have a similarly hewed deep, gravelly tone and he writes about the dregs of society with such acuity that it makes you wonder where he gets the inspiration.  Granted, Lanegan has lived a wide-ranging existence and his associations with The Screaming Trees, Isobel Campbell and Greg Dulli give him enough street cred that it sho... Read more..

El músico Mark Lanegan, de amplia trayectoria en bandas como Screaming Trees,Queens and The Stone Age o Mad Season, vuelve a nuestro país, esta vez a presentar su nuevo álbum, Blues funeral, próximo a editarse en la prestigiosa casa 4AD. Conocido por sus variados proyectos, entre ellos la colaboración junto a Isobel Campbell (ex Belle [...]

"Ao', sti dischi non se possò sentì..." Alla faccia della crisi economica e della crisi del disco, Pensieri Cannibali apre il suo personale negozio di dischi! E perlomeno apre una nuova rubrica. Non che qualcuno mi abbia chiesto di farla o ce ne fosse effettivamente bisogno, però ho deciso comunque di iniziarla. Così, per fare il punto della situazione dei dischi usciti negli ultimi giorni/settimane. L’appuntamento dovrebbe essere mensile, poi si vedrà, potrebbe anche essere ogni 2 settimane o ogni due mesi o ogni quanto mi pare… Ma basta cazzate, che saranno comunque presenti eccome ma limitate il ...

In the time that’s elapsed since his last solo record, Mark Lanegan has been busy. He’s collaborated with Isobel Campbell, joined Greg Dulli in The Gutter Twins, guested on albums by Queens of the Stone Age, Twilight Singers and UNKLE, and sang most of the tracks on the last two Soulsavers LPs. In fact, he’s Read more...

From wiki:- Belle and Sebastian are an indie pop band formed in Glasgow in January 1996. Belle and Sebastian are often compared with influential indie bands such as The Smiths, as well as classic acts such as Love, Bob Dylan and Nick Drake.The name Belle & Sebastian comes from Belle et Sébastien, a 1965 children's book by French writer Cécile Aubry, later adapted for television and an anime. Though consistently lauded by critics, Belle & Sebastian's "wistful pop"has enjoyed only limited commercial success. After releasing a number of albums and EPs on Jeepster Records, they are now signed to Rough Trade Records in the United Kingdom and Matador Records in the United States. Belle and Sebastian were formed in Glasgow in 1996 by Stuart Murdoch and Stuart David. Together they recorded some demos with Stow College music professor Alan Rankine, which were picked up by the college's Music Business course that produces and releases one single each year on the college's label, Electric Honey. As the band had a number of songs already and the label was extremely impressed with the demos, Belle and Sebastian were allowed to record a full-length album, which was named Tigermilk. Murdoch once described the band as a "product of botched capitalism". Tigermilk was recorded in three days and originally only one thousand copies were pressed on vinyl.These original copies now sell for up to £400. The warm reception the album received inspired Murdoch and David to turn the band into a full-time project, recruiting Stevie Jackson (guitar and vocals), Isobel Campbell (cello/vocals), Chris Geddes (keys) and Richard Colburn (drums) to fill out the group. After the success of the debut album, Belle and Sebastian were signed to Jeepster Records in August 1996 and If You're Feeling Sinister, their second album, was released on 18 November. The album was named by Spin as one of the 100 greatest albums between 1985 and 2005, and is widely considered the band's masterpiece. Just before the recording of Sinister, Sarah Martin (violin/vocals) joined the band. Following this a series of EPs were released in 1997. The first of these was Dog on Wheels, which contained four demo tracks recorded before the real formation of the band. In fact, the only long-term band members to play on the songs were Murdoch, David, and Mick Cooke, who played trumpet on the EP but would not officially join the band until a few years later. It charted at #59 in the UK singles chart. The Lazy Line Painter Jane EP followed in July. The track was recorded in the church where Murdoch lived and features vocals from Monica Queen. The EP narrowly missed out of the UK top 40, peaking at #41. The last of the 1997 EPs was October's 3.. 6.. 9 Seconds of Light. The EP was made Single of the Week in both the NME and Melody Maker and reached #32 in the charts, thus becoming the band's first top 40 single. The band released their third LP, The Boy with the Arab Strap in 1998, and it reached #12 in the UK charts. While often cited by critics as the band's best album, Arab Strap has nonetheless had its detractors. Pitchfork Media gave the album a particularly poor review, calling it a "parody" of their earlier work. In spite of this, the album garnered positive reviews from Rolling Stone, and the Village Voice, among others. During the recording of the album long time studio trumpet-player Mick Cooke was asked to join the band as a full member. The This Is Just a Modern Rock Song EP followed later that year. In 1999 the band were awarded with Best Newcomer (for their third album) at the BRIT Awards, upsetting the much better known acts Steps and 5ive. That same year, the band hosted their own festival, the Bowlie Weekender. Tigermilk was also given a full release by Jeepster before the band started work on their next LP. The result was Fold Your Hands Child, You Walk Like a Peasant, which became the band's first top 10 album in the UK. A stand-alone single, "Legal Man", reached #15 and gave them their first appearance on Top of the Pops. As the band's popularity and recognition was growing worldwide, their music began appearing in films and on television. The 2000 film High Fidelity mentions the band and features a clip from the song "Seymour Stein" from The Boy with the Arab Strap. Also, the title track from Arab Strap was played over the end credits of the UK television series Teachers. Stuart David soon left the band to concentrate on his side-project, Looper, and his book writing, which included his The Idle Thoughts of a Daydreamer. He was replaced by Bobby Kildea of V-Twin. The "Jonathan David" single – sung by Stevie Jackson – was released in June 2001 and was followed by "I'm Waking Up to Us" in November. "I'm Waking Up to Us" saw the band use an outside producer for the first time. Most of 2002 was spent touring and recording a soundtrack album, Storytelling (for Storytelling by Todd Solondz, a movie which The New York Times has called one of the best 1,000 movies ever made). Campbell left the band in the spring of 2002, in the middle of the band's North American tour. The band left Jeepster in 2002, signing a four album deal with Rough Trade Records. Their first album for Rough Trade, Dear Catastrophe Waitress, was released in 2003, and was produced by Trevor Horn. The album showed a markedly more 'produced' sound compared to their first four LPs,as the band was making a concerted effort to produce more "radio-friendly" music. In spite of this, the album was warmly received, and is credited with returning the band's "indie cred". The album also marked the return of Murdoch as the group's primary songwriter following the poorly-received Fold Your Hands Child, You Walk Like a Peasant and Storytelling, both of which were more collaborative than the band's early work. A documentary DVD, Fans Only, was released by Jeepster in October 2003, featuring promotional videos, live clips and unreleased footage. A single from the album, "Step into My Office, Baby" followed in November 2003 – it would be their first single taken from an album. The Thin Lizzy-inspired "I'm a Cuckoo" was the second single from the album. It achieved their highest chart position yet, reaching #14 in the UK. The Books EP followed, a double A-side single lead by "Wrapped Up in Books" from Dear Catastrophe Waitress and the new Your Cover's Blown. This EP became the band's third top 20 UK release and the band went on to be nominated for both the Mercury Music Prize and an Ivor Novello Award. In January 2005, B&S; was voted Scotland's greatest band in a poll by The List, beating Simple Minds, Idlewild, Travis, Franz Ferdinand, and The Proclaimers, among others. In April 2005, members of the band visited Israel and the Palestinian territories with the UK charity War on Want; the group subsequently recorded a song inspired by the trip ...