mountain body guard - sporting the crispest. box-fresh Nike Air Jordans you've ever seen - a manager. clearly modelled on Michael Madsen in Rr's‘eri'oir Dogs who paces the floor. drinking red wine and looking cross. Then an entourage without clearly defined roles: a spectacularly bra-less hip hop honey (Kanye‘s ‘super fine bitch‘ we’re told). a tiny. but impressively loud woman with a mobile phone seemingly grafted onto her head. a small dreadlocked man with comically giant gold pendant plus several intense young men with phones and folders. A tabloid photographer skulks in the background. looking fora snap of Franz with West. The two groups eventually concede. and the band cosy up to West for a few flashes.
‘We did meet him before.’ explains Hardy. 'But we sat talking about Zoo/under. People expect us to be talking about the intricacies of recording music and you sit there talking about Blue Steel..
West does his interview spot. squirming under a clumsy probing by Ross. lle perks tip substantially however. for the show's musical climax. When liran/ take the stage for a sprint through ‘l)o You Want To. West takes up position upfront with fellow guest Alan Whicker and his wife (a surreal grouping if ever there was one) to take in the band's performance. For the
duration of the song and an off camera rendition of
"fake Me Out at Ross' special request. West stands head bobbing. face broken out in a goofy grin. list pumping along to 'l‘hoinson’s thudding hackbeat. Probably the smallest. hlingingest iiioslipit the band have ever play ed to.
The band swiftly say their goodbyes and are gone. A video shoot at lilsti‘ee sttidios is scheduled for tomorrow.
then the ['8 beckons to be conquered. Such is the life of
a rock‘ii'roll star. but it's pleasing that liran/ l‘erdinand haven‘t become assholes. Despite fame. (some) fortune and international recognition on a scale not seen here since liran llealy charmed us with his meteorological
misery. they could easily have begun to believe their
own hype enough of their contemporaries have.
‘I'ye never been that interested in the trappings of our success. All I ever wanted to do was be in a band and write some good rock’n’roll songs~ Kapranos says. As Kanye West says: ‘Iliran/l is party music . . . the best kind of party music: real and live.‘ And if it‘s good
I Amusement Parks on Fire Ivory Blacks. Glasgow. 12 Oct. Nottingham kids being touted as the new My Bloody Valentine.
I Laura Veirs and the Tortured Souls ABC. Glasgow. 13 Oct. Excellent and intelligent singer songwriter printing her major label debut.
I Radio Soulwax City. Edinburgh, 13 Oct; Barrowland. Glasgow, 14 Oct. Belgium's finest dance metallers return with their mash-up DJ thing.
I Arctic Monkeys ABC. Glasgow. 14 Oct; The Exchange. Edinburgh. 19 Oct. Sheffield foursome creating a Libertines- style stushie. on stage and off.
enough for Kanye. then it’s good enough for us.
Franz Ferdinand play SECC, Glasgow, 22 8. 23 Nov. You Could Have it So Much Better is out Mon 3 Oct on Domino. See page 61 for review.
HEAR THEY COME Mark Robertson selects the best of the Autumn record releases
November. too). We can only hope Madonna's Confessrons on the Dancef/oor on 14 November is up to scratch while Ms Dynamite and Sugababes try to keep the Charts lilled wrlh frisky Brit pop. Depeche
Obviously there's a regular list of albums that never actually make it out of the starting blocks despite being bandied about every single year. So for the record Zack De La Rocha. Victoria Beckham. Lauryn Hill and Guns N’ Roses wrll ' all release albums later this I year (honest). Records very 1 much more likely to appear however. include a . comeback from Kate i Bush. not heard from
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since 1993's The Red Shoes. Her album Ariel sees the light of day on 7 November while The Cardigans head back with Super Extra Gravity on 31 October. Other arrivals include Robbie Williams' Intensrve Care.
Mode make a welcome
return wrth Playing the Angel on 31 October and the mighty Danger Mouse proves he's more than a gimmick peddler
when he learns up wrth hip hop nut Ml- [)()()ll‘ for The Moose and the Mask
on 17 October. On the debut front. We Are Scientists. the Shout Out Louds. l ours XIV and of course Babyshambles Will all be Justilyinq our love soon enough.
We haven't had a Ryan Adams album in a few hours. have we? He learns up With the Cardinals to bring us Jackso/ivr/le City Nights in late October. around the same time as
which reminds us why we need precocious. pop nurnpties (oh yeah. and the Darkess are back With the year's srlliest album title. One Way Ticket to Hell, And Back on 14
; Sheryl Crow. Arab
Strap. and Beth Orton unturl their l Ps. Around that time. System of a Down are also due to release the second half of their Me/riie/i/ef Hypitoti/e double set. And for those who hate anything; new or fun. Patti Smith's / lorses gets revaiitperl and expanded in November. ()n the obligatory 'liest of' front. expect retrospective fawning; on Echo and the Bunnymen. ()rbrtal. the Prodigy. Ministry. .Jungle Brothers, Hanson. A/tec (Iarnera. Snoop Dogg. Blink 182 anrl Jay-Z ll‘.
tlte coming months
Patti Snit'i
Music [Ni )3. fall into two (lislrrict categories. for fans only anrl the l)ll special. One that falls into the litter category is the Director’s Series. l ()llf)‘.‘.’llltl on front the excellent start last year. the Series returns ‘.‘/llll the music pronto antl lrlnr work of Anton Corbijn.
Anton. Cerbijn
.lonatnan Gla/er. Mark Hornanek and Stéphane Sednaoui. l‘l()ll‘ Hornanek's (iraiiinty ‘.'.'llllllllf) vrtleo for Johnny Cash's that to groundbreaking ll‘ll‘! llill‘fs
like (iia/ers promo for Radiohead's Street Spirit'. this is as lltllfi?‘ an erliicatlon in n‘usrr‘ ‘.'l(l(:r) history as it is out) (anily.
()pen your iilll‘f» .tnrl ‘.'.'elr;onte the seconrl voluine ol Sonic Youth?) pronto videos the early inentai stuff this time as. it finally sees the front of the’ ill November. I ike‘.'.'ise. every single New Order vrrleo If; collected on Help out late October.
George Harrison's Concert for H.'rrir;la(i'es/i (lets a ‘.'.’(}l(:()lll(? re ritastei anrl reissue and a mammoth Live 8 box set ‘,',’llll 'nrqltlirihts' lrorn all the concerts means you can reael in those rrtetliortr'e performances; lioni Hoolie .loss anti pals 'till
the r.< tun/s t,( illlt} ll()llt(‘.
I The Fall Renfrew Ferry. Glasgow. 16 Oct. Come and see Mark E Smith stumble around in legendary fashion.
I Nine Black Alps Venue. Edinburgh. 18 Oct: Garage. Glasgow. 19 Oct. The new Nirvana? No. but still a coruscating racket of a band.
I Turin Brakes ABC. Glasgow. 19 Oct: Usher Hall. Edinburgh, 19 Oct. More robust guitar pop from sensitive strumming duo.
I Ladytron GUU. Glasgow. 20 Oct. Angular indie shapes from serious-faced boy-girl Liverpool- based outfit.
I The Subways Garage. Glasgow. 21 Oct. Garage punking post-grunge trio of kids from the home ceirnties.
I Animal Collective ABC. Glasgow. 22 Oct. Experimental free-form jazzy psych-folk from New York.
I Bullet for my Valentine Garage. Glasgow. 22 Oct. Biffage and angst aplenty from new British numetal contenders.
I Echo and the Bunnymen Barrowland. Glasgow. 23 Oct. Ian McCulloch and co still inspiring legions of fellow Scousers.
I The Dandy Warhols Carling Academy. Glasgow 23 Oct. Sleazy stoner rock like a 608 Stones gone to seed.
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