Yelawolf has dropped a new video.
The Alabama rapper, who releases his new album Radioactive in October, has teamed up with Ubisoft, who make the Driver computer game.
Mixing in Yela with footage from the game, the track No Hands bumps hard and we’re big fans here at Crossfire already.
Ian MacKaye and Amy Farina are planning to hit the studio again.
Though there are very few details, the two, who together make up The Evens, have announced they are going to Inner Ear Studios to record a new single. Their last release was Get Evens in 2006, so it’ll be interesting to see what comes out after the five year hiatus.
La Dispute have posted a new track online.
The song, Harder Harmonies, is taken from their upcoming album Wildlife which is released on October 4th via No Sleep Records. It will be their first album since 2008’s Somewhere at the Bottom of the River Between Vega and Altair.
You can check out the new track here.
Those Horizon boys are back again, this time with a video for the track Visions taken from their latest album There Is A Hell…
Directed by Denmark’s Plastic Kid, who is responsible for the album artwork, it’s a straight up banger. If this doesn’t get you in the mood for their sets at Reading and Leeds Festivals, nothing will.
Get that volume turned up LOUD.
Dilated Peoples MC Evidence has delivered a nugget of fun for fans.
The rapper, who releases his new solo album Cats & Dogs on September 26th through Rhymesayers Entertainment, has had crew mate DJ Babu mix up five tracks from the album to give fans an idea of what is to come from the record.
Have a listen below and download the mp3 from here.
Evidence – Cats & Dogs (Album Sampler Mixed by DJ Babu) by SureShot Promotions
The Paradise in Kensal Green has announced it’s Notting Hill Carnival parties.
On Sunday 28th, the line-up will feature Stereo MCs, Jack Beats, Ayah Marar and Ms Dynamite, with tickets priced at £15. The following day DJ EZ, Zinc, Alex Nut, Benji B, Moxie, Semtex, Scratcha DVA and more will be spinning at the Deviation hosted party, tickets only £10 for that one.
Make sure you get involved if you’re around the area, both line-ups looking very big indeed. You can get tickets in advance from www.theparadise.co.uk
GWAR have teamed up with Altamont for a t-shirt series.
The move makes Altamont the first ever brand to work with GWAR and as you can see by the photo to the right, it’s got them down to a tee [geddit?].
Inspired by the band’s “sci-fi/horror inspired costumes, obscene lyrics and graphic, politically-themed stage performances”, there are three designs: Gig, Pit and Scumdogs [pictured].
Last December, Altamont creative mastermind, FOS, interviewed GWAR lead singer Oderus Urungus, check it out below.
Visit Altamont’s site here.
Problems To The Answer
Earache
Ladies and gentlemen, the ‘angriest record of the year’ award is well and truly in the bag already. The mid-00s resurgence of thrash was quite rightly a cause for celebration after the genre’s relative drought in the 90s, but in terms of genuinely great record, few of the new school bands held a candle to SSS’s blistering debut. Combining thrash and hardcore with a seething, British malevolence, it infused a classic sound with a fresh sense of vitality.
Fast forward a few years, and although little has changed musically in the SSS camp, they’re sounding ever more refined – and ever angrier. Ripping through 25 tracks in 40-odd minutes, vocalist Foxy takes aim at the meat industry (‘The Kill Floor’) and the mess that is this country’s state education (‘Tales Out Of School’). Much like Gallows did on ‘Grey Britain’, SSS are holding a mirror up to some of the worst aspects of humanity, and it does not make for a pretty picture.
Doesn’t sound like much fun? You couldn’t be more wrong, mainly because ‘Problems To The Answer’ rocks like a bastard, with the riffs never less than razor-sharp, and the pace almost relentless. Napalm Death vocalist Barney Greenway even pops up to lend his leathery lungs on a couple of tracks; clearly, he knows a great band when he hears one.
The sheer velocity means that a few of the shorter tracks do become hard to distinguish, and although the two instrumentals (‘Future Primitive’ and closer ‘Strangenotes’) provide some variety, they both last longer than is really necessary. Ultimately, though, that matters little. In thrash terms, SSS are much closer to prime-era DRI and Crumbsuckers than to anything from ‘Death Magnetic’ (a fact for which we should be forever thankful), and, like too few bands, they’re getting better with time. Long may they rage.
Alex Gosman.
New visuals from ASAP Rocky for the track Peso.
The Harlem native is getting some heat under him at the moment thanks to this tune and his previous effort Purple Swag.
This one’s big, get to know.
Danny Brown has released a new mixtape entitled XXX.
The rapper, who is now signed to the Fool’s Gold label, dropped his 19 track mixtape earlier this week and it has been gaining rave reviews across the board. With beats from the likes of Paul White, Frank Dukes and Skywlkr amongst others, it’s definitely one to grab.
You can listen to it below and download it for free here.