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In The News: Beck, X, Savages, Dylan, U2, Sky Ferreira, Prince & More
Sky Ferreira will perform on “Jimmy Kimmel Live” on February 28, 2014.
Arcade Fire violinist Sarah Neufeld has a new EP and you can stream it right now.
U2 will perform “Ordinary Love” for the first time live at the Oscars on March 2, 2014.
Former X singer Exene Cervenka is holding a four-day garage sale that started today, getting rid of decades worth of cool stuff so she can relocate from L.A. to Austin, Texas. “I have eight guitars – nobody needs eight guitars!” she said. — Rolling Stone
Maggie Estep, an important figure in the early-’90s slam poetry movement died Wednesday, two days after suffering a heart attack. She was 50. — New York Times
Bob Dylan will perform two shows in Ireland this summer. He’ll be in Cork at Live at the Marquee on June 16, 2014, and then play in Dublin at the O2 on June 17, 2014. — The Independent
Beck will appear on “Saturday Night Live” as musical guest on March 1st, the Saturday following the release of his new album, Morning Phase. — Rolling Stone
Savages will release an EP later this year that will include the track “Fuckers.” Singer Jehnny Beth told Australia’s Tripple J radio: “We’re going to release a song that we play live called ‘Fuckers’. We recorded it live from a show did in London last fall at The Forum. It’s going to be available on vinyl as well. We’re also be covering a Suicide track called ‘Dream Baby Dream’.”
Kitten’s new “Money” video features Chloe Chaidez in bed with Ariel Pink. I reminds me of Andy Warhol’s film, “Beauty No. 2” staring Edie Sedgwick.
“Beauty No. 2”:
Prince performing “Chaos and Disorder” in Shepherd’s Bush Empire on February 9, 2014:
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Listen: U2’s ‘Ordinary Love’ Remixed By Paul Epworth
This is on U2’s website, along with the remix:
Ordinary Love (Paul Epworth Version)
Bono was in South Africa this week, to join those paying tribute to Nelson Mandela at Tuesday’s memorial service.
‘In Ireland,’ he says, ‘A wake is never without humour but it’s fair to say we lean heavily on the melancholy… one thing I love about Africa is they accompany the departed with dancing, lots of it, and music full of joy.’
On Thursday, ‘Ordinary Love’, the song the band wrote for ‘Mandela:Long Walk To Freedom’, was nominated for a Golden Globe Award and today the band wanted to share Paul Epworth’s new version.
‘We think Paul Epworth’s mix is a very soulful, uplifting one and we hope our audience will agree,’ says Bono. ‘Nelson Mandela’s life and times meant more to me than I can ever tell you, I would need a hundred songs to do that… but this complicated little love song to Winnie and South Africa is the one that landed on our lap.
‘I want to thank the Hollywood Foreign Press for believing in us and the film. This is truly a great honour.’
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Listen: U2 Release Acoustic ‘Mandela Version’ of ‘Breathe’
The flipside of U2’s “Ordinary Love” single is an acoustic interpretation of “Breathe” — “Breathe (Mandela Version)”
Now the group has made it available via YouTube.
“Breathe (Mandela Version)”:
Plus here’s “Ordinary Love” in case you missed it:
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Listen: U2 Debut New Song, “Ordinary Love”
Today U2 debut their new song, “Ordinary Love.” To listen, please click this link and then you’ll see a video player on Facebook.
Listen: New U2 Song In “Mandela” Trailer
U2’s first new song in three years, “Ordinary Love,” is heard in the Nelson Mandela film, “Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom.” The film is set for release in late November. You can listen to the song right now. Just use this link to launch a Facebook page with a video player and listen.
The group is working on a new album which they hope to release in 2014.
“It’s a bit of a return to U2 of old,” Adam Clayton said in a recent Irish radio interview, “but with the maturity, if you like, of the U2 of the last 10 years.”
From what I can hear, this soundtrack contribution is a classic U2 ballad that builds and builds, turning into an anthem by the end. Maybe. Check it out yourself in the “Mandela” trailer below.