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While we wait for some news, I was surfing the Net and came across this... has someone ever listened to it before? It's my first time!!!

 

 Let me know what you think :)

KEANE TO PLAY SXSW

From KM.COM,



UPDATE: The band have also now been confirmed to play at Stubb's on Saturday March 17th.
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We're very pleased to report that Keane are heading to Austin, Texas to play some shows to badge holders at March's SXSW festival.
The first show to be announced is at FILTER’s SXSW Showdown @ Cedar St. 2012 on Thursday, 15th March.

For more information on SXSW, see the website at sxsw.com.

Isa says: Take into account that the show will be broadcasted here. Check the schedule and time!

'This year’s broadcast will take place in the Great Room located on the second floor of the W Austin. We’ll be live 6am to 10am Wednesday thru Friday, and 8am to noon on Saturday'.

Saturday- 3/17
8 Kat Edmonson
8:30 Yellow Ostrich
9 Ben Howard
9:30 Ed Sheeran
10 Givers
10:30 Special Guests TBA
11 Keane
11:30 Special Guests TBA

TIM: 5 SONGS I LIKE

From KM.com,



Hello! Here are five things I'm enjoying at the moment.
Love from Tim

1 The War On Drugs - Baby Missiles

Utterly brilliant song with a fantastic sound. My next ten demos are probably just going to be inferior copies of this…



2 Lana Del Rey - Video Games

Again, lovely song, lovely sound. Very dark and intense.



3 ABBA - The Name Of The Game

Let's be honest, we take these songs for granted. We've heard them too many times. Just listen to this with your headphones on. There is no dead wood - every single moment is filled with a catchy melody or sound. Like virtually all their songs, it's a masterclass in pop songwriting.



Speaking of ABBA reminds me of this classic Erasure pastiche from their Abba-esque era:



4 Fleetwood Mac live

Check out this performance of Go Your Own Way. Just amazing.



5 JBM

Jesse B Marchant supported Mt. Desolation on a few dates in the USA last year. I got a sneak preview of a new recording of his last week, and it truly blew me away. Sadly, of course, I can't post that song here because the new record's not out yet….but in the meantime keep listening to his first record, Not Even In July.

http://www.jbm-music.com/

TIM ANSWERS YOUR QUESTIONS PT2

From KM.com,

UPDATE: Since we started these videos, a lot of you have been asking for subtitles for the interviews. Well, it's taken us a little while to work them out, but if you press the arrow then the CC button at the bottom of the video you can now get subtitles! Better still, YouTube can automatically translate them into more than 50 different languages! We will have them for all interview videos from hereon in.

Yes, it's the second part of our interview with Tim, where we popped down to his house to ask him 50 of the excellent questions you folks asked (we had a shortlist of about 200!).

HAPPY MERRY CHRISTMAS AND A HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!

Even though I've been disappeared for a while in this blog, Tim never did it in my heart. I've come back reloaded with same the love I felt when I saw his face (in a picture :( hope someday in real life). Anyways, I wish all the good and loads of blessings and hugs for you, such a great Tim fan, and for your family!!!!

May your days be merry and white... and may all your Chritmases be white!!!! (8)

Tim says you gotta listen the song below!!



Btw, I found a post talking about Tim's equipment...really interesting! just click here
=)

TIM'S BEST OF 2010

From KM.com,


Our 2010 round-up continues, with Tim's highlights of the year.

1. Favourite album of 2010?

I think the two records that have really blown me away this year are the Arcade Fire album and the secondVampire Weekend album. Of the two I would pick Vampire Weekend as my favourite, just because it's so full of life and original sounds and ideas.

2. Favourite single?

Zebra by Beach House. Hypnotic and mysterious.

3. Best gig you saw?

Again, probably Vampire Weekend. I was really blown away by the standard of musicianship and the energy from the band and the crowd was relentless. Very inspiring. Also it was at a fairly unusual venue - the De La Warr Pavilion in Bexhill - which I'm very fond of as we used to go there when I was a kid to watch panto and stuff like that. It's an amazing building and it's brilliant that they have rock bands playing there now.

4. Best gig you played?

I reckon Toronto in July. A hot night down by Lake Ontario. We were really fired up and played out of our skins.

5. Best film you saw?

Another Year is wonderful. It's funny how Mike Leigh just observing normal people living their lives is far more emotionally engaging than just about any film packed full of exciting story lines and big stars.

6. Best journey you made?

Probably getting the train to Italy. Needless to say there was a night train involved. Got to say, the Italian sleepers are not quite in the Deutsch Bahn league though.

7. Best TV show you watched?

Mad Men. It's rare to find a show that's as subtle and intelligent as this. Plus it looks really gorgeous.

8. Best meal you ate?

We had a great impromptu barbecue and party in the summer which is the kind of memory I really treasure. I'd rather eat burned BBQ food with some friends under a summer sky than any number of fancy restaurant meals.

9. Best book you read?

All Quiet On The Western Front. Hard to believe I hadn't read this before. It's just so powerful. And yet the human race still pays so little heed to its history.

10. Best thing you bought yourself?

The DVD of Runnin' Down A Dream - a documentary about Tom Petty that Peter Bogdanovich made a couple of years ago. It's about four hours long so you can really get stuck into it. I didn't even know very much about Tom Petty or his music, but I literally could not stop watching it. It's incredibly inspiring and emotional, totally compelling. It was recommended to me by John Roderick and is quite possibly the best thing I've ever watched.

11. Best thing someone else bought for you?

When I got back from our US tour in the summer, my wife had bought me a battered old Land Rover. I've always wanted one. It smells of oil, lets the rain in and sounds like a tractor - perfect.

12. Best website you visited?

Well, you can't argue with YouTube really. You can find just about anything on there. We were geeking out over the multitracks of Revolver the other day. Musicians are easily entertained by the many "shreds" videos on there, plus this sort of thing which we all loved. We're simple souls really.

13. Best thing that happened in 2010 for Keane?

There were lots of great moments, especially on the US tour in July/August. I have to say Night Train going to number 1 was so unexpected and meant a lot - that was a big deal for us.

14. Best thing that happened in 2010 for you?

Probably meeting Paul McCartney. We all went to see him play in Glasgow and had a bit of a chat backstage. Very exciting indeed.

15. Finally, what are you looking forward to in 2011?

So many things. Mainly the next album. The new record is still only in its very early stages but we're working harder than we ever have before to make it really amazing, so I'm very much looking forward to the day we have a finished record in our hands.

MTD IN NYC FILM!

From Mt.Desolation's website,

While Mt. Desolation were in New York in October, Sam Wrench made a little film about the trip. This is it:

MTD:MTD: WATCH 'LIVE AT THE CHERRY HOUSE' SESSIONS

From Mt.Desolation's website,

When Mt. Desolation were in America, they went along to the HQ of their label, Cherry Tree Records, to record a few songs. Click here to check out the session.

MTD: JESSE'S US TOUR PHOTOS

From Mt.Desolation's website,

I’m afraid I didn’t take very many for some reason. As you’ll see, most of them are from ‘Grandma’s House’, which was awesome.

MTD AT EXPLORE MUSIC: SESSION + INTERVIEW

From Mt.Desolation's website,

The folks from ExploreMusic.com invited Mt. Desolation into their studio to play some songs and have a natter. Watch the results below.





Departure



Bitter Pill



State Of Our Affairs

TIM INTERVIEW AT BLENDER

From Blender.com,

It started, as many ingenious ideas do: over a few, or maybe more than a few, drinks at a cozy bar—specifically, a Dublin pub. A little more than a year later, Tim Rice-Oxley and Jesse Quin, pianist and bassist respectively in Keane, had a new project, a new album, and a new tour on their hands.

Mt. Desolation take their name from the fictional mountain in Kerouac's The Dharma Bums, and the music reflects that nominal starting point, even if the American-style country it aims for often comes off (wonderfully) more Kinks than Cash—more Muswell Hillbilly than Virginia hillbilly. The self-titled album, made with members of Mumford and Sons, Noah and the Whale, and the Killers, is an understated gem, full of melody, brisk storytelling, and barely concealed excitement—no wonder Rice-Oxley was in such a pleasant mood when he spoke to Blender.

A couple of questions that I like from the interview...

What has the reaction to Mt. Desolation been from Tom [Chaplin] and Richard [Hughes] from Keane?

They've been lovely—really good, really encouraging. Jesse and I are very focused on Keane, and very excited about making the next Keane record. We've fit Mt. Desolation around Keane, so it's not like there's been a clash of schedules. And they love the music. Tom's been to quite a few Mt. Desolation gigs, even the first two tiny ones, just to support us, really. They've been brilliant about it; it hasn't caused any problems at all.

Both of those guys appreciate escaping from the Keane thing for a few weeks, getting back to normal life, which I think is very sensible, whereas Jesse and I are obsessives that need to be making music every moment that we're awake.

It might be too early to ask this, but what is the future of Mt. Desolation?

I don't know. We're very lucky that we don't feel the pressure to push it for all it's worth. Our plan is to do this tour and then go back to the UK and start making the next Keane album straight away... and I'm sure that will take up the next two years of our lives!

We have a very strong sense of wanting to continue Mt. Desolation, but it's hard to know yet when or how we will continue. But it's nice to put it aside while there's still a hunger to do more. We really enjoyed making the record, which is important. It's been so fun making it, so fun being on tour. We just did three weeks in the UK, and now we're living the dream bringing the tour to the States. It's been amazing, and I've learned so much from it. I would love to do it again, and I'm very excited to take everything I've learned back to writing for Keane. It's been a real education to me—a real eye-opener.

Click here to read the whole interview =)

MTD: WATCH THE BITTER PILL VIDEO + LYRICS

From Mt.Desolation's website,



In case you don't know the lyrics here they are...

BITTER PILL

It seemed so easy at the start
When I left my heart
Sitting on the roof of the car
And drove off

And I rushed to leave the past behind
Forgot that heart was mine
I didn't even know at the time
I had one

I put the pedal to the floor
Heading for the western shore
Thinking only of high times
I had there

Oh I was cruel, cruel, cruel
I thought I'd fly too high to fall
But I never flew
Never left the ground at all

Greedy to get on the way
I made that old mistake
Of sneering at familiar streets
And faces

Did you marry someone good
From our neighbourhood
Or are you on the other side of the world
Still searching

Oh I was cruel, cruel, cruel
I thought I'd fly too high to fall
But I never flew
Never left the ground at all, at all
So next time, time, time
I'll dream in days or on your mind
Look me up, 'cause I
Never left those days behind, behind

I've done some things I never should have done
Now I've come down, don't tell me that I'm out of time
Turn back your love upon a pie-eyed fool
Forget the things I did

When I was cruel, cruel, cruel
I thought I'd fly too high to fall
'Cause I never flew
Never left the ground at all, at all
So next time, time, time
I'll dream in days or on your mind
Look me up, 'cause I
Never left those days behind, behind

MTD: ALBUM OUT NOW!

The wait is over – you can now buy Mt. Desolation’s self-titled debut album from all good music retailers. Click here to choose where you would like to get your copy.

MTD: THE BEST PUB EVER?

From Mt.Desolation's website,

I just found this photo from our UK tour. We stopped for lunch at a pub in the middle of nowhere in the highlands of Scotland. They had loads of instruments so we had a little play.

MTD: TOOOUUURRRR!!

From Mt.Desolation's website,

Here are some more photos from the UK tour.

Love, Jesse


Fimbo and Tim


Clever

MTD: WATCH THE STATE OF OUR AFFAIRS VIDEO

From Mt.Desolation's website,



Directed by Joe Kane and produced by Mike Mooney.

My fav screencap

OFFICIAL VIDEOS BY YAHOO

Keane - Interview/Stop For A Minute (UK Forest Tour 2010) Official video



Keane - My Shadow (UK Forest Tour 2010) Official video

MTD: JESSE'S TOUR PHOTOS

From Mt.Desolation's website,

Hey. The tour’s been really good so far. Thanks to everyone who came to the show in Dublin. It was really fun. Here’s a few photos from our rehearsal on the day before we left.

CLEAR SKIES OFFICIAL VIDEO???

I don't think so but let's take a look below,

MTD: BBC 6 MUSIC INTERVIEW

From Mt.Desolation's website,

Tim and Jesse have been chatting to BBC 6 Music about Mt. Desolation. You can hear the interview below.