CLIMIE FISHER GETS THE REISSUE TREATMENT:









One of my favourite bands from the 80's was Climie Fisher. Simon Climie and Rob Fisher (from Naked Eyes) released two albums that have just been reissued by Edsel Records with bonus tracks. Not clear on if they have been remastered, but still nice to have the cds back in print. You can order "Everything" here and "Coming In For The Kill" here.

THE RETURN OF THE AMAZING 'ZOOT WOMAN':

Stuart Price along with Adam Blake and Johnny Blake are back up and running as Zoot Woman and have just released their new cd 'Things Are What They Used To Be'. The band has a bunch of live dates for Europe in the works, see them and check out the album at their MySpace page. Their cd "Living In A Magazine' from 2001 is still an all time favourite of mine and the new cd returns with a nice update to that sound. This could be my favourite CD of the year and that is only after a couple of listens, FANTASTIC stuff. Buy the new CD here or here. Follow them on Twitter also.














Here's a blurb about the new album from their website: 'Right from the pulsing hook line of “We Won’t Break”, feeding an addiction to emotional melody in “Lonely By Your Side” and “More Than Ever”, then to be shaken up by the pounding stadium electro of “Witness”. Not to mention the pristine pop of “Just A Friend Of Mine” and desperate yearning of “M.E.M.O.R.Y”. “Blue Sea” is a delicate departure, craving escapism, relief and change in order to remedy something. Prominent moments include the dirty, sexy “Lust Forever", "Saturation" and the love and obsession fuelled “Live In My Head”. The cerebral track “Take You Higher” is an almost psychedelic dream as the record takes a breath. Zoot Woman brings with this new album a sound and collection of songs so fresh that still carries the essence of what we know and love.'

SOME OF 'NEW ORDER' RETURN AS 'BAD LIEUTENANT':

















Fans of New Order will be happy to hear that frontman Bernard Sumner, and guitarist Phil Cunningham along with singer Jake Evans have formed Bad Lieutenant. Their debut album, due out on October 5th in the U.K. is titled "Never Cry Another Tear" and the first single is called "Sink Or Swim" which sounds great. You can listen to the single at their MySpace site. As of this coming Friday 28th August, the new single will be made available as a free download if you sign up to the BL mailing list at their website. You can also follow the band on Twitter. Some live dates are in the works and the live band will be fleshed out with Stephen Morris on drums and Tom Chapman on bass. Blur’s Alex James also contributes to several songs on the cd.
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NEW IMOGEN HEAP MUSIC VIDEO FOR 'FIRST TRAIN HOME':

Imogen has filmed another video for the song, guess she doesn't like this version too much.

NEW IMOGEN HEAP / MIKA COLLABORATION:

Imogen Heap collaborated with Mika on his new album that has been retitled 'The Boy Who Knew Too Much'. The song is called 'By The Time' and a 30 second clip can be heard below. Sounds good to me, looking forward to both of their new albums.

Also the video for Imogen's new single 'First Train Home' which was directed by Kayne West collaborator Es Devlin will premiere on AOL Music on Monday August 17th.

NEW 'NIK KERSHAW' TRACK ON CAT NAV BENEFIT CD:



Musician/songwriter extraordinaire Nik Kershaw has donated a very good new song called "What Is" to a benefit cd released in the U.K. titled 'Cat Nav - Guide Cats For The Blind Vol. 4'. The song is available on iTunes Canada and some other iTunes sites around the world. You can also get the cd tracks through Amazon by clicking here. Nik is playing some festivals and dates in the U.K. this summer as well as gigs in Germany and Israel, check his website for details.

CHECK OUT LIVERPOOL'S 'WAVE MACHINES':















Wave Machines are a foursome hailing from Liverpool and have recently released their funky pop debut cd titled "Wave If You're Really There". The first single 'I Go I Go I Go' is great, and you can download another quality song from the cd titled 'Keep The Lights On' for free here at their website. Follow them on Twitter and buy the cd here.
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