36 Crazyfists will be touring the UK next year.
The band will hit the road with Bullet For My Valentine in late January/early February. You can check them out at the following gigs.
January:
31st – Newport, Newport Centre
February:
1st – Wolverhampton, Civic Hall
3rd – Glasgow, Glasgow Academy
4th – Manchester, Manchester Academy
7th – London, Brixton Academy
We Are Scientists have lost their drummer.
Michael Tapper has quit the band though the split is amicable and the band released a statement saying he had left to “pursue other things”. There has been no permanent replacement yet, but the band will still kick off their UK tour next week.
November:
7th – Edinburgh University Student Union
8th – Leeds University Student Union
12th – Keele University Student Union
22nd – Bournemouth University Student Union
24th – Cardiff University Student Union
December:
6th – Glasgow University Student Union
10th – Newcastle University Student Union
14th – London University Student Union
Saul Williams is following Radiohead’s lead with his new release.
The rapper will release The Inevitable Rise and Liberation of Niggytardust, a collaboration with Trent Reznor in a donation-suggested format. However, unlike Radiohead’s In Rainbows, Williams’ album will be available in very high quality formats.
You can donate or get it free by clicking the link below.
The Black Lips are set to star in a film based on DIY bands.
The fictional work, which follows a New York band called The Renegades, looks at the underground music scene of the 1980s.
The Black Lips, who release their own single Veni Vidi Vici on December 3rd, will be directed in their roles by Roger Rawlings with The Renegades being “inspired” by Husker Du, Sonic Youth and The Replacements.
By all accounts this jam up North went off! See below for the proof and well done to all involved.
Burnley
Leeds
Next big jam the UK has planned is obviously here.
Shepherd’s Bush Empire
26.10.07
Mark Ronson is a friend to the stars. He’s hung out with Puffy, he chills with Ghostface and he’s the producer du jour for the big names in pop. So when the ex-pat does a UK tour, you can be pretty sure you’re going to see a host of guests and he didn’t disappoint in London.
Opening with an instrumental version of Apply Some Pressure, Ronson took to the stage in his dapper suit, strumming his guitar nonchanantly [when they plugged it in!] and his band backing him up superbly, especially the trio of brass players. It wasn’t long before the guest vocalists joined Mark on stage with Daniel Merriweather being the most prominent, running through Amy [in place of Kenna] before rapper Wale came out to do his thing on Toxic as Ronson hit the decks for his best track, Ooh Wee.
Londoner Tawiah took her place at the front of the stage to give her own version of the Lily Allen fronted Oh My God and returned for a piece of the action on Pretty Green and the hugely successful and infinitely popular Valerie. Whilst it was a shame there was no Winehouse, it wasn’t surprising and Tawiah did a good job covering.
Alex Greenwald was then bounding out in his overly long t-shirt [going for that rap look Alex old chap?] to break out Just which got a rousing response from the crowd, including Mark’s mum on the balcony, before he returned for the finale to perform his California track. The rendition of Stop Me got the biggest cheer of the night as the Empire turned into a glorified Karaoke bar, the audience belting out the tune louder than Merriweather as the horns went into overdrive. Add Estelle, Baby J and a host of UK rappers from the Valerie remix and you can imagine how full the stage was by the end!
But the high point of the night was definitely the inclusion of Sean Lennon, who walked on stage in a waistcoat, looking sheepish yet assured as he performed a Beach Boys track and then We Can Work It Out, the Beatles classic.
Ronson might not be a showman, he might not be the most entertaining of frontmen, but with a little help from his friends, he was able to get the packed venue on his feet and smiling non-stop.
Abjekt.
Ronnie Wood has been approached to make a film out of his book.
The Stones’ bassist recently published Ronnie: The Autobiography and he is rumoured to be considering selling the rights to the a film company. He said there were more books to come but of the idea of a film he stated:
“I think it would make quite an interesting one, actually. They’re all saying, ‘who is gonna play you in your movie?’… That’ll be a challenge.”
Linda Stein, former Ramones manager, was killed yesterday.
Stein, who is the ex-wife of Seymour Stein, the president of Sire Records, is credited with bringing with bringing the Ramones to England which has been called the catalyst for the punk movement in Britain.
Her body was found by her daughter, locked in her apartment with the autopsy finding that she died from blows to the head and neck.
Opeth have finished writing their new album.
The Swedes will be starting the recording process this week and are looking towards an April or May 2008 release. The band will also be releasing their last live CD The Roundhouse Tapes in North America on November 20th.
The Super Furry Animals will play the Royal Festival Hall on New Year’s Eve.
The Welsh band will play a headline set as well as having some as-yet-unannounced support bands. As if that wasn’t enough to see the new year in, they will be bringing in DJs, art installations and special visual shows. The finished by saying they will change the venue into a “surrealist playground defying the logic of space and time”.
Tickets go on sale at 10am on November 2nd.