Big Boi has confirmed there is a new Outkast album in the works.
The rapper has been busy working on his solo album Sir Lucious Leftfoot: Son of Chico Dusty which is set for release this year, but added “For all you Outkast lovers, the album is coming. I’m tired of talking about it, and know y’all are tired of hearing me talk about it. But it’s coming, and the album is fire!”. It’ll be their first since 2003’s massive Speakerboxxx/The Love Below double album.
The Flaming Lips have announced the guests on their upcoming album.
MGMT and Karen O will both feature on Embryonic, which is to be released in the autumn, though no exact date is confirmed. Wayne Coyle said of the record:
“We have MGMT doing a song with us and we have Karen O from the Yeah Yeah Yeahs doing a couple songs with us…For the Karen O tracks, I just called her up in her hotel room and we just did it right over the telephone. It’s pretty absurd.”
The band will also be playing the following UK dates in November:
London Troxy (November 10, 11)
Portsmouth Guildhall (13)
Glasgow O2 Academy (15)
Manchester Academy (16)
Birmingham Academy (17)
Lightning Bolt are to release a new album.
The band’s last was Hypermagic Mountain in 2005 but they announced via their MySpace that they will put out their new record on October 13th entitled Earthly Delight. The band said of the record:
“[It’s] destined to be leaked onto the internet by……hmmm. take a guess, maybe August 31? Early September? You tell me.”
Every Time I Die have posted a song from their upcoming album.
Wanderlust, taken from New Junk Aesthetic [released on September 14th on Epitaph] and can be heard by clicking here. We’re very excited for this album, hurry up September!
From their highly-anticipated debut album ‘Broken Side Of Time‘ (out September 21st), Alberta Cross are set to release ‘ATX‘ as a single on September 14th.
“The song came out of a late night drunken jam,” explains singer Petter Ericson Stakee. “The lyrics are about David Bowie’s ‘The Man Who Fell To Earth‘. It’s about being an alien, being out of place.”
The video for the single is culled from live footage of the band’s recent performances at the Coachella and Bonnaroo festivals, plus last month’s two appearances at Brixton Academy.
September 11th and 12th will see the Indig02 host this year’s DMC World Finals, the 25th Anniversary.
September 11th will see the Battle For Supremacy take place, with last year’s World Champion DJ Switch defending his title against the planet’s very best Supremacy title holders, including this year’s UK winner – DJ Rasp. The Team Battles also take place on the day, to see who will put their name in lights alongside previous winners turned legends – C2C, Scratch Perverts and Allies.
September 12th will host the DJ Championship World Final, as the worlds best DJs compete for the ultimate accolade! PAs from DJ Q Bert and Rob Swift (Ill Insanity / X-Ecutioners) will also be on hand to wow the crowd and as if that wasn’t enough, DJ Yoda will present a special AV performance with a potted history of the 25 years of DMCs.
Make sure you’re there!
Here is C2C’s 2005 routine for you to enjoy:
Converge have revealed the tracklist for their new album.
Axe To Fall will be released on October 20th on Epitaph and features appearances by members of Cave In, Himsa, Genghis Tron, Entombed and Neurosis. The tracklisting is:
01. Dark Horse
02. Reap What You Sow
03. Axe To Fall
04. Effigy
05. Worms Will Feed
06. Wishing Well
07. Damages
08. Losing Battle
09. Dead Beat
10. Cutter
11. Slave Driver
12. Cruel Bloom
13. Wretched World
One of the Vivian Girls has a new project.
Cassie Ramone has teamed up with Woods bassist Kevin Morby, and Justin Sullivan from Bossy to form a group called The Babies. You can check them out at their MySpace page. Meantime, here is some live footage:
Strung Out have set a title and release date for their next album.
The record is called Agents of the Underground and is due out September 29, 2009. Jason Cruz said of the album:
“With Agents Of The Underground, I wanted to acknowledge the fact that we are still alive and kicking just below the consciousness of the mainstream media and are celebrating our place here in “The Underground”, Like a resistance movement, we move freely and without boundaries. We say what we feel and do it all our own way, and we’ve done it all this time without radio, without TV, and without the help of a corporate record label. We are the essence of what the punk rock movement started out as and has strayed so far from. We are living proof that you can succeed by doing things your own way.”
Here’s a reminder of what they’re all about:
Dennis Lyxzen and David Sandstrom have a new band.
The former Refused members are now in AC4 and will be releasing their debut album on Ny Våg Records. You can check out the band’s track Let’s Go To War by clicking here.
Check out some live footage… apparently in someone’s garden: