Placebo have been added to the iTunes Festival bill.
The band will play the Roundhouse in London on July 14th as part of the month long festival. Remind yourself of what to expect with For What It’s Worth below, taken from their recently released album Battle For The Sun:
Track of the Day comes from Descendents with a live version of Milo Goes to College. You can’t beat this.
To coincide with the release of 5 singles and the re-issue of their debut album, The Stone Roses have launched a new interactive website.
The www.thestoneroses20.com site allows users to log in and vote for their favourite piece of Roses content online, whether it’s a video, photo or blog. The site also features all the latest news, videos, a gig archive and podcasts featuring the Roses themselves and the likes of Oasis’ Noel Gallagher.
The release dates for the singles are:
6th July – ‘Elephant Stone’ (with limited edition box, plus 5 art prints)
13th July – ‘Made Of Stone’
20th July – ‘She Bangs The Drums’
27th July – ‘Fools Gold’
3rd August – ‘One Love’
The album is re-issued on August 10th.
Cult club crew Buraka Som Sistema have announced a new single release.
IC19 will be released on July 20th and will feature remixes from A1 Bassline, Mikix The Cat and James Talk amongst others. In addition, BSS are about to start work on the Blood Diamond mixtape, more details of which are set to be revealed soon.
Check out the video for their banger Sound Of Kuduro:
After the recent release of their sizzling debut LP, ‘SPAYED‘ and the subsequent European UK support slot with The Gossip, KASMs are back! ‘Absent Without Leave/Murmur‘ is their new double single, to be released for download on August 10th through trouble records.
Whilst ‘Murmur‘ has already staked it’s claim on album ‘Spayed‘ and as the band’s favoured show closer, ‘Absent Without Leave’ is a brand new addition to the KASMs inventory. Utilising their usual reel-to-reel recording process, the track was written and committed to record live in one day in band member Rory Brattwell’s own studio space. The idea behind this freeform style of recording being to capture the live energy in which their snowballing reputation is rooted and document the exhilarating sound and attitude they have created during their time together as a band.
Kasms have also just been confirmed to play Reading and Leeds Festival in August.
Here’s a video of Kasms playing Murmur live in Glasgow on their recent tour with The Gossip:
Oklahoma psychedelic pop wonders The Flaming Lips have confirmed their first UK tour in three years, ahead of the release of their forthcoming double album ‘Embryonic‘.
Joining The Flaming Lips on the tour are the support acts Stardeath and White Dwarfs – featuring Wayne Coyne’s nephew. The Flaming Lips are set to play the following dates:
November
10 London Troxy
13 Portsmouth Guildhall
15 Glasgow O2 Academy
16 Manchester Academy
17 Birmingham Academy
To give you an idea of what to expect from a Flaming Lips set, here’s a clip from a recent performance in Helsinki:
Best news of the day is that the Pixies are back with a DOOLITTLE Tour in October. London, Dublin and Glasgow. Expect the legendary album in its entirety to celebrate their 20th Anniversary. In other news the Minitaur boxset that was scheduled for June 15th will now be out in September. Click here for all the details.
DATES:
Dublin Olympia (October 1, 2)
Glasgow SECC (4)
O2 Academy Brixton (6, 7, 8, 9)
It’s always fantastic to discover some new music. This week we introduce you to North Atlantic Oscillation formed with people from Scotland biggest cities, Edinburgh and Glasgow. If you are a fan of Grandaddy and Super Furry Animals NAO could well be your next big love.
If you love heavy metal and are a fan of Black Sabbath then you are going to be stoked to know that both the albums, Black Sabbath and Master of Reality are re-released today with loads of extra tracks and out takes from the studio sessions.
These out takes are priceless, legendary songs The Wizard for example have Ozzy singing different lyrics to the track as the rest of the band are shouting at him through mics and instrumentals can also act as singalongs in your bedroom, plus of course you end up with 2 of the best heavy metal albums of all time too all remastered and ready to go to 11.
Go find them this week before they are all sold out! Click here for some Sabbath love from Bill Ward!
Crossfire faves The Gaslight Anthem rolled back into the UK this weekend to play 2 of the most monumental shows of their career so far. Both performances at Glastonbury Festival and Hard Rock Calling at Hyde Park on Saturday and Sunday respectively featured collabs with the Boss, Bruce Springsteen who has fallen in love with the band over the last few months. Watch footage of the New Jersey quartet set at Glastonbury here and below for an interview with Brian Fallon and Alex Levine for Absolute Radio.