Live: Nick Cave and more at Oxegen 2009

Fantastic news for fans who gambled on the roulette of buying early bird tickets for Oxegen 2009, because some damn good acts have been added to the lineup for this year's festival.

Razorlight, Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds, Pete Doherty, Elbow, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, The Ting Tings, White Lies, Fight Like Apes, Pendulum and Jason Mraz have all been added to the bill (no individual days confirmed yet).

It will be Pete Doherty solo rather than with Babyshambles, so that should be a treat for Irish fans of his (and Pat Kenny). Hopefully Fight Like Apes will play on the main stage as the token Irish act, and as a result gather a few new followers - the ones who never leave the pit all day.

But that's still months away. For now, watch Alan Carr and Lily Allen doing their take on the Cadbury ad:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JWEOHd9JNmk

Unfortunately I can't embed this, but it really is worth the click-through.

Download: Pterodactyl - First Daze

This band's name would be impossible to spell if it weren't for my fascination with dinosaurs when I was little. I almost bordered on Ross Gellar geekishness about those dinosaurs. I had dinosaur everything. And then Jurassic Park came. OH MY GOD!

Thus last weekend, I had to get the Guardian just for its dinosaur supplement. I've never lost it. But it had pictures of furry velicoraptors. Furry ones?

Anyhow, Pterodactyl are another Brooklyn band, but a very intersting art-rock one. They will release Worldwide on April 21st of this year, and I'm lucky enough to have a download of one of the tracks from it. It's going to be exciting.

Download:
Pterodactyl - 'First Daze'

Tracklist:
Rising & Shining
First Daze
February
Share the Shade
Old Clouds
Easy Pieces
Alex
Lawrence
No Sugar
Ghost Facts
December
One with Everyone

More info:
http://pterodactyl.info

Blogs What I Like: Twecipe

Best use of the internet I've seen in ages: Niall Harbison's fantastic Twecipe website which creates recipes for you from the leftovers in your fridge. Just send @twecipe your ingredients, and wait for a recipe. Simple. It's like Ready Steady Cook without Ainslie!

Check out the website here:
http://twecipe.com/
And follow, tweet here:
@twecipe

Watch: Mick Flannery - Safety Rope

Professionally recorded video of one of last year's standout Irish artists, Mick Flannery performing 'Safety Rope' at Cork's Opera House.

Thanks to EMI Ireland for pointing me in the direction of the video. It's a stellar performance, and really makes me want to go see him when he returns to Dublin.

Stream: War Child - Heroes compilation

Cover compilation in aid of War Child, set to be released on February 24th. Some fantastic artists on here, and some strange covers. All are worth a listen. You can stream 15 of them on the myspace page for the album, here:
http://uk.myspace.com/warchildheroes

Tracklist:
01 Beck: "Leopard-Skin Pill-Box Hat" (Bob Dylan cover)
02 The Kooks: "Victoria" (Kinks cover)
03 The Hold Steady: "Atlantic City" (Bruce Springsteen cover)
04 Hot Chip: "Transmission" (Joy Division cover)
05 Lily Allen ft. Mick Jones: "Straight to Hell" (Clash cover)
06 Yeah Yeah Yeahs: "Sheena Is a Punk Rocker" (Ramones cover)
07 Franz Ferdinand: "Call Me" (Blondie cover)
08 Duffy: "Live and Let Die" (Paul McCartney cover)
09 Estelle: "Superstition" (Stevie Wonder cover)
10 Rufus Wainwright: "Wonderful / Song for Children" (Brian Wilson covers)
11 Scissor Sisters: "Do the Strand" (Roxy Music cover)
12 Peaches: "Search and Destroy" (The Stooges cover)
13 Adam Cohen: "Take This Waltz" (Leonard Cohen cover)
14 Elbow: "Running to Stand Still" (U2 cover)
15 The Like: "You Belong to Me" (Elvis Costello cover)
16 TV on the Radio: "'Heroes'" (David Bowie cover)

Watch: Peter Doherty Late Late Show interview

Enough has been said about this already, but it's finally up on YouTube. Priceless.

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Watch: Jaoquin Phoenix on Letterman

Interview with Letterman about Joaquin's recent move to music, and his upcoming music career. It's a harrowing watch, like Man on Wire, you don't know when exactly he's going to fall. Or a bit like Pat Kenny and Peter Doherty. (see above)

Do you believe he's moved to music? Is this real?



Here's another interview he did recently:
http://www.collider.com/entertainment/interviews/article.asp/aid/10776/tcid/1