Author: Crossfire

Far’s genius cover of Ginuwine’s classic hit ‘Pony’ will be released in the UK on 1st Feb on limited edition picturedisc vinyl through Bright Antenna Records. Check out a video of the band putting their version together in the studio.

After their cleverly spoonerism-ly titled ‘Sicking and Creaming EP’ last year, Japanese Voyeurs return with another double A-side single, headline tour and an awesome new video. Huzzah!

The single, ‘That Love Sound’/’Blush’ will be released on Feb 8th through the band’s own Slimeball Records and is preceded by a whopping great UK headline tour.

January:

13 Dundee Dexters
14 Aberdeen Tunnels
15 Arbroath Devitos
16 Inverness Mad Hatters
20 Portsmouth Drift In The City
21 Birmingham Flapper and Firkin
22 Milton Keynes The Crawford Arms
23 Cambridge Portland Arms
25 Guildford Boiler Room
27 Brighton Audio
28 Stoke Sugarmill
29 Crewe The Box
30 Wakefield Escobar
31 Nottingham Bodega
February
2nd London Camden Barfly

There is a creepy video for ‘That Love Sound’ which you can see here:

The Bled have posted a couple of new songs from forthcoming album ‘Heat Fetish’ on their MySpace.

Check them out. The album will be released on Rise Records but in the meantime let’s recall how genuinely brilliant some of their back catalogue is –

Quicksand, Rival Schools, Gorilla Biscuits, Youth of Today… Mr. Schreifels has been involved in some of the most exciting bands of the past 20 years but now he’s going it alone. Big Scary Monsters Records have announced they will be releasing Walter Schreifels’ debut solo album in the UK this April. The album will be called ‘An Open Letter To The Scene‘ and includes covers of classic tracks – CIV’s ‘Don’t Gotta Prove It‘ and ‘Society Sucker‘ by Agnostic Front.

The opening track of the album, ‘Arthur Lee’s Lullaby‘, is available as part of the label’s 52-part 2010 Collection subscription series where you can sign up for a minimal fee and receive musical goodies every single week of the year. That’ll keep you going through the winter months. Check out the concept here.

Check out the video for the first single here –

Now where’s that new Rival Schools record? We’ve only been waiting almost a decade…