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18. JULY
2009 - SONG WITH MASSIVE ATTACK
Martina will
record one song with Massive Attack for their new album. According to BBC
6 she "is to sing on a track Robert Del Naja and Elbow frontman Guy
Garvey have written together." The song is called 'Red Light'. The song
was performed already last year on tour, you can listen to it on You
Tube (the singer, Stephanie, almost sounds like Martina!). The album
has no definite release date yet, maybe it will October 2009, maybe later.
[Thanks
to Guy for this info!]
29. JANUARY
2009 - LIVE VIDEO
You can see
a live performance in Paris from Martina here.
The concert was at La Bellevilloise on September 12.
7. NOVEMBER
2008 - MARTINA TOUR
In case anyone
didn't know: Martina is on tour again, and it will be really interesting
this time! Check out details from the concert in Paris on November 5 (the
setlist and some links to You Tube videos can be found here):
she played 23 (!) songs including new songs (check out an experimental
one at You Tube),
cover songs (Kate Bush, Radiohead...) and a special treat for all Tricky
fans: BLACK STEEL!!! She is touring with some background singers (including
Cath Coffey) and a beatbox-man (sorry, I don't know his name!). Most of
the songs are arranged differently (quieter, accoustic, like a sort of
"Unplugged"). I recommend everyone in Europe to go out and see her (I'm
myself counting the days until Tuesday)!
5. NOVEMBER
2008 - H&M and Melody Nelson concert in Paris
Martina's
song "Need One" (from Quixotic)
is featured in a H&M TV spot, read and see more about it here.
On October
23 she performed at Serge Gainsbourg's "Histoire de Melody Nelson" concert.
She sang two songs, one was "Melody" with Mathieu Amalric, the other was
"ballade de Melody Nelson" with Brian Molko (see the video on You
Tube). Read more about the concert at Martina's official
site or in this blog.
6. SEPTEMBER
- BABY BLUE
"Baby Blue"
will be released as the next single tomorrow. It will be a download only
single (without any b-sides, unfortunately), you can download it at 7
Digital.
2. SEPTEMBER
2008 - BBC SHOW
Martina was
on a BBC radio show with Marc Riley last Tuesday, you can listen to it
again here.
22. AUGUST
2008 - BABY BLUE
It seems like
"Baby Blue" will be the next single. A cover photo can be seen on the official
website. But as you can read here
it will be released as a download single only. There are no mentions of
b-sides...
4. JULY
2008 - TOUR & TV
You can find
some new tourdates on the official site - Martina will support Lenny Kravitz
on his European tour. Funny coincidence: she will play at the Pukkelpop
Festival, where also Tricky will perform! Check out her tourdates here.
You can also
read on the official site that Martina will be performing on the
Italian TV-channel "All
Music" on July 10 (10.30 PM).
And last but
not least: if you missed Martina at Glastonbury, you can watch a stripped
down version of "Baby Blue" recorded for The Telegraph here.
27. MAY
2008 - NOT REALLY NEWS, MORE RANDOM THOUGHTS
I don't know
where to put this, so I'll put it here: updating old links and stuff from
the concertography I've realized that Martina performed "Poison" already
live in 2004, for example at the Montreux Festival (hear the old version
on You Tube).
And then by coincidence I've found a recent interview
with Martina, where she says (asked what her muse for the album was): "My
original version of Poison was the main point of reference". She also mentions
the song "Walking in the sand" by the Shangri Las in this interview, which
reminded me that she also performed this cover song live once (Regents
Park, London, 2004) and made me think that maybe that is where the
name of the song "Shangri La" comes from?
Oh, but this
is definitely news: in the above mentioned interview Martina says that
she will play Glastonbury this summer! I've checked it, and it's true:
June 29 is the day (see tour dates).
And, more
news derived from that interview: Leila's new album "Blood, Looms &
Blooms" will be released on July 7 with Martina on two tracks! The tracklist
that can be found here
lists a song called "Deflect w/ Martina Topley-Bird" (which will also be
the lead single) and "Why Should I? w/ Terry Hall & Martina Topley-Bird"
(which is probably the song that can already be heard on Leila's
My Space site with the working title marterry = martina and terry?).
25. MAY
2008 - VIDEO INTERVIEW
There's an
interesting video interview with Martina on MK2.
She talks about the term "trip-hop" - and why she isn't that - and how
about she wanted Leila to be the producer of the album first...
21. May
2008 - LONDON'S CALLING
Martina plays
another show in London tomorrow (May 22): Tiscali showcase, Soho Revue
Bar. Tickets
are £8.50. Also check out some cool photos from the Paris show here
and from the Brussels show here.
[Thanks
to Guy for this info!]
12. MAY
2008 -BLUE GODDESS
Martina's
second solo album "The Blue God" is released today in the UK! Check out
the discography for details.
7. MAY 2008
- BOOOOOHOOOOO
By checking
Martina's My Space site today I saw that she played a concert in my city
yesterday, how cruel is that! Finally today also her official
website is updated with the rest of the European tourdates
(with Morcheeba), so everyone who didn't miss it: enjoy!
6. MAY 2008
- POISON RELEASED!
The single
"Poison" was released yesterday! It has three b-sides: the Gorillaz collaboration
"Solider Boy", a version of Poison with Leila and Terry Hall (hardly audible,
though) called "Like Poison" and a Van She remix (you can listen to that
remix on the official website).
Check out the discography for sounds
and pictures.
27. APRIL
2008 - FESTIVALS AND OTHER NEWS
You can read
in the forum
that Martina will play two festivals this summer: Festivalnoise in Brussels
on May 12 and Meltdown in London on June 18. She will also be part of a
charity show ("V Day Ballroom Blitz Party") on April 30 in London's Bloomsbury
Ballroom (read more about it here).
Also check out the official
site, because they've added the b-side "Soldier Boy" from the upcoming
'Poison' single for listening pleasures. And if that's not enough of new
Martina sounds, check out my discography,
because I've added sounds for her album "The Blue God" and the "Poison"
remixes (from promo CDs).
13. APRIL
2008 - BETHNAL GREEN CONCERT, SINGLE UPDATE AND ALBUM PROMO
You can watch
a video of "Too tough to die" from the London concert at the 'Star of Bethnal
Green' here. The
sound quality is not very good, though....
Some news
about the Poison single from the official
website: The single will be released as a CD and download version with
these tracks:
CD:
1. Poison
2. Soldier
Boy
3. Like Poison
4. Poison
(Van She Tech Remix)
The download
version has a fifth (exclusive!) track: Poison (The Officers No Remedy
Remix).
You can preorder
the single (limited to 500 copies, as the website says) in the Independiente
Store (I recommend not to follow the link from the newsletter like
I did, because it leads you to recordstore.co.uk, which is much more expensive!)
You can also preorder the album "The Blue God" at Independiente or at recordstore.co.uk
(for the same price, recordstore gives you a free poster with it).
I bought a
promo copy of "The Blue God" (you can find them easily on ebay), which
I will add to the promo discography with some sound samples shortly....
I'm a little disappointed by the first listen of the album, but maybe it
will grow.
1. APRIL
2008 - ALBUM DETAILS & NEW SINGLE
Here's the
tracklist for Martina's album "The Blue God" (taken from a promo sold on
ebay
probably the regular release will have the same tracks) - the album will
be released on May 12 by the way, as you can read in an interview on Subba
Culture:
1.
Phoenix
2. Carnies
3. Baby Blue
4. April Grove
5. Poison
6. Da Da Da
Da
7. Something
to Say
8. Shangri
La
9. Valentine
10. Snowman
11. Razor
Tongue
12. Yesterday
Also you can
read on the official website
that "Poison" will be the next single, a Van She remix can already be listened
to on the site or downloaded here
(see the cover on the right side). The single will be released on May 5
and will have another remix by The Officers (read a review here
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15. MARCH
2008 - INTIMATE GIGS
As you can
read on the official
site Martina will play two intimate gigs soon: one in Bristol (March
31) and one in London (April 2). She will also be on the Dermot O'Leary
show tomorrow at 5 PM (BBC Radio 2), check out details about this show
here.
9. MARCH
2008 - CARNIES SINGLE & MISC. NEWS
Martina's
single 'Carnies' was released on March 3! Check out the discography
for details (sounds & scans). I've also added the 'Carnies' promo 7"
to the discography that came for free
with a order of the CD single at Recordstore.co.uk
and a promo CD for 'Carnies'.
Martina will
perform live on BBC radio on Monday at George Lamb's show "6 Music". For
more details go to their website,
the show will start at 10 AM.
I've also
updated the concertography with details
for her latest concert and TV appearances. I found a video on You Tube
where she performs one song with The Gutter Twins live, go here
to see it (the sound quality is awful, though).
Last but not
least: you can watch a "Behind-the-scnes"-documentary of the 'Carnies'
video shoot at Martina's official
website.
25. FEBRUARY
2008 - B-SIDES
As you can
read on eil.com
the two b-sides of the 'Carnies' single are 'At Sea' and 'Trust Me'. The
single will be released on March 3.
24. FEBRUARY
2008 - JOOLS HOLLAND VIDEOS
For anyone
who missed Martina on the Jools Holland show, check out the videos of the
two songs performed on You Tube: 'Poison'
and 'Carnies'.
23. FEBRUARY
2008 - COLLABORATION WITH LUCIANO
As you can
read on Resident
Advisor Martina recorded a song with Luciano. Whether it will be released
on his next album or otherwise or at all is not clear.
21. FEBRUARY
2008 - BLONDES HAVE MORE FUN
Martina will
perform live today with Son
of Dave at Madame Jojos in London. Tickets are £10, sorry that
this is a little late for the announcement :)
If you receive
the official newsletter this is old news for you: If you pre-order Martina's
new single 'Carnies' from Recordstore.co.uk
(for £1.99) you will get a limited white-label 7 inch for free! This
is limited to the first 50 orders, so hurry! I have no idea what is on
the 7", probably the song 'Carnies'. You can also win a test-pressing of
'Carnies' here
(only for UK residents), so probably that's what the other 7 inch is, too???
More from
the newsletter: you can watch 'Carnies' video on the official
site. Also Martina will be on Later with Jools Holland on Friday, 22.
February, 11.35 PM (on BBC
2).
9. FEBRUARY
2008 - VALENTINE DOWNLOAD & 6 MUSIC ROUNDTABLE
If you receive
the newsletter you already know this, but for all the others: you can download
the song 'Valentine' from Martina's new album here.
Also Martina joined Steve Lamacq's Roundtable on Thursday (February 7),
a show where guests discuss and review new songs. You can still listen
to this show on the BBC
website (or with this link
directly).
4. FEBRUARY
2008 - NEW SINGLE "CARNIES"
Martina
will finally release a new single from her forthcoming album
"The Blue
God". The single will be "Carnies", released on March 3.
You can already
listen to the song on Martina's My
Space.
On her new
official
website you can listen to two other new songs: 'Shangri La' and 'Valentine'.
Valentine can also be downloaded in full length at Last
FM.
I've also
updated the gallery with some new photos. |
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