The Government has announced it wants to ban the internet for people who download music and films.
A report was published in June regarding punishment to persistent illegal downloaders but Lord Mandleson has reportedly pushed for stricter penalties. However, the internet service providers have said they are disappointed with the proposal to force them to suspend or ban users with others declaring it a breach of human rights.
Watch this space…
Levis and Vice have teamed up for a new venture.
The aim is to discover the best new designers, painters, artists and more in the UK to have their work displayed on huge sites throughout the capital. The project has no guidelines for the artists other than they should be showing what they think it means to live “unbuttoned”.
Winners will see their work blown up and featured in Camden (The Lock Tavern), Shoreditch (Village Underground) and Soho (The Breakfast Club). The overall winner will work with Vice’s Ben Freeman to bring their artwork up to the size “of a large building”.
The competition closes on September 1st. Go here for more information.
Muse have put 30-second clips of their forthcoming new album ‘The Resistance‘ online.
The snippets can be heard by clicking to their official site and will get you hyped for the release on September 14th. The recently announced gigs in Devon on September 4th and 5th.
Mad Decent’s Toadally Krossed Out will hit London in September.
The amphibian-loving DJs will join Paul Devro, Warrior One, Joy Of Sex, Publicist and Agaskodo Teliverek at Cargo on September 4th for the venue’s long-running Free Friday. It’s going to be interesting to say the least!
Fenix TX will be going back into the studio soon.
The band, who split in 2002, will reform with their original line-up – Donnie Reyes, Adam Lewis, Will Salazar and Damon DeLaPaz – and look set to release a new album in 2010.
Radiohead recently debuted the new song These Are My Twisted Words in Austria.
Check it out below:
Bad Lieutenant, formed by Bernard Sumner of New Order, have announced details of three live UK dates for October.
The group is made up of Sumner guitarist Phil Cunningham, drummer Stephen Morris and Jake Evans. Alex James of Blur fame was also involved in the making of the album Never Cry Another Tear, which is released on October 5th. The UK dates are:
Brighton Digital (October 20)
London Heaven (21)
Manchester Ritz (22)
A Swedish company trying to buy The Pirate Bay torrent site has had its shares suspended.
Reports claim that Hans Pandeya of the Global Gaming Factory owes over half a million pounds to former board member Johan Sellström as well as allegedly owing over £65,000 in tax.
This means that the takeover of The Pirate Bay and subsequent turning it into a legal download site, is on hold.
Another track from the much-anticipated Blueprint 3 album made its way online over the weekend.
Off That features a guest spot from Drake and a beat by Timbaland, check it out below:
The Bravery have announced the release of their third album.
The album, which has not yet got a title and is the follow-up to 2007’s The Sun And The Moon is set for release on November 10. A single, Slow Poison, will be released beforehand and was produced by John Hill, who has worked with the likes of MIA and Santigold.