To say Oasis have had a troubled past would be akin to saying Adolf Hitler was a naughty boy - it’s an understatement of epic proportions. And it looks like another bust-up is on the way, with the Gallagher brothers seemingly at each other’s throats yet again.

Oasis as they are today are very different to what they were years ago. There has been numerous line-up changes with the only original members of the band left being Liam and Noel. The rest have either been fired, got bored and moved on, or left after getting fed up of the rows.

Bizarrely, the two brothers still in the group are the root cause of all the aggravation. Siblings often argue, but the Gallaghers have taken the art of rowing to a whole new level, and many a tour has been ruined by their bickering.

The last couple of weeks have seen the situation flare up yet again. The band are currently on tour to support Dig Out Your Soul and the whole rigmarole of gigging night after night seems to be taking its toll on Liam and Noel.

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U2, their manager, and their record label, have all been very vocal about their hatred towards music piracy and albums being shared online. So much so, in fact, that they were determined that new album, No Line On The Horizon, wouldn’t befall that fate.

Obviously, once an album is out there on the streets and available for all to buy, it will be made available on the Internet, via peer-to-peer networks and in the form of torrents. That’s just a fact, and there’s not really anything anyone can do about it.

However, bands can try to prevent the album leaking ahead of release in order to ensure good first-day sales. U2 has tried to ensure this is possible by limiting access to the album. Rather than sending out preview copies, the band have held ‘Listening Parties’ where journalists have had to all listen to the album together in closed rooms where recording devices are prohibited.

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Lily Allen has never been one of those artists who has struggled to come to terms with new technology or the way the music business is evolving. In fact, you could argue that MySpace made Allen famous. The social networking site at least helped her build a massive fan base.

Now, a week before it’s released in the UK, Allen has put her new album, It’s Not Me, It’s You, on MySpace. Anyone visiting her profile page can stream the full album, made up of 12 tracks, completely for free.

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Radiohead are collaborating with their fans in ever more intriguing and interactive ways. Not only did they decide to give their album away for free, but they now seem to be regarding In Rainbows as belonging to the fans as much as it belongs to the band itself.

Such was the case with the new music video for Reckoner, which was actually made by a fan for a competition. The band liked the promo so much that they decided to make it the official video instead of just a contest winner. Thom Yorke was even impressed enough to give the video praise despite not quite being with it.

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The new Oasis album, Dig Out Your Soul, is as good as The Beatles classic album, Revolver, often cited as the Fab Four’s best long player.

At least that’s the opinion on Alan McGee, the former boss of Creation records who signed Oasis to his record label after seeing them play live in Glasgow in 1993.

In a Guardian newspaper article titled ‘Why the music world needs Oasis’, McGee recounts meeting the Gallagher brothers last year, a meeting that ended with typical Oasis debauchery.

Then he waxes lyrical about the new album and explains why he thinks it’s as good as What’s The Story (Morning Glory), seen by many as the highlight of the band’s career.

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I’ve covered Oasis quite extensively here on Brit Music Scene in the run up to the release of their seventh studio album, Dig Out Your Soul.

While most of the coverage has unfortunately been about Noel Gallagher and Liam Gallagher’s attempts at gaining publicity (obviously successful) from slagging off their fellow musicians, it’s finally time for the music to do the talking.

Dig Out Your Soul isn’t out for another month (October 6th), but the first single from the album, The Shock Of The Lightning is preceding it. Here it is embedded below (after the cut) for your visual and aural pleasure, along with my thoughts on both the song and the video.

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After all the bitterness surrounding Oasis and Jay-Z after they had a little spat earlier in the year, it seems that the two artists have put their differences behind them and teamed up.

Or maybe not. But there is a mixtape featuring them both now available online.

The spat between Oasis and Jay-Z began when Jay-Z was announced as a headliner for Glastonbury 2008. Noel Gallagher stated in no uncertain terms that Jay was wrong for the traditionally more rock festival. Then Jay-Z actually played his set and mocked Gallagher by covering Wonderwall.

The spat carried on when Gallagher criticized Mark Ronson by claiming he only knew two chords on the guitar. Ronson fought back by mentioning Wonderwall and stating that he was “thinking of doing an Oasis/Jay-Z remix album a la ‘The Grey Album’. Potential titles are ‘Champagne Superhova’ or ‘Definitely Jay Z’.”

Ronson may have only been joking, but his remark seems to have started a trio of producers and DJs who go by the name of Cookin’ Soul thinking seriously about doing exactly what Ronson was proposing.

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Mark Ronson is a confident (some would say cocky) young man who doesn’t suffer fools gladly. He’s a super-producer who has not only been one of the main reasons for Amy Winehouse‘ worldwide success but has also released his own album full of cleverly re imagined covers.

So the man knows his stuff, which is why it’s no surprise to see that he is the first person to have reacted to Noel Gallagher’s drunken rant about various musicians and artists the other day. In fact, rather than just defend himself, Ronson went on the attack, and owned Gallagher.

Speaking to Radio One, Gallagher had said this about Ronson:

“He wants to write his own tunes instead of ruining everyone else’s. Mark Ronson needs to learn three chords on the guitar and write a tune.”

Now, writing on his MySpace Blog, Ronson has hit back with some jibes of his own and even brought up the subject of Jay-Z. Gallagher had earlier criticised the decision to have Jay-Z headlining Glastonbury, and Jay-Z had fought back by covering Wonderwall at the start of his festival set.

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I love Lily Allen with a passion. Yes I know she’s got a potty mouth, as one of my friends keeps reminding me, and yes, I know she’s probably more big headed than is deserved with the limited success she has had outside of her native UK, but I don’t care, there is still something about the woman which makes me want to go out on a drinking binge with her.

Part of the reason is because I think she gave the British music scene a much-needed kick up the backside when she went from being Keith Allen’s daughter with a lot of friends on MySpace to being a best-selling pop star. And now I hear that she could be quitting music… Lily, say it ain’t so.

Rolling Stone recently interviewed Allen about her career, and her second album, with the working title of Stuck On The Naughty Step. She did her usual trick of saying exactly what she thinks and how she feels, and then dropped the bombshell that she could give up singing if the album flops.

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Coldplay’s new album Viva La Vida isn’t officially released until June 12th, but fans desperate to hear it in full before then, but not daring enough to download it illegally and risk getting caught, can now listen to the album on the band’s MySpace page.

The album is available now, and for a week running up to the official release. However, you have to be a member of MySpace to listen to the stream, and some countries are banned, namely Holland, Belgium, Switzerland, Spain and the USA.

I urge you to go and listen to the album now to see what all the fuss is about, and let me know your thoughts on it and whether it lives up to the hype, and past material.

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