Excellent Online - supergrass

Bradford Cox Plays "My Sharona" For an Hour. WTF?

theajaysharma — Fri, 09 Mar 2012 10:55:59 +0000

Despite the headline, the real big news is that Grandaddy are gettin back together for some shows. Hopefully they'll have a full US tour. Check out the rest of the links below...

Supergrass Clearly No Longer Alright

shane — Tue, 13 Apr 2010 16:39:54 +0000

Wow. First it took a day or two to get over Ajay giving Little Boots an F in his Coachella pre-review below (*the opinions of site administrators are NOT necessarily the opinions of Excellent Online, Inc. or it's other Little-Boots-loving administrator. And while we're at it, a C- for Yeasayer? Come ON, man! Hehe!)

But just as THAT shock faded comes news that beloved Britpop stalwarts SUPERGRASS are calling it a day following their current European tour. Like the swallows to Capistrano, every year brought the expectations of a blindingly good Supergrass record, and their presence on every year's Upcoming Releases list will sorely be missed.

No future plans from any members announced yet, though I'd expect none of them are too eager to cash in a retirement check from the music biz just yet...

Supergrass, Supergrass

theajaysharma — Mon, 05 Jan 2009 22:42:08 +0000

This cheeeky Britpop trio had morphed into a truly world class band. - Source

Supergrass to release 'rockumentary'

theajaysharma — Thu, 26 Jun 2008 20:42:04 +0000

Supergrass are to release a 'rockumentary' focusing on the club shows they performed as the Diamond Hoo Ha Men last year. - Source

Supergrass Serve Up New Album

theajaysharma — Tue, 18 Mar 2008 22:42:06 +0000

Parlophone will release the full-length offering in the UK on March 24, though single "Bad Blood"-- which features a cover of Michael Jackson's "Beat It" as one of its CD B-sides-- is available right now across the pond. Check out the video for "Bad Blood", featured in Forkcast, at the link below. - Source

New Supergrass Video - "Rough Knuckles"

theajaysharma — Thu, 06 Mar 2008 08:42:14 +0000

Supergrass have been super-present lately: First there was that unending parade of hoo ha and then last week's room-spinning video for Diamond Hoo Ha's second single "Bad Blood," and now we've got ourselves shadowy footage of Gaz laying down the vocal tracks for "Rough Knuckles" at Hansa studios in Berlin. Good to see he keeps those sunglasses on for inspiration. Much of the video is basically the same shot -- he looks oddly foreshortened. Every now and then, though, we do get to see more of the studio. As well as outside a traveling vehicle. Lucky us. Something to keep in mind: the Post-it note eyes are creepy. You'll see what we mean. - Source

Supergrass announce new album details

theajaysharma — Mon, 21 Jan 2008 17:42:03 +0000

Supergrass have announced details of their forthcoming sixth album, 'Diamond Hoo Ha'. Source

New Supergrass Video - "Diamond Hoo Ha Man"

theajaysharma — Sat, 19 Jan 2008 02:42:07 +0000

Knock knock. Who's there? Hoo Ha. Hoo Ha who? Yeah, you get the point. When does someone tell Supergrass this whole broo hoo ha is sorta annoying? Guessing it hasn't happened just yet because over at YouTube they've posted the following note about the video for their current single "Diamond Hoo Ha Man":To spare your confusion - the fabulous Diamond Hoo Ha Men are covering for the band in the video, as Supergrass were not available for the shoot.Talk about beating a dead hoo ha.

Otherwise, rocking enough song. You can grab the "Diamond Hoo Ha Man" 7" only single now. Diamond Hoo Ha itself is out 3/31 in the UK on Parlophone.

Source

Supergrass bassist speaks after breaking back

theajaysharma — Fri, 11 Jan 2008 17:42:02 +0000

Supergrass' Mick Quinn is on the mend after breaking his back last year. Source

Supergrass Cancel Remaining Dates of US Tour

liz — Tue, 07 Oct 2003 14:42:06 +0000

Sorry kids... There's been an illness in the Supergrass family and they've had to pull out of their existing US tour. The last four dates of the tour (DC and NYC) have been cancelled. No word on who will be opening for Radiohead at Madison Square Garden later this week.

Supergrass/The Coral & Idlewild live in Boston

michael — Mon, 10 Mar 2003 03:02:54 +0000

Well, both of these tours happened to start in Boston this week.

Supergrass were better then when I saw them on tour during the X-ray album. They played lots of songs from "I Should Coco" and most of the new tracks sounded great. I think the drums rocked a bit TOO HARD. Supergrass don't need this heavy metal arena rock stomp behind them! Nevertheless (furtherthemore), it was an impressive sound. The Coral opened up and even if it's hard to describe their music without saying "sea shanty", they played a surprisingly excellent set with some new songs, culminating in a incredible 10 minute jam on "Goodbye" that I'm kicking myself for not recording.

The next night Idlewild took the stage and played an incredible set - the best I've seen from them yet. The setlist was near perfect (not including "Actually, It's Darkness" is criminal!) and never in a million years would I think they would open up with "You Just Have to Be Who You Are" as a segue into "I Am (What I Am Not)". I did tape this one, learning my lesson with the Coral the night before. I walked in while French Kicks were on, and from what I heard I wasn't too impressed. But yes, do check out Idlewild during this tour.

Setlists (in approx order)
Supergrass :
Za
Mansize Rooster
Sitting Up Straight
Strange Ones
Seen The Light
Rush Hour Soul
Mary
Brecon Beacons
Late In The Day
Never Done Nothing Like That Before
Pumping On your Stereo
Richard III
Lose it
Sun Hits The Sky
La Song
Lenny
Encore:
Moving
Neil Young Cover
Caught By The Fuzz

Idlewild :
You Just Have To Be Who You Are (!)
I Am (What I Am Not)
Little Discourage
You Held The World in Your Arms
I'm a Message
Tell Me Ten Words (sounded pretty good on electric guitar)
A Modern Way Of Letting Go
These Wooden Ideas
I'm Happy To Be Here Tonight
Anihilate Now (!!!)
American English
When I Argue I See Shapes
Rusty
Live in a Hiding Place
Film About the Future
Roseability
Encore:
Listen To What You've Got
In Remote Part / Scottish Fiction

Life On Other Planets

liz — Fri, 27 Sep 2002 19:27:12 +0000

The new SUPERGRASS album "Life On Other Planets" comes out in the UK on Monday. While I can't verify a US release date, any fan can listen to the album through the Parlophone website for a limited time.
The band also launched a brand new website of their own and dedicated it to Douglas Adams.

Supergrass and Sonic Youth Tour With Perl Jam

shane — Fri, 28 Apr 2000 17:00:00 +0000

Supergrass have been tipped, along with Sonic Youth, as openers on Pearl Jam's upcoming U.S. tour this summer. Full venues and details are forthcoming - we'll post them as soon as we receive confirmation.

Interesting Auction

shane — Tue, 23 Mar 1999 18:00:00 +0000

There's an interesting auction going on this week at Interactive Collector (http://www.icollector.com) It's called HITS UNDER THE HAMMER, and it's a charity auction of autographed/hand-written lyrics to benefit the Nordoff-Robbins Trust. Among the auctioned items, which are available for bids online, are the original working lyric sheets of "Wake Up Boo!", a lawn chair with the lyrics of "Sit Down" scrawled across it by Tim Booth, as well as lyric sheets from Supergrass, The Cure, and many others.