Sheffield’s Rolo Tomassi have announced further UK dates in support of their forthcoming second record.
The band will tour throughout April around the release of the Diplo produced cosmology, will shall be released on 19th April.
10th – Oxford, Academy 2
11th – Sheffield, Corporation
12th – Manchester, Roadhouse
13th – Glasgow, Stereo
14th – Nottingham, Rock City
15th – Engine Rooms
17th – Champions
18th – Clwb Ifor Bach
19th – Flapper
23rd – Underworld
Blink 182 drummer Travis Barker has announced that Slipknot’s Corey Taylor will join the list of guests for his forthcoming solo project.
Taylor joins an eclectic group of previously announced musicians including stars from rock and punk, as well as Lil Wayne, RZA and The Game.
Barker explained in an interview with Spinner.com, “I just love music so with my album it’s not one genre,” adding “It goes from everything from punk rock to hip-hop, to some electro stuff on there, to a metal song with Corey Taylor from Slipknot”
Rage Against the Machine and Aerosmith have been confirmed as the final headliners for this year’s Download festival.
The bands will join Friday’s headliners AC/DC, as well as a host of other confirmed bands including Stone Sour, Deftones, Them Crooked Vultures and Motorhead.
The festival takes place at Donington Park between June 11th and 13th.
Brother Ali has announced the dates of his first ever UK headline tour.
The MC, who previously toured as support and hypeman for Atmosphere as well as headlining a one-off show in London last year, will play six shows around the country in support of last year’s Us album. It’s going to be a freaking party, so get on it:
March:
16th – Croft, Bristol
17th – Cargo, London
18th – Freebutt, Brighton
19th – Korova, Liverpool
20th – Craw Daddy, Dublin
21st – Bodega, Nottingham
As previously reported, The Smoking Hearts are set to release their debut album next month, and they have now announced a string of UK dates to go with it.
Their record, Pride of Nothing, will be released on 8th March, and the band is set to play the following dates;
Feb:
13th – Peter Parkers Rock N Roll Club, Denmark Street, London
23rd – Clwb Ifor Bach, Cardiff
27th – The Nags Head, High Wycombe
March:
4th – Red Lion, Stevenage
6th – Man On The Moon, Cambridge
8th – South Of The Border, Old Street, London (ALBUM RELEASE SHOW)
11th – Upstairs at The Garage, Highbury, London
12th – The Marquee, Norwich
13th – Club Revolution, Peterborough
14th – The Central, Nottingham
15th – The Freebutt, Brighton
19th – Goblets, Southampton
26th – Esquires, Bedford
April:
1st – The Hat Factory, Luton
3rd – Club 85, Hitchin
Sole has left anticon Records.
The rapper/producer, who set up the label in the 1990s recently wrote on his siet that he was ending his relationship with anticon after finding himself “increasingly at odds with the business end of anticon”.
He insists there is no bad feelings between him and the rest of the artists, but wants to concentrate on his solo career and Black Canyon label. This comes a week after Def Jux went on indefinite hiatus as a label.
Influential skate punks Suicidal Tendencies are to release their first ever live DVD next month. The footage is taken from the band’s performance at Los Angeles’ Olympic Auditorium, featuring classic ST tracks ‘Institutionalized’, ‘War Inside My Head’ and ‘Possessed To Skate’.
Meanwhile, the band is set to headline Hammerfest 2 in Prestatyn ahead of the release of a brand new album in September.
Son of Dave will release the follow-up to his critically acclaimed 2008 album ‘03’, on March 22nd this year. The record, entitled ‘Shake a Bone’, was recorded and mixed by Steve Albini.
As a long time contributor for underground music rag The Stool Pigeon, Son of Dave will also have his columns published in one easy volume, which has been named ‘We Need You Lazzaro, You Lazy, Greasy Bastard’. The book will also be available from March 22nd.
In support of these endeavours, Son of Dave has announced a string of scattered UK dates;
February:
26th – London Blues Kitchen,(Free Entry)
March:
25th – Manchester, Academy 3
31st – Brighton, Hectors House
April:
1st – Bristol, Thekla
2nd – Leeds, Brudenell
23rd – Nottingham, Bodega
24th – London, Jazz Café
May:
6th – Southampton, Brook
7th – Sheffield, Leadmill
26th – Newcastle, Cluny
Four Year Strong have announced a number of ‘Platinum’ bundles of their new album ‘Enemy of The World’ which can be purchased at the following link. I want to watch The Craft with them!
Envy On The Coast have put a new song online.
The brilliant Long Islanders have posted a track from forthcoming album ‘Lowcountry’. Check out ‘Numb’ here.
Envy On The Coast – Lowcountry #1
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