Tubelord will be releasing a new single.
Feed Me A Box Of Words will be released on 7″ single on March 17th this year on the Big Scary Monsters’ label. It comes with a free CD which features a bonus track. The band are out on tour in March too to support the single.
Sebastien Tellier will play a free show in February.
Tellier will be playing a free live show at Rough Trade East in London on February 20th, the day before his sold out show at the ICA. It will be his first performance in London for over a year and he’ll showcase material from his new album Sexuality. Boom. Check out his video for single Sexual Sportswear, lovely.
After years together, Mike Rusczyk has stepped down from his professional responsibilities at Foundation and into the realms of retirement.
Good luck to you Mike with whatever you choose to do.
Evile have been confirmed as the tour for Megadeth’s European jaunt.
The dates in the UK are in February:
17th – Norwich, UAE
18th – Nottingham, Rock City
19th – Glasgow, Academy
20th – Newcastle, Academy
22nd – Birmingham, Academy
23rd – Manchester, Academy
24th – London, Brixton Academy
Municipal Waste have announced some tour dates.
Check them out at the follow shows in February:
1st – Plymouth, White Rabbit
2nd – Brighton, Barfly
3rd – Birmingham, Academ 2
4th – Bristol, Croft
5th – Leeds, Joseph’s Well
6th – London, Islington
8th – Stoke, Underground
Issue 75 of Document Magazine is out now, featuring a Valencia article with Joe Gavin, Nicky Howells and Chris Jones, a Grime tour to Marseilles with Aaron Sweeney, Doug Parmiter and Kev McKeon, as well as Jerome Campbell’s 5 Flavours. Not to mention Jack Sabback chatting about pony-trekking in the Mongolian province of Ulan Battar. What more could you want?
Plenty more, as this issue unleashes Document +1, a twisted look at the wider reachings of skatebarding with Glen E. Friedman, Richard Gilligan, Marc Foster, The Mountain Goats and Gabe Morford. What’s more, if you subscribe now you will receive a free City Skateboards shirt, a free Spitfire Belt and a free deck of Spitfire playing cards, alongside your Doco Mag delivered to your doorstep and a Doco tshirt. Get on it!
Captains Of Industry have announced the launch of their book off-shoot.
The label, which launched in 2003, will be publishing limited-run poetry books and pamphlets “as and when we see fit”. The first publication will be Brutalism 1: Nowhere Fast by Tony O’Neill, Adelle Stripe and Ben Myers and will feature a collection of poems which cover the towns of their adolescence.
This collection is highly limited to 300 copies and will not be reprinted in this format. It costs £5 plus postage and you can check it out here
Rancid have begun recording their new album.
The band went into the studio with Brett Gurewitz and it has brought them together after they had been concentrating on other projects, such as Tim Armstrong’s solo release A Poet’s Life. The album hasn’t yet been given a title but is expected to hit the shelves at some point later this year.
Simian Mobile Disco have announced some UK dates.
The live show will lead up to the release of their new EP Clocks, which is out on March 10th. The tour dates are:
January
31st – Oxford, Zodiac
February
1st – Sheffield, Plug
2nd – Bristol, Thekla
6th – Leeds, Cockpit
7th – Manchester, Academy 3
8th – Newcastle, Digital
9th – Glasgow, Arches
12th – Brighton, Digital
13th – London, Astoria [NME Award Show]
14th – Bristol, Thekla
These new beauties from Independent will be arriving into the country within the next two weeks.
The new colourways will come in 129 Low, 129 Standard and 139 Standard in each colour, so pick up yours when they drop. Check www.independenttrucks.com and www.shiner.co.uk for more info.