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The National perform new songs, The Clash and Primal Scream members team up, Lady Gaga wants to work with Woody Allen and more - Daily Hot List
Friday, 9 December
Recordings of two brand new songs from The National have emerged online. The tracks, an acoustic ballad called I Need My Girl and the piano-led Rylan, are rumoured to be included on their follow-up to High Violet, due out next year. Stream the new songs by following the link below.
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Paul Simonon and members of Primal Scream joined Mick Jones onstage at London's Scala last night. Jones and co performed Clash hits like Guns Of Brixton as well as covering Primal Scream's Rocks Off at the show in support of the Justice For Hillsborough campaign. Hard Fi singer Richard Archer also made a guest appearance.
Theclashblog.com
Lady Gaga has revealed her dream is to appear in a Woody Allen film. The Born This Way singer shared her acting ambitions on American TV chat-show The Ellen DeGeneres show: "When I talk about acting, I'm always surprised no-one ever asks me to audition... they'll just say 'I want her to do this movie' and I'm just like 'Why? You haven't seen me act before.'"
NME.com
Ringo Starr marked the 31st anniversary of John Lennon's death yesterday by calling for an overhaul of gun laws. The former Beatle, whose bandmate Lennon was shot dead on 8 December 1980, told a press conference at Gibson Guitar Studio that he believes stricter measures should be taken to stop people carrying firearms. "If you are caught with a gun it should be a higher sentence. Guns are just becoming more and more," he explained. "They're like the death of choice. So we hope that young people will stop."
The Antlers explain the inspiration behind recent single Parentheses and perform live in this exclusive Guardian session. Check it out by following the link.
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What's the best Blur song? To celebrate the announcement that Damon Albarn and co are to be honoured at the Brit Awards on 21 February with the Outstanding Contribution To Music Award, we asked Q readers to submit their favourite tracks - and here they are...
Qthemusic.com
Amy Winehouse's posthumous album, Lioness: Hidden Treasures, is tipped to fend off competion from One Direction and Michael Buble to claim the Christmas album number one spot on 25 December. The album, released earlier this week (Monday 5 December), is 4/7 favourite to take the top slot, according to bookies William Hill.
Williamhill.co.uk
Ladyhawke has announced her long-awaited second album, Anxiety, will be released on 19 March. Here's a teaser of what to expect...
What was the best rap album of 2011? Find out Spin's verdict by clicking the link.
SPIN.com
A new book collecting together every edition of the influential Liverpool-based fanzine The End - famously John Peel's favourite fanzine - is being released to celebrate its 30th anniversary. Here's Peter Hooton on its enduring legacy.
Qthemusic.com
The Black Keys have refused to let new album, El Camino, feature on streaming services. The Ohio duo are the latest act to snub Spotify and similar services, following in the footsteps of Coldplay and Adele. In other news, the band played live on The David Letterman show last night - check out their performance below...
Pitchfork.com
Rizzle Kicks have joined the line-up for January's Q Now: The Sessions.
Qthemusic.com
Emeli Sande, Michael Kiwanuku and Maverick Sabre have been announced as contenders for this http://news.qthemusic.com/cgi-bin/mt4/mt.cgi?__mode=view&_type=entry&id=4259&blog_id=1year's Brit Awards Critics Choice Award. The winner will be announced next Thursday (15 December).
Brits.co.uk
Today's Track Of The Day is Foo Fighters' These Days.
That's it for today. More Hot List on Monday at noon.
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