Monthly Archives: December 2008

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Tubronegro’s Knut Schreiner recovering from cancer

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Turbonegro‘s Knut Schreiner recently received some good news:

As the year 2008 is coming to an end, I’m happy to inform you all that I’ve undergone successful treatment for lymphoma cancer. Last month I shook hands with the doctors and hugged the nurses and… hopefully once and for all. When it comes to cancer patients, they’re not willing to declare you completely cured until years have passed without further complications. But there are no signs of cancer in my system at least, and the chances of experiencing a fallback are rather small, and life has gone back to normal. I feel good and tell my friends that I’m cured.

Knut spoke about the illness earlier this year.
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Neko Case details “Middle Cyclone”

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Neko Case Anti- Records has announced a March 3rd release date for the new album from Neko Case, titled Middle Cyclone. The fifteen track album follows up 2006’s Fox Confessor Brings The Flood and was produced by both Case and Darryl Neudorf.

Recorded in Tucson, Brooklyn, Toronto, and Vermont, the album will feature guitarist Paul Rigby, bassist Tom V. Ray, backing vocalist Kelly Hogan, multi-instrumentalist Jon Rauhouse, and drummer Barry Mirochnick. Guests on the record include M. Ward, Garth Hudson of the Band, Sarah Harmer, and members of the New Pornographers, Los Lobos, Calexico, the Sadies, Visqueen, the Lilys, and Giant Sand among others. The album features two covers, showcasing renditions of “Never Turn Your Back on Mother Earth” by Sparks, and “Don’t Forget Me” by Harry Nilsson.

Click below to check out the track listing and cover art.
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