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I've been playing some of the new stuff in the morning while making my breakfast and sipping some coffee, and found myself dancing, er... shaking quite a bit.
They are rather upbeat despite the subject matter. It makes me wonder about the album title. She very well could have gone with "Let England Burn", such as in the title track's lyrics, "let it burn, let it burn". "Let England Shake" hints to the albums more upbeat qualities, despite some of the bleak content.
I can't get "Last Living Rose" and "The Words That Maketh Murder" out of my head. I haven't anticipated an album this much for a long time.
I see Peej continue to add tour dates, mostly festivals. I see a couple of them them are at festivals with Elbow, another Mercury Prize winning Brit band with a forthcoming album.
If perhaps later this year, I couldn't think of a better tour pairing.
They are rather upbeat despite the subject matter. It makes me wonder about the album title. She very well could have gone with "Let England Burn", such as in the title track's lyrics, "let it burn, let it burn". "Let England Shake" hints to the albums more upbeat qualities, despite some of the bleak content.
I can't get "Last Living Rose" and "The Words That Maketh Murder" out of my head. I haven't anticipated an album this much for a long time.
I see Peej continue to add tour dates, mostly festivals. I see a couple of them them are at festivals with Elbow, another Mercury Prize winning Brit band with a forthcoming album.
If perhaps later this year, I couldn't think of a better tour pairing.
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PJ Harvey's got some tour dates lined up; check those out below.
02-18 Brussels, Belgium - Cirque Royale
02-19 Brussels, Belgium - Cirque Royale
02-21 Berlin, Germany - Admiralspalast
02-22 Berlin, Germany - Admiralspalast
02-23 London, England - O2 Academy Brixton (Shockwaves NME Awards)
02-24 Paris, France - Olympia
02-25 Paris, France - Olympia
02-27 London, England - Troxy
02-28 London, England - Troxy
04-14 San Francisco, CA - Warfield Theater
04-17 Indio, CA - Coachella
04-20 New York, NY - Terminal 5
05-25 Lisbon, Portugal - Aula Magna
05-38 Barcelona, Spain - Primavera Festival
05-30 Amsterdam, Netherlands - Paradiso
05-31 Amsterdam, Netherlands - Paradiso
06-30-7-01 Roskilde, Denmark - Roskilde Festival
07-02 Werchter, Belgium - Werchter Festival
07-03 Arras, France - The Main Square Festival
07-23 London, England - ATP at Alexandra Palace *
*with Portishead
02-18 Brussels, Belgium - Cirque Royale
02-19 Brussels, Belgium - Cirque Royale
02-21 Berlin, Germany - Admiralspalast
02-22 Berlin, Germany - Admiralspalast
02-23 London, England - O2 Academy Brixton (Shockwaves NME Awards)
02-24 Paris, France - Olympia
02-25 Paris, France - Olympia
02-27 London, England - Troxy
02-28 London, England - Troxy
04-14 San Francisco, CA - Warfield Theater
04-17 Indio, CA - Coachella
04-20 New York, NY - Terminal 5
05-25 Lisbon, Portugal - Aula Magna
05-38 Barcelona, Spain - Primavera Festival
05-30 Amsterdam, Netherlands - Paradiso
05-31 Amsterdam, Netherlands - Paradiso
06-30-7-01 Roskilde, Denmark - Roskilde Festival
07-02 Werchter, Belgium - Werchter Festival
07-03 Arras, France - The Main Square Festival
07-23 London, England - ATP at Alexandra Palace *
*with Portishead
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NPR has Let England Shake up for streaming in its entirety.
http://www.npr.org/2011/02/06/133495228/first-listen-pj-harvey-let-england-shake
http://www.npr.org/2011/02/06/133495228/first-listen-pj-harvey-let-england-shake
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Listened to this twice. I'm going to savor it like a fine wine.
Coachella 2011: 'When I stand on the stage, I want to give the truth,' says PJ Harvey
During PJ Harvey’s Sunday night set, one of the repasts offered by Coachella before festival headliner Kanye West commanded the main stage, a fan waved a homemade sign that got caught on camera. “PJ Harvey,” it read, “is the REAL closing headliner.” The crowd cheered, the sentiment validating the feverish loyalty Harvey’s listeners trade in, the kind that almost feels sealed by blood oath.
Outfitted in a white dress corseted at the waist like a parlor-bound Victorian wife, her sculptural feathered headpiece shooting back from her obsidian hair, Harvey looked ready for the Wild West’s dreamscape, ready to hitch her covered wagon to the trash-strewn grounds. Cradling an autoharp in her arms, Harvey, in her Coachella debut, assessed the crowd with a benevolent gaze that seemed as if it could snap into menace if provoked.
Harvey played with her old pal and frequent collaborator John Parish at her side, and her set marched out war-scarred testaments from her latest album, “Let England Shake,” and a few older songs, such as “The Sky Lit Up,” played with more chug than the original, a sense of certainty replacing the near-hysteria.
“When I stand on the stage,” Harvey said, in an interview earlier in the day, “I want to give the truth.” We were speaking in her cavernous artist’s trailer on the Polo Grounds, about how she tried to avoid repeating her work. Over the course of eight albums, Harvey has cut a snake’s trail through heartsick alienation, and now with her latest, a nation’s embattled history. “It wouldn’t be honest of me,” she said, “to keep drawing from my past.”
With songs such as “Rid of Me,” Harvey whispered and screamed a message: It was acceptable to be difficult, brutal even, in love. But it’s a feeling that’s distant to her now. “I still love that song, but I wrote it many years ago,” she said. “There are other things I want to play now.” Has she moved away from writing personal screeds? “I would hesitate to say that any of my work is personal… you step into characters.”
For “Let England Shake,” two years in the making, Harvey was drawn to the characters of her country, particularly voices lost to time or the patriotic machine. “I wanted to use human language,” Harvey said, “not overt political language. I wanted to inhabit the lives of those who have been affected, not the political leaders.”
http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/music_blog/2011/04/coachella-2011-pj-harvey.html
During PJ Harvey’s Sunday night set, one of the repasts offered by Coachella before festival headliner Kanye West commanded the main stage, a fan waved a homemade sign that got caught on camera. “PJ Harvey,” it read, “is the REAL closing headliner.” The crowd cheered, the sentiment validating the feverish loyalty Harvey’s listeners trade in, the kind that almost feels sealed by blood oath.
Outfitted in a white dress corseted at the waist like a parlor-bound Victorian wife, her sculptural feathered headpiece shooting back from her obsidian hair, Harvey looked ready for the Wild West’s dreamscape, ready to hitch her covered wagon to the trash-strewn grounds. Cradling an autoharp in her arms, Harvey, in her Coachella debut, assessed the crowd with a benevolent gaze that seemed as if it could snap into menace if provoked.
Harvey played with her old pal and frequent collaborator John Parish at her side, and her set marched out war-scarred testaments from her latest album, “Let England Shake,” and a few older songs, such as “The Sky Lit Up,” played with more chug than the original, a sense of certainty replacing the near-hysteria.
“When I stand on the stage,” Harvey said, in an interview earlier in the day, “I want to give the truth.” We were speaking in her cavernous artist’s trailer on the Polo Grounds, about how she tried to avoid repeating her work. Over the course of eight albums, Harvey has cut a snake’s trail through heartsick alienation, and now with her latest, a nation’s embattled history. “It wouldn’t be honest of me,” she said, “to keep drawing from my past.”
With songs such as “Rid of Me,” Harvey whispered and screamed a message: It was acceptable to be difficult, brutal even, in love. But it’s a feeling that’s distant to her now. “I still love that song, but I wrote it many years ago,” she said. “There are other things I want to play now.” Has she moved away from writing personal screeds? “I would hesitate to say that any of my work is personal… you step into characters.”
For “Let England Shake,” two years in the making, Harvey was drawn to the characters of her country, particularly voices lost to time or the patriotic machine. “I wanted to use human language,” Harvey said, “not overt political language. I wanted to inhabit the lives of those who have been affected, not the political leaders.”
http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/music_blog/2011/04/coachella-2011-pj-harvey.html
PJ Harvey Beats Out Adele, Wins Mercury Prize For Second Time
Ten years after her Barclaycard Mercury Prize win for "Stories from the City, Stories from the Sea," pioneering U.K. songstress PJ Harvey has received the recognition for a second time. Eighth album "Let England Shake" won Harvey the prize, which represents the best British album of the year, at tonight's (Sept. 6) ceremony at London's Grosvenor Hotel.
"Let England Shake," released in February, was the fourth-ever nod for Polly Jean, who is the Mercury Prize's most nominated artist. This year, Harvey beat out the likes of powerhouse Adele, as well as up-and-comers Tinie Tempah, James Blake and Katy B and legacy rockers Elbow.
"Thank you for the recognition of my work," Harvey said at the ceremony, adding that the last time she won (on 9/11/2001), she was "watching the Pentagon burn from her hotel room in Washington." "This album took me a very long time to write. It was very important for me. not just for myself but for other people. I wanted to make something that would last."
http://www.billboard.com/news#/news/pj-harvey-beats-out-adele-wins-mercury-prize-1005340352.story
Ten years after her Barclaycard Mercury Prize win for "Stories from the City, Stories from the Sea," pioneering U.K. songstress PJ Harvey has received the recognition for a second time. Eighth album "Let England Shake" won Harvey the prize, which represents the best British album of the year, at tonight's (Sept. 6) ceremony at London's Grosvenor Hotel.
"Let England Shake," released in February, was the fourth-ever nod for Polly Jean, who is the Mercury Prize's most nominated artist. This year, Harvey beat out the likes of powerhouse Adele, as well as up-and-comers Tinie Tempah, James Blake and Katy B and legacy rockers Elbow.
"Thank you for the recognition of my work," Harvey said at the ceremony, adding that the last time she won (on 9/11/2001), she was "watching the Pentagon burn from her hotel room in Washington." "This album took me a very long time to write. It was very important for me. not just for myself but for other people. I wanted to make something that would last."
http://www.billboard.com/news#/news/pj-harvey-beats-out-adele-wins-mercury-prize-1005340352.story
P.J. Harvey won the 2011 Barclaycard Mercury Prize for best British or Irish album last night, beating other artists including Adele, Elbow and Anna Calvi.
The singer-songwriter, 41, is the first person to twice receive the U.K.'s top musical award, which started in 1992. Her CD "Let England Shake," inspired by war and boosted by good reviews, was the favorite in betting.
A decade ago, she was the first female Mercury winner with "Stories From the City, Stories From the Sea," a record based on her affection for New York.
"It's really good to be here this evening," she told the audience in London's Grosvenor House hotel. Harvey was on tour and unable to attend when she last won on Sept. 11, 2001, "in Washington D.C., watching the Pentagon burning from my hotel window. So much has happened since then," she said.
The winning album, on Island Records, is experimental rock with greatest resonance in the U.K., featuring state-of-the- nation titles such as "The Glorious Land," "England" and "The Last Living Rose." Harvey sings: "Take me back to beautiful England/ and the gray, damp filthiness of ages." The judges said the CD is "gripping and profound."
The Mercury has often been given to new or non-commercial acts and pits different genres against one another, ranging from folk and jazz to hard rock and classical. The winner receives 20,000 pounds ($32,310), although the boost from album sales can be worth much more.
The 12 shortlisted albums racked up an additional 400,000 sales between the list being announced in July and the ceremony, the U.K. Official Charts Co. said in an e-mail yesterday.
Musical Quality
The award focuses on musical quality and doesn't take into account sales, media profile or live performances, according to a statement by the judges, a mixture of critics and music industry figures. Commercial acts such as Adele, Amy Winehouse and Robbie Williams have often lost out to cutting edge performers such as Harvey.
All of the acts performed at the ceremony apart from Adele, who apologized and said she was temporarily unable to sing because of a bad throat infection.
While the Mercury judges are known for their surprise choices, this is the second straight year that the favorite has won. Last year, London band the xx triumphed with its debut CD of understated indie rock. There were surprise winners in 2009 (Speech Debelle), 2008 (Elbow) and 2007 (Klaxons).
Information: www.pjharvey.net/ and http://www.mercuryprize.com/
Read more: http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/artic...-0T3JTUG9KQD2JBCIES6OVOCF2P.DTL#ixzz1XEXPiHBz
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The singer-songwriter, 41, is the first person to twice receive the U.K.'s top musical award, which started in 1992. Her CD "Let England Shake," inspired by war and boosted by good reviews, was the favorite in betting.
A decade ago, she was the first female Mercury winner with "Stories From the City, Stories From the Sea," a record based on her affection for New York.
"It's really good to be here this evening," she told the audience in London's Grosvenor House hotel. Harvey was on tour and unable to attend when she last won on Sept. 11, 2001, "in Washington D.C., watching the Pentagon burning from my hotel window. So much has happened since then," she said.
The winning album, on Island Records, is experimental rock with greatest resonance in the U.K., featuring state-of-the- nation titles such as "The Glorious Land," "England" and "The Last Living Rose." Harvey sings: "Take me back to beautiful England/ and the gray, damp filthiness of ages." The judges said the CD is "gripping and profound."
The Mercury has often been given to new or non-commercial acts and pits different genres against one another, ranging from folk and jazz to hard rock and classical. The winner receives 20,000 pounds ($32,310), although the boost from album sales can be worth much more.
The 12 shortlisted albums racked up an additional 400,000 sales between the list being announced in July and the ceremony, the U.K. Official Charts Co. said in an e-mail yesterday.
Musical Quality
The award focuses on musical quality and doesn't take into account sales, media profile or live performances, according to a statement by the judges, a mixture of critics and music industry figures. Commercial acts such as Adele, Amy Winehouse and Robbie Williams have often lost out to cutting edge performers such as Harvey.
All of the acts performed at the ceremony apart from Adele, who apologized and said she was temporarily unable to sing because of a bad throat infection.
While the Mercury judges are known for their surprise choices, this is the second straight year that the favorite has won. Last year, London band the xx triumphed with its debut CD of understated indie rock. There were surprise winners in 2009 (Speech Debelle), 2008 (Elbow) and 2007 (Klaxons).
Information: www.pjharvey.net/ and http://www.mercuryprize.com/
Read more: http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/artic...-0T3JTUG9KQD2JBCIES6OVOCF2P.DTL#ixzz1XEXPiHBz
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