Author: Crossfire

Les Savy Fav have added some cover songs to their live album.

The band’s After The Ball Drops is released digitally on April 29th and features 15 tracks, documenting the band’s 2008 New Year’s show at the Bowery Ballroom in New York. The band play a number of their own tracks as well as covers of The Pixies, Nirvana, Misfits and more. The full tracklisting is:

‘Equestrian’
‘Patty Lee’
‘What Would Wolves Do?’
‘Sweat Descends’
‘Yawn Yawn Yawn’
‘We’ll Make A Lover Of You’
‘The Year Before The Year 2000’
‘The Lowest Bitter’
‘Who Rocks The Party’
‘Tim Speech’
‘Hey Tonight’ (Creedence Clearwater Revival cover)
‘Debaser’ (Pixies cover)
‘Astro Zombies’ (Misfits cover)
‘Sliver’ (Nirvana cover)
‘Everybody’s Gotta Live’ (Love cover)

www.lessavyfav.com

Gnarls Barkley have posted their new album as a free download, with a catch.

The album will be released backwards, yes, backwards.elpuoC ddO ehT is 38 minutes and 45 seconds long and features the backwards version of all the tracks. You can download the album by clicking the link below.

www.fronttobackbacktofront.com

Jay Z has announced some UK dates.

The rapper, who is being criticised by braindead chimps like Noel Gallagher for performing at Glastonbury, will be playing the O2 Wireless Festival on July 3rd and Milton Keynes Bowl with Linkin Park on June 29th as well as the following dates:

July

15th – Bournemouth International Centre
16th – Cardiff International Arena
19th – Manchester Evening News Arena
20th – Glasgow SECC
21st – Aberdeen Exhibition Centre

www.jay-z.com

Strange Famous signings Reanimator and Prolyphic have put a 10 minute mix of their upcoming album on MySpace.

The Ugly Truth, which is released on May 6th and was one of Abjekt’s top 5 tips for 2008 will feature the tracks on the mix which you can check on the link below. Hearing this mix proves Abjekt is not wrong, this album is going to be huge.

www.myspace.com/prolyphicandreanimator

Lykke Li is in the UK in the run up to her short tour later this month.

Li will be playing the Camden Crawl before heading out to play some regional dates. Her tour finishes by supporting Sebastian Tellier at the Scala in London. Her single, I’m Good, I’m Gone, is released on June 2nd with her debut album Youth Novels following a week later. The tour dates are:

April:

18 – Camden Crawl, London
19 – Rough Trade East (in store), London
19 – Camden Crawl, London
23 – Roadhouse, Manchester
24 – The Admiral, Glasgow
25 – Glee, Birmingham
28 – Scala, London

www.myspace.com/lykkeli

Bill Cosby has squashed rumours that he would release a rap album.

Reports earlier this week had claimed that the sitcom dad would be releasing a record of hip hop tunes called Cosby Narratives Vol. 1: State of Emergency. His longtime musical collaborator stated that Cosby had always known about hip hop’s potential, but the man himself came out and said:

“I do not rap on any of these things…I wouldn’t know how to fix my mouth to say some of the words.”

Reports have subsequently hit HQ that Abjekt is crying into his croissant at this news.

www.billcosby.com

Bez has been declared bankrupt for a second time.

The Happy Mondays’ dancer was given the judgement on March 31st, less than a year after the band had reformed to tour the UK. The dancer was declared bankrupt for the first time in August 2004 and a year later won Celebrity Big Brother to earn himself £50,000 and clear his debt.

www.happymondaysonline.com

Sub Pop will celebrate its 20th anniversary this year with a festival in Seattle.

The bill features Foals, Mudhoney, Fleet Foxes, Iron & Wine, Low, Wolf Parade and comedy act Flight Of The Conchords on July 12th and 13th. Proceeds from the event will go to the charities of the artists’ choice and tickets go on sale on April 26th. Hit the link below for more information.

www.subpop.com

The Slackers have posted a new song online.

Every Day Is Sunday comes from the Self Medication album which is released on April 29th. The band are playing some instores to support the release, which is their first for Indication Records. You can check the song by clicking the link below.

www.myspace.com/theslackers