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Thursday, June 30 2011, 4:49am EDT
By Lewis Corner, Music

Adele has revealed plans to write, record and produce her third studio album all by herself.

The ‘Set Fire To The Rain’ songstress admitted that she has already written seven tracks for the record and wants the new material to be more stripped-back.

“I’ve accumulated some things to write about again. I’d go in the studio tomorrow if I could,” the 23-year-old singer confessed to Q magazine.

“It won’t be a big production. I want it to be quite acoustic and piano-led.”

However, the Brit school alumni insisted that she wants to create her new record entirely by herself, meaning the process of making the album will ultimately take longer.

“I want to write it all, record it all, produce it all and master it on my own. I think it’ll take a lot longer because I want to do it this way. When I move house in the summer, my sound engineer is going to come and help me install a studio and teach me how to use it.”

Although she may reject offers to work with 21 producers Rick Rubin and Paul Epworth on her new material, Adele asserted that she doesn’t feel pressured into delivering another multi-million-selling album.

“I don’t really care about [other people's] expectations. There was enough of it with this record. If you deliver the songs, I think you get away with it. I’m not bothered.”

She added: “I’m not expecting my next record to be as big as this record. That’s impossible.”

The star also joked: “I f**king hope I meet someone in that time so I’ll have something to write about. But if I’m happy, I don’t think I’ll be writing another album at all!”

Tacoma’s Vicci Martinez wasn’t the winner on NBC’s The Voice last night, but she seems to be handling it just fine — she’s just as fiery as ever.

Here’s a quick debrief with Vicci the morning after the Voice finale:

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Vicci’s going on a short tour with her fellow Voice contestants, but she’s still got plenty of local shows on her schedule. Keep up with her here.

Today’s Mountain Music Discovery (to get your booty movin’ right before the long weekend) is Raphael Saadiq’s “Stone Rollin’”. The former Tony! Toni! Tone! singer (BTW, he was Tony!) has a new album out called Stone Rollin’ and the retro soul sound of the title song is a perfect addition to your 4th of July playlist. And way more fun than blowing your fingers off.

There’s a huge buzz about Golden Beetle — a new Eastern Mediterranean restaurant in Ballard. Here’s the scoop on the place, from our Mountain Morning Show restaurant critic, Seattle Met’s Kathryn Robinson:

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If you’re a real music fanatic, you might enjoy tearing down your favorite songs and examinging them track by track. If you scour YouTube, you’ll find songs that have been separated into their component tracks . . . . like “London Calling” by The Clash, for instance. With a little laptop audio software, you can even do your own remix, or take out the actual vocals and put yours in. Or you can just take a really close listen to each individual part of a classic track to figure out what made it so great. Check it out:

First the guitar:

Then the bass:

The drums:

And the vocal:

Steely Dan begins their tour in Seattle on Saturday night at the WaMu Theater. If you’re a Dan fan like me, you’re giddy with anticipation. If not, well . . . . I can’t help you. One of the remarkable things about SD in a live setting is that you’re not just dealing with a couple of guys with a guitar and a piano. We’re talking about Walter Becker, Donald Fagen, AND an eight-piece band complete with a horn section, AND three tantalizing backup singers.

In this clip from my conversation earlier this week with band co-founder Walter Becker, I geek out a little as we go deep into the finer points of backup singers and the extraordinary talents required to fulfill that role in Steely Dan’s touring band. (Maybe too deep.)

Enjoy:

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Tomorrow, what’s next for The Dan. New music? Stay tuned.

Forget CDs, forget vinyl . . . Here’s how a Scottish baker with too much time on his hands created a fully playable, fully edible chocolate record. Click, watch, and learn:

Remember that guy who became an internet sensation for dancing across the globe? Yeah, I can’t remember his name either. But it was a cool concept. Well, here’s an even better one: this guys grabs people on the street in cities around the globe who are wearing headphones and asks…

Love that Outcast song ; )

Glastonbury. One of the biggest of the big music festivals took place in England this past weekend. Huge superstars like U2, Beyonce, and Radiohead played on megastages. OMG there was a Pulp reunion, too!! (Did I mention it was in England? It’s a Brit thing…)

But one of the very nice, very small things about Glastonbury is “Strummerville” named for the late great Joe Strummer of The Clash. Joe loved his campfies: informal gatherings of musicians, rebels, street kids, thinkers and fellow travellers. The folks at Glastonbury honored Joe will an area dedicated to his free spirit.

Even better? The Mumfords played a quick campfire set in Strummerville after their Other Stage set. Check out The Cave: