Trailers, Soundtracks, Games & Ads

(WARNING: the trailer shown in the full post is rated ‘R’):

Well the news drought continues - we can only hope that the band are getting their act together and recording some tunes …

Anyway, I was in the cinema the other day waiting to see … Mirrors I think it was (great jumpy film!) … half watching the trailers … when suddenly I hear a familiar tune.

Sure enough, Joker & The Thief was blasting out of the speakers, introducing the film “My Best Friend’s Girl” (not sure if the film will be funny, it looks amusing at least …).

So it’s good to see that Wolfmother’s music is still being used, which to be honest, for a band of its popularity I think is quite a lot. I thought it might be a good community exercise, while we wait for “phase two” to cometh, to compile a comprehensive list of occasions that a Wolfmother tune has been used. I’ve started the list with a couple of the obvious ones. Please provide links (IMDB or similar) where possible.

Once we’re happy with the list I’ll add it to a permanent page.

Film trailer
2008, My Best Friend’s Girl - Joker & The Thief

Film soundtrack
2007, Spiderman 3 - Pleased to Meet You

Game
2006-7, Guitar Hero 2 - Woman
2008, Rock Band (downloadable song) - Joker & The Thief

Advertisement
2008, Peugeot 308 SW ad (France & UK) - Joker & The Thief

Rumour time: Raconteurs members to join? Feb 09 album?

We know that Andrew Stockdale has been looking for new band members to replace Chris and Myles. We heard rumours about an Australian musician, and rumours about American musicians.

Today we hear from our Australian fans that music station Triple J have mentioned on air that they believe the rhythm section from The Raconteurs (Saboteurs for you Aussies) will join Andrew in forming the new Wolfmother.

Forum member motherlovin confirmed the rumour (though we don’t know his source, he was right about previous rumours) and stated for certain that Jack White won’t be involved.

So I imagine that Patrick Keeler will definitely be one member, being the drummer, and either one or both of Brendan Benson and Jack Lawrence.

I am still working out in my head how this would be. On one hand it’s awesome news because I love the Raconteurs music and their albums are regularly played on my Walkman. On the other there’s a risk that the different style to what we’ve become used to changes the band beyond recognition - but I am reassured by the fact that Jack White won’t be involved that Andrew will retain control of the sound and move the band forwards in the way he has previously.

Whether the Raconteurs will continue, with members spanning both bands, is yet to be seen. For sure if the new Wolfmother wants to tour anything like they have done in the past I can’t see that being possible. Maybe Jack White has decided his experiment with a new band has run its course and he’ll fold it up, leaving the other members free to pursue new interests also.

In other rumour news, the Modular website has a mock newspaper article that states a Feb 09 release for the album. That in itself isn’t too exciting because of the nature of the article (who’s to say that any of it is true). But in the news section, they also mention an early ‘09 release, so it’s on the horizon at least. Not soon enough for us fans that have been waiting years already, but at least planned for.

Source
Singer/guitarist Andrew Stockdale will carry on Wolfmother and has our full support as we now embark on Wolfmother - Phase II. Stockdale has been developing new material and is set to connect with producer Dave Sardy (producer of the debut self-titled LP) in LA before the end of the year to sew the seeds of a new album. The fruits of these sessions will hopefully see a new Wolfmother album in early 2009.

Phase II cometh

Not major news, but the official Wolfmother site and their MySpace site have both updated today with a new look and the phrase “phase II cometh”.

I like the image on the main site, actually. Not so keen on the tiled one on MySpace. The only new text on the MySpace site is “Wolfmother in transitional phase, let the good times roll!”. Indeed, let’s get them rolling and get some news to us fans!

Lone Wolf

I’ve always wished I had artistic talents, whether it’s playing an instrument or drawing or painting or even writing (this site is about the extent of that ability!). But although I can’t draw for toffee, I am very appreciative of those that can.

So when a couple of days ago this caricature of Mr Andrew Stockdale arrived in my inbox I was instantly taken - I love it! I also love the tagline, very apt given recent news.

The artist, Frank, has great talent, check out his blog for more examples of his work. Some of the animation work in particular (Frank’s primary passion) is awesome.

Doom Buggy& member news

Only days after the band as we know it died, Chris Ross and Myles Heskett have announced a new band - Doom Buggy. The ‘band’ has actually been around for a while, their long standing ’side project’ - but now it is officially an entity of its own (well, I say officially, it’s only reported on Undercover’s site so far). Doom Buggy made an appearance a long time ago, back in August 2007, supporting Tucker B’s. It’s ever-so bad quality, but here’s a video on YouTube of them performing:

There’s even a ‘band’ review from back then:

FasterLounder
Doom Buggy’s lineup is essentially Wolfmother, without frontman Andrew Stockdale. One gets the sense that Doom Buggy is a much-needed creative outlet for bassist/keyboardist Chris Ross and drummer/vocalist Myles Heskett – Doom Buggy played a set that was seems to have been brewing secretly for months, with a handful of well developed and fully-formed songs forming their roughly half-hour set. These songs are a significant departure from Wolfmother – The music is largely electronic instrumental, with clear krautrock and IDM influences. Perhaps the closest comparison that can be made is to their Sydney contemporaries Pivot, but Doom Buggy’s set was unique, surprising and innovative. Whether any band that forms as an offshoot to a backlash-attracting band like Wolfmother can be taken seriously by the music community as an independent entity remains to be seen, but tonight Doom Buggy showed that they have arrived, and they demand your ears.

So what do you think? I’m not keen on the name, but I reckon they have some potential. Oddly there is already a band called Doom Buggy, so maybe they will rethink? The fact that no domain names have been registered (doombuggy.com and .net are both registered from way back in 2001/2), and there is no other web presence at all, except the Undercover article and their past performance, makes me think that this might not be official yet at all.

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In other Wolfmother news, Undercover claim that the decision to split happened over a month ago, but that Myles and Chris were persuaded to honour their gig commitments until Splendour. They also claim that Andrew has found another member, a Sydney session musician. So it seems that the previous rumours of two American artists is untrue.

More news as a I get it.

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