Category: Music News

Those party-smashers the Urban Nerds have revealed the line up for their Carnival Party on Saturday 29th August.

The event will take place at The Hearn Street Car Park, 16 Hearn Street (off Curtain Road) in Shoreditch with a mammoth line up featuring:

MJ Cole
DJ Zinc (House Set)
Mampi Swift
Mumdance
Rattus Rattus, Klose One & MC Illaman (4 Deck Carnival History Set)
Footloose
Flirta D
The Heatwave (Rinse FM / Soul Jazz)
DJ Vectra (Rinse FM)
MC Shaga
Ordio Kid & MC Lakey
Drama
Dusty Lungs
Daddy Nature (Step:One)

Pick up your tickets here or buy them on the door, but if you do the latter, make sure you get in quick, it’ll be first come first served!

Brother Ali has geared up for his new album with a new website.

The rapper, who releases Us on Rhymesayers on September 21st, has seen his www.brotherali.com site go live and he’s specifically set it up as a place to talk directly to fans. It’s quite simply really, let Ali show you what he thinks:

The Bronx‘s Mexican alter-ego El Bronx have streamed their album.

The mariachi side-project will release the self-titled debut album on September 1st, but you can have a listen right now by clicking here. Check out some live footage of the guys:

Seasick Steve has announced that he will release his next album in October.

‘Man From Another Time’ will be released on October 19th and serves as a follow up to ‘I Started Out With Nothin’ And I Still Got Most Of It Left’ which came out in 2008. The singer is expected to announce a UK tour for November in the near future too. Remind yourself about the man himself with the video below:

Introducing…Seasick Steve!!

Them Crooked Vultures made their UK live debut in London last night.

The supergroup, featuring Foo Fighters’ Dave Grohl, Led Zeppelin’s John Paul Jones and Queens Of The Stone Age’s Josh Homme opened up for Arctic Monkeys last night, shocking a lot of early-comers with their appearance. Homme was in good form, telling people to dance and “whatever you want tonight”. Tracks played included Gunman, Elephant, Daffodils and Caligula amongst others. Click here for the live review.

Gogol Bordello will release a new DVD and CD in October.

Live from Axis Mundi features footage from their sold-out New York gigs in 2007 and will feature the usual bonus footage and extra tracks. It will also come with a CD of unreleased tracks and six tracks from the band’s 2008 BBC session.

Protest the Hero have posted a trailer for their first DVD.

Gallop Meets The Earth will be released on September 15th and features footage of the bands sold-out Toronto show as well as bonus features and hidden content. Check out the trailer below:

Gallop Meets The Earth – Trailer from Vagrant on Vimeo.

Kings Of Leon have announced details of a remix album.

Drummer Nathan Followill said that the idea came from hearing Pharrell and Justin Timberlake had remixed some of their songs without telling them. The album is also likely to feature the likes of Mark Ronson, Lykke Li and Kenna. The band will also release a DVD of their O2 Arena shows in July, saying:

“We figured what better place to make a live DVD than where the fans have been the craziest for the longest?” he said about the reason for choosing a UK gig for filming.

How will this one end up sounding?

Goldielocks‘ Hardknock night is taking over The Legion in Old Street this Friday [August 28th].

The night will see sets from Ruff Sqwad, Shystie, Logan Sama, Dot Rotten, DJ Drama and the lady Goldielocks herself. It’s free before 10pm and only £4 after, so make sure you go down and get your fill of dirty basslines.

If you’ve not already done so, check out our interview with Goldielocks here.

Every Time I Die have posted the video to their new single Wanderlust, taken from their upcoming album New Junk Asthetic:

Every Time I Die – “Wanderlust”