Category: Music News

High On Fire will release their new album in March.

Snakes For The Devine will be released on March 8th. on Century Media Records. It’s the band’s fifth album and was produced by Greg Fidelman, who was the man behind the boards of Slayer’s World Painted Blood. The tracklist for the album is:

1) Snakes For The Divine
2) Frost Hammer
3) Bastard Samurai
4) Ghost Neck
5) The Path
6) Fire Flood and Plague
7) How Dark We Pray
8) Holy Flames Of The Firespitter

HIGH ON FIRE – “Hung, Drawn, and Quartered”

HIGH ON FIRE | MySpace Music Videos

Mos Def dropped one of the albums of 2009 and has just released a new video from it.

History features his Black Star colleague Talib Kweli and is a sure-fire tune. Fantastic looking video too, check it out:

Mos Def Feat. Talib Kweli-History (Creative Control Color Edit) from Creative Control on Vimeo.

Animal Collective have released a new video today for track Brother Sport from their 2009 lauded LP Merriweather Post Pavilion. View the eggsellent results here.

D&B’s hottest rising star Sub Focus has a new single out.

Could This Be Real is taken from his self-titled album of last year and will be released on January 18th. Have a look at the video below and check him out at Pendulum’s “Earstorm” night.

Crossfire favourites Fake Problems are back in the UK in April.

The band, who supported Frank Turner at the end of last year, will be playing 11 shows in April as well as the European Groezrock Festival [alongside the likes of A.F.I., Hatebreed, Bad Religion and Sum 41]. The full list of dates is:

12-Apr – Norwich – Water Rats
13-Apr – Bristol – Thekla
14-Apr – Birmingham – O2 Academy 3
15-Apr – London – Barfly
16-Apr – Oxford – Bullingdon
17-Apr – Manchester – Roadhouse
18-Apr – Glasgow – O2 ABC 2
19-Apr – Newcastle – The Cluny
20-Apr – Nottingham – Rock City Basement
21-Apr – Leeds – The Cockpit
22-Apr – Portsmouth – Wedgewood Rooms

Pendulum will headline the Earstorm night at London’s Matter on January 22nd it has been announced.

The band will be previewing material from their upcoming album Immersion during their DJ set and will be joined on the bill by Zane Lowe, Sinden, Herve, Sub Focus, Noisia, The Glitch Mob and more. Tickets are available from www.matterlondon.com so get in quick.

Don’t forget Pendulum are also touring the UK in May, including a date at London’s Wembley Arena:

17th – Ulster Hall, Belfast
18th – Olympia, Dublin
20th – Corn Exchange, Edinburgh
21st – Empress Ballroom, Blackpool
22nd – Dome, Doncaster
25th – Centre, Brighton
26th – Academy, Birmingham
28th – Wembley Arena, London
29th – Arena, Cardiff
30th – Pavillions, Plymouth
31st – Oasis Centre, Swindon

Blockhead and Aesop Rock have put a “New Year’s Gift” up for download.

The producer and rapper who worked closely on Aesop’s Float and Labor Days album have put a 10 year old demo called Jinx Planet up for download. The beat was made in 2000 and an explanation of it, along with the download itself can be found here. Whilst you’re waiting for it to download, check out a newer Aesop Rock song:

Mos Def will play Koko in London.

The rapper, who released The Ecstatic last year, will hit the capital on April 15th.

Idlewild have announced details of a new UK tour.

The band will play the following dates in March with set to be announced in April.

3rd – Bristol Thekla
4th – Gloucester Guildhall
5th – Plymouth Hippo
8th – Reading Sub 89
9th – Brighton Concorde
11th – Liverpool Masque
12th – Preston 53 Degrees

All Tomorrow’s Parties have announced that curator and Simpsons nutjob Matt Groening have added Iggy and the Stooges to the lineup for the weekend at Butlins in Minehead on May 7th-9th 2010. Built To Spill were also added to the line up today alongside Coco Rosie, James Chance and Les Contortions, Thee Oh Sees, Juana Molina, Lightning Dust and Konono N1.