Oasis’ “Dig Out Your Soul” Gets Release Date, Warner DistributionOasis’ seventh album Dig Out Your Soul will be released on October 7th. Additionally, it was announced that the band’s new album — released through the group’s own Big Brother Recordings — will be distributed in the North America by Warner Music. “The new music kicks ass,” says Warner Bros. Records COO Diarmuid Quinn, obviously excited to add Oasis to his label’s roster. Meanwhile, Sony BMG will continue to handle Oasis’ U.K. distribution. “The Shock of Lightning,” the album’s Noel Gallagher-penned first single, will hit radio in mid-August (but you can hear a snippet of it at the end of this video. Dig was recorded at London’s Abbey Road Studios with producer Dave Sardy and mixed in Los Angeles. For the album’s track list and strange cover art, check the band’s official website. [Photo: Getty]
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Published: 2008-07-30
Provider: Rolling Stone
Keywords: Rock News
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Creation Records Founder McGee Tells Bands to “Do It Yourself” Alan McGee, the former head of Creation Records who is credited with discovering artists like Oasis and the Libertines, spoke out against record labels in an interview with XFM. McGee urged new bands not to sign with labels, saying “I’d recommend a band not to go to any record label, I think they’re all fucking rubbish. You’re better off doing it yourself. They’re living in the past.” McGee apparently practices what he preaches, as Poptones Records, the company he founded following the demise of Creation, has pretty much ceased to exist as the music industry continues to tilt digitally. Poptones was responsible for bringing the Hives to the U.K. and released side projects of bands like the Beta Band and the Icarus Line. The label’s website went offline this past May.
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Published: 2008-07-04
Provider: Rolling Stone
Keywords: Rock News, The Industry
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Noel Gallagher Quits Oasis With “Great Relief”Photo: Mockford/FilmMagic Oasis canceled an appearance at a French music festival Friday night after a fight between the Brothers Gallagher, and it seems that guitarist Noel Gallagher has quit the band he helped form in 1991 — again. Before the band’s scheduled set time, one of the festival’s organizers announced to the crowd that Liam and his sibling had “had a fight backstage,” and, according to reports, that “the group no longer exists. They will not play tonight and they are canceling the re
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Published: 2009-08-28
Provider: Rolling Stone
Keywords: Rock News
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O, BROTHER, THEIR ART - WOW!OASIS singer Liam Gallagher and his guitarist brother Noel oozed pure cool throughout a tight two-hour gig at Madison Square Garden on Wednesday. For all their bratty brotherly brawls and notorious backstage band unrest, under the lights at the...
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Published: 2008-12-19
Provider: New York Post
Keywords: Garden, Oasis, music
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