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"Standing in the Way of Control"

"Listen Up"

"Jealous Girls"

"Listen Up (Radio Edit)"

"Keeping You Alive"

"Heavy Cross"

"Love Long Distance"







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Thanks.

My friend was just all BUGGING on me about The Gossip tonight.

I was like "K! I'LL LISTEN!"


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Gossip got creative and made an infomercial...Music For Men out June 22nd.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4ftJfWU3pS4




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Music for Men London Launch Party

Video 1: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RlG2t8mdgg4

Video 2: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lkdri1AST0U

Video 3: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0_g1uKNpLBs

Video 4: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=baaEfR952c0




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Gossip - Music For Men - TV Ad http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rdFiFGh2uDI

Gossip's Beth Ditto on the new album Music For Men http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iy3qpuoGjwo

Gossip Music for Men track by track http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DIFRKv4NWfw







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I just posted about them. :)


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 Maxi_NxD wrote:
I just posted about them. :)


Thanks Maxi!

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My friend & I got tickets for the October 9th show in NYC already!

http://www.gossipyouth.com/us/tour




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Yay!!!...On my way to the concert!

http://www.terminal5nyc.com/event/3179

Terminal 5 upcoming shows

Tonight!

Gossip

MEN / Apache Beat

Venue:
Terminal 5
Date: Fri 10/9 Notes: all agesDoors 7:00 PM / Show 8:00 PM$27.50 advance / $30 day of show

The Gossip
The genre-bending DIY post-punk rock trio Gossip bring a new level of lyrical power and musical sophistication to their ever-evolving, always-electrifying sound and sensibility on Music For Men, the indie group's first major label studio album.

According to Gossip guitarist and music creator Brace Paine, the idea of calling the band's new album Music For Men comes straight from Beth Ditto, the Gossip's iconoclastic lead singer and charismatic front-person. "It's like a feminist joke," Brace offers by way of wry explanation.

And while the Gossip incorporate a deft sense of cultural irony into Music For Men, there's nothing confusing about the post-punk trio's musical approach: direct and visceral, pulsing with a raw and unapologetic animal energy, drummer Hannah Billie's propulsive rhythms interlocking with Brace's heart-pounding riffs and Beth's aggressive and cathartic vocals.

One of the year's most highly-anticipated event releases, Music For Men, the Gossip's new musical manifesto, marks the group's first full-length studio collection since their signature anthem-of-empowerment, "Standing In The Way of Control," broke-out big in 2006. Music For Men is the first new music from the group since the release of its major label debut, Live In Liverpool.

On-board to make sure the Gossip got the studio sound they were looking for was producer Rick Rubin, who the helped the band find its own distinct groove in every track. "He is a true mystic," Brace observes "All we talked about was John Cage. He's only cares about music, speakers and sound systems. He's really amazing to work with. I'd say 'make the bass sound like PiL' and he'd know what I was talking about, he got all the references. He would let me do whatever I wanted to do. Such awesome energy."

Brace admits that the band's experience cutting Music For Men at Shangri-La Studios in Malibu marked "the first time we ever had access to a studio like that. I can see if you let a musician loose in this big studio to just ride all this stuff, I can see why somebody would just come up with this huge thing. Having restraint was so important. I hate the over-production sound."

"We wrote a lot of this album in the studio," Brace continues, again referring to Shangri-La. "The Band built it in 1976 and Bob Dylan's old tour bus was in the back. It was empty so I turned it into my own little studio with my computer with GarageBand and my guitars and stuff. I loaded up all my gear into Bob Dylan's 70s tour bus and that's where I wrote. Beth would come in and I would play her demos. All the vocal lines are hers, the lyrics are hers. I do the sounds and she sings over it. She'd come in the Bob Dylan bus and we did a lot of demoing on our own during the day because it was more comfortable. She'd come in and sing into GarageBand. I'd write some things to her vocals. 'Dimestore Diamond' was actually her humming the song and I started playing bass to it."

While "Dimestore Diamond" lays the escapades of a punk-rock Second Hand Rose across a deep funk bassline and crackling rhythmic static, "Men In Love" fires up the ultimate dance-floor groove, as sweaty as it is transcendent. "Heavy Cross," the album's first single, finds Beth first cooing, then belting a confrontational challenge to the status quo of a cruel world.

Other new songs on Gossip's "Music For Men" include "8th Wonder," "Love Long Distance," "Pop Goes The World," "Vertical Rhythm," "For Keeps," "2012," "Love and Let Love," "Four Letter Word," and "Spare Me From The World."

"She's got a serious set of lungs. She's a great singer. I'm always blown away by what she does," say Brace admiringly of his bandmate. "Everything she did was on the first or second take."

When it came to the overall sound and vibe of Music For Men, "We kept it really simple. There's usually not more than two things going on at once on the record. It just started out with bass lines and then I'd put a guitar over it or synth. I thought a lot about how it's gonna sound live. We're a live band so much. We have a fourth member, a bassist, on-stage. I play keyboards at the same time as guitar."

The journey from "Standing in the Way of Control" to Music For Men has been a wild ride for the Gossip. “We have been out on the road a lot,” says Hannah. “The shows are great, every tour gets bigger, and the shows are more and more fun. We're really good friends and we’re having a great time.”

Brace and Beth have been friends since Brace was 15 and each of them was formulating a cosmopolitan world-view encompassing far more than their lives in small farming towns on the outskirts of Searcy, Arkansas. A punk mixtape made its way from Brace to Beth (via a mutual friend, Kathy Mendonca, who'd later become the first drummer for the Gossip) and the seeds of a long-standing friendship and musical union were planted.

"I ended up hanging out with her quite a lot," Brace, a budding local indie music entrepreneur. "I put out a tape of her band Little Miss Muffet." It wasn't long before Beth, Brace and Kathy moved to Olympia, Washington where "We lived in a punk house together and started the band in the basement."

Right from the beginning, the Gossip felt they were on to something special. "Beth was doing this bluesy thing," Brace remembers. "It was more lo-fi. We never did sound checks. Everything was super-loud and distorted. I didn't know how to play my guitar at all. Then we got this new drummer...."

Once drummer Hannah Blilie came on-board, the Gossip line-up was in-place, ready to shake some action and kick down some walls. The young indie trio broke-through with 2006's Standing In The Way Of Control, which reached #1 on the UK indie chart and #22 on the UK album chart while the title track became widely associated with the popular UK teen drama, "Skins."

The success of “Standing In The Way Of Control” and the Gossip’s incandescent performances rapidly established newcomer Beth Ditto as a cultural icon in the UK -- she was named the NME's Coolest Person In Rock (in one of her four cover appearances), took home the Glamour Awards' 2008 International Artist Of The Year, appeared on the cover of the premiere issue of Love magazine, and is a much-sought-after guest on UK television. Beth and the Gossip’s music were becoming recognized in the UK and Europe as a major force.

In a surreal world where he's talked to Karl Lagerfeld about the Velvet Underground during French Fashion Week, Brace claims that "Our lives have -- hilariously -- not changed at all really. We live in the same town. "

And though the daily lives of the band's members remain unaffected by the Gossip's growing notoriety, the heat of their music and the adrenaline-rush of their live shows are an ongoing source of excitement.

Since the group's formation, the Gossip has opened for and/or toured with a wide variety of musicians including Le Tigre, Chromatics, Tracy and the Plastics, Sonic Youth, Pre, YYY, Sleetmute Nightmute, Glass Candy, the White Stripes, CSS, Pretty Girls Make Graves, Erase Errata, Stereo Total, and the Kills among others.

The summer of 2007 found the Gossip on-board the True Colors Tour -- as part of an eclectic bill including Cyndi Lauper, Debbie Harry, Erasure, Rufus Wainwright, the Dresden Dolls, the MisShapes, the Cliks and host Margaret Cho -- for a series of concerts benefitting the Human Rights Campaign.

That summer found the Gossip closing the Glastonbury Festival, with Beth Ditto paying homage to the late John Peel, the massively influential British DJ/journalist/television presenter, during the group's set exclaiming "JOHN PEEL IS RESPONSIBLE FOR THE UNDERGROUND!!!" The Gossip was invited back to Glastonbury the following year.

2008 saw the release of Gossip - Live In Liverpool, a deluxe live CD/DVD documenting the group's incendiary show from July 9, 2007, focusing on the deep raw power, energy and intensity of the Gossip's live performances. In April 2008, in support of their live release, Gossip set off on a mini-tour of select US venues which included SRO shows in New York and a career-defining performance on the "Late Show with David Letterman."

"We are always on tour," says the band. As popular on the festival circuit as they are in the world's post-punk clublands, Gossip is lined up to play Radio 1's Big Weekend in May 2009 as well as a series of UK summer festivals including Latitude, Leeds, and Reading.

When the band's off the road, Beth, Brace and Hannah get together to practice at least twice a week. There's a club in Portland called Dunes, where Brace sets up shows and DJs "a lot." The group plays host to local post-punk parties and including a mythic underground soiree (now in hiatus) called "Suicide Club" where Brace whispers, "we would play post-punk records and show Joy Division videos on the wall. Maybe 30 kids would come. It was a great club. There was no sign because it was illegal."

With "Music For Men," the Gossip bring together the vital elements of danger, thrills and passion to their sound and vision, partying like it's 2012!!!







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http://themusicslut.com/2009/10/gossip-terminal-5-the-real-thing/


GOSSIP @ TERMINAL 5: THE REAL THING

Brilliant! 10/10. Visit Gossip on MySpace. All photos by Alexis Maindrault.

More pics, the setlist & a Gossip selection AFTER THE JUMP…

(Setlist) Dimestore Diamond. Pop Goes The World. 2012. Don’t Make Waves. Your Mangled Heart. Men In Love. Fire/Sign. Love Long Distance. 8th Wonder. Listen Up. Four Letter Word. Yesterday’s News. Heavy Cross.

(Encore) What’s Love Got To Do With It. Standing In The Way Of Control. We Are The Champions.

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Gossip @ Terminal 5 in NYC - pics & video

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The Gossip

"Beth Ditto started singing from somewhere in the ether, and when she finally set foot on stage, the crowd went berserk...but quickly reigned themselves in so as not to miss a single second of Bethtastic vocal goodness. The band's universally loved frontwoman sported a new shorter 'do in Kool-Aid red or Sunkist orange (depending on the lighting), She wore form-fitting black, knee-length dress covered in silvery glitter sparkles that shimmered as she shimmied around the stage to the beat, giving the impression that Beth Ditto is not the centre of the universe, but the universe itself...and we mere mortals are all just playing at her game." [I Was at the Show]
Apache Beat and MEN (JD Samson of Le Tigre) opened the show. More pictures and a video below...

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Gossip perform "Standing in the Way of Control" http://vimeo.com/7004101

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GOSSIP: Give Us Something To Talk About At Terminal 5 NYC


When I got the chance to go and see GOSSIP at Terminal 5 I practically snatched the tickets from my boss's hand! I've been following the band since "Standing In The Way Of Control" and have heard plenty about their crazy live performances! Still I was not prepared for the madness that was Friday night's performance!


After claiming our spot at the front and enjoying the openers APACHE BEAT, and particularly MEN (more about them later) finally 10 pm rolled around and the bass player took the stage, followed by the drummer Hannah and then guitarist Nathan, we then heard Beth but didn't see her for a second and then there she was in all her glory, kicking *** from the very first note of "Dimestore Diamond!"


The band tore though classics from "Standing In The Way of Control" including "Your Mangled Heart," "Listen Up!" and some of the amazing new tracks from "Music For Men" like my personal favorite "Love Long Distance," "Pop Goes The World" and of course the fantastic "Heavy Cross".


My favorite moments included her calling out this guy who had been calling some girl a c**t, as only she could with her southern drawl, pointing fingers and eventually passing the mike over to the guy to apologize! Another highlight was the remarkable rendition of "What Love Got To Do With It" performed by Beth barefoot in her underwear, which the WHOLE crowd sang along to, (well by this time it was more of a screech from me!) (Sidenote: Usually I'd hate Tina to be messed with but this worked!)

Of course "Standing In The Way Of Control" another favorite, was the last proper song. An already frantic crowd was sent over the edge when she jumped into the audience and proceed to roam around for most of song, just ya know doing her thing barefoot in a mosh pit of some 1,000 plus excited fans. The show was wrapped by a sing along to "We Are The Champions" and quick as a flash she waved goodbye and that was it... I had experienced the insanity of Beth Ditto! - Camille

(As usual keep your eyes on the YouTube Channel and Flickr for goodies from the show!)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZtR7SHtFpxg

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vzy6Z-arwBA

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Saturday, October 10, 2009

The Gossip @ Terminal 5 NYC

Now, it must be said up front that Terminal 5 is a lovely venue. It's a bigger venue than The Gossip has ever played in NYC before. There's the stage level floor, the second floor with good balcony views of the whole stage and the crowd below, and the third floor which is much like the second, but with smoking permitted. And there are at least two well-stocked full-service bars on each floor. Terminal 5 is a lovely venue, and I hate it. I hate it for many reasons, but mostly because no matter what I do, I can't seem to get in with my camera because it's "professional" (even though my camera's almost 6 years old and now even the little point-and-shoot cameras that Terminal 5 staff does let in have more megapixels and zoom than my camera does). But that's just my own personal Heavy Cross...moving on!

Opening for The Gossip this evening were Apache Beat and MEN (fronted by LaTigre vet, J.D. Samson). The venue doors opened at 7pm, and when I arrived on the scene at 7:30pm-ish, Apache Beat was already tearing it up onstage. I can usually take or leave a lot of opening acts, but Apache had something else going on. They are a five piece ensemble with some really kick *** drums (courtesy of Neil Westgate) and bass lines (big ups to DosSantos). With Christina Aceto on synths and Phillip Aceto rounding it all out on guitar, it's obvious that these kids know how to have a good time. Lead singer, Ilirjana Alushaj is a bit manic but really knows how to belt it out. It's no wonder Gossip chose this band to get the crowd warmed up. Here's a little taste of what they had to offer captured on my trusty camera phone: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oMCXSJFjIZ4

As for MEN, LeTigre veteran J.D. Samson's latest little something to do, it was a non-stop, hop up and down, pump your fist in the air, and make a silly face kinda good time. I think we wouldn't expect (or accept) anything less. With J.D. synths and sound boards with all the beats and special effects, Michael O'Neill on guitar, Ginger Takahashi on bass, and "Thing 1" and "Thing 2" hyping the crowd, it was a good way to get the blood pumping back to the feet ('cause three hours is a long time to wait in one spot for Beth Ditto to happen) and get the body dancing. I was gonna post a video snippet, but the sound wasn't so great and the picture was obscured by the very polite monolith of a man who slid in front of me at the last second...sorry guys. But no worries: On to the main attraction!!!

The Gossip took to the stage at precisely 10pm (I love a band that loves the fans enough not to keep us all waiting forever and ever). The show opened with track no. 1 off their new album, Music For Men. An as yet unnamed bass player (who we now know is none other than Chris Sutton - thank you Anonymous Commenter!) climbed onto stage first. Whoever he is, he worked it out at this show. Anyways...drummer Hannah Blilie was next to step on stage, and though I'm certain she was beloved before, I'm sure that her new status as the album's cover girl didn't hurt either. Guitarist Nathan "Brace Paine" Howdeshell stepped up and the two of them started the opening licks of Dimestore Diamond. Beth Ditto started singing from somewhere in the ether, and when she finally set foot on stage, the crowd went berserk...but quickly reigned themselves in so as not to miss a single second of Bethtastic vocal goodness. The band's universally loved frontwoman sported a new shorter 'do in Kool-Aid red or Sunkist orange (depending on the lighting), She wore form-fitting black, knee-length dress covered in silvery glitter sparkles that shimmered as she shimmied around the stage to the beat, giving the impression that Beth Ditto is not the centre of the universe, but the universe itself...and we mere mortals are all just playing at her game. Side note: all the video is shot on my camera phone (as usual), BUT my screen is broken, so I couldn't actually see what I was recording. I just had to hope I was pressing the right button to start and stop. Please forgive any Beth Ditto headlessness and try to focus on her awesomeness and the sublime sound quality. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lQDaPNURxkU

Not a bad way to kick off a show! The Gossip covered old favorites like Your Mangled Heart http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SlsHdVmMh84

as well as the newest of the new album with 8th Wonder http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pSDHQxBtQSI

And in between songs, Beth came with her trademark blend of down-home, big sisterly chit-chat with the audience. When one fan held up a photo of herself with Beth at another show, the singer took the photo ("I need a Sharpie! Who has a Sharpie!"), took a few minutes to write something sweet and passed it back to the fan. In another case, when security tried to break up an argument in the audience, Beth halted her song opening to settle the dispute (a guy had called some girls dirty c***s and wouldn't apologise even after Beth gave him the mic to do it, so she let security escort him out). At one point between songs, Beth was having a little tete-a-tete with drummer Hannah Blilie, and when the audience got impatient with waiting, Beth turned to the crowd and said, "Shhhhhh...Band meeting! Don't be rude, now!" Some of the shows other highlights included my favorite cut off the new album, Four Letter Word: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wW-XGDQv-2M

And what Gossip show would be complete without a kick-*** cover song, right? Here's Beth & Co. doing it up during the "encore" to the Tina Turner classic, What's Love Got To Do With It. And yeah, after the main set was over, she came back out barefoot and with just her skivvies on! Love this girl!: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=msyDkcPnGNs

The show finally (for really-real) closed with the song that put Gossip on the map, Standing In The Way Of Control, but not before some more love from Beth to the fans. She shouted out one girl for her 26th birthday, and invited another fan, the UK's own DJ Lindsay, onstage to celebrate DJ's 50th Gossip show before launching into the song ("You can stand here, but it might get awkward..."). Oh, and the other thing I hate about Terminal 5? The barrier moat between the stage and the crowd for press photogs. Granted, I might feel differently if I was in the moat with my camera, but I think that is neither here nor there. The point is, it keeps the fans away from the artists, and keeps the artist away from the fans. And Beth (bless her little heart) was having none of it. During the song, Beth dropped herself into the moat and was helped by fans and security over the barrier so that she could walk through the audience belting it out, spreading love, and giving hugs to anyone who could lay a hand on her. For Beth, it seems, making music is not just about touching people, it's also about touching people...http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9DGoGwWcUVY

And just because enough is never enough, Beth came back out for a minute afterwards to lead the crowd in a chorus of Queen's classic anthem We Are The Champions. Declarations of love were made. Warm-fuzzy feelings were had. And that, boys and girls, was The Gossip in NYC. I've said it before and I'll say it again. The Gossip. Beth Ditto. Happy Warm Fuzzies. Rainbows. Unicorns. Hugs.

G'nite babies. See you at the next show! It's almost hard to believe that Gossip have been around for over a decade now. Sure, they caught major fire prior to their third album, but the established rockers have long since been honing their craft, and their finest was front and center on an already radly entertaining NYC night.


Before this past Friday, you might be quick to color me hypocritical. See, Gossip haven't been a staple of posts within. I'd always admired them from afar, but it seemed like I couldn't muster enough praise to devote to predicates and paragraphs. For whatever reason, it just fell short for me.


And now I know why. Apparently, I was waiting to see them in person, because Gossip's live show puts anything you've ever heard recorded by them to shame. Sure, it's easy to make that statement for nearly any bodaciously big acts, but when the trio of Nathan Howdeshell, Hannah Blilie and Beth Ditto set foot on stage, an immediate spark of energized connection was felt in the crowd.



Sadly, I could only stay for half the set, as I had to make my way up to the American Museum of Natural History for Amanda Blank's set (more to come on that!); however, I was privvy to see Gossip blast through Pop Goes the World, Love Long Distance, and one of my favorites in Your Mangled Heart.

In support of their latest album, Music For Men, Gossip have been on an extensive tour which goes through the end of November. If you've yet to see them live, I'd be quick to recommend it!

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  • Live photos: Gossip brings disco to Terminal 5

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    Photographs by Lizz Kuehl

    Beth Ditto led her troupe into Terminal 5 with one goal in mind: make ‘em dance. The diva is fresh off a new one, Music for Men, a Rick Rubin production that eschews the band’s previous punk influences in favor of a polished up, disco-based sound. (Read our review of the album here.) Judging by the fans in these stellar photos, they like it…a lot.


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The Gossip, Men, Apache Beat @ Terminal 5 (Pics)

October 11, 2009 8:50 p.m. by Gabi Porter
Photo gallery of The Gossip, Men, Apache Beat @ Terminal 5 (October 9, 2009).
Posted in: APACHE BEAT , MEN , PHOTO GALLERY , THE GOSSIP

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