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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.

Published: 2008-07-04 Provider: Rolling Stone Keywords: Rock News, The Industry

New Music Tuesdays: Ghostface Killah, The Libertines

Rolling Stone’s Christian Hoard says Ghostface Killah’s The Big Doe Rehab is another stellar album from the Wu-Tang MC, though it doesn’t quite measure up to last year’s Fishscale and lacks some of that album’s colorful drug-slinging tales. The Libertines’ new best-of comp pulls together songs from the short-lived band’s first two albums and an EP — enough for new fans to get a taste of Pete Doherty and Carl Barat’s fiesty band, but not enough to justify doling out your hard-earned cash. Click above to watch the full reviews. Plus: Read the review for The Big Doe Rehab here. >>Watch every episode of our weekly New Music Tuesdays video podcast by subscribing via iTunes (when prompted, click “Launch application”). Every Tuesday, a new episode will be delivered to your iTunes. [If you don’t have iTunes, download it here.

Published: 2007-12-05 Provider: Rolling Stone Keywords: Videos, New Music Tuesdays, Podcasts

Pete Doherty - Doherty Bids To Reform Libertines

PETE DOHERTY is begging his former THE LIBERTINES bandmate CARL BARAT to reunite the British rock band. The Libertines split in 2004, after Doherty was booted from the ...

Published: 2009-03-17 Provider: Contact Music

New Reviews: Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Wavves, Peter Doherty and More

Photo: Josh Wildman It’s Tuesday once again, which means there’s a whole slate of new CDs on sale now at your soon-to-be-closing record stores or favorite digital outlet. Before you brave the St. Patrick’s Day-celebrating masses on the way to the store, let Rolling Stone be your guide to the best of this week’s new releases. Indie rock (or, in this case, sorta indie rock) is the place to be this week, mostly because of the Yeah Yeah Yeahs’ third album It’s Blitz. Awarded four stars in the upcoming issue of Rolling Stone, which hits newsstands tomorrow, It’s Blitz finds the YYYs throwing an art-punk dance party. “The turn toward the dance floor makes sense: Yeah Yeah Yeahs are drawing on a tradition of arty New York dance punk that extends from the Talking Heads to TV on the Radio, whose guitarist, Dave Sitek, co–produced It’s Blitz! The big news, though, isn’t YYY’s groovier sound — it’s the heat they radiate,” Jody Rosen writes in his review. Out of San Diego, California, we have Wavves’ Wavvves, the second LP by one-man surf-punk auteur Nathan Williams. (Be sure not to mistake Wavvves for the one-less-”v” of Wavves, the band’s debut album.) A cacophony of Brian Wilson melodies and Jesus & Mary Chain distortion, Wavvves is bad–trip music for cloudless days: surging distortion, sun–dazed hooks and a dark sense of humor,” Will Hermes writes in his three-star review. “The battle between noise and melody veers from scary to hilarious to heroic, and as a metaphor for trying to feel good in trying times, it may hit you close to home.” There’s also Grace/Wasteland, the first solo album by former Libertines/Babyshambles trainwreck Pete Doherty (now going by the first name Peter), with the oft-troubled guitarist managing to “make his dysfunction sing” on his debut LP. The album also features “Sheepskin Tearaway,” “a sketch of a chemical romance and one of Doherty’s prettiest songs ever.” For the rest of this week’s New Releases, check below: • MSTRKRFT’s Fist of God • Maria

Published: 2009-03-17 Provider: Rolling Stone Keywords: Rock News

Pete Doherty - Doherty I Can Convince Carl Barat To Reform Libertines

Pete Doherty has claimed he will be able to convince ex-bandmate Carl Barat to reform the Libertines eventually.The Can't Stand Me Now band split in 2004, six ...

Published: 2009-02-26 Provider: Contact Music

Romance At Short Notice by Dirty Pretty Things

The sophomore album for the indie rock band from England headed up by ex-Libertines guitarist Carl Barat. [Rock, Indie]

Published: 2008-07-01 Provider: Metacritic

The Libertines - The Libertines Reunite

THE LIBERTINES reunion is official - the founding members of the U.K. band have reportedly signed a new management deal.Rockers Pete Doherty and Carl Barat famously fell...

Published: 2009-10-23 Provider: Contact Music

Libertines Release Definitive Best Of

You know you've hit that halcyon point of notoriety/prestige when people use your band in the phrase: "they're the best band since [insert your band name here]." One of the most recent bands to get that honor is the late, great

Published: 2007-10-01 Provider: Artist Direct

"Shotter's Nation" by Babyshambles

Pete Doherty, as it's been painfully documented in the UK tabloid press, likes to play with fire. The drug-addled, Kate Moss-squiring former co-head of The Libertines has seemed to spend more time in court than on tour, and his antics have ended one band prematurely and threatened to derail his "second chance" as Babyshambles, whose inconsistent first album, Down in Albion, raised the question of whether Doherty was worth all the fuss and ink. Probably no one merits all that attention, but Shotter's Nation serves as a minor triumph for Doherty nonetheless. More focused in approach but still ramshackle in sound, the album skips gleefully from vintage Brit-pop to acoustic balladry to finger-snapping soul. Fans of The Kinks, The Clash and The Strokes will all find kernels to latch onto. Some of the raw nerve factor may have been reduced, but the consistency proves to be an acceptable

Published: 2007-10-05 Provider: Artist Direct

Doherty wants Libertines reunion

The Babyshambles frontman admits he would "love" his old band to reform.

Published: 2009-03-17 Provider: BBC

Jones backs Libertines reunion talk

Former CLASH rocker MICK JONES has thrown his weight behind a rumoured LIBERTINES reunion - offering to reprise his role as the indie band's producer.

Published: 2009-07-18 Provider: OK! Magazine

The Libertines perform surprise show

British band THE LIBERTINES reunited for a surprise gig in the early hours of Saturday (16May09), playing their first concert since they split five years ago.

Published: 2009-05-17 Provider: OK! Magazine