Arctic Monkeys Side Project The Last Shadow Puppets Arrive in NYC Though no one could quite remember the name of the band, a few dozen New Yorkers showed up at Brooklyn’s Sound Fix Lounge last night for a “surprise” acoustic gig by the Last Shadow Puppets: a collaboration between Arctic Monkeys singer Alex Turner and his mate Miles Kane from U.K. group the Rascals. The pair worked through unplugged renditions of eight songs from their forthcoming album to a crowd that included Vampire Weekend’s Ezra Koenig and Rostam Batmanglij. (VW fans will be pleased to know that drummer Chris Thompson is doing just fine after being hit by a taxi in London last week. “He didn’t even need stitches,” Batmanglij says.) The Puppets’ set was decidedly low-key, coming on more like noir-ish Sixties soundtrack music than the loose-limbed Brit-punk of the Arctic Monkeys. Or, as one astute fan noted: “If the Arctic Monkeys are Blur, this is the Good, The Bad and The Queen.” The duo’s debut album, The Age Of Understatement, is due out April 21st, if that sounds like your cup of tea. For our part, we were impressed. [Photo: Bao Nguyen]
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Published: 2008-03-05
Provider: Rolling Stone
Keywords: Rock News, Live Shows
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Hit Or Hype: The Last Shadow Puppets, Frightened Rabbit This week’s Hit or Hype cuts through the buzz on UK charmers the Last Shadow Puppets, Scottish anthem makers Frightened Rabbit and Texas psych band the Black Angels. Check out this week’s Hit or Hype column over at the Breaking Blog. • Hit or Hype: The Last Shadow Puppets, Frightened Rabbits and the Black Angels
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Published: 2008-04-24
Provider: Rolling Stone
Keywords: Rock News, Breaking
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Rascalize by The RascalsThe debut album for the trio from England features Miles Kane, who worked with the Arctic Monkey's' Alex Turner to form The Last Shadow Puppets. [Rock, Indie]
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Published: 2008-07-01
Provider: Metacritic
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Do YOU think Pete deserves to win Sexiest Male tonight?!So, in theory, it’s the most rock ’n’ roll of all the awards ceremonies tonight, as the NME Awards take place at Brixton Academy. And, because it’s the NME and all that, we wouldn’t expect, say, David Beckham to be on the shortlist for Sexiest Male – but surely they could do better than Pete Doherty? OK, so we acknowledge that Pete does have plenty of charm and charisma, and there’s definitely a handsome man under all that dirt and grease, but he still wouldn’t make our top five in a million, billion years. We're sure he'll be gutted by that news, what with all those models he manages to pull. Anyway, Pete's up for the award along with his former bandmate Carl Barat, Muse frontman Matt Bellamy, Keith Murray from We Are Scientists (yeah, he’s fit, but he’s called Keith) and Miles Kane from Last Shadow Puppets. So, do you see the appeal of Pete, or does he make you sick in your mouth?
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Published: 2009-02-26
Provider: Heat
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