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8:52AM Jess McGuire | Guess what follows a new single, folks? That’s right, an album! And Defamer Australia’s resident U2 expert Elmo Keep recently heard an advance copy of the new long-player from the Irish up and comers, and it’s safe to say she’s pumped about it.
As we enter the DEFCON 1 environs of Universal Music (not really, just hand over your mobile please. And your soul), I can only think that teenage me would really be freaking out right now to be hearing an advance copy of a new U2 album a full month before it becomes ubiquitous out in the world (maybe sooner, if a copyfight happy employee decides to leak it. C’maaaaaan, chumpy!) Adult me is also pretty excited.
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8:52AM Jess McGuire | Guess what follows a new single, folks? That’s right, an album! And Defamer Australia’s resident U2 expert Elmo Keep recently heard an advance copy of the new long-player from the Irish up and comers, and it’s safe to say she’s pumped about it.
As we enter the DEFCON 1 environs of Universal Music (not really, just hand over your mobile please. And your soul), I can only think that teenage me would really be freaking out right now to be hearing an advance copy of a new U2 album a full month before it becomes ubiquitous out in the world (maybe sooner, if a copyfight happy employee decides to leak it. C’maaaaaan, chumpy!) Adult me is also pretty excited.
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12:27PM Jess McGuire | As promised, Defamer Australia’s resident U2 expert Elmo Keep has kindly reviewed the new single ‘Get On Your Boots’ for us. Without any further ado, let’s hear what she thinks!
U2’s Rather Brilliant If Grammatically Questionable Single, Get On Your Boots
Oh! Suffered has the U2 fan! You know what really sucked this past decade (apart from the obvious)? The last two U2 albums. Can we all just admit that now? If I wanted to hear watered down versions of the Joshua Tree (which I do not), then I assume that is what Coldplay is for. In short, if you liked those two albums, you will likely hate Get On Your Boots. Which is great! There’s still plenty of Keane tickets for you. More »
U2’s Rather Brilliant If Grammatically Questionable Single, Get On Your Boots
12:27PM Jess McGuire | As promised, Defamer Australia’s resident U2 expert Elmo Keep has kindly reviewed the new single ‘Get On Your Boots’ for us. Without any further ado, let’s hear what she thinks!
U2’s Rather Brilliant If Grammatically Questionable Single, Get On Your Boots
Oh! Suffered has the U2 fan! You know what really sucked this past decade (apart from the obvious)? The last two U2 albums. Can we all just admit that now? If I wanted to hear watered down versions of the Joshua Tree (which I do not), then I assume that is what Coldplay is for. In short, if you liked those two albums, you will likely hate Get On Your Boots. Which is great! There’s still plenty of Keane tickets for you. More »
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3:06PM Jess McGuire | Let’s start with the positive. On the eve of U2 obsessives finally getting to hear the new U2 single “Get On Your Boots” (Defamer Australia’s resident U2 expert Elmo Keep expects to be filing her review tomorrow), it seems Bono and chums have delivered a blistering couple of songs at Obama’s inauguration concert, belting out Pride (In The Name Of Love) and City Of Blinding Lights (the only redeeming song on their last record, in my humble opinion).
Elmo excitedly posted this video on her Facebook page and said “This makes up for every wrong thing that Bono has ever done, ever. Even if he has profound trouble getting MLK-related dates correct. OH GOD BONO, YOU HAVE COME BACK TO US!”.
Decide for yourself.
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3:06PM Jess McGuire | Let’s start with the positive. On the eve of U2 obsessives finally getting to hear the new U2 single “Get On Your Boots” (Defamer Australia’s resident U2 expert Elmo Keep expects to be filing her review tomorrow), it seems Bono and chums have delivered a blistering couple of songs at Obama’s inauguration concert, belting out Pride (In The Name Of Love) and City Of Blinding Lights (the only redeeming song on their last record, in my humble opinion).
Elmo excitedly posted this video on her Facebook page and said “This makes up for every wrong thing that Bono has ever done, ever. Even if he has profound trouble getting MLK-related dates correct. OH GOD BONO, YOU HAVE COME BACK TO US!”.
Decide for yourself.
What’s the bad Bono-related news, I hear you asking? More » Hey There, U2 Fans!
12:38PM Jess McGuire | Real U2 fans would be well aware of this fact already, but just in case… Bono and friends are going to be debuting their new song “Get On Your Boots” (also: WTF?) at the Brit Awards, which – as I’m sure you all recall – are going to be hosted by Our Kylie.
Irish rock royals U2 will debut their highly anticipated new song at the upcoming BRIT Awards. The super-band will debut ‘Get On Your Boots’ at the music ceremony, which takes place in London on February 18th.
Defamer Australia’s Dial-A-U2-Guru Elmo Keep is yet to hear the song (apparently all U2 fans are patiently awaiting leaks to hit the web), but when questioned by Your Editor at virtual knife point, she revealed “All I know is that Bono rhymes “submarine” with “gasoline”, and that this knowledge makes me die a little on the inside.”
So there you have it.
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12:48PM Jess McGuire | Words cannot describe how hard I laughed when I just saw this image on the smh.com.au front page.
Here’s what happened. Sydney writer Elmo Keep, whose time spent with KISS frontman Gene Simmons was well documented on here, recently found herself banned from Facebook. Which was vaguely hilarious for her friends, because Elmo loves Facebook more than anyone I know . As the Facebook group “95,000,000 Strong For Elmo Keep’s Facebook Reinstatement” created by our own Clem Bastow so aptly put it:
WTF Facebook? You deleted Elmo Keep’s Facebook profile for no reason, and then subjected her to the Facebook cone of Customer Support silence.
There are drongos on here spamming people with their porn blogs and shitty outer suburban nightclub functions, and you chose to delete Elmo, who “does” Facebook better than any of us?
SHE WAS YOUR BIGGEST FAN, AND YOU THREW HER AWAY! AND IF YOU CAN’T SEE THAT, THAT’S YOUR BIGGEST PROBLEM!
Of course, smh.com.au looks at the issue in a slightly less hysterical way, and raises some interesting issues. More » 
KISS Press Conference Hell
4:29PM Jess McGuire | Defamer Australia operative Elmo Keep – she of “Stop interrupting me, Gene Simmons” fame – last week came face to face with her interview nemesis and his pack of make-up lovin’ rock goons at a KISS press conference held before the band appeared at the weekend’s Grand Prix celebrations.
How did it go?
.. arrive at Crown Towers. Seeing the inside of places like this is not something that would ever normally happen to me. Part casino, part Dune interiors set, there are pillars and split spiral stairways and black marble floors lit from beneath somehow and bellhops in hats. And milling incongruously in amongst all this are all the media parasites waiting for KISS.
Let me just say here, that if you look even partially like you are meant to be there, you can just walk right into one of these things. No one looked at me, asked who I was or wanted to see my credentials. Lucky I didn’t have a gun.
Because I would have shot myself.
As ever, you can read the entire tale over at FasterLouder. More »
‘Stop Interrupting Me, Gene Simmons’
8:15AM Jess McGuire | Our chum (and, quite shortly, Defamer Australia’s South by Southwest operative) Elmo Keep recently interviewed formidable KISS frontman Gene Simmons on the eve of the band’s appearance at the Grand Prix and the interview is definitely worth reading, particularly when the two argue over the future of the music industry.
Let us provide you with a taste…
“The record industry is dead!” Gene Simmons roars, getting rather worked up. “College kids file-sharing and downloading for nothing. The very same people that love and care about music so much are the same people slashing the throat of the music! There’s no business model anymore. That’s why the next great band from Brisbane or Adelaide doesn’t have a chance – because there’s no structure.”
“I don’t know about that. I’ll posit you this – “
“ – ‘I don’t know’ is a fair statement. From you.”
“Ok, thanks.”
“Well it’s true,” Gene Simmons taunts.
More – and a mention of the recently leaked Gene Simmons sex tape – after the jump… More » 