In 2008 the documentary film Bananaz was released.
Hewlett described Carousel in a 2008 interview as
In 2008, Cook played at Glastonbury Festival, the O2 Wireless Festival , Rockness Festival and Coachella. In 2009, he released the album I Think We’re Gonna Need a Bigger Boat as the virtual band the Brighton Port Authority, featuring Iggy Pop , David Byrne , Dizzee Rascal , Martha Wainwright…
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Of Montreal’s next album, Skeletal Lamping , was released on October 21, 2008. It was released in ten different formats, including conventional CD and vinyl, as well as T-shirts, button sets, wall decals , tote bags, and a paper lantern, the latter formats complete with a digital download code for…
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On September 2, 2008, ” Ricochet! ” was released as the first single. It hit No. 17 on the Alternative Songs Chart , the highest the band has ever reached with a single on the Alternative Songs chart. Shiny Toy Guns released their second Season of Poison single, ” Ghost…
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as well as appearing at the 2008 Warped Tour .
The band’s first tour was supporting The Red Chord across the United Kingdom. Kean and Oliver’s mother Carol Sykes were the de facto managers of the band at this time, a role they continued to occupy until 2008. For The Red Chord support, Kean emailed promoters and pretended they were…
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Later that year it was announced that they were splitting from their long-term US label, Warner Music, and signing with EMI Music worldwide.
Following the Finnish school shootings of 2007 and 2008 , media reports again attempted to draw a connection between the shooters and KMFDM, and noted that both listed the band among their favorites. In an interview with Norwegian broadcaster NRK shortly after the 2008 incident, Konietzko responded to these claims…
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“Blue Monday” was also included on the 2008 collector’s edition of Power, Corruption & Lies .