Ian MacKaye isn’t dead.
The Fugazi and Minor Threat man was the victim of an internet rumour saying he’d been killed by a hit-and-run and his Wikipedia entry was changed multiple times as part of the elaborate hoax. However, MacKaye came out and said:
“I am happy to report that I am not dead.”
That clears that up then.
Morrissey is planning on working on a new album.
The singer recently said in an interview that as soon as his current tour is over, he will begin recording new material. He stated that it’s written and ready and went on to say that he’s “outside the mainstream, and the mainstream never let me in.”
Well, that’s bound to cheer you up in all this grey weather…
CSS have announced some new winter tour dates.
The Brazilians will be playing a number of dates from December 2nd onwards with electro juggernaughts Justice supporting on the 2nd-8th gigs. Joe Lean and the Jing Jang Jong will be the support for the dates on December 10th-20th. The full dates are:
2nd – Leeds University
3rd – London Brixton Academy
4th – Manchester Academy
5th – Glasgow Academy
6th – Bristol Academy
7th – Birmingham Academy
8th – Nottingham Rock City
10th – Dublin Olympia
11th – Oxford Academy
12th – Newcastle University
13th – Stoke Keele University
14th – Brighton Dome
17th – Cambridge Corn Exchange
18th – Liverpool Academy
19th – Sheffield Leadmill
20th – Portsmouth Pyramids
Brother Ali‘s new video, for the single Take Me Home taken from this year’s The Undisputed Truth, has made its way online. It’s the sort of track we like to play at Crossfire to forget about the grey skies and rain. See if you can spot some other Rhymesayes in the vid…
Dillinger Escape Plan have had to cancel their upcoming tour again.
The reason for this second cancellation is the breaking of Ben Weinman’s foot which occured during the filming of the band’s new video. The band said:
“He of course was ready to go out and kick ass with a cast on his foot, which we seriously considered for a second, but figured we’d wait til he could actually kick ass with both feet just in case he did further damage to his foot, which he certainly would have.”
The band’s new album Ire Works is due for a mid-November release and they plan to re-arrange the dates as soon as they can.
Our mate Gav over at Xynthetic just mailed us to say he’s just snapped a new Banksy piece down his way in Brizzle.
The art is on Park Row down there and we reckon Gav and his mate Rich have the first dibs online breaking the news, so we’re going to offer you sloppy seconds on it.
Nike SB are pleased to announce the London premiere of their brand new video epic Nothing But The Truth on Tuesday October 16th at 8pm, at the Royal Festival Hall.
Not only that but a list of Nike riders as long as your arm will be doing a signing at 12pm, including Brian Anderson, Daryl Angel, Justin Brock, Chet Childress, David Clark, Reese Forbes, Clark Hassler, Stefan Janoski, Todd Jordan, Lewis Marnell, Lance Mountain, Dan Murphy, Rodrigo Peterson, Paul Rodriguez, Omar Salazar, Daniel Shimizu, Danny Supasirirat, Grant Taylor and Wieger Van Wageningen. The UK Nike SB team will also be skating Southbank that afternoon as well, so make sure you head along.
For more info, cruise over to www.nike.com/nikeskateboarding and to watch the trailer for Nothing But The Truth
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Coheed & Cambria, who we recently saw taking over the Islington Academy, have posted the first video from their new album Good Apollo, I’m Burning Star IV, Vol. 2: No World For Tomorrow which is set for an October release. Check it:
Talib Kweli and Hi-Tek are set to join up again for a new record.
Producer Hi-Tek, who produced the majority of tracks on Kweli and Mos Def’s Black Star album, teamed up with the rapper as Reflection Eternal on Rawkus Records. In the years since their Train Of Thought album, the two have been releasing solo albums, but Hi-Tek recently said:
“We are definitely are doing [an album]…We both are trying to get back together on a really good note, as opposed to just doing it for the business.”