Author: Crossfire

Coldcut are back in a big way, with the single True Skool which features the ever lovable and utterly distinctive tones of Roots Manuva providing the lyrical content. The eastern tabla beat pounds away under a catchy-as-hell vocal sample as Rootsva tells you to “stamp your footsie” and “wiggle your tootsie”, you can’t really go wrong with words like that now can you?

As well as this original edit, which is, as the chorus tells us “cooler than cool”, you get 4 remixes, all of which have their moments. The two that will garner most interest will be Sway‘s remix and Spank Rock’s. Sway was apparently so excited by the prospect of remixing this track that he submitted two, and the one that made it is a typical fuzzy Sway beat with the London MC getting some rapping time for himself. The Spank Rock remix is again typical of their style with a booming electro bass line which is just begging to be rinsed in a club.

With an awesome drum n bass remix also ready to make you break out the moves, its clear that if you aren’t feeling Coldcut, then its you that needs to get right back to skool!

Hardcore punk yobs Fucked Up made it over to the UK for the first time last week and successfully showed all the pretenders how real hardcore should be done, pulling of a show of brutal violence that saw blood flowing from foreheads and a nasty smell of violence in the air.

These guys draw from the root source of hardcore, harking back to classic bands like Negative Approach and Poison Idea, but they have the ability to pen catchy tunes at the same time. Having blitzed the hardcore scene with a barrage of now highly collectable releases, it’s no surprise to find out that Jade Tree have signed the band. Get ready to get even more fucked up this year!

Annihilation Time are pure filth. There’s no better way to describe them. Mixing howling super-charged Black Flag inspired hardcore with a decidedly dirty rock n’roll edge, imagine Thin Lizzy and Deep Purple played with the intensity of hardcore and you’ll be some way to understanding what this killer band are all about.

‘Annihilation Time strongly endorses weed, mushrooms, LSD, hash, beer, booze, Vans and Deep Purple’ is says on last years ‘II‘ album on Manic Ride Records. As you can see, Annihilation Time are very bad boys and know how to rock harder than most. And the good news is, they’re here and ready to rip you a new one.

Catch them live on the following dates:

April

26th Liverpool – Korova

27th Newcastle – Cumberland

28th Leeds – Joe’s Basement

29th London – The Macbeth