BBC Single and Album Report: Audio Download |
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From BBC:
The second single from the Arctic Monkeys is released on Monday, a week ahead of their debut album.
Both single and album are expected to top the charts, thanks to a loyal fanbase built up via the internet. Rebecca Jones reports.
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Arctic Monkeys Play Down Expectation |
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Arctic Monkeys singer Alex Turner fears the hype surrounding the band could make their forthcoming debut album a "disappointment".
The band's first LP 'Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not' is released next Monday following months of plaudits from the music press.
But Turner fears the media attention is out of control and expectations about the record could be too high.
"For where we're at it is too much, compared to what stage we're at as a band," he said.
"We're just starting really. [The attention] sets the record up to be a disappointment.
"As good as we know it is, it's like it'll be built up to such a thing that if it doesn't cure cancer or solve inner city poverty or something it'll be a disaster. But people get carried away, don't they? Fair enough."
Drummer Matt Helders added: "It's flattering for people to say we're the next big thing.
"It's nice to hear. But you don't want it to go so far that it's not about the music, that it's about people being told to like it.
"I don't want people to like us for the wrong reasons. But I think people aren't stupid. They can see through it and realise that they do actually like us."
Source: Virgin
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Preview The New Arctic Monkeys Album Now! |
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So the good people at Domino have already given us previews of "I Bet You Look Good On The Dancefloor" and "When The Sun Goes Down" but now you can preview the FULL album right now.
This is another flash e-card which gives you 1 minute previews of all 13 songs on the album. The mini site also contains photos, videos and a biography of the lads.
http://www.dominorecordco.com/site/minisites/whateverpeoplesay/
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When The Sun Goes Down - Sneak Preview! |
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The official website of Arctic Monkeys' label Dmino Records have put up an e-card for the upcoming single "When The Sun Goes Down". This is a mini page on the label's website which allows you to preview the upcoming single AND the b-sides - "Settle For A Draw", "Seve"n and "Stickin To The Floor".
To view the flash e-card, CLICK HERE
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New Faces: Arctic Monkeys (Rolling Stone Magazine) |
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How the U.K. teens became the next Franz Ferdinand
Alex Turner, frontman for British foursome Arctic Monkeys, is a scrawny nineteen-year-old with spotty skin who mumbles like the shyest kid in your freshman dorm. He's also England's fastest-rising rock star. Arctic Monkeys' first single, the rambunctious guitar blast "I Bet You Look Good on the Dancefloor," debuted at Number One there in October, thanks to a fan base that grew around free MP3s of the band's demos.
"One minute we were at college and stuff," says Turner, who still lives in his parents' house in a suburb of Sheffield, England. "And the next minute all this happens." Even though their debut album, Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not, won't be released in the States until February 21st, Arctic Monkeys sold out a U.S. tour last fall; at the New York opener, Turner begged overexcited hipsters to stop snapping pictures for their blogs.
The band has since won praise from the likes of Mick Jagger and the Strokes. But three years ago, Arctic Monkeys were just another group of teenage friends messing around in a garage with instruments they couldn't play. "We just wanted to be a band -- playing anything was quite an achievement," says nineteen-year-old drummer Matt Helders. After months of thrashing through Vines and White Stripes covers, Turner began bringing in his own songs. The breakthrough was "Fake Tales of San Francisco," a hooky, sharply observed nightlife portrait, with ska rhythms and one Elvis Costello-worthy pun: "All the weekend rock stars are in the toilet/Practicing their lines."
At local gigs, the group gave away home-burned demo CDs of its punky, Brit-poppy tunes, which evoke Blur and the Libertines. Soon, fans posted the songs online, and ever-larger crowds of kids were singing along with Turner's uncannily smart lyrics. Last spring, Arctic Monkeys ended a bidding war by signing with U.K. indie label Domino Records, home to Franz Ferdinand.
The band hopes the hype from its fairy-tale ascent won't distract from its music. "We wanted to find a sound separate from changing styles and times," says Turner. "More than anything, we just want our album to be remembered."
Source: Rolling Stone
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