May contain a heavy dose of Jim Kerr
Last night I was in Oxford seeing Kelly Jones on the final night of his “Don’t Let The Devil Take Another Day” solo tour of the UK. I will review the gig in a dedicated post shortly. But while I was at the gig last night, news of this broke out within the fandom… Now…
A new single from the soon-to-be-released live album.
I think I may actually like this more than the Love Song offering. What’s going on, guv? Lol I’m still not sure about how much overdubbing has been done…dunno. Jim’s voice seems more natural and recorded “on the night” than it does on Love Song. I’m feeling a little more optimistic after this. The other…
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Well, here is the news! And here also, from the album, is Love Song – sounding overdubbed (Jim’s voice, at least) to buggery. Look…I hate to criticise, I really do. BUT…if you are going to release a live album…have the bloody courage of your convictions! If you want to keep that reputation of being one…
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Past time musical collaborators with Simple Minds, Planet Funk, have a new track out called All On Me. It’s very catchy – you’d expect nothing less from the Planet Funk team. Take a listen! (PS: Artwork looks a little Fiona Sutherland inspired…)
A new release from Bryan Ferry at the end of November…inspired by his soundtrack work for the Netflix series Berlin Babylon. It sounds like it could be a goodun. I wonder if next year’s world tour will be airing this kind of vibe too? Would really love to hear how Sea Breezes sounds. Only about…
A wonderful post from Simple Minds Historical admin Paolo Viani about anticipating the wait for the new album and savouring the feelings it brings. Below is my reply (as well as a link to Facebook, to Paolo’s original post)… https://www.facebook.com/groups/365267916957690/permalink/972690829548726/ EDIT: I’ve included a screengrab of the post as, for some reason I don’t quite…
To be released at 9.45am GMT. STAY TUNED…check SMO social media for more 🙂
The Simple Minds online bible that is the Dream Giver Redux site (unlike this sorry excuse for a fan page/glorified Jim Kerr online ogling sycophantic ninny’s page) has quite a new stash of information on the upcoming Walk Between Worlds release… You can read it by clicking DREAM GIVER REDUX NEWS Also more info can…
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Stuart Holland has just informed me that Paul Statham has started up his own small record label ‘Loki Records’ www.lokirecords.com and has released his first experimental music album called ‘Asylum’ this week. Here is a link to the video: The album is available on ITunes, Spotify, Amazon, Google Play etc and is available from Bandcamp…
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