Category: Music News

Foreign Beggars have teamed up with director Chris Cairns for one of the greatest videos ever to hit the web.

They are involved with The Neurosonics Audiomedical Laboratory, which is described as the “Kingdom of the unreal but also a higher state of being, ultimately free of the limitations of the material world through the agency of science, technology, and imagination.” Along with Dr Syntax, Stig and beatboxer Shlomo, they’re being scratched and hit by the legendary Scratch Perverts. Watch out for their new single “Contact” coming out on October 5th with the album “United Colours Of Beggattron” following on the 19th.

Bangers.

Fake Problems just destroyed Reading and Leeds Festivals with their incredible sound and are back in October to support Frank Turner on tour around the UK. Check out their most recent video for forthcoming single Diamond Rings as it’s a corker!

Georgia’s hottest new band are back in the UK following a successful tour with none other than Dinosaur Jr. Dead Confederate play The Legion tonight at 9.30pm in Shoreditch, London and are ready for a UK assault. Watch them now before they start moving up to bigger venues, you will not regret it! Here’s a taste of what’s to come with the epic single The Rat.

Dead Confederate – “The Rat”

Gallows have just returned from 3.5 months on the Vans Warped Tour last week and destroyed Reading and Leeds this weekend! Frank Carter led his Mum out on stage again and even shed a tear from the happiness of the raging crowds that were waiting for them at both festivals. Check their new video for ‘I Dread The Night‘. We have no idea if this is a single release but the video has just surfaced on the web overnight. Enjoy this and get your tickets for their explosive October shows now before they sell out.

Jay-Z has announced a date in London.

The rapper will hit the Roundhouse on September 17th to support his upcoming new album The Blueprint 3 which is released via Roc Nation on September 14th. Tickets will go on sale at 9am on Friday 4th September from www.livenation.co.uk so make sure you get up early to get yours!

Def Jux have released their latest Def Jux Presents… album.

The album, the fourth in the series, features music from Camu Tao [R.I.P.], Cage, Mr Lif, Rob Sonic and the head honcho himself El-P. Hit the link here and grab the album, along with a host of other goodies that are available, including t-shirts, posters and stickers.

The Fall Of Troy have released a song from their upcoming album.

The record will be called In The Unlikely Event and is due to be released on October 6th, with Terry Date on production duties. You can check out the track Panic Attack by clicking here.

Foo Fighters have announced they will release a ‘Best Of’ album this year.

The collection will be called Greatest Hits and will be released on November 2. There will be new tracks featured on the record called Wheels and Word Forward as well as favourites such as Learn To Fly, Best Of You and Everlong.

DJ AM sadly passed away this weekend.

The DJ who survived a plane crash last year was found dead in his apartment. We’ll remember him for his excellent work in hip hop – check out his work with Travis Barker from last year:

He just doesn’t stop putting new albums out and Ghostface has continued that trend with details of the latest release from the Wu Tang rapper.

The Wizard Of Poetry is set for release at the end of September and will focus on an Oz-like state. Yeah, we’ve no idea what it’ll be like either, but reports are that it will have a fair chunk of R&B in it. Can Ghost get away with that? Only time will tell. Check out the cover to the right. Golden.