Gossip are to release their anthem Standing In The Way Of Control on October 30th. The track, which is about Bush’s decision to deny gay people the right to marry, will be released on both CD and 7″ and will feature remixes from Le Tigre, Headman, Trevor Jackson and the mighty Soulwax. The band will also be heading out on tour, you can see them at:
October:
29th – Liverpool Evol Club @ Academy 2
31st – Oct Glasgow Oran Mor
November:
1st – Leeds Club NME @ Faversham
2nd – Birmingham Barfly
3rd – London NME Club @ KOKO.
4th – Manchester Roadhouse
5th – Brighton Concorde 2
6th – Sheffield Plug
Supporting Scissor Sisters:
11th – Brighton Centre
12th – Nottingham Arena
13th – Birmingham National Indoor Arena
With their first album for almost ten years just released on Vagrant, Evan Dando and Co are back in the UK again for a full tour and on this autumn evening the Forum is crowded as refreshingly mature crowd, wait for them to take to the stage. After a perfunctory opening slot, Dando comes loping out on the stage, a humble smile on his face as usual and jumps straight into ‘Down About It’.
As his guitarist and drummer sidle off to the side of the stage, Evan treats us with a solo section, reappearing already wearing his jacket to leave, but armed with his acoustic guitar, “I’m taking requests!” ‘Outdoor Type’ sways towards country, and Dando’s admiration of Gram Parson’s shines through in a cover of ‘I Just Can’t Take it Anymore‘ “Not many people know this one..not even me!” he grins, and he’s off. 20 minutes of acoustic versions of tracks new and old, ‘Frying Pan’, ‘All My Life’, the stunning ‘Different Drum’, ‘Style’, ‘Divan’, ‘Stove’ and finishing off the night with ‘Steve’s Boy’ 
Peanut Butter Wolf’s Stones Throw label has been going for 10 years and with Koko packed out, it was time to get down to celebrating the label that has brought us the likes of Percee P, Madlib, Oh No, J Rocc, M.E.D, Lootpack, Breakstra and the one and only J Dilla. It was J Rocc and the boss PBW that opened up with some crazy turntable fun, with the Beat Junkie J Rocc opening with a kazoo intro following it up with a can can theme before rockin’ his own Damien Marley dubplate and then dropping some Jaylib.
Justin Hawkins has left The Darkness, stating it was down to his addictions to drink and drugs. He said, after a stay at The Priory:
Mark Chapman, the man who killed John Lennon in 1980, has had another parole bid refused. This was his fourth attempt at parole but now he’ll be staying in the Attica Correctional Facility in New York for at least 2 more years. The prison panel concluded that:
The NME is launching an Irish edition, which marks the first time they’ve put out a different edition for an international market. It will feature “dedicated pages focused on the vibrant Irish live music scene, delivering the latest news, features profiles and live reviews from the hottest new acts in the country. The magazine will also be packed with the usual mix of all the best from the UK and international music scene”. 
The Charlatans will be releasing a new CD, Forever. The Singles, which will also contain a DVD which chronicles the band’s journey from 1990 to 2006, and will be out on November 6th. A week later, a re-working of their track You’re So Pretty We’re So Pretty, will be released. The tracklisting for the album is:
Enter Shikari have announced their tour dates, and due to such demand for tickets, their date at the Mean Fiddler on November 4th has now been upgraded to the Astoria. Tickets for the original venue are still valid.
The Blood Arm will be going out on a series of live dates to support their debut album Lie, Lover, Lie, which is out on October 16th. They will also be playing a number of shows with The Sunshine Underground and supporting We Are Scientists. Their dates are:
Boston-based hardcore crew Righteous Jams are set to release their second album, ‘Business As Usual’, on Abacus Recordings on October 27th. Vocalist/guitarist Joey Contrada describes his band’s sound as “hardcore that’s not influenced by hardcore”; and indeed, songs like ‘Instinct And Music’ and ‘Lizards‘ owe just as much to the abrasive hard rock of Soundgarden and Helmet as they do to hardcore heavyweights like Black Flag and the Cro-Mags.