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nina gordon will release her new cd july 18th. the wait is over.


here's the link: http://www.pauseandplay.com/july2006.htm
WHORE
I like her too. I haven't heard from her in awhile....

I feel so light
This is all I want to feel tonight
I feel so light
Tonight and the rest of my life
fucked up blair23
i am so in love with her. her lyricism, her voice (one of the most powerful and beautiful), just everything about her. thank god it's gonna be out this year.

i thought you said veruca salt was blah, wly. you're a fan?
we left yesterday
not a fan per se. i like her alright i suppose. i did this thread to let those who are fans know. doing a service to those who would want to know.
QuieroPhair
All the fans already know.

I've known since last year. (Thank you Blair!!!)

I can't wait, she's the better half of veruca salt.
we left yesterday
how did you know since last year? the release date was just annnounced on pauseandplay.com here within the last couple of days.
Marigold
QUOTE(QuieroPhair @ Mar 27 2006, 04:42 PM)
I can't wait, she's the better half of veruca salt.
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Ya she is definitely the better half!
QuieroPhair
There was news about it. Buzz. No definitive date or anything, but she has a webpage and myspace and there has been news in magazines and stuff.
we left yesterday
yes, but there's been no official news of it or an official date. things get pushed back in the music indusrty. we were suppossed to get that live liz phair album back in 2000. where is it? not to mention the new guns n'roses cd chinese democracy was supposed to be out years ago. where is it. the nina gordon release dates makes it the first official news as a firm date has been set.
QuieroPhair
I knew there was going to be an album soon.
I knew the name.

Im just saying, it isn't like breaking news or anything.
we left yesterday
it's not breaking news no. but it wasn't confirmed that the album was even going to come out until now. a great example of this is patty griffin's long awaited silver bell. it was promoted and have an official release date. got pushed back. saw another release date. now it lingers on a shelf collecting dust. never got released. that's the way the business works these days. sure, there was news of a new nina gordon album coming out and even a possible album title. but neither were confirmed until now. until now, it was speculation. but that's besides the point the point it's official, it's coming out, and nina gordon fans can rejoice.
QuieroPhair
Im just saying: Nina Gordon fans already knew.
QuieroPhair
But thanks for the reminder WLY, it has been awhile since I have visited her myspace.
fucked up blair23
but QP, it is breaking news. miss nina g finally and their peeps have chosen a date. this is big news for me. i would have placed it in the cd you're anticipating thread or something. this is big news!!!!!!!!
nina nina neener neener.
i love her.

oh wly, i love patty griffin's silver bell. it's leaked in soulseek years ago or something. i love her voice. i love the song "top of the world" from silver bell. i think a lot of the songs from silver bell got into another album by griffin which was released, "flaming red" or something. one of her albums.
we left yesterday
flaming red came before silver bell. she ended up releasing some of the songs off of sliver bell onto 1,000 kisses and impossible dream. silver bell is awesome. i love boston.
fucked up blair23
nina gordon - the blue hour

a song (bside) from the album has surfaced and it's very good. i love it. it's in french and bubbly, fun and just really good. i love her!!!!!!

go nina, go!!
QuieroPhair
Thanks Blair I'll download it when I get home smile.gif
QuieroPhair
I love it, french is the sexiest language in the world.

besides portugese of course.
fucked up blair23
isn't it just infectious? i love it when she does this kind of upbeat stuff, like stoneface and volcano girls. although this is a bit more lighthearted. gotta love her voice.
fucked up blair23
Where Is She Now?
Veruca Salt's Nina Gordon is alive and well in LA, where she's made a second solo album. Two of them, in fact.

Six years after her only solo record and almost a decade after her departure from Veruca Salt, Nina Gordon is on the verge of turning into another whatever-happened-to story from Chicago's 90s alt-rock boom. But there's no scandal or tragedy behind her long absence from the public eye. Though she's left Chicago for LA, where she's settled down with longtime boyfriend and former Tonic guitarist Jeff Russo, she hasn't abandoned music. She hasn't even lost the support of her old label, Warner Brothers, despite the long wait for her second release. In the past few years she's cut an album, shelved it, and then made another, called Bleeding Heart Graffiti. The new disc comes out July 18, and with it Gordon returns to a music world that's been dramatically transformed by digital marketing trends and a wave of major-label consolidation. "It does feel a little daunting to be back," she says. "I mean, in rock 'n' roll years I've been gone a long, long time."

Gordon's solo career began after a legendarily acrimonious split with Veruca Salt coleader Louise Post in 1998. With her 2000 solo debut, Tonight and the Rest of My Life, she took a gamble, moving away from the band's buzzing rock and recasting herself as a glossy pop heroine. Most critics were indifferent, but the album sold about 300,000 copies worldwide -- not quite as many as Eight Arms to Hold You, the last Veruca Salt album she'd played on, but more than the band's first post-Gordon disc, Resolver, which sold less than 100,000. "The record wasn't a massive commercial success," says Gordon. "But it did really well. It sold enough that I was allowed to make another record, which is all you really want."

Gordon's position at Warner Brothers has remained secure through the multiple changes in management and ownership the label's undergone since 2000, partly because she's well liked by key players in the company -- Tom Whalley, the label's chairman and CEO since 2001, is her A and R rep -- and partly because her preexisting fan base makes her a relatively cheap investment. "It's not like they have to put a gazillion dollars into promoting Nina Gordon," she says. "And I've been lucky -- part of the way I've managed to hang on is that lots of people have wanted to license songs for movies and television." The title track from Tonight, for instance, was used in the film The Notebook (2004) and in the trailers for Chocolat (2000) and Captain Corelli's Mandolin (2001).

Gordon left for LA in 2002, after touring behind Tonight. "Every time I came out to LA I felt inspired," she says. "In Chicago I felt trapped." In early 2004 she entered the North Hollywood studio of producer Ethan Johns, who'd worked with Ryan Adams and Counting Crows, and recorded an album provisionally titled "Even the Sunbeams." But Gordon had second thoughts once she heard the finished product. "It's a really sad and really slow record. I guess that's how I was feeling at the time," she says. "But when I sorta snapped out of that, I thought, 'I don't know that I want this to be the album I put out next.' It's really a lovely record, but it didn't have the spirit of the records I've made in the past."

With her label's blessing, Gordon started over in spring 2005, hooking up with longtime collaborator Bob Rock, who'd produced Eight Arms to Hold You and Tonight. They'd completed Gordon's first solo album during a leisurely seven months in Maui, but the basic tracks for Bleeding Heart Graffiti came together in just a couple days at LA's Sunset Sound. "Most of the songs were tracked live, and I got a bunch of great musicians and did something like 12 songs in two days," she says.

Gordon rerecorded six songs from "Sunbeams" and added several new cuts, including tunes cowritten with Russo, LA-based singer-songwriter Courtney Jaye, and twin sisters Wendy and Susannah Melvoin, both mid-80s alumni of Prince's band the Revolution. In comparison to Tonight, which drew criticism for its overcooked arrangements and thick studio sheen, the new disc sounds relatively organic. "It's definitely not as slick as my last record because we did it so quickly. We didn't overthink anything, re-redo vocals, or stack as many harmony tracks," says Gordon. "It's certainly similar in a lot of ways: my songs are my songs, and so there's a common thread to the writing. I kinda feel like this record may not be as pop as the last record, but you know, it's still pretty pop. I can't help it -- I just can't get that out of me."

Gordon hasn't hit the road since her move to LA, but Veruca Salt -- which Post relaunched in late 2004 with a second post-Gordon lineup -- has been touring steadily, playing Chicago most recently in November. The bad blood between the two women is, according to Gordon, a thing of the past. "All those animosities have really cleared from our lives," she says, "and if I saw her tomorrow I'd give her a big hug and we'd have a lot of fun."

This alleged rapprochement notwithstanding, Gordon continues to rule out a Veruca Salt reunion. It rankles her that Post has been using the band's name, she says -- her old partner has turned Veruca Salt into something she no longer feels connected to. "Technically, legally, I could've caused a stink and kept her from using the name," says Gordon. "But I also felt like I didn't want to get involved in that kind of a battle -- it didn't seem that important to me at the time. In retrospect, I don't know. It is very odd that she continues to tour with that name. It's difficult for me, it really is. At the time I felt like, I just gotta walk away and forget about it. But now I think I might've been happier had I said, 'OK, the name dies with our breakup.'"

These days, though, Gordon is more concerned with getting her own name back out there. She'll embark on a solo promotional tour early this summer, then follow up with a series of fall club dates, where she'll be backed by a full band. "My only hope is that the new album gets a shot, and that the people that want to hear it can get it," she says. "Hopefully, Warner Brothers are creative and persistent enough to get it heard. But the important thing is I've made the record I want to make so my family can hear it and my friends can hear it and, hopefully, a few other people."

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QuieroPhair
Awesome to the max!

Thank you Blair!
fucked up blair23
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"Technically, legally, I could've caused a stink and kept her from using the name," says Gordon. "But I also felt like I didn't want to get involved in that kind of a battle -- it didn't seem that important to me at the time. In retrospect, I don't know. It is very odd that she continues to tour with that name. It's difficult for me, it really is. At the time I felt like, I just gotta walk away and forget about it. But now I think I might've been happier had I said, 'OK, the name dies with our breakup.'"



them fighting words!!! go nina g!
QuieroPhair
It would be hard to get over that I'm sure.

I heard Louise even sings their old songs AKA Volcano Girls (was it you or solar who told me that?)

which has to sound some with Louise singing "the seether's louise..."

and plus she is the only original member of the band now. It's time for that louise mcBitch to move on and get a new name.
fucked up blair23
hahaha. high fives u
QuieroPhair
*high fives back*
mcv
Nina's new single, "Kiss Me 'Til It Bleeds", is going to radio on June 12th
http://www.myspace.com/ninagordon
QuieroPhair
Killer, thank you as always blair
QuieroPhair
I want it now.

RELEASE IT NOW NINA!!!!
mcv
amazon is saying it's gonna be released august 1. hahaha. here we go again.
we left yesterday
actually, pauseandplay.com is saying it. amazon is merely reflecting it. at least that's how i see it. i don't trust amazon a whole lot on their own.
Gareth
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It would be hard to get over that I'm sure.

I heard Louise even sings their old songs AKA Volcano Girls (was it you or solar who told me that?)

which has to sound some with Louise singing "the seether's louise..."

and plus she is the only original member of the band now. It's time for that louise mcBitch to move on and get a new name.


She does yea but she has said on her message board that she hates playing it.
With keeping the name she felt the pressure to play the two hit songs, volcano girls and seether from her old no longer management and people coming to the show.

Now I think she doesn’t play them, she did a reworking of seether though and that was really good.

I like Louise and Nina 50/50 really, but I think it would have been cruel on Louise if Nina didn’t let her continue using the name. It obviously means a lot to Louise.
anyway the new VS E.P is Amazing! and the new album seemes alot more promising than ninas i think.
but i will still be geting ninas as soon as its released though.
mcv
boo!!!

nina rules.

heh. i don't think it would have been cruel for nina to feel slighted by the usage of the moniker. those two songs defined and continues to define veruca salt. i guess, it doesn't matter. nina will always be the more appealing performer. her sonsg are better. her pop instinct is sharper. her voice... well, nuff said.

QuieroPhair
Louise is a bitch for keeping the name. End of story.
we left yesterday
why didn't nina fight it then? plus wasn't louise part of the band? i think she has a say in this too.
we left yesterday
they've just released the cover art to bleeding heart graffiti.


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mcv
you're a secret nina fan, aren't you
tee hee

the cover is kind of pretty but i prefer the kiss me 'til it bleeds shot.

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also:
Amazon has now updated their listing for the new album and have posted the following as the track list:

1. Bleeding Heart Graffiti
2. Christmas Lights
3. Kiss Me Til It Bleeds
4. Suffragette
5. This Was The YEar
6. Don't Let Me Down
7. Pure
8. Watercolors
9. Superstar
10. Turn On Your Radio
11. When You Don't Want Me Anymore
12. Bones And A Name
13. The Time Comes
14. The Crickets Sound Like Sleigh Bells

They also posted a brief write-up about the album:

Nina Gordon is back. Six years after her debut solo album and eight years after her departure from Veruca Salt, the singer-songwriter with the emotionally intimate voice returns with Bleeding Heart Graffiti. A concept album about the beginning, middle and end of a relationship--being alone, finding yourself and becoming strong again--Bleeding Heart Graffiti was produced by Bob Rock [Veruca Salt's Eight Arms To Hold You, Gordon's solo debut Tonight And The Rest Of Your Life as well as Metallica, Bon Jovi, etc.]. Warmer and more organic than her first album--but still pop--Bleeding Heart Graffiti paints a new picture of Nina Gordon.
LightYears
Her new single is okay, a little crowded though.
QuieroPhair
I love the dress she wore for Tonight and the Rest of My Life

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The image from the page (cool dress)
Flower1983
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I love the dress she wore for Tonight and the Rest of My Life

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Holy crap that dress is hot, I would LOVE that

Also, I'm not familiar with Nina Gordon, what kind of sound is she?
QuieroPhair
She was half of veruca salt.

Im not how i'd describe her, she ranges from stop pretty melodramatic melodies to grungy guitar riffs.
She's got lots of energy and she plays guitar really well. Her voice is also pretty acrobatic and strong.

You'd like her I bet smile.gif Most people do
we left yesterday
nina gordon's new cd won't be released on august 1st after all. it's been pushed back to august 8th. will this cd ever come out?


here's the link:


http://www.pauseandplay.com/08august2006.htm
QuieroPhair
christ.
mcv
i think i already heard it was gonna pushed back to august eight. so not surprised but definitely annoyed.
Flower1983
QUOTE(QuieroPhair @ Jun 25 2006, 05:09 PM) [snapback]71145[/snapback]

She was half of veruca salt.

Im not how i'd describe her, she ranges from stop pretty melodramatic melodies to grungy guitar riffs.
She's got lots of energy and she plays guitar really well. Her voice is also pretty acrobatic and strong.

You'd like her I bet smile.gif Most people do


Okay, then Ive heard her voice... I loved Veruca Salt back in the 90's, haven't listened to them in quite awhile. I have definite memories of rocking out to "Volcano Girls" in like.. grade 9, though. Thought I was the shiznit cool.gif
QuieroPhair
You were smile.gif

Anyone who rocks out to vs is awesome to the max
mcv
New Article On Billboard.com

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GORDON READY TO CONFESS 'BLEEDING HEART'

Former Veruca Salt principal Nina Gordon is gearing up to release her sophomore solo effort, which has been nearly six years in the making. After initially pairing with producer Ethan Johns, Gordon scrapped the original recordings and tapped Bob Rock instead for "Bleeding Heart Graffiti," due Aug. 8 via Warner Bros.

"The first version with Ethan was slow and sad. That doesn't mean that some songs didn't need that -- some do!" Gordon tells Billboard.com. "But after being gone for so long, I wasn't ready to put that out there. I'll probably put those versions out in some form some time down the line."

While writing and recording the material for "Bleeding Heart," Gordon experienced a number of life changes that helped shape the general theme of the album.

"I began to notice these songs were representative of the different seasons of the year, sequenced in chronological order -- years about moving out to California from Chicago away from my family, and it being the first time I've been single since I was 16," she recalls. "It felt like a time of pioneering new territory."

Musical guests like session drummers Josh Freese and drummer Joey Waronker plus Audioslave guitarist Tom Morello contributed to the album, and Gordon expects to collect a few more hired hands as her band on the road.

But as for forming a permanent band like Veruca Salt again, Gordon is less enthusiastic. "I remember the romance and excitement of being in a band, and the horrors of being in a band," she says. "I'm a pretty controlling person and it gets pretty difficult being with more than one songwriter in a group. I had a blast, but musically people can get in the way of what I want to do and say and achieve. I can't imagine putting myself in the situation again. I know I'm difficult to work with."
mcv
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very pretty
QuieroPhair
Naturally
LightYears
I worked something out on piano the other day and I think it's the Nina Gordon song "Tonight and The Rest Of My Life".

QP, Next time you're on MSN, I'll play it for you and you can decide. I think it's the opening chords, I can't get onto my normal computer with her songs on so I just don't know and i's driving me mad.
mcv
holy crap. the girl is pregnant.

congrats!

knocked up
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