Author: Crossfire

UK Ska Punks Random Hand are joining up with Voodoo Glow Skulls in April for a tour. The dates are:

April:

6th – Rios, Leeds
8th – Face Bar w/ Sonic boom Six, Reading
10th – Evolution w/ Sonic boom Six, Worcester
11th – Arts Centre w/ Voodoo Glow Skulls & Grown at home, Norwich
12th – Forum w/ Sonic Boom Six, Darlington
13th – Plug w/ Voodoo Glow Skulls & Grown at home, Sheffield
14th – Hobbits w/ Voodoo Glow Skulls & Grown at home, Weston Super Mare
15th – Trillians w/ Voodoo Glow Skulls & Grown at home, Newcastle
16th – First Floor w/ Voodoo Glow Skulls & Grown at home, Derby
17th – Shed w/ Voodoo Glow Skulls & Grown at home, Leicester
18th – Nexus w/ Voodoo Glow Skulls & Grown at home, Southampton
19th – Peel w/ Voodoo Glow Skulls & Grown at home, Kingston
20th – Victoria Hall, Keighley
26th – Strone Hall, Danoon Rock City
27th – Kef, Aberdeen
28th – Viewfield Hotel, Arbroath
29th – Retro Bar, Manchester

May:

12th – Underworld w/ Voodoo Glow Skulls & Grown at home, London
17th – Junktion 7, Nottingham
26th – 1in12, Bradford

July:

13th – Cert 18, York
14th – Esquires, Bedford
15th – Piece Hall, Halifax
21st – Underworld, London

August:

12th – Rebellion Festival, Blackpool

Check out the new tracks at www.myspace.com/randomhand

Britpop kings Supergrass are ready to head back into the studio to record new songs.

The band have said they are aiming for an energetic sound on their new record, the follow up to Road To Rouen which was out in 2005. Gaz Coombes recently said the band were heading to Berlin to do the recording and expected it to be a two or three week session, to get it done as quickly as possible.

“That’s where the enthusiasm is; in what you’ve got coming, in what the future holds. That’s what it’s like for this next record; there’s just some really kind of vibrant, sort of exciting bits of music happening. Just can’t wait to get it down.”

www.supergrass.com

Municipal Waste are heading into the studio with Zeuss to work on their new album, which is due for release on June 11th.

Frontman Tony Foresta said that the drum tracks have been done and the guitar tracks are currently being laid down and bassist Landphil said that the new material is the best thing they’ve ever done.

The group will be hitting the UK in April and May at the following dates:

April:

28th – Leeds Cockpit
29th – Norwich Waterfront
30th – Newcastle Academy

May:

1st – Glasgow Cathouse
2nd – Dublin Voodoo Lounge
3rd – Liverpool Academy 2
4th – Birmingham Academy 2
5th – London Mean Fiddler
6th – Bristol Academy 2
7th – Oxford Zodiac

www.facethewaste.com

Thursday have left Island Records, the band have announced.

The band have released two albums on Island, War All The Time and last year’s A City By The Light Divided, which followed on from their breakthrough release Full Collapse on Victory.

The statement from the band said that it took six months for both sides to reach an agreement but both parties are happy with the result and the band are leaving on good terms. The band will go on to play some live shows before writing a new record, which they’ve had offers for already.

www.thursday.net

Reel Big Fish will be playing some UK dates as part of their European tour which takes in some festivals along the way. The dates are:

May:

25th – Milton Keynes,the Pitz
26th – Pontypridd, the Full Ponty Festival
27th – Leeds, Slam Dunk Festival @ Leeds University
28th – Peterborough, the Cresset
29th – London, ULU
30th – London, ULU
31st – Bournemouth, Old Firestation

June:

1st – Yeovil, Westlands
2nd – Falmouth, Princess Pavillion
3rd – Plymouth, University – Main Hall
4th – Tamworth, the Palace
5th – Manchester, Academy 2
6th – Glasgow, Garage
7th – Aberdeen, Moshulu
8th – Inverness, Ironworks

www.reel-big-fish.com