Swedish melodic death metal pioneers At The Gates have released a 3 disk DVD set chronicling their history as a band.
The package, entitled The Flames of the End, contains a 40-page booklet, a 2 hour documentary, as well as two disks of live footage. While one disk captures the band’s re-union performance at Wacken festival in its entirety, the other takes footage from other performances old and new.
The Flames of the End is available in Europe now.
Florida based pop-rockers We The Kings will return to the UK next month for a string of support shows with You Me at Six.
The band recently completed work on their second full length album which is set for release on 8th March. The record, entitled Smile Kid, was produced by S*A*M and SLUGGO (Gym Class Heroes, Cobra Starship), as the band look to repeat the success of their debut, which hit # 1 on Billboard’s New Alternative Album sales chart.
We The Kings will play;
March
9th – Birmingham O2 Academy
10th – Kingsway Newport Centre
11th – Sheffield O2 Academy
12th – Manchester Apollo
13th – Newcastle O2 Academy 2
14th – Glasgow O2 Academy
16th – Leeds O2 Academy
17th – Nottingham Rock City
18th – Southampton Guildhall
19th – Norwich UEA
20th – London Brixton Academy
We The Kings “Heaven Can Wait”
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Mike Vallely finally has his own video game. You can pick it up for the i-phone from www.mikevdoordie.com
He blew us away when the Bones team visited London a while back so it would be rude not to post any raw, loose footage of Aaron ‘Jaws’ Homoki. Watch this recent IPATH clip of Jaws at PV Skatepark here.
Element’s new wonderwood is explained by high flyer Bucky Lasek from his backyard envy hole.
Bucky Lasek – “Proformance” – Element Featherlight Helium Construction from ELEMENT SKATEBOARDS on Vimeo.
Nas could potentially serve time in prison after failing to pay his taxes during 2006 and 2007.
The rapper, who has also been in and out of court regarding his divorce to R&B artist Kelis, is said to owe a substantial $2,584,206.31.
Meanwhile ex-wife Kelis has recently signed to Interscope as she plans her new record to be released this year.
Former Black Flag members including Dez Cadena, Kira Roessler and Keith Morris will release re-workings of classic Black Flag tracks as a six track mini album.
The record, titled Gimme Gimme Gimme: Reinterpreting Black Flag, will also feature guests Mike Watt, Joe Baiza and the Chapin Sisters. Songs including Rise Above, Six Pack and Nervous Breakdown have been rerecorded in Rock and Roll, Surf Rock and Conutry styles.
The album will be released on April 20th, including the following tracks;
1. Rise Above (ft. Dez Cadena & Jimmy Destri)
2. Gimmie Gimmie Gimmie (ft. Kira Roessler & the Chapin Sisters)
3. Six Pack (ft. Dez Cadena & Mike Watt)
4. Nervous Breakdown (ft. Kira Roessler & the Chapin Sisters)
5. In the Jailhouse Now (Jimmie Rodgers cover ft. Keith Morris, Peter Case, Mike Watt & Joe Baiza)
6. Thirsty and Miserable (ft. Dez Cadena & Jimmy Destri)
The Who’s Pete Townshend has cast doubt over the band’s future after a recurrence of his tinnitus problem.
Speaking with Rolling Stone the guitarist revealed that if the problem persists, the band will be forced to call it a day, adding, “I can’t really see any way around the issue.”
Townshend will test a new in-ear monitoring system during the band’s Teenage Cancer Trust gig next week (February 30th), as he attempts to solve the issue caused by years of exposure to high volume.
The XX have regrettably had to cancel 6 European shows after guitarist Romy Madley Croft’s father died last Friday.
The band, who have toured almost non-stop over the past year, will make a further announcement this week regarding their scheduled gigs.
The cancelled gigs are;
February
20th – St Malo Route du Rock Winter
21st – Strasbourg Laiterie
23rd – Rome Brancaleone
24th – Milan Magazzini Generali
25th – Munich Tonhalle
27th – Cologne E Werk
Minneapolis activist, rapper and all round awesome guy, Toki Wright, has put out a new digital EP.
The BlackMale EP is free at this link, though you can pay money for it if you wish, with all proceeds going to help in the aftermath of the disaster in Haiti. Production comes from the likes of Benzilla amongst others. Check out the video below as Toki explains it all.