Fucked Up have spoken about their new album.
The follow up to The Chemist Of Common Life will be a “relatable rock opera” according to drummer Jonah Falco in an interview with Exclaim.ca. The album doesn’t currently have a release date but is coming together nicely say the band. In the meantime remember why you loved them in the first place with their video for Crooked Head:
Lykke Li has announced some UK dates.
The Swedish singer will hit these shores in April to support her upcoming album, which is currently untitled and due in early 2011. The dates are:
12th – Bristol Trinity
14th – London O2 Shepherds Bush Empire
15th – Leeds Cockpit
16th – Dublin Tripod
18th- Glasgow Arches
19th – Manchester Academy 2
Get in the mood with her new video:
Arcade Fire have released their new video.
It’s for the title track of their latest album The Suburbs and was directed by Spike Jonze, famed for his work on Video Days and Girl Skateboard films as well as his work on feature films such as Being John Malkovich and Where The Wild Things are.
Here’s the video, get to watching!
Glitch-hop producer extraordinaire Prefuse 73 is hitting London for an intimate show this month.
The man behind such huge albums as One Word Extinguisher and Surrounded By Silence will play the Queen of Hoxton on November 28th. Ably supported by Anchorsong, it’s a chance to see the great man at a cosy venue. Pick up your tickets from here.
Your Demise will hit the road in February on a tour of the UK.
The band will be playing with Stick To Your Guns, Break Even and Letlive at the following dates:
20th – Southampton, Talking Heads
21st – Birmingham, Academy III
22nd – Nottingham, Rescue Rooms
23rd – Newcastle, Academy II
24th – Leeds, Cockpit
25th – Manchester, Sound Control
26th – Newport, Six Feet Under
27th – London, Underworld
…And You Will Know Us By The Trail Of Dead will release their new record Tao Of The Dead on February 8th, 2011.
There aren’t many details at the moment, but suffice to say everyone at Crossfire is very excited to hear what’s to come!
I Am Not A Human Being
Young Money
So much is written about Lil Wayne and his recent stint in jail, that his music has been pushed aside and almost forgotten. What better way then, to make sure his rapper hasn’t been forgotten, than to release an EP whilst still in prison?
This 10 track release, which was released virally on the rapper’s 28th birthday, is the perfect fillip for fans foaming at the mouth for Tha Carter IV. Kicking off with Gonorrhea, its Fireman-esque high end and booming bass, Weezy drops his usual new-age savvy knowledge with lines such as “You guys is washed up and I’m shitting on ‘em like two girls and one cup” – Nice.
There are some typical heavy rap numbers on this record to go along with his opening gambit such the title track which takes a chopped guitar riff and moulds into an 80s era throb, the Microsoft-boss named Bill Gates and Hold Up which shows the New Orleans native hasn’t lost any of his edge but this EP shows many other dimensions to his arsenal.
Tracks that really shouldn’t work, do, because of his unwavering confidence and readiness to go places other rappers don’t even think to tread. With You has a sung hook that wouldn’t be out of place in a 1950s diner, Popular features Lil Twist with a flow that makes him sound even younger than his 17 years and the Nicki Minaj guested track What’s Wrong With Them has Weezy sounding very similar to a girl on the second verse though which stands up against any of the tracks on Tha Carter II and III.
Moving from lyrics that cover romance and filthy sex [he definitely loves a certain part of the female anatomy] to internet-led lingo, Carter doesn’t let up throughout and stamps his mark on the rap world once again. It’s not a release that could be considered an album but it still stands head and shoulders above 99% of mainstream hip hop’s releases in 2010. Even with guests on almost every track including the pointless Jay Sean [seriously, what?] and over-saturation of Drake, Wayne steps up to the plate and knocks it out of the park. He is the best rapper around at the moment and if this is anything to go by, Tha Carter IV is going to be bananas.
Abjekt.
Wiz Khalifa has been arrested for possession of marijuana.
The Philly rapper, who is going to be doing massive things in 2011, was arrested after a show in North Carolina when his tour bus was raided. Considering 99% of his material is about smoking weed, it must have been a tough case for the cops to crack. Ho hum!
Grime’s hottest property, South London’s P-Money has a new video online.
Slang Like This is produced by Sukh Knight and features the rapper, producer and other faces from the scene dotted about the city dropping the slang of the title. Get it on, crank the volume and brockout. This one’s a banger!
Fresh outta Fresno, rapper Fashawn has put a new video online.
The track, Bart Simpson, shows the MC skating about and enjoying some of Mother Nature’s finest herb on a track taken from his latest mixtape Grizzly City 3 which you can grab here. His album Boys Meets World was baller, so make sure you keep an eye out on this chap.