The Stone Roses - I Wanna Be Adored

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Just to celebrate its brilliance and for no other reason, here is the video for The Stone Roses classic "I Wanna Be Adored."  It was filmed in Lanzarote, the Canary Islands.

I must say that the wait to hear some new songs from the reformed band is excruciatingly long.  The interplay on this track of Mani and Reni is astonishing, while John Squire's guitar has a groove all of its own.  Meanwhile everyone's favourite monkey, Ian Brown, manages to look like the king of cool as usual.  Which is just as well as his vocal doesn't kick in until 1'45" in the video... 

Suede - "Barriers" free download

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A new song by Suede is being given away by the band.  You can get the free download from http://suedebarriers.viinyl.com/ and find out the latest from the reunited band at http://www.suede.co.uk/

What's the song like?  Well, pretty standard Suede fare, that is to say, rather good if not terribly original.  People have been comparing it to Simple Minds (which I can't hear), but as usual there is no doubting its Ziggy heritage.

David Bowie - Where Are We Now?

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Bowie's on sale again!  This rather weird ballad is his first real new product in ten years.  A fatalistic quality runs through the track, although it is oddly uplifting. The song refers back to his Berlin era, and there are echoes of "Heroes" in the synth work.  More surprising are the video typos on the street names, and Bowie's very poor pronunciation of them.  It's almost as if he hadn't ever been there.

Production is by the incomparable Tony Visconti and the track features on the otherwise "rockier" album "The Next Day", due in March.  With Earl Slick on guitar again, this could be special. The album will have 14 tracks in standard form, and 17 in Deluxe.  Sounds rather a lot to me, so I hope the quality control is up to scratch.

Currently, the track is only available as a download from the usual suspects.  Best place to catch the HD of the video is on Bowie's site http://www.davidbowie.com/vision?videopremiere=true . 

Welcome back, David!

The House Of Love - She Paints Words In Red (preview)

At last, a new album from The House Of Love has been announced.  Titled "She Paints Words In Red", it is due for release on April 1st.  Production is by Pat Collier of  "Underwater Moonlight" fame. More details are at the band's facebook page https://www.facebook.com/TheHouseOfLoveOFFICIAL .  There is even a tracklisting available:

1. A Baby Got Back On Its Feet
2. Hemmingway
3. She Paints Words In Red
4. PKR
5. Lost In The Blues
6. Low Black Clouds
7. Money Man
8. Trouble In Mind
9. Never Again
10. Sunshine Out Of The Rain
11. Holy River
12. Eye Dream

Can gigs be far off?  I certainly hope not!  Anyway, in the meantime here are a couple of video reminders of how great the band can be - "Feel" and "Crush Me" from the currently out of print album "Babe Rainbow" as reviewed by me at http://trisectorman.blogspot.co.uk/2012/05/house-of-love-babe-rainbow.html.