Ash Charlotte Hatherley Wednesday
Don’t get a blogga wrong, I love all things Ash. But your Uncle Grambo would be being less than honest with you if I didn’t say that I’m nervous to see what the band’s sound will be like now that the band’s fairest member, Miss Charlotte Hatherley, has gone solo. Which is why, along with the impending release of Miss Hatherley’s second solo record, that I’m leading the charge to change Ash Wednesday to Charlotte Hatherley Wednesday. Your Uncle has been a Charlotte fan for, like, forevs (see pics of Ash @ The Shelter circa `03), so you can imagine how geeched I was to scoop an advance of “The Deep Blue” a few weeks back. The second single off the LP, “I want You To Know”, is a delicious slice of top-notch pop that recalls the Girl Group Sounds of the `60s (lots of “wella wellas”, if you catch my drizzle). Check out the song’s video at the bottom of this post, just after I satiate your thirst for some PHC. True.
- —“All the girls kept saying how fugly she looked as a baldie.”
- —After a slow start in January, Spring 2007 is shaping up to be a cinematic cream dream. Your Uncle Grambo is having a hard time deciding whether to be more fired-up for the release of “Zodiac”, “300″ or “Grindhouse.” Since “Zodiac” is first up on the release calendar, I guess that’s the default choice as of February 21, 2007. Wells is on the record calling Fincher’s first film in five years a “knockout”, adding that he walked out of the theater feeling “like I’d taken an art-film quaalude.” Huzzah! When combined with the mostly positive piece in this Sunday’s NYT, this observer proclaims megabuzzpatrol.
- —The Passion Of The Weiss went to a Camera Obscura show so you don’t have to.
- —Any of you literary cats out there heard anything about the new Smiley jawn? Your Uncle Grambo’s a big fan from the WAYback, but her latest novel is getting mixed reviews. Michiko hated it (obvs), but EW lurved it.
- —Just because Kurt Anderson comes off like a real jabroni in person doesn’t mean that dude isn’t pretty brills when it comes to thinking about the future of the future. For instance, he’s got a real smaht thinkpiece in the new issue of New York Mag heralding web video as the future of the newspaper business. On that note, just wait until The Grizz gets jiggy with his Wrestlemania XXIII coverage over at DetNews.com! [via ETP]
- —Winehouse? More like Cokenose.
- —It’s Creation Records Week over at Send Me Dead Flowers. Curated by one of whatevs (dot org)’s original old skool fools, Kegzies, S.M.D.F. has become a morning must-stop on the Information Superhighway.
And now, as promised, the video for second single off the new Charlotte Hatherley record, “I Want You To Know”…
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1. Dave wrote on February 21st, 2007 at 3:13 pm
Nice nips, yo!
2. blogsarefordogs.com » Blog Archive » Ash Wednesday wrote on February 21st, 2007 at 8:47 pm
[…] I can think of no better band to jump-start this comeback, especially today, than the alternative Brit-poppers of Ash. In fact, you know you’ve got a serious trend on your hands when a newly remade Whatevs drops some PHC on the topic. Grambo’s in love with the new solo effort from former Ash guitarist Charlotte Hatherley, who lists Kate Bush and XTC as her influences. Convenient, seeing as how Andy Partridge co-wrote the new album. Her former bandmates aren’t doing too badly, either. After playing a post-Hatherley gig, their first live show in over a year, during last year’s NYC Fashion Week, Ash are set to release a new album in the coming months. Here’s the first single: […]
3. Mick wrote on February 22nd, 2007 at 8:36 am
Lovin’ the redesign. I have to get me some of that wordpress goodness. Eff blogger.
4. Winston wrote on February 22nd, 2007 at 11:58 am
Hatherley, so best.
I dig that new Ash track “I Started a Fire”(thx 4 posting the link above). Catchy w/ nice dynamics. I miss Charlotte’s sig guitar sound a little bit though on it.