Category: Music News

New electronic hot-topic Kid Adrift has announced the release of his EP ‘Oxytocin‘, which will be dropping on July 13th.

If you hadn’t had enough free downloads this week already then grab your knives and forks and get stuck into this one, Hospital Records activist, Cyantific has offered up an exclusive remix that you can feast on HERE.

A slick music video has surfaced too, featuring Hello Kitty brand chainsaws (would anyone be too surprised if they were legit?) in a Sawrio hybrid directed by none other than High Contrast.

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Big Boi’s debut solo album ‘Sir Lucious Left Foot: The Son Of Chico Dusty‘ has been on constant repeat in Crossfire’s office since its full stream appeared on Big Boi’s Myspace this week.

The newest video to come from the album is the super-catchy ‘Follow Us‘ featuring emo-rockers Vonnegutt. Check it out!

The Young Veins‘ debut album, ‘Take A Vacation!‘ will be released in the UK on July 5th. If you can’t wait that long then don’t despair because the band have decided to stream the entire thing to get listeners hyped.

Follow this link to hear the California sunshine sound of the west-coast 5-piece’s debut effort.

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London space-rockers Klaxons have posted a teaser of their new album ‘Surfing The Void‘ on the Modular Website. The album’s opening track ‘Echoes‘ is ready to stream in all it’s bass-groove, synthtastic glory.

The band recently unleashed another new track last month, ‘Flashover‘ can be heard below…

The band’s second album with the already infamous spacesuit-wearing-cat on the cover will be released on August 23rd.

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Philip Selway has this morning revealed what he’s been up to in his recent moments spend outside his usual musical habitat of drumming for Radiohead and collaborating with countless other artists. Composed in the last year, ‘Familial‘ is Selway’s debut solo effort and will be released on August 30th through Bella Union.

And in following the continuing trend to offer up a free download to give you a taste of the album, Selway has done just that. Head over to his new website to download ‘Some Miracle‘.

You can keep up to date with him on his new Facebook and Twitter pages.

www.philipselway.com

Pendulum will release their new single Witchcraft on July 19th.

The band, who recently went straight in at number one in the charts with their album Immersion, will have remixes by Rob Swire, Netsky, Chuckie and John B. They will also be playing the following dates.

July

24th – Milton Keynes, National Bowl (special guests to The Prodigy)
30th – London, Victoria Park (special guests to Tiesto)

August

1st – Sonisphere (second on the bill to Iron Maiden)
27th – Leeds Festival, NME / Radio 1 Stage (headliners)
28th – Reading Festival, NME / Radio 1 Stage (headliners)

Portishead’s Geoff Barrow told BBC6 Music today that after writing material during the Summer, the eclectic Bristol trip-hoppers will be returning into the studio very soon to record their follow-up to 2008’s Third.

He insists that there will be no more decade-long breaks between albums, stating he ‘just wants to bang on, get another record out‘. If what he says about the way the band work, then we can be hopeful that the new album will be another triumph…

‘With Portishead there’s long periods of thinking, without any ideas. It is about progressing music and our problem is that if we don’t think we can progress it forward we get stuck in a hole.‘

Though the band weren’t exactly quiet in the year after ‘Third‘, Geoff recorded an excellent album with his side project, Beak>, and the charity single ‘Chase The Tear‘ hinted at the direction Portishead were heading towards. With this news, fans can rejoice in the knowledge that they’re not going into hiding any time soon.

www.portishead.co.uk

For a limited time, Dead Confederate’s single ‘Giving It All Away‘ will literally be given away as a free download. The track features J. Mascis of Dinosaur Jr. and is the opening single off their upcoming second album, ‘Sugar‘, due on August 23rd.

www.deadconfederate.com

Bad Intentions is back with another huge line-up on Friday July 2nd.

DJ Yasmin, who has been globetrotting as Eve’s DJ, is joined on her night by the stellar line-up of DJ Cable, DJ MK and DJ B. If previous nights are anything to go by, it’ll be the perfect way to start the weekend with hip hop and R&B vibes. You want DMX? Dr Dre? Maybe even some Bobby Brown? You’ll probably get it here.

So, head along to the Old Queen’s Head in Angel, London and check it out. Free before 8pm, £4 thereafter. A bargain at twice the price.