Category: Music News

Paul Gray, bassist of Slipknot since 1995 has been found dead in Iowa. A report from a local website there has posted that the 38 year old was found dead in Iowa by a hotel employee and also reported that:

Police identified the man as Paul Dedrick Gray, 38. They said he was found at 10:50 a.m. at the TownePlace Suites by Marriott at 8800 Northpark Johnston Drive in Johnston on Monday. Police said there was no evidence of foul play observed, but a complete investigation of the untimely death of Paul Gray will be completed by Urbandale police detectives.

The Polk County Medical Examiner’s Office is assisting in the death investigation and will perform an autopsy on Tuesday. Toxicology testing will be completed to determine if there were any contributing factors in the death of Gray, police said.

RIP

Pulled Apart By Horses have unveiled a brand new video for their new single, Back to the Fuck Yeah. The Evil Dead inspired clip is sure to whet appetites ahead of their debut album, which is scheduled for release on June 21st.

The band, who recently signed to Transgressive, will release this single a week earlier, and as ever can soon be found playing a city near you.

June

14th – Manchester, Deaf Institute
15th – London, 100 Club
16th – Nottingham, Bodega Club
17th – Glasgow, King Tuts
18th – Leeds, Brudenell Social Club

Paramore have announced to plans play a six date arena tour in the UK this coming winter.

The band, who are believed to be hard at work on new material, will begin the tour in Liverpool on November 10th before finishing in Aberdeen ten days later.

Catch Paramore here;

November

10th – Liverpool Echo Arena
11th – Sheffield Arena
13th – London O2 Arena
16th – Birmingham LG Arena
18th – Newcastle Metro Radio Arena
20th – Aberdeen AECC

Bullet for My Valentine have announced their biggest UK tour to date.

The arena tour, which will take place in December, follows the release of new album Fever that was released last month.

Bullet for My Valentine will play;

December
6th – Birmingham NIA
8th – Manchester MEN
9th – Glasgow SECC
11th – Cardiff CIA
12th – London Wembley Arena

We’re only a few weeks away from the World Cup in South Africa and that means only one thing – it’s time for the World Cup Carnival.

Shepherd’s Bush Pavilion in West London will host a number of games across the group stages and knock out rounds starting with South Africa v Mexico on June 11th. Not only will you get to watch the match on a huge screen, but there are some great DJ line-ups to make sure you party into the night too.

The starting dates look like this, with more to be announced later:

June:

11th – South Africa v Mexico – Nextmen + Stanton Warriors + Lazersonic
12th – England v USA – Nextmen + Stanton Warriors + Lazersonic
13th – Australia v Germany – Stanton Warriors + Lazersonic
15th – Brazil v Korea – DJS till Midnight
16th – South Africa v Uruguay – Crazy P + Simon Busby
18th – England v Algeria – Crazy P + Tayo + Simon Busby
19th – Australia v Ghana – Crazy P + Simon Busby
20th – Brazil v Ivory Coast – DJS till Midnight
22nd – South Africa v France – Tayo + Bones
23rd – England v Slovenia – DJS TBC
23rd – Australia v Serbia – Tayo + Bones
25th – Brazil v Portugal – DJS till 1 am

And, if you’re an England fan, here’s something to get you in the mood:

Dessa has released a new video today.

The track Alibi is taken from the Doomtree MC’s album A Badly Broken Code which is guaranteed to be in Abjekt’s top albums of 2010. Check it out below:

The Gaslight Anthem’s new album ‘American Slang’ is released on 14th June and we couldn’t be more excited! The band have unveiled a second track from the record over at their MySpace and a couple more videos from behind the scenes of the album’s recording process have also been released. Check these out below!

The Gaslight Anthem Studio Video Part 3

The Gaslight Anthem Studio Video Part 2

The Gaslight Anthem Studio Video Part 1

Oxfordshire duo Little Fish have been making waves across the country on various high profile tours including stints with Alice In Chains and Hole. They release new single ‘Am I Crazy?’ on June 14th but you can check out another track for free download here.

See Little Fish live:

May 21st Liverpool, Sound City
May 28th Hay on Wye, How The Light Gets In Festival
June 19th North Devon, Gold Coast Ocean Festival
July 16th Cheltenham, The Trees Festival
July 15th Oxford, Truck Festival
July 31st Cornwall, Leopallooza Festival
Sep 26th Gloucester, Underground Festival

Dead Confederate are currently laying audiences to waste across Europe. Their set at Great Escape in Brighton nearly deafened us (in a good way). You can grab a preview of their live show in the form of a free download here:

Dead Confederate Get Out by kartel

Single ‘Start Me Laughing’ is out on 31st May and stay tuned for news on the new album in the forthcoming months!

See Dead Confederate live:

29 May Bristol, Dot To Dot 2010
30 May Nottingham, Dot To Dot 2010
31 May Manchester, Dot To Dot 2010
01 June London, Barfly Camden

fun. release the utterly awesome album ‘Aim & Ignite’ in the UK on 7th June. It’s filled to the brim with indie-pop masterpieces and you can catch live versions of said masterpieces whilst the band are in the country over the next couple of weeks. Check them out at the following dates (the London one has been slightly altered to what it was)

Fri 21st Liverpool, Shipping Forecast / Sound City
Sat 22nd Glasgow, Stag and Dagger
Sun 23rd Leeds, Cockpit 2
Mon 24th Brighton, Prince Albert
Weds 26th London, Islington Academy
Thu 27th Kingston, New Slang
Sat 29th Bristol Academy / Dot to Dot
Sun 30th Nottingham Rock City / Dot to Dot
Mon 31st Manchester Academy / Dot to Dot

Also check out fun. playing ‘The Gambler’ acoustic at their apartment in London when they were last here!

fun. – The Gambler on muzu.tv