Author: Crossfire

The Aquabats have posted a quick update online.

The band will be heading out on tour across the States but will make a one-off stop in London at the Islington Academy on July 8th to play a show with Sonic Boom Six.

In addition to this, the band will be recording a new record very shortly and have asked fans to send in song titles so that the winning entries get picked for the new record.

www.theaquabats.com

A rap supergroup has recently formed featuring Kanye West, Pharrell and Lupe Fiasco according to reports.

Recently Lupe said he was working with a “superstar rapper and someone who is a rapper/producer” in what he called a “top secret project” and this group, Chicago Runs Shit, looks likely to be what he was talking about.

Their mixtape Can’t Tell Me Nothing‘s details were revealed over the weekend and the first song from it is Us Placers, which samples Thom Yorke’s The Eraser.

www.kanyewest.com

The Cult are to bring out a new album this year through Roadrunner Records, in conjunction with the band’s own imprint, New Wilderness.

The as-yet-untitled album is likely to be released in September of this year and is being recorded in London with producer Youth.

The band, led by founding members Ian Astbury and Billy Duffy will be supporting The Who on their European tour next month and will be adding headline dates along the way.

www.roadrunnerrecords.co.uk

Thrash kings Municipal Waste will be hitting the UK in August.

The band will be playing these shores as part of their European tour to support their upcoming album The Art Of Partying, out on June 11. They will be supported on the UK dates by SSS [except Newcastle] and the Liverpool show will also see Evile join the bill.

August:

5th – Southampton Joiners
6th – Newcastle Cluny
7th – Liverpool Barfly
8th – Glasgow King Tuts
9th – Sheffield DNR
10th – London Underworld

www.facethewaste.com

Turbonegro will be releasing their new album Retox on June 13th.

To get you in the mood for this release, they have put up a video for a track from the album called Do You Dig Destruction. To check out that video, click here.

They have also uploaded a new mp3 from the record called We’re Gonna Drop The Atom Bomb and you can listen to that here. The tracklisting for the new album is:

1. We’re Gonna Drop The Atom Bomb
2. Welcome To The Garbage Dump
3. Hell Toupée
4. Stroke The Shaft
5. No, I’m Alpha Male
6. Do You Do You Dig Destruction
7. I Wanna Come
8. You Must Bleed/All Night Long
9. Hot And Filthy
10. Every Body Loves A Chubby Dude
11. What Is Rock?!

www.myspace.com/turbonegro

Go Kart Records have announced the signing of Banner Pilot.

The Minneapolis punk band have been likened to Jawbreaker, The Lawrence Arms and Alkaline Trio. The band formed in 2005 and released an EP called Pass The Poison last year.

More details are forthcoming but until then you can check them out at the myspace address below.

www.myspace.com/bannerpilot

Maximo Park have announced a new UK tour for October following the success of their last tour.

Tickets for the tour go on sale on June 1st at 9am and the tour will feature support from Good Shoes. The band will also release Books From Boxes, taken from their recently released album Our Earthly Pleasures, on June 11th. The tour dates are:

October:

2nd – Glasgow Barrowlands
3rd – Dundee Caird Hall
5th – Doncaster Dome
6th – Manchester Apollo
7th – Cambridge Corn Exchange
8th – Portsmouth Guildhall
10th – Wolverhampton Civic Hall
11th – London Brixton Academy
12th – London Brixton Academy

December:

15th – Newcastle Metro Radio Arena

www.maximopark.com