Category: Music News

Darkest Hour have the whole of their new face-melting album streamed for your listening pleasure.

Check out The Eternal Return album by clicking here. The record is out now! Meantime, check out their studio footage:

The Cribs have announced the release of their fourth album ‘Ignore The Ignorant‘ on September 7th through Wichita.

The band’s first recording with ex-Smiths guitarist Johnny Marr was produced and mixed by Nick Launay (Yeah Yeah Yeahs / Pil / Arcade Fire / Nick Cave) at Seedy Underbelly Studio, Laurel Canyon, LA and British Grove in London.

The full track listing is:

1. ‘We Were Aborted’
2. ‘Cheat On Me’
3. ‘We Share The Same Skies’
4. ‘City Of Bugs’
5. ‘Hari Kari’
6. ‘Last Year’s Snow’
7. ‘Emasculate Me’
8. ‘Ignore The Ignorant’
9. ‘Save Your Secrets’
10. ‘Nothing’
11. ‘Victim Of Mass Production’
12. ‘Stick To Yr Guns’

Single ‘Cheat On Me‘ will be released on August 30th ahead of the band’s headline tour – their first since taking Portland indie-pop legends The Thermals on tour with them in April.

Dates as follows:

September
21 – Academy, Dublin
22 – Mandela Hall, Belfast
24 – UEA, Norwich
25 – Junction, Cambridge
26 – O2 Academy, Liverpool
28 – University, Hull
29 – Barrowlands, Glasgow
30 – University, Newcastle

October
02 – Apollo, Manchester
03 – Engine Shed, Lincoln
04 – O2 Academy, Leeds
06 – Lemon Grove, Exeter
07 – Guildhall, Southampton
08 – Assembly Rooms, Leamington Spa
10 – Anson Rooms, Bristol
15 – HMV Forum, London

Here’s the video for The Crib’s annoyingly catchy dance floor filler ‘Hey Scenesters‘:

Cheeky Cardiffians Future of The Left have confirmed that they are to play a low-key warm-up London show at the newly-refurbished Garage next month, ahead of their first ever headline US tour. The show follows the release of their incredible new album ‘Travels With Myself And Another’ today!

They’ll also be playing a show in Leeds. The dates for both shows are:

4th July – The Faversham, Leeds GB
10th July – Upstairs @ The Garage, London GB

Here’s the video for recent single ‘The Hope That House Built’:

Oneida have announced a trip across the pond for a European tour this August.

The Brooklyn band will be playing the following UK and Irish headline dates, the first three of which will feature a light show by Johnny O of Rocket Recordings (home to opening act Teeth Of The Sea):

August
17 Brighton, Prince Albert
18 London, Garage
19 Bristol, The Croft
20 Cork, Crane Lane Theatre Midnight show, free entry
21 Belfast, Black Box
22 Dublin, Whelans

Rated O, the second instalment of Oneida’s much-anticipated Thank Your Parents triptych, will be released on Jagjaguwar on July 13th

Watch a video of Oneida playing live last year here:

Simian Mobile disco will release ‘Audacity of Huge‘ on the 3rd of August followed by ‘Temporary Pleasure‘ on the 17th of August.

They will then hit the following dates to showcase their material. The video for ‘Audacity of Huge’ is also below.

September
24 – Solus, Cardiff
25 – Plug, Sheffield
26 – Stylus, Leeds
30 – Concorde 2, Brighton

October
02 – Forum, London
03 – The Warehouse Project, Manchester
06 – O2 Academy, Oxford
07 – Digital, Newcastle
08 – ABC, Glasgow
09 – Stealth & Rescue Rooms, Nottingham
10 – The Institute, Birmingham

A new video about a roller derby directed by teenage ET star Drew Barrymore is about to be released in the US. Rock and roller Juliette Lewis gets back to her acting days alongside ‘Juno’ star Ellen Page and total knobhead Har Mar Superstar. The best thing about this movie so far is the news that Nashville rockers Turbo Fruits are in it too. Find them here and discover them before they arrive in September.

As Blur head around the country on their reunion tour, a widget has been made for fans to get closer to the band.

You will be able to see exclusive footage and gain the latest information on the band. Check out our review of Blur in Southend here. Midlife: A Beginner’s Guide To Blur is out now.

Alexisonfire have released the video for the track Young Cardinals taken from the new album Old Crows Young Cardinals.

Everyone loves a bit of dirty dancing now and again and Smutlee‘s new mix is the perfect soundtrack.

The DJ recently provided a mix for Sinden’s Kiss FM show and has put it up for download. Click here to get the beats.

Air will release their new album Love 2 in October.

The French duo’s new record will be their first since Pocket Symphony in 2007 and will be preceded by the single Do The Joy on July 7th and Sing Sang Sung on August 25th. The tracklisting is:

‘Do The Joy’
‘Love’
‘So Light Is Her Footfall’
‘Be A Bee’
‘Missing The Light Of The Day’
‘Tropical Disease’
‘Heaven’s Light’
‘Night Hunter’
‘Sing Sang Sung’
‘Eat My Beat’
‘You Can Tell It To Everybody’
‘African Velvet’