Chutzpah! – The Reviews Are Coming In
By Ean | August 10, 2009
The countdown is on to the release of Chutzpah! and the reviews are starting to come in.
You can read some of them here (Links open in a new tab/window):
Whiskey-Soda – In German, but a translation is available here.
Subba-Cultcha.com – Awarded Release Of The Week.
Incidentally, if you want to keep up with the countdown, a widget is available on The Wildhearts’ Myspace page.
Testing
By Ginger | August 10, 2009
Just testing to see if this blog thing is working in a healthy fashion befitting the imminent interest of your four rock protagonists.
The Wildhearts At Berlin Ramones Museum
By Ean | August 10, 2009
The Wildhearts were interviewed last week at Berlin’s Ramones Museum.
The video is up on YouTube, and you can watch it there now.
The Wildhearts At Berlin Ramones Museum
Ginger to support Maria McKee in Österlen, Sweden
By Kris | August 7, 2009
Ginger will be supporting Maria McKee on Friday 14 August in Österlen, Sweden.
Ginger recently covered Maria McKee as part of his Secret History Of Rock’n’ Roll series for Classic Rock, describing her as “…such a talent. Authentic, magical and quite unlike any other voice“.
The evening is billed as “A Very Special Night at the Countryside of Österlen” from 7pm – 11.30pm at Kulla Dansbana, Rörum, Österlen.
The line-up is:
Maria McKee
Ginger
Mikael Rickfors
Esther Rose Parkes
Maria Blom
Maria Anderberg
Destroy All Monsters Props for Sale
By Kris | August 7, 2009
Samppa of the Psycho Cyborgs is selling the props from the epic Wildhearts video Destroy All Monsters.
For sale are two guitars and a snare – to contact Samppa, please use the contact form and we’ll pass your mail on to Samppa.
A Statement Regarding The Berlin Show
By Ginger | August 4, 2009
We are sorry to announce that the proposed show with Buckcherry, at Berlin Magnet, tomorrow August 5th has been cancelled due to illness within the Buckcherry band.
We are unable to rearrange another show in time for tomorrow so I am gutted to say that The Wildhearts will not be playing Berlin at all.
This fills me with great sadness as I’ve been looking forward to playing Berlin for such a long time. We apologise to anyone who was looking forward to this gig as much as we were. We will be back as soon as we possibly can, of that you can be certain.
Gx
Cologne Underground – Free Entry
By Kris | August 4, 2009
Tonight’s show at the Cologne Underground is free for everyone and headlined by The Wildhearts.
Buckcherry have had to to cancel the show and The Wildhearts are now headlining.
The Wildhearts Win Kerrang! Award
By Ean | August 3, 2009
The Wildhearts last night received the Spirit of Independence accolade at the Kerrang! Awards in London.
The Wildhearts: at the Kerrang! Awards
Speaking of his heartfelt gratitude for the award, Ginger said; “This is the award that really means something. Keeping music independent has always been really important for us as musicians and as fans of music, and never has this support been needed more than right now. The music industry is finally crumbling under the weight of its own self importance, but music has been suffering for years because of major labels, and because musicians are often afraid to go it alone. Do it yourself, it’s much easier than you think. And
thank you, Kerrang!, for supporting independent music.”
CJ added; “I feel like I’ve grown up in the pages of Kerrang! and so this feels very cool. And about time too.!”
The Only One single out on 3rd August
By Kris | July 31, 2009
The Wildhearts are releasing The Only One as the first single from their new album Chutzpah!.
Released via Backstage Alliance to download from iTunes or Amazon, it serves as one of the album’s most rabble-rousing, but also most poppy, moments. Taken from an album that the band describes as ‘unlike any we’ve made before’, lead singer Ginger said:
“I’m really excited about this song. It was written, and is sung by Scott who does an amazing job. I love the fact that the band is getting so confident in handling lead vocal roles, this is something that will make future recordings so much more interesting. This is one of my favourite songs on the new album. I never get tired of listening to it. And the lyrics are classic.”
The single is available from:
iTunes : Amazon.co.uk : Amazon.com : Amazon.de : Amazon.fr
Ginger Rehearsal Live-Stream
By Kris | July 15, 2009
Ginger will be streaming tonight’s rehearsal live from LA at midnight UK time, 4pm (PST), 7pm (EST) and 8am Japan
The link is http://www.ustream.tv/channel/SUNSET-AND-VINE
Should be fun.