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Gang of Four recording album of new material
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03-Feb-2008
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Reuters - It's been more than 15 years since
the original lineup of groundbreaking British rock act Gang of
Four has released new material, but the foursome has been busy
since getting back together to rerecord old tracks for 2005's
"Return the Gift."
Erase Errata Lose Guitarist, Hire New Male Vocalist (Pitchfork)
14-Sep-2006
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Banned from Le Tigre's house! After a turbulent 12 months of being derogatorily namechecked by the Pitchfork staff for their freeze-dried Gang of Four rips, matching outfits, and style-over-substance 2003 full-length At Crystal Palace , San Francisco spaz-funk freaks Erase Errata have gone and lost their guitarist.
YYYs, Broken Social, Antony Head Glasgow Fest (Pitchfork)
05-Sep-2006
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Glasgow, you are in for a treat! Americans won't be the only ones reveling this weekend, as accompanying the awesomeness of Indian summer (weather) we have the Indian Summer Festival ! This one goes down September 2 and 3 in Glasgow's Victoria Park and reads like a Pitchforker's wet dream: Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Broken Social Scene, Antony and the Johnsons, the Fall, Yo La Tengo, Gang of Four, Tapes ‘n
Gang of Four + Menomena = Faux-Hoax (Pitchfork)
24-Jul-2006
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Gang of Four bassist Dave Allen has teamed up with guitarist John Askew (Tracker/FILMguerrero label owner) and drummer Danny Seim (Menomena) to form a new group called Faux-Hoax (pronounced "Folks").
New Blood Brothers EP Out Today (CMJ)
27-May-2006
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For those Blood Brothers fans who just can't wait until their new album is released this fall, here's a treat to hold you over: The band is releasing an EP, Love Rhymes With Hideous Car Wreck , today on V2. The EP is chock-full of previously unavailable goodies such as UK B-sides, remixes (including a remix of Gang of Four's "Anthrax") and a live version of the title track from the band's
The Rakes (Denver Westword)
19-May-2006
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What the world needs is more white people playing rock music, because frankly, there are just not enough third- and fourth-generation garage-rock bands to go around anymore. The rations of Clash-meets-Gang-of-Four up-tempo crack is running low -- and dammit, the kids aren't all right.
The Replacements Record New Songs (CMJ)
09-Apr-2006
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The Replacements will be the next in a very long list of enormously influential indie acts to regroup after years of silence (see also: the Pixies, Gang Of Four, Slint).
RIFFING D.C. JIVE (New York Press)
08-Apr-2006
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Following the swift deflation of the tight-knit D.C. post-punk scene, music journalists despaired at their inability to overuse the adjective angular, or to dub a band “dance-y” without conjuring images of Anglophile ponces with bad haircuts channeling Gang of Four. Lucky for us, local trio Rahim is picking up the pieces, borrowing odds and ends from Dischord City without resorting to nostalgia
Scientists sizzle at L.A. homecoming
(Reuters)
04-Apr-2006
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Reuters - We Are Scientists,
transplanted from Los Angeles to Brooklyn, are one of several
relatively new rock acts mining the danceable but dissonant
post-punk sound popularized by such late '70s/early '80s
British bands as Gang of Four and Wire.
Black Eyed Peas And Hedley Added To Juno Lineup (Chart Attack)
13-Mar-2006
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The Peas' Monkey Business has sold almost 700,000 copies in Canada and is up for the international album of the year Juno. The dancing gang of four snagged two Grammy Awards last month and received more cross-Canada exposure in November when they provided the halftime entertainment for the nationally televised Grey Cup.
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