Category: Music News

Big Scary Monsters have just announced the release of ‘I’m A Vagabond‘, the new single from Andrew W.K.. In characteristically awesome style, it will be released on square-shaped 7″ vinyl which is limited to 500 copies worldwide.

The release date is February 15th but expect these to sell out bloody quick! The single is backed by two b-sides and the first 100 copies that are pre-ordered on the BSM site come with a hand-written note from Andrew, including a link to download MP3s of the three tracks. As well as the 7″, there is a super limited edition t-shirt available and you can buy the two together for just £12 on BSM’s webstore.

Whilst you’re at it, follow Andrew WK on Twitter. There’s nothing better than his philosophical party musings.

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Brooklyn based Indie rock group The National are set to release a brand new album this coming May. No other concrete details have emerged as of yet, but the record will be released through the band’s regular label 4AD.

A brief European tour will accompany the release, which will find the band playing the Royal Albert Hall on 6th May.

Download Festival has announced AC/DC as one of this year’s headliners as well as a string of other acts. Joining the Classic Rock giants will be the likes of supergroup Them Crooked Vultures, Deftones, Stone Temple Pilots and Megadeth.

Download Festival takes place at Donington Park between June 11th and 13th. See website for full details.

In an exclusive interview with Absolute Punk, Jeremiah Edmond has revealed that he’ll be leaving Manchester Orchestra in order to concentrate on his record label responsibilities with Favorite Gentlemen.

He remains firm friends with all members but felt that it was time to concentrate on the label to bring it to the next level.

Manchester Orchestra – Shake It Out

Manchester Orchestra- Shake it out from Tommy514 on Vimeo.

Irish thrash metal band Gama Bomb have released last year’s Tales from the Grave in Space on physical formats for the first time. While the record was initially offered as a free download in 2009, fans of the band can now pick up the record on limited edition vinyl (100 copies) or alternatively on CD for just £4.99.

The CD version also comes with a bonus EP consisting of five brand news songs. The Full tracklist reads;

01. Slam Anthem
02. New Eliminators of Atlantis B.C.
03. Three Witches
04. Last Ninjas Unite
05. Escape from Scarecrow Mountain
06. Mussolini Mosh
07. We Respect You
08. Apocalypse 1997
09. Return to Blood Castle
10. Polterghost
11. Skeletron
12. Mummy Invasion

HALF CUT EP (limited edition bonus disc)
01. Cellar Dweller
02. Deep Red
03. Curry Chip
04. Welcome Back to Life
05. Exhumed Maniac

Having nearly completed work on their forthcoming second album, south Wales’ Attack! Attack! Have announced their first string of dates of 2010.

As well as now seasoned material from their 2008 debut, this will be the first chance to sample the band’s new album which looks likely to see a Summer release.

Attack Attack Will Play;

April

30 – Borderline

May

01 – Birmingham 02 Academy 3
02 – Newcastle 02 Academy 2
03 – Glasgow King Tut’s
04 – Aberdeen Warehouse
06 – Sheffield Corporation
07 – Oxford 02 Academy 2
08 – Southampton Joiners
09 – Cardiff Clwb Ifor Bach

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Pixies’ frontman Black Francis is set to release a new solo record this April, after playing a series of shows with the band this Spring. The album, entitled NonStopErotik, will be released on April 5th.

The tracklist reads as follows;

‘Lake Of Sin’
‘O My Tidy Sum’
‘Rabbits’
‘Wheels’
‘Dead Man’s Curve’
‘Corrina’
‘Six Legged Man’
‘Wild Son’
‘When I Go Down On You’
‘Nonstoperotik’
‘Cinema Star’

Sam Eastgate, frontman of indie electro outfit Late of the Pier, has outlined his intention to launch a new band this year. Teaming up with an as yet unnamed drummer, Eastgate will form a duo set to road test material in Japan, before eventually coming to the UK.

Speaking in an interview with NME.com, the singer also revealed that a new Late of the Pier album is “unlikely” in 2010.

Girl punk trio Vivian Girls will be back in the UK next week in support of a brand new single My Love Will Follow Me. The track is taken from recent album Everything Goes Wrong and will be available from February 3rd.

Catch Vivian Girls on the following dates;

January:

22-Leeds Brudenell Social Club
23- Norwich Arts Centre
24-Southamption Joiners Arms
25-London Trinity Centre Hall
26-London Hoxton Bar and Grill