The Nightwatchman, a pseudonym of Rage Against The Machine‘s guitarist, Tom Morello, will be releasing his debut solo album, The Fabled City, on the 29th September.
Despite toning down his sound to an acoustic based project, Tom Morello : The Nightwatchman’s myspace stands solid that “You don’t have to be loud, son, to be heavy as shit“. The album, produced by Brendan O’Brien, will also feature Serj Tankian and Shooter Jenkins as guests.
The Datsuns are to release their fourth album, Head Stunts, on Monday 6th October.
Leading single, Human Error, is to precede the album on the 29th September and will be available as a limited edition 7″ vinyl, as well as a digital bundle.
Dolf de Borst, frontman of the band explains that the album is “about mind games and self-doubt. “Head Stunts” is an anagram of The Datsuns!…We were aware of it all along but we didn’t want to make it too obvious. We got a new member of the band on drums, Ben Cole, so it was like making our first record again, with new influences and new abilities. With a new person, we were able to feed off each other in different ways. We had the same ideas, but we flipped them around, just like you do with an anagram. When you have somebody new in the band you can try different ideas that may not have clicked before.”
For a sneak peek of what’s in store, the tracklist of the album can be seen below.
Head Stunts
1. Human Error
2. Hey! Paranoid People! (What’s In Your Head)
3. Your Bones
4. Ready, Set, Go!
5. Yeah, Yeah, Just Another Mistake
6. Eye Of The Needle
7. So Long
8. Cruel Cruel Fate
9. Highschool Hoodlums
10. Cry Crybaby
11. Pity Pity Please
12. Somebody Better
We The Kings debut self-titled album is ready to be released on the 8th September through Virgin Records.
As if they weren’t busy enough, the band will be touring the UK this September with The Academy Is…, shortly after the albums release. Check below for a list of dates
13th – Cardiff Clwb Ifor Bach
14th – Manchester Academy 3
15th – Glasgow ABC2
16th – Leeds Cockpit
17th – London Islington Academy
19th – Oxford Upstairs at the Academy
20th – Birmingham Academy 2
21st – Portsmouth Wedgewood Rooms
“If Woody Guthrey, Doc Holiday, and the Pied Piper were looking to play a game of spades, Doc would ring up Cecil Otter.”
Rebel Yellow, Cecil Otter’s first official full-length album, is available now from the Doomtree Records webstore. Have a look at the tracklist below and go do yourselves a favour by picking this up. What.
Rebel Yellow
1. The Poet Is Rapist
2.1999
3. Rebel Yellow
4. Sufficiently Breathless
5. Boxcar Diaries
6. Down Beast!
7. Le Facteur
8. Matchbook Diaries (remix)
9. Demon Girl
10. Let Me Tell You (remix)
11. Traveling Dunktank
12. Black Rose
13. Duel
Dr. Dre‘s son, Andre Young Jr, has died at the age of 20.
Named after his father, Andre was discovered by his mother at home at 10am on the morning of August 23rd. The cause of his death remains unknown and is reported to not be determined for another eight weeks.
Dr. Dre had been set to release his comeback, and rumoured last solo album, ‘Detox‘, later this year.
Grammatics have been lurking around for some time now, leaving a trail of excited chatter and avid expectation in their wake. Impressive support slots, a clutch of single/EP releases and numerous festival appearances are strapped archly under their collective belt, and yet the forces that be have worked against the Leeds quartet meaning that only now have they made it to the studio to record that pesky first long player.
In an attempt to quell the thirsts of their growing legions of supporters, their latest offering is a single free to download from their web site. Almost as if pop is inspecting its distorted reflection in the water, ‘The New Franchise‘ is 4 minutes and 30 seconds of stretched, shattered and twisted melodrama. Emilia’s knuckle-duster cello carves up fluid guitar lines and enchanting melodies; this single takes your archetypal indie wiff-waff by the scruff of the neck and pummels it into something wholly more unique without losing the instantly engaging and sugar-frosted nature that makes pop so addictive in the first place. From power ballad to electro stonking beefcake belter in the batter of an eyelid, Grammatics are checking the boxes without falling prey to the clichés.
The soaring power of Owen Brinley’s vocals, flitting effortlessly across all octaves, is one of those inimitable sounds seemingly designed specifically to polarize opinions and demand that people care, whatever their surmise. At a time when more and more radio fodder seems to mar into one inoffensive blur, here are a band willing to take chances, to have opinions and to wield their creative vision with true conviction.
So keep your ear to the ground… should these four post-indie starlets in-the-making play their game of chess correctly and maintain the sparkle that has propelled them thus far, 2009 could most certainly and rightfully be theirs.
Kate Price
Calling all skateboarders, filmmakers, photographers, musicians and artists! The Element Audio Visual Awards deadline is approaching so it’s time to get those creative minds in gear.
This year, Element are holding an innovative competition that absolutely anyone can enter – on and off the skateboard. A winner will be chosen from each of the following categories on the 15th September and will each recieve an AV award, highlighted piece and a head to toe package full of Element swag.
Awards will be presented to the following categories…
Video
Best Full Length Film
Best Short Film
Best Skate Video Part
Best Skate Video
Music
Best Group/Band
Best Female Musician
Best Male Musician
Art
Best Fine Art
Best Graphic Art
Best Photo
Best Skate Photo
The deadline is the 1st of September so get those entries in sharpish!
TV On The Radio have announced that their new album, ‘Dear Science‘, is due out on 23rd September.
Following 2006’s ‘Return to Cookie Mountain‘, ‘Dear Science‘ will be the band’s second album released on a major label.
Follow the link below to hear a new song on their myspace.
Skrein and Dr Syntax, compounding together to create a dynamic duo, Skreintax, will be releasing their first single from their hotly anticipated album, Scene Stealers this October.
Breathe draws inspiration from soulful jazz that hark back to better memories of summer; with the additon of Foreign Beggar Dr Syntax and heavily lauded Skrein encrusting their wordsmith gems all over those solid beats, not to mention a chorus being belted out by Graziella; this tune is guaranteed to be BIG. As in, enormous, massive – you get the picture.
Snoop Dogg will be unveiling a brand new line of clothing, entitled ‘Rich & Infamous‘, this week in Las Vegas.
The line will be showcased at the Magic Fashion Trade show in Sin City.
Robert Thone, CEO of the Robert Thorne Co. Brand said that “The Rich & Infamous brand is sculpted from Snoop Dogg’s trend-savvy classic vision…For Snoop Dogg, the name represents “a fraternity of sorts — from presidents to gangsters — who’ve been able to endure the burden of gaining wealth at any cost. Garnering equal parts admiration and disdain, these men savor the fruits and relish the spotlight”.
For more information head over to www.richninfamous.com