Animated Kurt Cobain interview

Here's an incredible animation by Blank on Blank of an interview that took place between the late Kurt Cobain and Jon Savage back in 1993. After watching this I'm feeling kind of 'happysad,' as my buddy Siam would say.

 

A Perfect Circle live album and greatest hits compilation confirmed

Rolling Stone recently interviewed Maynard James Keenan (Tool, A Perfect Circle, Puscifer) about his various musical and comedic outputs. The most exciting piece of information (for me at least) is the announcement of a box set of live A Perfect Circle performances, and a greatest hits compilation is also in the cards.

Rolling Stone (RS): What can you tell us about the Perfect Circle box set?

Maynard James Keenan (MJK): We did a short run a couple of years ago, where we did the albums front-to-back. Three nights, three records, the whole album. And some of the songs we haven't played in eight to 10 years. Some of them we hadn't played at all. In the box that you have, you have those three CDs, and then you have us live at Red Rocks. Always fun to play Red Rocks. And that's the full DVD – that's the full live performance. And there's other bells and whistles attached to it – there is an autographed lithograph. I think five lithographs are included in the box, and there is a custom-made resin A Perfect Circle box that it all goes in. So it's kind of fun.

(RS): And from what I understand, A Perfect Circle is releasing a "greatest hits" package, too.

(MJK): Of course, record companies always have their little clause in their contract, about their right to release a greatest hits record. I think that can be kind of weird sometimes, when you see "the greatest hits," no, no – "the greatest greatest hits." Releases by a record label that the band had nothing to do with, and there's several versions of the same thing, over and over again. That's kind of why we did the DVD and the box set. If you're going to release a greatest hits, we should also offer something that's not just the old recordings, rearranged. But on that greatest hits, there's going to be the studio version of "By and Down," which is the new track that we've been working on, that we never quite got around to recording. 

Man, that custom-made resin A Perfect Circle box looks really interesting. I doubt I'll be able to afford such a lavish sounding set, but one can live in hope. The greatest hits compilation sounds less inspiring though, especially as there is only confirmation of one new song.

The greatest hits compilation, Three Sixty is due out on 19 November, while the A Perfect Circle Live: Featuring Stone and Echo box set will land ten days later.

New ††† - Win†er 20†3

††† have released a second teaser video, with the same visuals as last months video, but different music. This video was released by Sumerian Records, which gives us some information regarding the label ††† have signed to. Noisey interviewed Chino Moreno recently, and he said that the new crosses release was a third EP. The video also has "Win†er 20†3" in the title, with Moreno saying October more specifically in the interview.

Unlike the first teaser video, the track used in this one gives us a brief listen to Moreno's vocals, even if they are a little distorted in the last few seconds of the video. 

-- Update 06 November 2013 --

A video of the song has been released, giving the title as Bitches brew.

Interview with the lads from Manchester Orchestra

Following the interview with Deftones' Abe Cunningham, and with One Night In Cape Town only a three days away, here is an interview with opening act Manchester Orchestra. 

After Deftones, these are the guys that I'm most looking forward to seeing perform.

Interview with Abe Cunningham of Deftones

It's just a few more days until Deftones play their first gig in South Africa. While I'm a bit bleak that I wont be seeing them at Oppikoppi, I am pretty stoked I'll get to see one of my favourite bands, perform live in my home-town.

Rolling Stone South Africa have interviewed band member Abe Cunningham as part of the lead up to Deftones two performances.

Cunningham shared some insight into what we can expect in terms of the set lists, and the bands approach to recording new material. Rumours of the possible future release of Eros, the unfinished album recorded in 2008, were put to rest.

Show times for the three bands were announced yesterday, but today One Night in Cape Town have added the disclaimer "Line up subject to change." I'm seriously hoping that this doesn't mean that one of the acts has pulled out, unless it's Yellowcard. I'm probably going to go buy beer and t-shirts during their set anyway.

Interviewing South African Justin Bieber fans

Local comedy/ pop duo Derick Watts & the Sunday Blues travelled to the Cape Town Stadium to interview some 'beliebers' prior to last nights Justin Bieber concert. These are there results.