Necro has been fined $3,000 this weekend.
The controversial rapper was involved in an altercation that left another man with a fractured cheekbone. According to reports, two men accused him of looking at them, with Necro’s lawyer claiming the rapper’s reply was “What’s your problem? I’m not looking at you but I can look at who I fucking want.” Things then got physical and the rapper was arrested and pled guilty to assault.
Slayer have named their new album.
World Painted Blood is set for release later this summer on American Recordigns and will include the track Psychopathy Red which has been put out as a limited-edition 7″ for Record Store Day. Gnarly.
Jay-Z has announced that The Blueprint 3 will be released on September 11th.
The album, the follow up to 2007’s American Gangster, will be produced by Kanye and will be released on Roc Nation. A track from the album was put out online over the weekend entitled Death Of Autotune which you can hear here.
Here’s what else may be on the record…
Vivian Girls will release their new album ‘Everything Goes Wrong’, on September 14.
The album, recorded in six days, is said to be “moodier” than their debut and will be showcased at the group’s one-off UK show at the Lexington in London on June 12th.
The tracklist is:
‘Walking Alone At Night’
‘I Have No Fun’
‘Can’t Get Over You’
‘Desert’
‘Tension’
‘Survival’
‘The End’
‘When I’m Gone’
‘Out For The Sun’
‘I’m Not Asleep’
‘Double Vision’
‘You’re My Guy’
‘Before I Start To Cry’
Gallows are on tour in Europe right now following their successful UK and Irish dates that brought Grey Britain’s clouds down.
Bass player Stu Gili-Ross checked in with Crossfire this morning and reported: “Buggered if I know where the fuck we are right now, but my head hurts, my wallets empty and my ears are ringing! Business as usual then. Playing in a big race track in Nuremburg tonight, should be a blast. I hope they have catering!”
Gallows next single ‘London is the Reason‘ is out on June 15th.
Yep, the latest band to fall into the video game market are none other than The Beatles.
The game will feature 45 of the Fab Four’s tracks for you to have a go at playing along to, and will be released on September 9th. Check the trailer below:
Anti-Flag are streaming their new album.
The People or The Gun‘ is released on Side One Dummy next week but you can listen to it right now by clicking here.
So apparently the Highbury Garage is to be renamed Relentless Garage after everyone’s favourite energy drink. But this means it must be re-opening soon, right?
Yes, over a year and a half after we were first led to believe it was going to be hosting gigs again, it seems they’ve started booking shows once more and one of the first on the cards is The Used on 5th August. That’ll be a sweaty one then. Or maybe they’ve installed air conditioning in the refurb. Here’s hoping…
Danger Mouse has announced he will release an album with folk singer Helena Costas.
The duo will be known as Joker’s Daughter and will release the album The Last Laugh on June 15th. Neutral Milk Hotel’s Scott Spillane will lend horns to the project. The tracklisting for the album is:
‘Worm’s Head’
‘Jessie the Goat’
‘Go Walking’
‘Lucid’
‘JD Folk Blues’
‘The Last Laugh’
‘Under the Influence of Jaffa Cakes’
‘Jelly Belly’
‘Cake and July’
‘Nothing is Ever What it Seems’
‘The Running Goblin’
‘Chasing Ticking Crocodile’
‘Yellow T Pot’
Here’s the video to Worm’s Head:
Dizzee Rascal has confirmed that this next single will be another collaboration with Calvin Harris.
The pair worked together on the Number One single Dance Wiv Me and has been tapped up to produce the beat for Holiday. Dizzee, who is at Number One at the moment with his Armand Van Helden produced Bonkers, will drop a new album this year called Tongue ‘N’ Cheek which he described as “naughty but nice. Just celebrating the good things in life.”