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The ex-head of Creation Records and the man who discovered Oasis, Alan McGee has spoken out about a new musical which was believed to be being made about his life and the Britpop era. While McGee is currently working on songs for a musical with Trainspotting author Irvine Welsh that will feature ‘some’ of the songs for the era he … read more»

Music Mogal Alan Mcgee is getting a virtual ear bashing all over the web today for his insensitive comments about the Sony warehouse fire. A music pioneer himself starting Creation Records in 1983 ( The Jesus and Mary Chain, Primal Scream, Oasis and The Libertines.) and a music columnist for the Guardian will probably be regretting his … read more»

Welsh actor Rhys Ifans is set to play former Oasis boss, Alan McGee, in a new film. The film will follow the life of Alan McGee has the head of Creation Records and the man that is famed for helping Oasis achieve such great success. Speaking to the Daily Record Alan said, ‘It’s a film about some lunatic who runs a label t hat ends … read more»

Stanley Kubrick, the director behind such films as A Clockwork Orange, Lolita and Dr. Strangelove has been immortalised in his own archive at LCC, in a film series at the BFI and now his legacy lives on in Reebok trainers. Reebok have issued two series of Pump Omni Lites, the first inspired by 2001: A Space Odyssey (top) in the colour … read more»

ALEX METRIC // FILM // NETBOOKS // BOW TIES // PC WILLIAMS // BONNIE GREER //ALAN MCGEE // REGGIE YATES // BRANKO TOMOVIC // THE PLASTISCINES // XANDER BLISS // COCKTAILS // PIGEONS READ IT HERE Jack has had so many brilliant meetings this month about excellent things in the pipeline. Frustratingly none of the aforementioned things are ready … read more»

Pearl Harbor: This LA sister duo (and hey!  one of them is like fifteen!) have hit the Hollywood pop scene, and are off! Their ghostly harmonies are almost Nicoesque on the new and haunting ‘California Shakedown’.  Pearl Harbor are also secret record geeks as evidenced by their cover of San Fran’s private press weirdo Leland’s … read more»

Alan Mcgee had a brilliant spell editing our blog earlier this year and gave us a run down of new acts to look out for. Now he returns to grace our pages with his ideas on what’s coming in 2010. All the bands below can also be looked up on Too Cool To Die, a site that if you have any amount of nonce you will keep an eye on throughout … read more»

1. The Magic Kids: Austin based band, goes back to the future, and returns as a 50s pop band, as re-imagined by Joe Meek and Brian Wilson. Absolutely ace. The whole Texan music scene is taking shape again with the Magic Kids, the Strange Boys, Black Angels, it is time to believe in Texas music again. Listen to the Magic Kids 2. Boe Weaver: … read more»