Bad Lieutenant!

From the NME:

Former New Order members Bernard Sumner, Stephen Morris and Phil Cunningham have formed a new band without ex-bassist Peter Hook.

The collective, Bad Lieutenant, features Blur’s Alex James on bass duties, Sumner told BBC Newsbeat that they have already completed recording an album, set for release in October.

“I’m very proud of it, it’s a very good album,” Sumner said. “It’s pretty guitary too because we’ve got three guitarists in the band.”

I’d like to think this would be great, but I ain’t holding my breath. Surprise me folks!

See y’all there!

OK, here’s the tracklist for the CD giveaway on Saturday night:

01. Cabaret Voltaire – Yashar
02. The Normal – TVOD
03. Throbbing Gristle – United
04. A Flock Of Seagulls – Telecommunication
05. Depeche Mode – Everything Counts
06. Thomas Leer – Private Plane
07. Heaven 17 – Crushed By The Wheels Of Industry
08. Shriekback – Lined Up
09. Adam & The Ants – Dog Eat Dog
10. XTC – Living Through Another Cuba
11. Tears For Fears – Pale Shelter
12. New Order – Leave Me Alone
13. Echo & The Bunnymen – Rescue
14. Comsat Angels – Independence Day
15. The Screaming Meemees – Can’t Take It
16. Killing Joke – Eighties
17. The Stranglers – (Get A) Grip (On Yourself)
18. Intaferon – Get Out Of London
19. The Cure – Grinding Halt

For those of you in the northern hemisphere, it looks like you’re in for a treat if you can manage to catch the reformed Blur’s 20th anniversary shows – here’s some rehearsal footage:

Song 2

Death of a Party

And For Tomorrow (via Amazon)

According to the nice folks at Domino, the new Arctic Monkeys album is being released (in the UK) on the 24th of August. It’s untitled as yet, but here’s the tracklist:

01. My Propeller
02. Crying Lightning
03. Dangerous Animals
04. Secret Door
05. Potion Approaching
06. Fire And The Thud
07. Cornerstone
08. Dance Little Liar
09. Pretty Visitors
10. The Jeweller’s Hands

Details here.