Author: Crossfire

Jimmy Tamborello of the Postal Service is set to release his third Dntel album this month.

He has described the upcoming release as “experimental techno-pop” and will be called Dumb Luck. The record will feature appearances by Jenny Lewis of Rilo Kiley and Bright Eyes’ Conor Oberst.

He explained that he knew Lewis through meeting her when recording with The Postal Service and she introduced him to Oberst.

He sent instrumentals to the contributors who then sent him back the lyrics and vocals, with Tamborello only penning the lyrics for the title track.

www.myspace.com/dntel

The Chemical Brothers have tapped up Klaxons to appear on their new album.

The track All Rights Reversed will feature the band on the upcoming album We Are The Night, the follow up to Push The Button which was released in 2005.

The album will also feature collaborations with Midlake on The Pills Won’t Help You Now and Willy Mason on Battle Scars. The first single is Do It Again and will come out on June 4th, featuring the vocals of Ali Love.

The tracklisting is:

‘No Path To Follow’
‘We Are The Night’
‘All Rights Reversed’ (Ft. Klaxons)
‘Saturate’
‘Do It Again’ (Ft. Ali Love)
‘Das Spiegel’
‘The Salmon Dance’ (Ft. Fatlip)
‘Burst Generator’
‘A Modern Midnight Conversation’
‘Battle Scars’ (Ft. Willy Mason)
‘Harpoons’
‘The Pills Won’t Help You Now’ (Ft. Midlake)

www.thechemicalbrothers.com

Pete Doherty’s Babyshambles will treat their fans to a secret show at this year’s Camden Crawl.

On April 19th, the band will play a gig for a select group of fans thanks to their teaming up with MySpace.

Only their MySpace friends will be able to gain entry to the gig and in order to be in with a chance of winning, you should sign up to www.myspace.com/secretshowsuk and the band’s page at www.myspace.com/babyshamblesofficial, putting both profiles in your top 8 friends.

Fans will then have to show a print out of their profile to the staff at the Camden Crawl ticket exchange when they pick up their wristband and entry is on a first come, first served basis.

www.myspace.com/thecamdencrawl

Any aspiring bands out there wanting to play at this years Uxfest music festival need to get their act together because you only have until the end of April to apply.

If you want to play at Uxfest 2007, taking place the first weekend of September at the Islington Academy, then you need to send a demo CD into them right sharpish. Bands need to send a clearly labelled demo with all your contact details to:

Uxfest c/o Talita
1-6 Denmark Place
London
WC2H 8NL

Your band could be among those helping support 10 years of charity work and ethical heavy music, just make sure you get in touch before the end of April. Get on it!

Check out www.uxfest.org for more details.

Aesop Rock recently gave a big update on his myspace blog on his future plans.

The Def Jux rapper is currently working with Jeremy Fish on the packaging and art for his upcoming album None Shall Pass, with the same duo working together on the video for the title track.

On a related note, Aes said he is also trying to decide which other songs to use for potential videos. He is planning a tour starting in September and claimed this will include “overseas too”.

He’s been a busy guy on other people’s music too, stating he’d done a beat for the new Grayskul album which would also include a verse, as well as rapping on the new Rob Sonic album Sabotage Gigante and featuring on a new LuckyIAm(PSC) track with Slug from Atmosphere.

www.definitivejux.net

Motley Crue’s Vince Neil has launched a 4 day cruise that will run in January 2008.

The cruise will see a gig from Neil and his band, with several other performers thought to be announced soon. There will also be meet and greets with the bands and a charity poker tournament.

The trip has been billed as “four days of rock & roll on the high seas – Miami to Key West, FL and Calica, Mexico”.

Go to www.motleycruise.org for all the shnizzle.

Converse shoes have announced they plan to release a new line of Ramones themed shoes to support the Project [RED] charity.

The line will feature an exclusive pre-beaten-up pair of Chucks which will see the Ramones logo replacing the traditional patch on the shoe. The charity aims to raise awareness and money for The Global Fund by selling (Product)RED branded products and giving a percentage to the charity to help women and children affected by AIDS and HIV.

www.joinred.com / www.converse.com