Mark Lanegan
TRACK: IYEARA bring the darkwave to Mark Lanegan’s ‘Playing Nero’
IF THERE’S any musician out there currently writing and recording who you can say has absolutely lived it, that accolade must surely go to former Screaming Trees man Mark Lanegan. His gravelly, seductive voice graces a body of work that never ceases to explore and which expands steadily. And the latest chapter in Lanegan’s oeuvre …
Album Review: Mark Lanegan – Straight Songs of Sorrow.
Mark Lanegan is an artist that I have been aware of for a while. A former Screaming Tree, long time solo artist, serial collaborator, and a man who many wondered how he survived his darkest days, Lanegan’s recently published memoir, Sing Backwards and Weep, makes it clear that he appreciates just how lucky he has been to still …
Track: Mark Lanegan – Stockholm City Blues
With the release of Mark’s new album ‘ Straight Songs of Sorrow’ due 8th May via Heavenly Recordings we have the pleasure of sharing a track from the album – ‘Stockholm City Blues’ Stockholm City Blues is sparse and beautiful with strings and finger-picking accompanying lyrics on the remorse code of addiction. Trademark Lanegan and …
Track: Mark Lanegan – Bleed all over
It’s a busy time for Mark Lanegan. His memoir ‘Sing backwards and weep’ is out in May, he’s launched a new web-streaming platform ‘The Vault’ which details basically all of his back catalogue, and his new album ‘Straight songs of Sorrow’ is also out, on May 8th via Heavenly Recordings, From it he’s revealed a …
TRACK: MARK LANEGAN – SKELETON KEY
The Lanegan brand has always stood for quality for me and the man is back and still delivering. Skeleton Key is the first single from his new solo album – Straight Songs Of Sorrow due 8th May. Just over a week from the release of his memoir – Sing Backwards and Weep on 28th April. Commenting …
See: Mark Lanegan Band release new video for Stitch it up, plus new album and UK dates
Out on October 18th is Mark Lanegan’s new album, Someone’s Knocking, via Heavenly Recordings. From it the band have just released a new video for the first single ‘Stictch it up’. Of the video Lanegan says: “I had a blast making this video. We had some friends over for dinner and Joe Cardamone met Donal …
News: MARK LANEGAN BAND Announces Still Life With Roses Remix EP/Tour
Following “career-best” reviews for his tenth album Gargoyle and a sold–out UK tour, Mark Lanegan Band announce the release of Still Life With Roses, a 6 track EP of remixes from the LP by various producers whose work he admires. The EP, released 29th September (Heavenly Recordings) will be available as 12” vinyl and download. It’s a …
Album Review: Mark Lanegan Band – A Thousand Miles of Midnight
Since forming the Screaming Trees in the mid-1980s Mark Lanegan has been viewed as a welcome figure on the alternative rock periphery. He has collaborated with everyone from Queens of the Stone Age and Greg Dulli (the Afghan Whigs/Gutter Twins) to Belle and Sebastian’s Isobel Campbell. For about thirty years, his prolific output has varied in …
Live Review: Mark Lanegan Band – Trades Club, Hebden Bridge 24.01.2015
One word immediately springs to mind battling through the crush of bodies towards the stage tonight: oversold. The Trades Club is heaving to capacity on this Saturday night of the Heavenly Records weekend and the suspicion is that the huge demand for entrance has somehow overwhelmed the usually strict, but fair, security measures. I mark …