Stream: Pete Doherty’s Grace/Wastelands LP
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It’s impossible at this point to tell when Pete Doherty has it together, but he looks pretty good in the newish video for “Last of the English Roses” (above) and sounds better than he has in a while on his new album which you can now hear streaming in its entirety on his MySpace. “New Love Grows on Trees”, still a jam. The video also focuses on Doherty’s burgeoning football career which we fully endorse and offer our services to if his team is in need of a striker with fair to middling dribbling skills, a bad back and who can only run for about 30 seconds at a time. Call us up, Pete! Grace/Wastelands is out in the US next week and Doherty is playing a bunch of shows in the UK in March.
Stream: Pete Doherty, Grace/Wastelands
Freeload: Pete Doherty, “New Love Grows On Trees”
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We’re not sure what makes this different from every other week at NME, but Pete Doherty is on the cover of their Valentine’s Day issue, and to commemorate said cover he is in about 17 different spots on their website and they are giving away an mp3 of this song off Doherty’s new album Grace/Wastelands. Of all the songs we’ve heard so far, “New Love” is the best and most haunting — and most obviously influenced by Graham Coxon. It echoes the vibe of Pete’s well-documented troubles which, judging by this behind-the-scenes video of the NME cover shoot, are not yet over.
Download: Pete Doherty, “New Love Grows On Trees”
Pete Doherty Inspires Greatness
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Just when we were quelling our excitement over the news that former FADER coverstar Pete Doherty is recording his new solo album with Blur’s Graham Coxon comes news that Pete Doherty has purchased new uniforms for his local football club the Queen’s Head Rangers for £500. The uniforms will have a picture of Doherty’s face on them, and he is also rumored to fancy a position on the team, most likely as leading scorer (bah-dum-bum). Doherty’s made his love for First Division middlers Queen’s Park Rangers well known over the years and hopes the new uniforms and his face will inspire the pub team to success. His face inspires us to quit smoking, drinking and going to jail, but we’re Americans. After the jump, two videos: the first of Pete scoring in a celebrity match last year before stealing an injured fans chips, and the second of Pete in the studio with Coxon. Pete Doherty’s solo album is due next summer.
Video: Babyshambles, “You Talk”
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Pete Doherty getting naturally high for probably the first time in a decade.
