Tuesday, October 16, 2012

Watch: The Story Behind Joy Division's "Unknown Pleasures" Cover Art

The cover art for Joy Division's 1979 classic Unknown Pleasures has been featured in a new video series about the visualization of data and its cultural impact. 

The video features creator Peter Saville discussing the artwork, saying that Joy Division came to him with the original image, which is a signal from a pulsar that was lifted from the Cambridge Encyclopedia of Astronomy. 

Peter Saville worked on many album sleeves, including Joy Division's second and final album Closer, New Order's Power, Corruption And Lies, Peter Gabriel's So, Wham!'s Music From The Edge Of Heaven and Pulp's This Is Hardcore.

Watch the video below.




Monday, October 15, 2012

Fleetwood Mac Confirm Reunion Tour For 2013

Stevie Nicks has confirmed that Fleetwood Mac are to return to the stage for a 2013 reunion tour.

Speaking to ABC News, Nicks said: "We go into rehearsals somewhere around the end of February. So... if everything goes to plan, we should probably be out (on the road) by end of April or May, I would think."

Nicks added that the reunited group are working on new music, though nothing is officially confirmed yet. "Well, actually, maybe like two songs, maybe four, who knows? We don't really know yet 'cos we're not in the world of Fleetwood Mac yet. We're just still in talks about that."

They are also one of a number of names rumoured to be headlining Glastonbury when the festival returns.

Emily Eavis, the festival organiser has said in the past, "I think Fleetwood Mac would be amazing to get, I’ll be totally honest we haven’t had any conversations with them yet but, you know it is still early days. We’re just talking to some headliners now. For us it’s about getting the balance of heritage bands, legends and new bands – just keeping that balance."

Thursday, October 11, 2012

Watch: Thee Oh Sees Unveil New Video For 'Lupine Dominus'

Thee Oh Sees have unveiled the video for "Lupine Dominus", taken from their recently released album 'Putrifiers II'. The song is part of our current playlist www.koolrockradio.com.

The video was directed by John Strong. Watch it below.