EXCLUSIVE: No New Strokes Album Until At Least 2009

Strokes guitarist Albert Hammond Jr has told Gigwise that the band won't release a new album until at least 2009.



In an exclusive interview, Hammond Jr, who is currently promoting his second solo album, was reluctant to give further details about the band's future.



“I know we (the Strokes) are going to get together sometime next year but nothing is set that I know of,” he said.



“I don’t really like to say too much about it as I’m only a fifth of a band but it will be happening.”



The Strokes last record, 'First Impressions Of Earth', was released in 2006 and was followed by an extensive world tour which ran until the end of year.



The band's bassist Nikolai Fraiture has previously said that the long break was “much needed for us to remain together as a productive band”.



Unconfirmed reports have linked producer Pharrell Williams to the band's new album following his recent collaboration with Strokes frontman Julian Caasblancas.



The pair teamed up along with Santogold on a new song for the shoe manufacturer Converse.

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Mike Mcgear

   
Artist: Mike Mcgear

   Genre(s): 
Pop
   Rock
   

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Discography:


   
 [1974] McGear (with Paul McCartney)

   Year: 1974   
Tracks: 11


   
 Paul and Mike Mccartney - Mcgear

   Year: 1974   
Tracks: 11

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Mike McGear is really Paul McCartney's brother; he changed his list in the mid-'60s shortly later the Beatles go celebrated, not want to be perceived as riding Paul's coattails. He was a phallus of the Scaffold, wHO recorded some passably successful drollery stone releases in the late '60s (their "Thank U Very Much" and "Lily Pink" singles were big British hits). In 1974, he recorded a solo album with wad of facilitate from Paul, wHO wrote or co-wrote about all the songs and panax quinquefolius support; lad Wings Linda McCartney, Denny Laine, and Jimmy McCullough besides play and sing. The record album, which unsurprisingly recalled Wings, attracted some critical notice, merely sold ailing.

Polar

   
Artist: Polar

   Genre(s): 
Drum & Bass
   

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Discography:


   
 Levitated (LVTDLTD001)

   Year: 2005   
Tracks: 2


   
 Levitated (LVTD003)

   Year: 2004   
Tracks: 2


   
 37 Degrees C. And Falling

   Year: 1999   
Tracks: 5

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Catharsis

Calexico announce new album

Country rockers Calexico are set to release a new album.

Winehouse's mother says she's recovering

Amy Winehouse's mother Janis has spoken about her daughter's Grammy success, saying that she believes the singer is on "the road to recovery".
Winehouse picked up five Grammy awards but could not attend the ceremony in Los Angeles because of visa problems. She performed at the event via satellite from London.
Speaking on 'GMTV', Janis Winehouse said: "Well, as you saw, she looks good and it's a case of she's on the road, and that's what it's about, she's on the road to recovery."
"I think it would have been too much for her because all of the travelling and flying there, I mean seeing what the Grammys was like... we could see it live from there and I thought if Amy were there, she'd be lost in it, she'd be a little girl lost in it."
Speaking about her daughter's Grammys performance, she said: "Well, it's Amy coming back, she's definitely on the way back."
The star's mother also spoke about her fears for her daughter's health before she entered rehab, saying: "She was sort of with it but not with it, and that's the thing where I think fortunately, thank goodness in our family, she's got a solid family and we're all there for her."

Charlie Sheen Marries In Los Angeles

Actor Charlie Sheen married real estate investor Brooke Mueller in Los Angeles yesterday.
The couple had a “small and simple” ceremony in front of 60 friends and family.
A source tells People.com, “Brooke really wanted to walk down the aisle in a big way, but Charlie insisted they keep it simple and small.”
However, they add, “They're well matched and incredibly happy. Brooke is hoping to get pregnant very soon.”
Sheen, 42, met Mueller, 30, in 2006 after being introduced by Grey's Anatomy star Eric Dane and actress Rebecca Gayheart, with the Platoon actor proposing in Costa Rica last June.

Zero Hour

   
Artist: Zero Hour

   Genre(s): 
Rock
   Metal: Progressive
   

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Discography:


   
 Fragile Mind

   Year: 2005   
Tracks: 9


   
 Metamorphosis

   Year: 2003   
Tracks: 12

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Progressive metallic element outfit Zero Hour was formed in the San Francisco Bay area in 1993 by brothers Troy (freshwater bass) and Jasun Tipton (guitar), along with longtime supporter Mike Guy (drums). The hunting for a vocaliser seemed to be over when Frank Mendez (at one time of Rogue's Gallery) joined in 1995, along with keyboardist Mike Conner (ex-Prodigy -- not the electronica mathematical group or the rap artist). However, Mendez was gone ahead year's end, and Conner helped recruit his early bandmate Erik Rosvold to adopt Mendez's stead. Unfortunately, Conner developed carpal bone tunnel syndrome as the chemical group was preparing to track record its debut album in 1997, and was forced to leave. His stead was taken on record book by the tag team of Matt Guillory and Phil Bennett, both veterans of many a prog session. The band self-released its self-produced, self-titled mini-album in 1998, and it finally landed Zero Hour a deal with the neo-prog tag Laser's Edge/Sensory. Their major tag debut, The Towers of Avarice, was issued in early 2001.