Vice have teamed up with Topshop for a free tour.
The Vice Live tour will bring 3 buzz bands together for 4 dates across the country for absolutely nothing. In order to get free tickets, hit the website at the bottom and register and you’ll be able to see The Black Kids, Friendly Fires and Ipso Facto at one of these dates:
January 30th – Glasgow ABC2
January 31st – Manchester Mint Lounge
February 1st – London 93 Feet East
February 2nd – Bristol The Fleece
3 Inches Of Blood have just been added to Opeth’s upcoming UK tour.
The line up is completed by Arch Enemy and Devildriver and will kick off in April for the following dates:
23rd – Birmingham Academy
24th – Glasgow, Barrowlands
25th – Manchester, Academy
26th – London, Academy
Crayon Skateboards, a brand new company from Wales, has a tasty little promo video available on their site.
Brought to you by Matthew Ryan aka Dykie, and featuring Dan Wileman, Steven King and Chris Jones, you can view the promo by heading to www.crayonskateboards.co.uk or clicking here
Death Cab For Cutie have promised to throw a “curve ball” on their new album.
The band, who hit the mainstream with their Plans album, have said there will be some surprises on the new record which is expected to be released this year.
Speaking on the album, the band said it will be “a really polarizing record…The landscape of the thing is way, way more lunar than the urban meadow sort of thing that has been happening for the last couple of records”.
Brian Bell of Weezer posted a small update on the band’s new album.
Despite rumours of the band splitting after their 2005 album Make Believe, they are still very much together and have finished recording the new record. Bell said:
“I think it’s our best yet. Never have the four of us worked so hard and passionately on an album and we all look forward to performing this culmination of our talents and combined knowledge in 2008 in a city near you!”
Guy Mariano features as the latest Battle Commander on The Berrics site, with some trademark ridiculous rollerboarding.
Head over to www.theberrics.com or click here for Mariano magic.
Kid Down are to release an acoustic EP called Red Lights on January 28th.
The digital EP will featured 4 tracks from their Burning Heart debut And The Noble Art Of Irony in acoustic form plus one exclusive new song: Good Shituations which the band describe as “a killer pop song doing 200 miles per hour”.
Red Lights track listing:
1. Red Lights
2. Good Shituations
3. On A Line
4. Who’s Your Villain
5. Cut/Paste
After parting company with Cliché recently, JJ Rousseau has landed his feet bolts over on Metropolitan Skateboards where he joins Leander Geelhoed, Mathieu Levaslot, Anton Juul and the rest of the team.
Check out www.metropolitanskateboards.com for updates and news.
A night of live music and film presented by Henry Rollins will be held to pay tribute to Paul Fox of The Ruts.
The Alabama 3, TV Smith, Captain Sensible & Friends, Max Splodge, The Glass Heroes and members of The Members will be playing their own songs as well as their favourite Ruts tracks over the evening before the screening of The Gig takes place.
The film highlights the show that was put on for Paul Fox which turned out to be the last gig he ever played, you can read the review of it here. Tickets for the show at Shepherds Bush Empire cost £10 and can be bought from www.theruts.bigcartel.com.
Morrissey is in talks to play in Iran.
The former Smiths frontman, who releases a new single on January 28th, is negotiating a gig in Tehran in June with the aim of performing with the Arab singer Kazem al-Sahir. In the meantime Morrissey will play the following dates:
21st-27th January – London Roundhouse
30th January – Doncaster Dome
1st February – Sunderland Empire
2nd February – Edinburgh Playhouse