| Arctic Monkeys Lead The Race For Mercury Music Prize | ||
| The 2006 nominations for the Nationwide Mercury Music Prize have been announced. As expected, Arctic Monkeys are up for the award and have been made favourites by most bookies but still face some stiff competition for the title, which comes in the form of £20,000. The full list of nominees are: Arctic Monkeys - 'Whatever People Say I Am That's What I'm Not' Isobel Campbell and Mark Lanegan - 'Ballad Of The Broken Seas' Editors - 'The Back Room' Guillemots - 'Through The Windowpane' Richard Hawley - 'Coles Corner' Hot Chip - 'The Warning' Muse - 'Black Holes & Revelations' Zoe Rahman - 'Melting Pot' Lou Rhodes - 'Beloved One' Scritti Politti - 'White Bread Black Beer' Sway - 'This Is My Demo' Thom Yorke - 'The Eraser' Simon Firth, chair of judges, revealed much praise for all of the above artists and their reflections of contemporary life. He said: "Above all, this year's shortlist for the Nationwide Mercury prize is about the art of the songwriter," he said. "If you want to know what life is like in Britain today, listen to the country's musicians!" The overall winner will be announced on September 5. Last year's winner of the prize was Anthony & The Johnsons for 'I Am a Bird Now' |
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| Arctic Monkeys Team Up With The 747's | ||
| Just a little update on the new single, with information on formats and a little more on the b-sides: From arcticmonkeys.com: The b-sides to the upcoming CD single 'Leave Before The Lights Come On' will feature the first released covers by the band. The first track will be 'Put Your Dukes Up, John' by the Little Flames. The second track, in collaboration with The 747s, will be 'Baby I'm Yours' by 60s legend Barbara Lewis. The 7 inch will feature the single and the b-side 'Baby I'm Yours'. The single on both formats will be released on August the 14th. |
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| 'Leave Before The Lights Come On' B-Sides | ||
| The covers for the new Arctic Monkeys single 'Leave Before The Lights Come On' have been confirmed. As you may remember, we recently reported that the two b-sides to the single were both going to be covers - one an old song and one a song by one of their favourite groups. Now, the legend famous for putting up "those" demos on the internet all that time ago, running the official website and being a good friend of Arctic Monkeys, known simply as 'The Sheriff', has confirmed to us what the two b-sides are. The 60's song will be 'Baby I'm Yours' by Barbara Lewis and the cover by one of their favourite groups will be 'Put Your Dukes Up, John' by The Little Flames. Incidentally, both of these songs are sang by females. |
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| Return Of The Snaps! | ||
| The Arctic Monkeys Gallery is back! There's still a few touches left with it design-wise and the layout of things isn't yet perfect, but as of now feel free to upload any and all of your Arctic Monkeys images to the brand new gallery. CLICK HERE Update: Users can now register. Sorry for the inconvenience. |
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| Arctic Monkeys to Save Our Schools? | ||
 Sarah Teather, the Liberal Democrat Shadow Education and Skills Secretary MP is arguing a case against exam board Edexcel, who are looking to stop running their Music Technology A Level - a course which the Arctic Monkeys took.She argued: "Edexcel should be looking to increase choice and opportunity for young people, not reduce it. The Edexcel website still boasts that members of the Arctic Monkeys studied Music Technology at A-level. Edexcel should reflect on the success of that band and reconsider their proposal to close the door on future rock stars, technicians and composers. I hope the glare of publicity will make them consult on the issue more widely and come to a less abrupt decision. Creative subjects such as music are vital for a well-rounded education. Music technology is a study very distinct from music and is a field that is growing in both popularity and career opportunities." |
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