Music Week articles from September 2006

Music Week archives from September 2006

RUDEBOX TRACK BY TRACK.
September 2, 2006... 1. Rudebox - produced/written with Soul Mekanik 2. Viva Life On Mars - produced/written with Soul Mekanik 3. Lovelight (Lewis Taylor cover) - produced by Mark Ronson 4. King Of The Bongo - (Manu Chao cover) - produced by Mark Ronson ...

Interview: Robbie: `I'm competitive. I want to win'.(Interview)
September 2, 2006... In an exclusive interview to set up his new album, Rudebox, Robbie Williams talks to Music Week about the process behind the creation of the ninth album of his solo career, the writing process, his future in the business and perceptions of the...

Interview: Robbie ponders his next move.
September 2, 2006... As he prepares for the release of his seventh studio solo album, Robbie Williams admits he is considering his future as a recording artist. Williams says he faces fundamental questions in the months ahead over how he plans to take his...

Era boosts second Indie Conference.
September 2, 2006... Era promises this year's conference to be best yet by Paul Williams Retail association Era says it is going bigger and better for its second Indie Conference, taking in a larger venue, more presentations and new financial backing from...

New TOTP2 starts next month.
September 2, 2006... The Top Of The Pops brand will be absent from UK TV screens for just two months, as the BBC finalises a new series of TOTP2 to air at the end of September. The new series is to continue in the vein of the established TOTP2 formula and...

SNAP SHOT: Pink.
September 2, 2006... Pink will be the first artist to benefit from an expansion of the PlayStationPortable line in Europe by putting her name to a new pink- coloured console. The handset, which will launch in the UK on October 27, is the first to be connected...

Popworld Radio goes live.
September 2, 2006... UK live tour next month launches Popworld Radio web stream by Jim Larkin Popworld is organising a series of gigs around the UK to promote a new radio offering, which it intends to build into a fully-fledged music station. The...

Shareholders welcome more bids for SMG.
September 2, 2006... SMG shareholders are waiting to see if venture capital firms are willing to make a better offer than that made by Ulster Television for the group. After weeks of speculation, TalkSport controller Ulster Television confirmed it had entered...

Kiss takes relaunch to the next level.
September 2, 2006... Emap's Kiss brand is to simulcast a series of specialist shows as it presses the button on a new analogue network. From next month, late night shows from the likes of John Digweed, Jay Cunning and David Rodigan will be heard not only on...

THE PLAYLIST: 02.09.06.
September 2, 2006... LILY ALLEN LDN (Regal) Following Smile's success, this is set for a full commercial release and comes armed with a cracking new video. (single, September 25) OZMOSIS Imagine (unsigned) Championed by Spoony on Radio One,...

THE UK'S FAVOURITE ALBUMS OF ALL TIME.
September 2, 2006... 1. The Beatles Sgt Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (1967) 2. Michael Jackson Thriller (1982) 3. U2 The Joshua Tree (1987) 4. Fleetwood Mac Rumours (1977) 5. Pink Floyd Wish You Were Here (1975) 6. The Beatles Revolver (1966) 7. Simon...

IN BRIEF: Creative settles row with Apple.
September 2, 2006... MP3 player manufacturers Apple and Creative have reached a legal settlement following a dispute over Apple's use of a Creative patent technology in its devices. Apple will now pay Creative $100m (#54m) for a paid-up licence to use Creative's...

IN BRIEF: Emap2 deal with Napster.
September 2, 2006... Emap marketing division Emap2 has struck a three-month exclusive deal with Napster to promote the online music subscription service across its magazine, radio and online platforms. Advertorials will appear in the November and December issues of...

IN BRIEF: Classic Rock album.
September 2, 2006... Classic Rock magazine is to release an album of blues rock through Gut Active Records. The September 11-issued album, Classic Rock Presents Blues Rock, is the second compilation the magazine has put together, following a prog rock set it...

IN BRIEF: Demon Vision teams up with Emap.
September 2, 2006... Demon Vision has teamed up with Emap to create Q magazine's first interactive DVD, Q: The Essential Music Quiz, in time for sale at Christmas. It will be launched on November 27. Copyright: CMP Information Ltd.

IN BRIEF: Morrissey's new single.
September 2, 2006... Morrissey's new single In The Future When All's Well has been made available as a V Festival download. The release came about through a partnership between Sanctuary/Attack and digital specialist Bandwagon. Copyright: CMP Information Ltd.

IN BRIEF: Tower files for bankruptcy cover.
September 2, 2006... US-owned Tower Records has filed for bankruptcy protection from its creditors, as it prepares for a possible sell-off within the next 60 days. The retailer has filed for Chapter 11, the process in the States which allows a company to be...

IN BRIEF: AEG significant step forward.
September 2, 2006... AEG has seen its chances of building a super-casino alongside the huge music arena in The O2 take a significant step forward after Wembley developers withdrew their application for a rival bid. Copyright: CMP Information Ltd.

IN BRIEF: Radio Pembrokeshire and Carmarthenshire bought.
September 2, 2006... Town & Country Broadcasting, the company owned by former Virgin Radio and Wireless group chief executive Jason Bryant, has completed its acquisition of Radio Pembrokeshire and Radio Carmarthenshire. Copyright: CMP Information Ltd.

IN BRIEF: PRS Foundation launcehs funding scheme.
September 2, 2006... The PRS Foundation has launched a funding scheme, British Music Abroad, to nurture emerging British acts and give them financial support to play showcases overseas. Funded by Arts Council England's grants for the arts programme, the scheme...

IN BRIEF: Village People granted injunction.
September 2, 2006... The Village People have been granted an injunction to stop a UK tribute act from using the name Village Peeple. The tribute act, led by Jason Phillips, have been the subject of legal action from the Seventies act before and have previously...

IN BRIEF: MIA statistics.
September 2, 2006... New statistics released by the Music Industries Association (MIA) show significant growth in sales of guitars, with total sales breaking the #100m mark for the first time. Sales units have more than doubled since 1999, with nearly 1m guitars...

IN BRIEF: Music high on C4 autumn agenda.
September 2, 2006... Channel 4 has unveiled details of its autumn schedule highlights, which includes broadcasting the UK Music Hall Of Fame for a second consecutive year, the Vodafone Live Music Awards, the Diesel-U-Music Awards and the Digital Music Awards,...

IN BRIEF: Kerrang! Awards 2006.
September 2, 2006... Visible Noise's Lostprophets claimed the key prizes at last Thursday's Kerrang! Awards 2006 at The Brewery in London, walking off with the gongs for best album and best British band. Other winners included Warner act My Chemical Romance, and...

IN BRIEF: Roundhouse unveils programme of events.
September 2, 2006... The Roundhouse has unveiled a programme of events for the rest of the year following its reopening after a #30m refurbishment. The North London venue is to play host to concerts by Cat Power, The Divine Comedy and The Zutons and will also stage...

IN BRIEF: Will Young claims top spot.
September 2, 2006... Will Young has claimed top spot on a countdown of the most popular artists of the past six months on commercial radio's The A-List chart show, which broadcasts to 57 stations. The Sony BMG artist beat off the likes of Universal's Sugababes and...

IN BRIEF: Lucozade launches temporary download site.
September 2, 2006... Lucozade has launched a temporary download site in association with Audiojelly to promote its Hydro-Active fitness drink for six months. The campaign will see 3.7m bottles of Hydro-Active distributed with a code which will allow customers to...

IN BRIEF: Bidders circle BMG Publishing.
September 2, 2006... Former BMG Entertainment chief executive Strauss Zelnick has emerged among the chasing pack looking to acquire BMG Music Publishing. Zelnick is understood to have teamed up with US private equity fund Apollo Management to mount a bid for the...

IN BRIEF: Deutsche Grammophon appointment.
September 2, 2006... Classical record label Deutsche Grammophon has made two new appointments, filling its president and A&R vice president roles. General manager Michael Lang is promoted to president, with immediate effect. Warner Classics International director...

IN BRIEF: John Merritt dies.
September 2, 2006... Veteran music publisher John Merritt has died following a battle with cancer. In a career dating back to the Sixties, Merritt worked for Decca's publishing company Burlington Music, ran RCA's publishing arm Sunbury Music, before taking charge...

IN BRIEF: IPC Ignite! MD to leave.
September 2, 2006... IPC Ignite! managing director Tim Brooks will leave the publishing company in September to take up a new role as managing director of Guardian Newspapers. He is replaced by Eric Fuller, formally Nuts and Loaded publishing director. ...

IN BRIEF: BT Digital Music awards.
September 2, 2006... RCA act Sandi Thom will tomorrow (Tuesday) play the BT Digital Music awards launch at London's BT Tower. The awards ceremony itself will take place at the newly-refurbished Camden Roundhouse on October 3. Copyright: CMP Information Ltd.

IN BRIEF: Poll to celebrate 50th anniversary of albums chart.
September 2, 2006... The Beatles' Sgt Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band has been named as the public's favourite chart-topping album in a poll to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the UK albums chart. The 1967 album was joined by three other Beatles albums in...

PR panel move forward into net generation.
September 2, 2006... With the rise of blogging and internet reviews, is the role of the music publicist changing? Music Week assembled a panel of five experts to discuss the future of music PR According to Jeff Jarvis, founder of America's top-selling...

PRs' CVs.
September 2, 2006... Sarah Pearson, director of Wasted Youth Starting her PR career at Excess Press, where she became a partner and set up a management/DJ division, Pearson went on to establish her own company, Wasted Youth. Perhaps best known for breaking...

Gnarls Barkley hit top spot.
September 2, 2006... Few surprises in the Q2 airplay figures, with Gnarls Barkley's Crazy scoring almost double the audience share (and over twice as many plays) of its distant second place rival, Is It Any Wonder? by Keane. Receiving strong initial support from...

You have to hand it to Robbie.
September 2, 2006... Robbie Williams may be sizing up his next move, but whatever he decides, he's here to stay No artist from the UK can match the consistent level of success which Robbie Williams has achieved over the past decade. He is, in pure...

BIG QUESTION: How can new Capital boss reclaim market-leadership?
September 2, 2006... Scott Muller began his new job as programme director of Capital Radio last week. What does he need to do to reclaim the station's crown as the number one in London's commercial radio sector? Steve Tandy, Gut Records and Intermedia Regional...

New website creates fresh way to fund bands.
September 2, 2006... Yet another new business model has sprung up online which promises to help bands sell their music by effectively allowing fans to invest in their recordings upfront. Let's cut to the chase - how does it work? OK, here goes. A band...

Winning the Mercury brings mixed blessings.
September 2, 2006... The Mercury Prize winner is announced next Tuesday, but one former victor - Tom Grey from Gomez - writes exclusively for MW about the so- called curse of the Mercurys As the last festival closes the last of its heavily secured and poorly...

FAST CHART: 02.09.06.
September 2, 2006... SINGLES NUMBER ONE: BEYONCE FEAT JAY-Z DEJA VU (Columbia) The last time the Columbia label had a number one hit was three years ago, when its Beyonce single (Crazy In Love) replaced a four-week chart champ on sister label Epic (Bring...

Snow Patrol clear path to number one.
September 2, 2006... With OutKast's album Idlewild the only new release with enough support to debut inside the Top 20 of the artist albums chart this week, sales in that market sector decline gently, falling 1.6% to 1,862,410. With compilation albums off 4.6% to...

THE SCHEDULE - 02.09.06: Albums.
September 2, 2006... This week Method Man 4:21 The Day After (Mercury); Iron Maiden Its A Matter Of Life And Death (EMI); The Roots Game Theory (Mercury); Kasabian Empire (Columbia); Bob Dylan Modern Times (Columbia) September 4 Beyonce B Day (RCA);...

THE SCHEDULE - 02.09.06: Singles.
September 2, 2006... This week Pink U And Ur Hand (RCA); Sandi Thom What If Im Right (RCA); Justin Timberlake Sexyback (RCA); The Feeling Never Be Lonely (Island); Basement Jaxx Hush Boy (XL); Lupe Fiasco Daydream (Atlantic); T.I. Live In The Sky (Atlantic)...

THE SCHEDULE - 02.09.06: NEW ADDITION.
September 2, 2006... Having won the battle to sign chart-topping Nineties girl-group All Saints earlier this year, Parlophone has scheduled the first new material from the group since the Saints & Sinners album in 2000. While song titles are still under wraps,...

Fratellis move into fast lane.
September 2, 2006... Island steps up campaign for The Fratellis' debut album, as NMEtour lifts band's profile to next level The Fratellis costello music (island) Island intends to reproduce the artwork for The Fratellis' debut album Costello Music live...

Upfront - 02.09.06: Tastemaker Tips.
September 2, 2006... I'm From Barcelona We're From Barcelona (Mute) James Jam, New Music Editor, NME "The first time I heard I'm From Barcelona I thought they were silly. The second and third times I laughed until I needed the toilet. The fourth time I...

The Insider: Drowned In Sound.
September 2, 2006... Music website and record label Drowned In Sound founder Sean Adams is aiming to utilise the brand's sixth year in business this autumn as an opportunity to expand its services. A raft of live activity in October will mark the occasion,...

Muse unleash their best video yet with Knights Of Cydonia promo.
September 2, 2006... Knights Of Cydonia is Muse's latest album-closing epic; a six-minute prog-rock homage to the classic cowboy scores of Ennio Morricone and the song's ambition is more than matched by top American director Joseph Kahn, who has created a sci-fi,...

Upfront - 02.09.06: Radio playlists.
September 2, 2006... Radio 1 A list Arctic Monkeys Leave Before The Lights Come On; Basmement Jaxx Hush Boy; Beyonce feat. Jay-Z Deja Vu; Chamillionaire Ridin'; Christina Aguilera Ain't No Other Man; David Guetta Vs The Egg Love Don't Let Me Go; Jamelia...

Upfront - 02.09.06: In-store next week.
September 2, 2006... ASDA Instore - Bob Dylan, Kasabian, Maria Lawson, Iron Maiden, Beach Boys, Stacie Orrico, Andrew Lloyd Webber, Ibiza Annual, Fantastic 80s; Album of the week - Kasabian BORDERS Instore - Seth Lakeman, Rolling Stones, Miles Davis,...

Upfront - 02.09.06: My Top 10 - Pierre Perrone.
September 2, 2006... Pierre Perrone Freelance journalist 1 Flipron Biscuits For Cerberus (Tiny Dog) 2 Charlotte Gainsbourg 5:55 (Because Music) 3 The Stranglers Suite Xvi (Emi Liberty) 4 The Hedrons One More Won't Kill Us (Measured) 5 Joe Brown Down To...

Upfront Reviews - 11.09.06: ALBUM of the week.
September 2, 2006... Justin Timberlake FutureSex/LoveSounds Jive 82876870682 With single SexyBack climbing up the airplay chart ahead of release, the stage is set for JT's second solo album. Production from Timbaland, JAWBreakers, Rick Rubin and...

Upfront Reviews - 11.09.06: SINGLE of the week.
September 2, 2006... Jamelia Something About You Parlophone CDR6713 This is the perfect pop track to set up Jamelia's new album Walk With Me, which is released at the end of the month. The catchy Something About You is as satisfying, if not more so,...

Upfront Reviews - 11.09.06: Singles.
September 2, 2006... Iain Archer When It Kicks In (Wall Of Sound AMOUR25D) This indie powerpop stormer by Ivor Novello award-winner Iain Archer is a taster from his new album Magnetic North (out on September 18), which follows the critically acclaimed...

Upfront Reviews - 11.09.06: Albums.
September 2, 2006... Bat For Lashes Fur and Gold (Echo ECHCD72) Despite her Bjork-like tendency to deliver the unexpected, singer- songwriter Natasha Khan - aka Bat For Lashes - has clearly and unequivocally her own voice. The effect of the dreamlike...

TV Airplay Chart - 02.09.06: ON THE BOX THIS WEEK.
September 2, 2006... Channel 4 B4 (Mon-Fri) Friday Night Project with Girls Aloud hosting (repeat) (Tues) Freshly Squeezed with Lily Allen new video (Weds) Freshly Squeezed with James Morrison (Thurs) The Charlotte Church Show (Fri) Ibiza...

TV Airplay Chart - 02.09.06: Scissor Sisters.
September 2, 2006... It is already dominating the radio airplay chart - where it has been number one for the last three weeks - and now The Scissor Sisters' I Don't Feel Like Dancin' is challenging for the TV airplay chart title. Climbing 5-2 this week, the...

TV Airplay Chart - 02.09.06: LeAnn Rimes.
September 2, 2006... Celebrating her 23rd birthday today (August 28), LeAnn Rimes gets an early birthday present from B4 and sister station Chart Show TV, which aired the video for new single Everybody's Someone - a duet with former Westlife star Brian McFadden -...

Radio Airplay - 02.09.06: Scissor Sisters.
September 2, 2006... It's been another spectacular week for The Scissor Sisters, whose I Don't Feel Like Dancin' improves from 1,593 plays and an audience of 68.53m to 1,888 plays and an audience of 82.68m - the highest for any record in any week of 2006. On its...

Radio Airplay - 02.09.06: Jamelia.
September 2, 2006... Something About You is Jamelia's first single for nearly two years, and the first from her third album, Walk With Me. It has made a vigorous start to its airplay chart career, moving 90-60-21 thus far. Released on September 11, two weeks before...

Radio Airplay - 02.09.06: Richard Hawley.
September 2, 2006... Remixed from his album Cole's Corner, which has thus far sold more than 50,000 copies, Richard Hawley's upcoming single Hotel Room explodes 114- 34 on the airplay chart this week. The fifth single from the album, it is the first to make the Top...

Radio Airplay - 02.09.06: Lupe Fiasco.
September 2, 2006... Rapper Lupe Fiasco's forthcoming single Daydreamin' is getting a warm reception from radio, and jumps 70-38 this week, with support from 24 stations amounting to 258 plays. Sampling I Monster's 2000 trip-hop hit Daydream In Blue, which itself...

Radio Airplay - 02.09.06: ON THE RADIO THIS WEEK.
September 2, 2006... RADIO 1 Steve Lamacq: Reading Festival Special (Mon) Leeds & Notting Hill Carnival live coverage (Mon) It's A Dancehall Thing (Mon) Jo Whiley record of the week - Razorlight: America Zane Lowe record of the week - Jet: Put...

New releases - 02.09.06: REVIEWS Catalogue.
September 2, 2006... The Beach Boys Pet Sounds (Capitol 3539862) Subject to numerous previous repackagings, The Beach Boys' classic Pet Sounds album is reworked again to mark the 40th anniversary of its first release. Brian Wilson's visionary masterpiece...

Singles - 02.09.06: Beyonce & Jay-Z.
September 2, 2006... Deja Vu is her 23rd Top 40 hit and his 24th, and a winning combination for Beyonce and boyfriend Jay-Z as it jumps 21-1 on the chart this week. The track - the first single from Beyonce's upcoming album B'day - sold 29,365 copies last week and...

Singles - 02.09.06: Matt Willis.
September 2, 2006... Former Busted bassist Matt Willis chalks up the second Top 20 hit from his upcoming eponymous debut solo album, as Hey Kid catapults 61-11 on sales of 11,294. Willis had eight hits with Busted - all top three - and reached number seven with his...

Singles - 02.09.06: Morrissey.
September 2, 2006... Morrissey racks up his 44th Top 40 hit in all, his 28th solo and his third from current album Ringleader Of The Tormentors, as In The Future When All's Well debuts at number 17 on sales of 8,128. The album, which topped the chart in April, also...

Singles - 02.09.06: Ronan Keating.
September 2, 2006... Ronan Keating's unprecedented opening string of Top 10 hits - 30 of them, solo, in duets and as a member of Boyzone - is over. His Goo Goo Dolls cover Iris debuted at number 15 last week and now retreats to number 26 on sales of 4,938. While...

Albums - 02.09.06: The Feeling.
September 2, 2006... In pursuit of their third straight Top 10 hit from debut album Twelve Stops And Home, The Feeling are off to a good start, with Never Be Lonely debuting at number 24 on download sales alone - 5,474 of them. A huge airplay hit, the track has...

Albums - 02.09.06: OutKast.
September 2, 2006... OutKast's biggest hit single Hey Ya! finally eased past the 300,000 sales mark last week, and is the main reason their previous album, 2004's Speakerboxxx/The Love Below reached number eight and sold 830,186 copies, beating the number 10 peak...

Albums - 02.09.06: Young Knives.
September 2, 2006... After three very similar sized hits - Here Comes The Rumour Mill reached number 36 in March, She's Attracted To got to number 38 in June and Weekends And Bleak Days (Hot Summer) peaked at number 35 last week - Young Knives make their album...

Albums - 02.09.06: Prince.
September 2, 2006... Prince secures the 25th chart album of his career and his second of the year, as Ultimate, a new Warner Brothers compilation debuts, at number 24 on sales of 9,413. It comes five months after his first Universal album 3121 - which has so far...

UK launch for SpiralFrog.
September 9, 2006... Free US download service SpiralFrog to spawn UK version of ad-funded model next spring By Martin Talbot Free music download service SpiralFrog is planning a UK launch in April next year. SpiralFrog told Music Week of its plans as...

Numbers add up for magic band.
September 9, 2006... The Magic Numbers are to lift the lid on their eagerly-awaited second album with a performance at EMI's autumn sales conference this week. The band will be performing new material from Those The Brokes, which will be released through...

IN BRIEF: Bertelsmann calls time on BMG bids.
September 9, 2006... Bertelsmann set a closing date of last Thursday for binding offers for its BMG Music Publishing business. The German media group, which is selling the publishing business to raise money to help fund a $4.5bn (#2.4bn) share buy-back from Groupe...

IN BRIEF: IFPI figures.
September 9, 2006... The huge dominance of digital on the singles sector is underlined by new IFPI figures revealing nearly three-quarters of the market globally last year was made up of downloads. A report in the newly-published 2006 Global Recording Industry In...

IN BRIEF: Zenith Entertainment into receivership.
September 9, 2006... Zenith Entertainment, the company which owned CD:UK, has collapsed into administrative receivership and its assets are being sold off. Subsidiary company Blaze, which produced CD:UK, SM:TV Live and continues to make CD:USA, will live on as it...

IN BRIEF: CEO joins main Chrysalis board.
September 9, 2006... Chrysalis Music Division CEO Jeremy Lascelles has been appointed to the main board of Chrysalis Group. Lascelles, who has been with the group since 1994, formally took up his position last Friday following a strong recent run for the music...

IN BRIEF: Novel way of getting funded.
September 9, 2006... An aspiring singer-songwriter has come up with a novel way of getting his record funded - by selling rights to the lyrics on a line-by-line basis. Jonathan Haselden has written and recorded the song Rollercoaster and he is selling each of its...

IN BRIEF: Billy Bragg attacks flux.
September 9, 2006... Billy Bragg has attacked MTV's new social networking site Flux, insisting that its contract of use puts the ownership of material in question. In an article on The Guardian website, Bragg, who recently challenged both MySpace and Bebo on the...

IN BRIEF: R1 unveils John Peel Day details.
September 9, 2006... Radio One has announced details of the second John Peel Day, which is set to take place on Thursday, October 12, marking the second anniversary of the DJ's last broadcast on the station. Radio One will report live from the events from across...

IN BRIEF: Relaunch of Playmusic magazine.
September 9, 2006... Independent publisher Genoa Bay is to undertake a radical relaunch of Playmusic magazine in October. From October 11, the magazine will be available as a 212-page monthly title at a cover price of #3.50, with an initial print run of 60,000...

IN BRIEF: 2006 Digital Music Survey.
September 9, 2006... A new survey has shed light on the wide-reaching impact that community websites have had on music consumption. The 2006 Digital Music Survey compiled by Entertainment Media Research for law firm Olswang, reveals that 73% of users have...