The Cult

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Another date:

Fri, Sep 24th, 2010 Magna, UT THE GREAT SALT AIR

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The Cult's Ian Astbury Enthuses Over Boris Collaboration

Aug 17th 2010

No stranger to working with other artists -- just check his work with the reformed psychedelic god Doors, dance project UNKLE and former Guns N'Roses guitarist Slash for evidence -- the Cult's frontman Ian Astbury has spoken in glowing terms of his work with Japanese headbangers Boris as they prepare to release 'BXI', a three-track EP.

Introduced to each other by Sunn O))) -- the high priests of drone metal -- way back in 2005, Astbury and Boris finally got together when the band sent the singer a number of ideas.

"Late last year I got 10 pieces of music and to really blew me away," Astbury told BBC 6 Music. "Working on a whole album would've taken a long time so we focused on three songs."

Comparing the experience of working with Boris to that of his recent collaboration with Slash, Astbury said, "This was way more involved. Slash arranged an afternoon in LA and his persona is incredibly different from Boris.

"Slash is far more out front and more of a character in that sense and I think his music is larger than life whereas Boris are far more introverted and far more experimental and far more complex."

Audio interview here: http://www.bbc.co.uk/6music/news/20100816_astbury.shtml

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Thanks funk, interesting interview.

The IA/Boris thing has really taken on a life of its own, definitely a far different animal than the Slash collaboration.  Nice to see Ian happy on both sides of the spectrum.

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Some more comments here:

IAN ASTBURY Talks To BBC 6 MUSIC About BORIS Collaboration (Audio) - Aug. 18, 2010

THE CULT frontman Ian Astbury was recently interviewed by BBC 6 Music's Adrian Larkin about his collaboration with Japanese rockers BORIS. You can now listen to excerpts from the chat using the audio player below.

http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=144766

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BXI review from the New York times:

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/08/16/arts/music/16choice.html?_r=1&pagewanted=all

BORIS & IAN ASTBURY

?BXI?

(Southern Lord)

Ian Astbury was the singer for the English rock band the Cult, a million-selling band in the mid-1980s, and more recently took on Jim Morrison?s role for the reunion of the Doors. Mr. Astbury has a voice of oily allure and weary charisma; it?s a baritone croon graduating to a shriek, with thick vibrato at the end of a line. He?s a one-man factory of late Romantic affect who never seemed properly of his own era.

Boris, the Japanese underground rock band, feels atemporal too, channeling various sources of power-trio acid rock without suggesting what it might be under the borrowings. The group represents one giant flourish, impossibly cool. Together, Mr. Astbury and Boris are strange and powerful, smoky and drippy, like ripe peaches and truffle honey. They sound momentous, as if there were a million-dollar budget supporting them.

?BXI,? their four-song collaboration on the small and resourceful metal label Southern Lord, is flashy and impenetrable, a loud fantasy of deep space. It?s got a huge drum sound, heroic riffing and crude, art-brut guitar solos just when your ears expect virtuosity. On the three tracks that feature Mr. Astbury ? on the fourth, Boris?s female guitarist, Wata, sings the old Cult song ?Rain? in a little-girl voice ? he doesn?t deliver his most polished vocal performance; he sounds a little grizzled as he punctuates his lines with ?yeah!? and ?no!,? depending on the context of the first-person narrator, conquering hero or fatalistic philosopher.

But the record?s charm lies in those little discrepancies and uncertainties. He?s an old pro, thrown into a strange situation and working hard. Here and there he sounds hesitant, like an actor who hasn?t quite worked out his motivation as he sings lines like ?standing there like a victim will only get you killed? or ?the forest knows how you feel.? BEN RATLIFF

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The Cult Pinkpop Classic 2010 Backstage interview Billy Duffy + Live footage

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OBJIy8W3H1A

Some photos:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/bourgol/4897142489/

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The Cult are helping raise awareness to this Native American cause, details here:

http://www.nativeshop.org/donate.html

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A new Duffy interview done Aug 20th from Planet Rock:

http://www.planetrock.co.uk/Article.asp?id=1927981&spid=35830

Insightful, funny and entertaining as always.

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Up to date US tour info, straight from the source:

Sep 14/2010 - San Diego, California, 4th & B
Sep 16/2010 - Las Vegas, Nevada, Pearl Concert Theater
Sep 17/2010 - Tempe, Arizona, Tempe Beach Park - Arizona Fall Frenzy
Sep 18/2010 - Irvine, California, Verizon Wireless Amphitheater
Sep 19/2010 - San Francisco, California, The Warfield
Sep 21/2010 - Seattle, Washington, The Showbox SoDo
Sep 22/2010 - Spokane, Washington, Knitting Factory
Sep 24/2010 - Salt Lake City, Utah, Salt Air Pavilion
Sep 25/2010 - Denver, Colorado, Ogden Theater
Sep 27/2010 - Dallas, Texas, House Of Blues
Sep 29/2010 - San Antonio, Texas, Scout Bar
Oct 1/2010 - Houston, Texas, House Of Blues
Oct 2/2010 - New Orleans, Louisiana, House Of Blues

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THE CULT Guitarist Interviewed On PLANET ROCK (Audio) - Sep. 2, 2010

On August 20, THE CULT guitarist Billy Duffy was interviewed on the U.K.'s leading classic rock radio station Planet Rock. You can now listen to the chat using the Soundcloud player below.

THE CULT's first new studio recording since 2007, "Every Man and Woman is a Star" was released as a two-week exclusive through the iTunes store. This is the lead-off track of a four-song "capsule" scheduled to be released in fall of 2010.

Streaming here: http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=145449

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This is OFFICIAL:

"THE CULT RELEASE NEW MUSIC IN CAPSULE FORMAT SEPTEMBER 14 TH
MORE INFORMATION COMING SOON..."

They're going very cloak and dagger with this release, just over a weeks notice and no word of content..yet.

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i hate to say it. But yknow what puts me off new Cult releases, Ians voice, its really changed alot.

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From The Cult on Twitter:

SEE IAN A. WITH BXI (PRESENTED BY SUNN O))) + BORIS) THIS SEPT 7, 2010 @ THE BROOKLYN MASONIC TEMPLE. IT'LL BE HEAVY.

http://blog.southernlord.com/?p=294

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THE CULT's New 'Capsule' To Arrive This Month - Sep. 5, 2010

According to a posting on THE CULT's official Twitter profile, the band's previously announced four-song "capsule" ? which is described as a collection of not just new music, but film, art and fashion ? will arrive on September 14.

The "capsule" will span across multiple media formats, including vinyl, digital, USB, CD and DVD formats.

In an August 20, 2010 interview with the U.K.'s leading classic rock radio station Planet Rock, THE CULT guitarist Billy Duffy spoke about the "capsule" concept and how it differs from the way the band released new music in the past.

"Well, I think you'd have to have been living under a rock for a long time to not notice that the music business has somewhat changed," Duffy explained.

"It's a different way of getting music out there.

"People ? not everybody, but a lot of people ? are, really, now more comfortable downloading music and the fact that aren't any, really, many record shops or places to buy music in that format anymore is indicative that people's habits are changing with the Internet, and we just felt, as a band, that the idea...

"We did a new album in 2007 in a sort of traditional way ? get a record deal with a company and make an album and take out a very bad loan from them and then go and promote it, and blah blah blah. This time we just thought we'd do it a little differently, and we did it on... New Wilderness is our own label. And Ian [Astbury, vocals] felt very strongly that he'd prefer to try and record two or three, four songs and get them out there while they're quite fresh than spending a lot of time trying to write a whole album. It was really Ian's general feeling, which I sort of agreed with; I think people's attention spans are shortening, and I think the idea was... He just wanted to capture the music quickly and get it out there. That was the theory; the practice is not always quite so as easy as putting that into practice. But the idea of the capsule, if you wanna be old-fashioned, you could call it an EP. So rather than doing albums...

"Other bands who operate on a grander scale two, three, four years recording a record, or they sail in from their Carribean hideaways, go on a tour that lasts 18 months, and everybody is really happy with that format. That doesn't really work for THE CULT anymore. So we're just trying to be a little more fluid.

"The people who are buying tangible, what you'd call hard products, like vinyl, they're collectors and they want stuff that has a little bit more depth and content, and that's why it'll be a multimedia package."

THE CULT's first new studio recording since 2007, "Every Man and Woman is a Star" was released as a two-week exclusive through the iTunes store.

Rock fans worldwide will immediately recognize Billy Duffy's blistering guitars and Ian Astbury's powerful vocals soaring over a relentless beat.

"The latest recordings from THE CULT, guided by legendary producer Chris Goss (MASTERS OF REALITY, KYUSS, QUEENS OF THE STONE AGE), are a mixture of violent guitars, emotive vocal performances with high melody and driving beats," Astbury said in a statement. "Textured metaphysical rock music for the contemporary music head."

http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=145561

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THE CULT's ASTBURY, BORIS' ATSUO Discuss BXI Collaboration Project In New Video Interview - Sep. 7, 2010

On Monday, September 6, BrooklynRocks conducted an interview with THE CULT frontman Ian Astbury and drummer/vocalist Atsuo of Japanese cult band BORIS about their newly released four-song collaboration EP, simply entitled "BXI". You can watch the chat below.

BXI will perform a full-length set for the first time tonight (Tuesday, September 7) at the Brooklyn Masonic Temple in Brooklyn, New York as part of a show with JESSE SYKES, SUNN O))) and BORIS.

Video interview here: http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=145641

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Official news:

 LOS ANGELES, CA--(Marketwire - September 8, 2010) - Following their recent successful European tour which included sharing the stage with Iggy Pop & The Stooges at Knebworth (UK) & Pink Pop (Holland), The Cult announce plans to release the first of their recent recordings on the newly formatted 'capsule' collection (the capsule format being the vision of Ian Astbury).

Partnering with Aderra Media Technologies, the capsule will consist of new music 'Every Man and Woman Is A Star' and 'Siberia,' live recordings from the recent internationally sold-out 'Love Live' tour, as well as short film 'A Prelude to Ruins' (directed by Ian Astbury & Rick Rogers). The capsule will be available in several formats including MP3 CD / DVD (DUAL DISC) and 12" Vinyl in limited quantities for a limited time. The first song 'Every Man and Woman Is A Star' was debuted at the Knebworth Festival UK and released the same day as an iTunes exclusive.

The latest recordings were guided by legendary producer Chris Goss (Unkle, Queens of the Stone Age, Too Many DJ's, Masters of Reality). A mixture of violent guitars, emotive vocal performances with high melody and driving beats.

After a successful sold out Australian tour in May this year, the pairing of The Cult & The Black Ryder continues (Australian cinematic psych) throughout North America with the first phase beginning September 14 in San Diego. More dates to be announced.

Live dates -
Sept 14 San Diego - 4th + B
Sept 16 Las Vegas - Palm
Sept 19 San Francisco - Warfield Theatre
Sept 21 Seattle - Showbox Sodo
Sept 22 Spokane - The Knitting Factory
Sept 24 Magna - The Great Salt Air
Sept 25 Denver - Ogden Theatre
Sept 27 Dallas - House Of Blues
Sept 29 San Antonio - Scout Bar
Oct 1 Houston - House Of Blues
Oct 2 New Orleans - House Of Blues

THE CULT - CAPSULE ONE - RELEASED SEPTEMBER 14TH

http://cultcapsulestore.com

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Official news:

Partnering with Aderra Media Technologies, the capsule will consist of new music 'Every Man and Woman Is A Star' and 'Siberia,' live recordings from the recent internationally sold-out 'Love Live' tour, as well as short film 'A Prelude to Ruins' (directed by Ian Astbury & Rick Rogers). The capsule will be available in several formats including MP3 CD / DVD (DUAL DISC) and 12" Vinyl in limited quantities for a limited time. The first song 'Every Man and Woman Is A Star' was debuted at the Knebworth Festival UK and released the same day as an iTunes exclusive.

Thanks I'm looking forward to this.  Just curious why they are giving top billing to Aderra Media Technologies in the press release.

The Cult + Aderra Project 'Capsule One'

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Thanks I'm looking forward to this.  Just curious why they are giving top billing to Aderra Media Technologies in the press release.

The Cult + Aderra Project 'Capsule One'

Not a whole lot different than a tradional record label extending a presser on any featured new release I suppose..

The Cult have had a good working relationship with Aderra for a while now. partnering with them for the USB "Dogtags" from the LOVE/LIVE tour..

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I just noticed that the press release was issued by Aderra Inc.  Like you said, they're going very cloak and dagger with this release -- I don't see any mention of these "capsule" details on their website, Twitter/Facebook, MySpace etc.

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Like you said, they're going very cloak and dagger with this release -- I don't see any mention of these "capsule" details on their website, Twitter/Facebook, MySpace etc.

And I'm not sure any info will emerge from any of those sources until the last minute.

As much as The Cult have embraced technology and alternative ways of the release of new material, they'd much prefer they stay a bit unaccessilble in some areas.  They like the fans to "find" news rather than make it readily available...