Category Archives: Mark Lanegan

Happy Birthday, Mr. Lanegan!

Today we’re wishing Mark Lanegan a very happy birthday.

Lanegan on Jeffrey Lee Pierce Project

Mark Lanegan has recorded two songs (one with Isobel Campbell) for We Are Only Riders – The JLP Sessions Project. The album is a new compilation that interprets unfinished songs by Jeffrey Lee Pierce. The album will be released January 11, 2010.
Mark Lanegan previously covered the song “Carry Home” by Jeffrey Lee Pierce’s band [...]

Mark Lanegan, Mike Patton, More on New Soulsavers

Mark Lanegan and Bonnie ‘Prince’ Billy for new Soulsavers album via guardian.co.uk
The production duo Soulsavers have announced their third album – and yet another team-up with Mark Lanegan, Bonnie “Prince” Billy and members of Spiritualized. Richard Hawley, Faith No More’s Mike Patton, and Gibby Haynes of Butthole Surfers will also appear on the group’s forthcoming [...]

Campbell/Lanegan Cancel Bumbershoot Appearance

Via Seattlest
“Bumbershoot regrets to announce that Isobel Campbell & Mark Lanegan have cancelled their appearance at Bumbershoot.”

Isobel Campbell/Mark Lanegan US Tour Postponed

From NME.COM:
The debut US live shows from Isobel Campbell and Mark Lanegan have been postponed until September.
Campbell announced the news on her Myspace page, saying:
“Due to unavoidable circumstances I am disappointed and sorry to announce that we have had to postpone NYC, San francisco and Los Angeles concerts until September this year. For anyone who [...]

Exclaim! Lanegan Profile

Exclaim! (Canada’s Music Authority) has a lengthy Mark Lanegan profile on their site, culled from many interviews given over the course of his career.

Lanegan/Campbell on Times Online’s ‘08 List

The 100 best records of 2008 – Times Online
11 Isobel Campbell and Mark Lanegan: Sunday at Devil Dirt (V2) The only downside to this duo’s superb debut, Ballad of the Broken Seas, was the thought that such an unlikely collaboration would prove a one-off. But no: here’s another instalment of Lanegan growling and Campbell whispering [...]

“Sunday at Devil Dirt” Gets US Release

Amazon.com Widgets
Mark Lanegan’s latest set of duets with Isobel Campbell, Sunday at Devil Dirt, is finally released in the US today, November 18th. The album was originally released in May in Europe and Australia to widespread acclaim. The US release includes five bonus tracks.
Buy the CD at Amazon.com
Sunday at Devil Dirt Track List
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Dulli and Lanegan Return to Europe with “Stripped” Shows

“An Evening With Greg Dulli & Mark Lanegan”
Goes On Sale This Friday November 14th
Sub Pop veterans Greg Dulli and Mark Lanegan will return to Europe beginning January 15th 2009 for sixteen special intimate performances. Dulli and Lanegan along with guitarist Dave Rosser will perform a ‘Stripped Down In The Gutter’ set. [...]

Sunday At Devil Dirt Review (NZ Herald)

Music Reviews – NZ Herald
Rating: 4 Stars
You can just imagine them standing up at the microphone, with a scrunched-up face, and letting rip. They produce the kind of unique, gravelly baritone that makes you want to stick them in a preserving jar and put them in a museum.