Nick Oliveri isn’t satisfied with just rocking like a beaver on stilts with his Mondo Generator, he’s also teaming up with Blag Dahlia from The Dwarves to tour as The Uncontrollable. If you get to one of the dates below you’ll hear stuff from Mondo Generator, Dwarves, Queens and some old tunes. It’s one not to be missed. The dates are:
September:
8th – Brighton Pressure Point
9th – London Purple Turtle
10th – Nottingham Social
11th – Norwich Arts Centre
12th – Cambridge Soul Tree
13th – Leicester Charlotte
14th – Leeds Cockpit
15th – Middlesbrough Cornerhouse
16th – Newcastle Global.
Northern Ireland’s The Answer are to release a new single, Under The Sky, in October and will follow it up with a big UK tour. On top of this, the band are celebrating being nominated in the Best British Newcomer category for the forthcoming Kerrang Awards and having already won Classic Rock’s Best New Band 2005, it’d be stupid to count them out!
Hip Hop street legend Kool G Rap has signed a deal with indy label Back Route Records and will release Uncontrolled Substance on it.
The Mobo Awards have announced their nominations for this year’s awards. The UK, as always with these awards, features strongly and there’s a good chance they could take the top honours. Some of the nominations include Gnarls Barkley, Kano, Lady Sovereign, Sway, Akala, Plan B and more.
Toronto four piece Billy Talent are at full throttle with upcoming single ‘Red Flag‘, taken from their Gavin Brown produced second album ‘Billy Talent II‘.
Following hugely successful sets at Wireless and sold out dates in the UK in March, Jack White’s Raconteurs are returning for more shows this year. After Reading and Leeds, they will be hitting the following cities, make sure you check them out:
Devendra Banhart will be gracing the UK with a tour in September. If you want to see him, make sure you get out to one of these shows!
Dance kings Basement Jaxx make their welcome return with the new single Hush Boy, taken from the upcoming album Crazy Itch Radio, due out in September. The group are currently touring with Robbie Williams but have announced their own headline tour dates at the end of the year. Their headline dates are: