Arctic Monkeys drummer Matt Helders was spotted filming the new video for 'Leaving Before The Lights Come On' by BBC Radio Sheffield and even had time for stop and chat:
He said: "It's all around this road really, we've got a few other bits to do as well. I don't want to give anything away yet. It's quite an interesting one to watch, probably be more understandable when you watch it than me trying to tell you about it."
To watch the video interview where Matt also talks a bit about the American tour, Click Here
Apologies for being a bit late with this one, but we've finally managed to get hold of a good quality version of the new official video for 'Fake Tales Of San Francisco'. The video was originally premiered on Channel 4's T-Mobile Transmission program on July 7 but now the band's label Domino have sent us a high quality version for our loyal fans. The live performance in the video is recorded shots from the Magna gig in Rotheram back in April of this year.
Make sure you check out Andy's and Alex literally go head-to-head. What a great moment!
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'
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.
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.