PiL released the vinyl-only EP One Drop in late April 2012, which was eventually made available for streaming. The new 12-track studio album, This is PiL , followed in May. This is PiL was the band’s first studio album in twenty years.
In April 2012 Albarn told The Guardian that he and Hewlett had fallen out and that future Gorillaz projects were “unlikely”.
In an April 2012 interview with Metro , Albarn was more optimistic about Gorillaz’ future, saying that once he had worked out his differences with Hewlett, he was sure that they would make another record.
Arcade Fire recorded a song for The Hunger Games soundtrack ( The Hunger Games: Songs from District 12 and Beyond ), called “Abraham’s Daughter”. The song is featured in the movie’s end credits. The soundtrack was released on March 20, 2012, debuting at number one on the Billboard 200 .…
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In the press conference, explaining solo album material and collaboration talk, Gallagher admitted the collaboration is “fucking far out. It’s got like 18 tracks on it, some of it’s krautrock , some of it’s soul, some of it’s funk and that’s just the first song.” Then later confessing, that he…
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On 23 February 2012 Gorillaz released ” DoYaThing “, a single to promote a Gorillaz-branded collection of Converse shoes which were released shortly after. The song was a part of Converse’s “Three Artists, One Song” project, with the two additional collaborators being James Murphy of LCD Soundsystem and André 3000…
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The band went on to support Snow Patrol in February 2012, and Muse in November and December.
On 29 January 2012, Shaun Ryder announced on radio station Xfm that the band would return with the original and definitive lineup of himself, his brother Paul on bass, Whelan on drums, Rowetta as guest second vocalist, Day on guitar, Davis on keyboards and dancer Mark Berry. They appeared on…
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They continued to tour throughout 2012, including a short tour of New Zealand and Australia in February/March and several festival appearances in 2012.
To celebrate their 25th anniversary, Buck-Tick opened a special website where they announced the creation of their own record label Lingua Sounda, and that its first releases would be a single in spring 2012 and an album in the summer. The Lingua Sounda logo was designed by manga artist Tsutomu…
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