Strung Out have started work on their new album.
The band have now entered the studio to start work on their upcoming album which has been titled Blackhawks Over Los Angeles. This will serve as the follow up to their last record, Exile In Oblivion, which was released in 2004.
In addition to this, the band have put a video up on youtube, providing a studio diary update from them. To see the video, click here.
Archie Bronson Outfit have claimed the South Bank Show Awards/The Times Breakthrough Award.
To celebrate winning this award, the band will be releasing Dart For My Sweetheart on March 26th on both digital download and 7″ vinyl. Additionally they will be playing the following live dates:
March:
19th – Leadmill, Sheffield
20th – Audio, Brighton
21st – Scala, London
Mad Caddies have entered the studio to work on their upcoming album.
Whilst in the studio, the band made a video of updates, which you can see by clicking here. The band released their last full length in 2003 with Just One More. With regards to the new record, they said this:
“As the studio is a few blocks away from my house, I have been able to go to the studio a lot as they were recording. The recording process was in typical Caddies fashion – I like to think of it as controlled chaos.
All tracks are recorded and Thom Flowers is finishing the mixing tonight. This is truly the best Caddies album I have heard to date- with great songwriting, lyrics and all that. My only wish is that it didn’t take so long to release a CD. It will be a good spring record though.”
Hammersmith Palais is to be demolished it has been announced.
Despite campaigns and petitions to save the building by getting it listed, Fulham and Hammersmith Council have approved property developers plans to knock the venue down to make it a restaurant and office block.
Fulham and Hammersmith councillor Lucy Ibimy said:
“We recognise the contribution the Palais has made to the west London music scene, but the golden days of the club are long gone.”
We’re gutted here at Crossfire, as we’d been to many a good show at the Palais. Sad faces all round.
Two of Britain’s greatest artwork exports, French and Fos, have teamed up to present a new exhibition Stateside – Conventional Weapons.
This show is a celebration of the gruesome and twisted like only Fos and French can conjure up. So, if you’re in Brooklyn, New York Saturday 3rd February, make sure you stop by the skateshop KCDC from 8pm onwards and get a look in.
N.B. You must be 21 years or older with ID – I guess that means there some horrific depictions splashed with booze…
Gallows get the cover of Kerrang this week.
Watford quintet and this week’s Kerrang! cover stars Gallows are set to bring blood and chaos back to the streets of Britain for a headline tour in March. Dates are as follows:
March:
Friday 2nd – Manchester Roadhouse
Saturday 3rd – Glasgow Barfly
Sunday 4th – Birmingham Bar Academy
Monday 5th – Cardiff Barfly
Tuesday 6th – London 100 Club
The band are also set to take their black knuckles and broken teeth overseas for the first time with an appearance at SXSW in Austin, Texas on March 17th, followed by a stint on the Warped Tour throughout June, July and August.
‘Orchestra Of Wolves’ is out now on In At The Deep End Records. The band play Klub Kerrang! at Koko in London on January 27th.
mewithoutYou have been announced as the tour support for Brand New in the UK this February.
The band, from Philadelphia, will also release their their album Brother Sister at the end of March. The dates for the Brand New tour are:
February:
5th – Southampton Guildhall
6th – Manchester Apollo
8th – Newcastle Academy
9th – Glasgow Academy
11th – Birmingham Academy
12th – Cardiff University
13th – London Hammersmith Apollo
14th – London Water Rats
Snow Patrol’s drummer will not be on tour of Europe and Australia.
After reports of Travis Barker pulling out of his band’s tour due to injury, Snow Patrol’s Jonny Quinn is having to do the same thing. He broke his arm whilst snowboarding meaning he will be out of action for quite a while thus missing the band’s jaunts to Europe and Autralia from March onwards.
The former drummer with Therapy?, Graham Hopkins, will fill in for the duration of the recovery.
Towers Of London will be playing a new tour across the UK in March.
After 48 hours in the Big Brother house, Donny Tourette and his group are going to be zooming off around the country to support the release of their new single I’m A Rat, which is out on February 12th. The tour dates are:
March:
2nd – Cardiff Barfly
3rd – Bristol Academy
5th – Cambridge Junction
6th – Nottingham Rock City
7th – Stoke Sugarmill
8th – Liverpool Barfly
9th – Newcastle Academy 2
11th – Glasgow Cathouse
12th – Manchester Academy 3
13th – Hull Welly Club
14th – Sheffield Plug
16th – Birmingham Academy 2
17th – Northampton Soundhaus
18th – Oxford Zodiac
19th – Brighton Concorde 2
20th – London Islington Academy 2
Good Shoes will be putting up an exclusive download on their website.
The band, who are releasing their debut album Think Before You Speak on March 26th, will be placing Ice Age, a track from the album, on their website for free download for a limited period of time. On top of this, the band are currently playing some live dates:
January:
Thu 25th – Glasgow – Barfly, XFM X-Posure tour
Fri 26th – Manchester – Urbis, XFM X-Posure tour
Sat 27th – London – Camden Barfly, XFM X-Posure all dayer
March:
Tue 6th – Bristol – Thakla
Wed 7th – Cambridge – Soul Tree
Thu 8th – Reading – Fez
Fri 9th – Nottingham – Rescue Rooms
Tue 20th – Birmingham – Academy 2
Wed 21st – Newcastle – Academy 2
Thu 22nd – Glasgow – ABC
Fri 23rd – Leeds – Cockpit
Sat 24th – Manchester – Academy 3
Mon 26th – Stoke – Sugarmill
Tue 27th – Oxford – Zodiac
Wed 28th – Brighton – Concorde 2
Thu 29th – London – Mean Fiddler (Astoria)
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