Category: Music News

Minnesota metallers American Head Charge have decided to call it a day after 12 years, in which time they produced 3 full length studio albums. The reason for the split is due to a lack of commitment from singer Cameron Heacock.

“We’ve been ready and waiting for input from Cameron for almost two years; we’ve written and recorded two albums worth of material in that time. At this point, he no longer gives being in this band any sort of top priority, which is so sad seeing as how he has such an amazing and unique voice” says bassist Chad Hanks.

Felt, the duo of Murs and Atmosphere’s Slug, are back with Felt 3.

But the revolving door for production duties is still a mystery. With The Grouch handling beats on the first album and Slug’s Atmosphere partner Ant picking it up the baton for the second, bets are flooding in for who is going to be the beat-maker on the next installment.

Exciting isn’t it?

Mayer Hawthorne has posted the video to his track Maybe So, Maybe No.

The track comes from A Strange Arrangement which drops in September and it one of our most anticipated albums here at Crossfire HQ. Check out the video which features skating, a record stall on the street and freaking tasty looking burger.

Mayer Hawthorne – Maybe So, Maybe No from Stones Throw on Vimeo.

The London quartet that is Haunts are back with an EP featuring ‘Love Is Blind‘ and variations on that theme in the form of remixes of the track done by the likes of L’Amour La Morgue.

Haunts have just been on tour with those ferocious Sharks over the past week or so with the finale happening Upstairs at The Garage on 13th August.

Love Is Blind from Haunts on Vimeo.

Brilliant Scots Twin Atlantic have unveiled their latest video which is described by frontman Sam McTrusty as being about “the way American culture is everywhere.

So much so that loads of bands put on fake American accents in hopes to be more commercially viable in the US, while it was important to us to stay true to our roots and just be ourselves.” And so they have. No John Wayne accents here. The single is released digitally on 7th September with a 7″ following the week after, along with mini-album ‘Vivarium‘. Catch them on the following headline dates –

SEP 11: INVERNESS, Ironworks
SEP 12: ABERDEEN, Moshulu
SEP 13: DUNDEE, Fat Sams
SEP 17: YORK, Fibbers
SEP 18: STOKE, Sugarmill
SEP 19: LIVERPOOL, Korova
SEP 20: NOTTINGHAM, Bodega
SEP 21: BIRMINGHAM, Hare & Hounds
SEP 24: CARLISLE, Brickyard
SEP 25: HULL, Lamp
SEP 26: SOUTHAMPTON, Joiners
SEP 27: CARDIFF, Clwb Ifor Bach
SEP 29: LONDON, Old Blue Last
SEP 30: LONDON, Garage (w/ The Joy Formidable)
OCT 01: OXFORD, Bullingdon Arms
OCT 02: EDINBURGH, Studio 24
OCT 04: BELFAST, Auntie Annie’s
OCT 05: GALWAY, Roisin Dubh
OCT 06: DUBLIN, Academy 2
OCT 07: CORK, Cyprus Ave
 

In my early years I used to wake up and watch the Bones Brigade on video before hitting the streets of Surrey and it happened pretty much daily. Back then Mr Tommy Guerrero was one of the coolest of that clan and nowadays he still dedicates his life in bringing skateboarding to new people and also loves his music. Film maker Dan Wolfe was involved in their last music video featuring the cinematic soundscape that is Jet Black Crayon, watch the video below for Lost in the Fog if you missed it last year as old news is always good news.

Another Ruffhousing event has been announced in London.

The free night will take place at Marketplace in central London from 8pm and features the line-up below:

The Heatwave (Soul Jazz)
Alexander Nut (Rinse FM)
Reecha (Dirty Canvas)
FACT magazine DJs

www.marketplace-london.com

Last week saw some rap drama as Joe Budden got hit in the face.

The rapper was apparently hit by one of Raekwon’s entourage at the Rock The Bells festival after an altercation. However, sources quote the Wu Tang rapper as saying “Yo, on my children, no one was supposed to get touched, dude got jumpy, touched him, shouldn’ta happened, that was not my intention.”

Check out Budden’s video from after the punch, complete with ice-pack.

Willy DeVille has died.

The founder of Mink DeVille, who were on of the most lauded punk bands of the late 70s, passed away last week after losing his fight against pancreatic cancer. A spokesperson said:”The rock world has lost another one of its influential pioneers.”

Crystal Castles saw a festival shut down during their set at the weekend.

The Hard Festival in LA was closed after fans began jumping from the stands to the floor as the 17,000 capacity crowd at the all night party were shuttled out by riot police.The festival commented “We are terribly sorry. Inglewood PD made the decision to shut down the event tonight much to our astonishment and yours. There are many questions to answer, rest assured you will not be left hanging. Please get back soon. The show must go on…”