The Ghost of A Thousand‘s insanely good album is released on 1st June via Epitaph. Titled ‘New Hopes, New Demonstrations‘, the first song to be lifted from this monster of a full-length is called ‘Bright Lights‘ and we have the video available for your viewing pleasure here.
Also look out for them live as they ripped a hole in the Great Escape festival down in Brighton this weekend with a ferocious live set which was talked about around Sussex the entire weekend.
For all you whores out there in Shoreditch, here’s the first line up for this Festival for Sunday 26th July at Shoreditch Park starting at 12pm-9pm. Entrance is £15. Includes entrance to all day festival and ten after parties
BANDS STAGE:
ADVERT // A GRAVE WITH NO NAME // AN EXPERIMENT ON A BIRD IN THE AIR PUMP // A PLACE TO BURY STRANGERS // BANJO OR FREAKOUT // CC-SB // CHROME HOOF // FACTORY FLOOR // FLASHGUNS // HATCHAM SOCIAL // IPSO FACTO // KASMS // LION CLUB // O CHILDREN // POLLY SCATTERGOOD // PROJECT: KOMAKINO // RELICS // S.C.U.M // SILHOUETTE // SLOPPY SECONDS // SUNDERBANS // TELEVISED CRIMEWAVE // VEGAS WHORES // THE WARLOCKS // WILD PALMS // ULTERIOR // VIDEO NASTIES
ELECTRONIC STAGE:
**K // AUTOKRATZ // BOY CRISIS // DEATH TO THE KING // JOE & WILL ASK // KOOL KIDS KLUB // KRAZY BALDHEAD (ED BANGER) // LUNG ROTTER & SEVEN // MODEL FOR MEMORY // MICRON 63 // THE LOVELY JONJO
With many more to be announced soon. All details at www.the1234shoreditch.com
Atlanta’s Manchester Orchestra are back with a cracking new album this month titled ‘Mean Everything To Nothing’ and it’s been on the Crossfire stereo since it arrived.
This week, the band asked us to be the very first website to broadcast their new video to the track In My Teeth so click here to watch it!
‘Mean Everything To Nothing’ is out now on Columbia Records
Lovers of raging hardcore will be stoked to know that US punks Government Warning are playing at Brighton’s Westhill Community Centre on 30th May.
The line up for the night also includes Wasted Time from Richmond USA, Violent Arrest and the mighty Shitty Limits whose debut album is playing weekly here at Crossfire at the moment and kicks arse.
Don’t miss this show as it’s the only one Government Warning are playing.
Battlejam is back at Cargo in London this Friday [15th].
The line up features the usual Beardyman, JFB, Ed Solo steez with this month’s guest musicians being J’M Black, Helleanor Webb and Benji Boko. The fun starts at 8pm and it is absolutely free, so as their slogan goes “crunch beats, not wallets”!
Have some Beardyman goodness to get you in the mood:
Rancid‘s latest single Last One To Die now has a full video, watch it below. New album ‘Let the Dominoes Fall’ should make fans happy. We have a preview CD here of the entire record and it’s rocking! Expect to be happy after waiting for so long!
Dinosaur Jr head back to the UK on June 9th for a show at London’s Forum venue.
Grab tickets quickly as they went on sale this morning (12 May) from here.
Rhymesayers, home to Atmosphere, P.O.S and Brother Ali, have put on another Soundset Festival in Minnesota this year.
The line up for the May event is, frankly, ridiculous and the promo video below shows what is on offer. Minneapolis’ adopted son Abjekt will be out there for this so expect a write-up in early June. Until then, get jealous:
On May 28th, Amnesty will celebrate 48 years of human rights campaigning and advocacy.
Mach Schau presents Dirty Stop Out, Little Barrie and The Dirty Feel in aid of Amnesty International. There will also be DJs, art, comedy and film from Future Shorts with special performances throughout the evening across 3 floors. The fun will take place at the Cobden Club on Kensal Road W10 5BN. The doors open at 7pm and the party will run till 2am.
Neil Thomas of Mach Schau said “It’s a real privilege to be supporting Amnesty International and raising awareness of their causes through an event such as this with music, film, comedy and art under one roof.”
Tickets are only £8 and it’s for a brilliant cause so make sure you pick your ticket up from www.machschau.co.uk or www.ticketweb.co.uk
You can also check out the facebook event here.
The Prodigy‘s latest single Warrior’s Dance released today is below on video for you to view. Invaders Must Die got to number one for a reason, look out for them this summer at UK festivals.
Warrior’s Dance – uncut from The Prodigy on Vimeo.