Category: Music News

Sound Strike, a coalition of artists openly boycotting Arizona in wake of the controversial SB 1070 immigration law will feature an exclusive contribution from Conor Oberst’s Bright Eyes pseudonym.

The song, entitled ‘Coyote Song‘ will be offered as one contribution to Zack De Le Rocha’s Sound Strike amongst others who are supporting the strike. These include the likes of Kanye West, Massive Attack, Spank Rock, Sonic Youth, Rage Against The Machine and more.

The song was described by Conor as concerning the lives of ‘two lovers separated by conditions that are out of their control, namely [government immigration policy]‘. You can hear more from him about the Sound Strike in the video below.

www.thesoundstrike.net

Conor Oberst for The Sound Strike from Producciones Cimarrón on Vimeo.

The hotly anticipated new EP from enigmatic emo-powerviolence supergroup United Nations was released today.

The band who are rumoured to contain members from Thursday, GlassJaw and Converge have entitled their new EP ‘Nevermind The Bombings, Here’s Your Six Figures’ and is the exact noise minefield reminiscent of early 90s screamo many had been hoping for from the group.

You can pick up the 7″ EP here. Each purchase includes one of three limited coloured vinyls and a free high quality mp3 download.

It has been confirmed that experimental hip-hop collective The Herbaliser will be playing as a full ten-piece in a live show at Camden’s KOKO in London.

The show will also feature performances from another progressive hip-hop outfit, the Thom Yorke recommended Anti Pop Consortium as well as sets from Lazy Habits and P45.

The show is on the 24th July and you can order tickets here.

‘Herbal Tonic‘, a best of compilation from The Herbaliser will be released on the 28th June. A free mini-mix is available from Ninja Tune’s website.

Royksopp have announced that the follow up to last year’s blogosphere favourite ‘Junior‘, will be released on the 13th September.

The fourth studio album, entitled ‘Senior‘ is confirmed to be an instrumental LP that serves as a binary opposition in sound and style to last year’s ‘Junior‘. In an official statement from the Norwegian duo, they spoke about the relationship between the two releases…

‘‘Junior’ [has] emphasis on vocals, accessible melodies and harmonies, [it] has the energy, the inquisitive temper and confident “hey-ho, let’s go!”-attitude of youth, whereas ‘Senior’ is the introverted, dwelling and sometimes graceful counterpart, brimful with dark secrets and distorted memories, insisting ‘I’m old, I’ve got experience…‘

The albums tracklist has been revealed and is as follows…

…And The Forest Began To Sing
Tricky Two
The Alcoholic
Senior Living
The Drug
Forsaken Cowboy
The Fear
Coming Home
A Long, Long Way

www.royksopp.com

The soundtrack to the upcoming film adaptation of Bryan Lee O’Malley’s Scott Pilgrim comics has been revealed to contain brand new material from Beck and Broken Social Scene.

Both Beck and the eclectic Canadian rock outfit will be performing as rival fictional bands in Edgar Wright’s Scott Pilgrim vs. The World, Sex Bob-omb and Crash And The Boys respectively.

The film is due to be released in the UK on the 13th August and the soundtrack on the 10th August. The soundtrack will also feature material from Frank Black, Black Lips and Metric.

With less than six weeks to go until Sonisphere rocks and rattles the souls of Knebworth some exciting new additions have been added to the already impressive line-up.

Converge, Good Charlotte, Kylesa, Chrome Hoof, Earthtone9, Little London, Out Of Sight, Straight Lines and Tiger Please have been confirmed to play the festival taking place on July 30th-August 1st.

Another exclusive for the fesitval comes in the shape of the UK debut stand-up performance of Brian Posehn, the American comedian known for his contributions to Human Giant and The Sarah Silverman Program.

www.sonispherefestivals.com

The Roots have debuted the music video for their latest single ‘Dear God 2.0‘. The track will be appearing on the Philidelphia hip-hop collective’s ninth studio album, entitled ‘How I Got Over‘. The album is set to feature cameo rhymes from the likes of John Legend, Blu, Joanna Newson and more.

The video was directed by Jason Goldwatch and can be viewed here…

www.theroots.com

Some very exciting news for Radiohead fans this week… guitarist and the mind behind the incredible and often overlooked b-side ‘Meeting In The Aisle‘, Ed O Brien, announced during an interview with Adam Buxton on his BBC Radio 6 show that the follow up to In Rainbows may be released this year.

Here’s what the friendly giant himself has to say about the new record:

‘We’re in the heart of the record. It’s genuinely exciting. It’s very different from what we did last time. It’s really nice to be doing this. It’s so good to be making music with the band that you feel is still as good as it’s ever been.’

www.radiohead.com/deadairspace