Category: Music News

Architects’ UK tour has been announced, with the London date having been switched to the Islington Academy.

The dates are:

10.01.2009 Yeovil The Orange Box
11.01.2009 Plymouth White Rabbit
12.01.2009 Exeter Cavern
13.01.2009 Newport TJs
14.01.2009 Birmingham Academy
15.01.2009 Colchester The Twist
16.01.2009 Liverpool Barfly
17.01.2009 Manchester Academy 3
18.01.2009 Leeds Rios
19.01.2009 Glasgow Cathouse
21.01.2009 Edinburgh Studio 24
22.01.2009 Newcastle upon Tyne Academy 2
23.01.2009 Sheffield Corporation
24.01.2009 Stoke On Trent Sugarmill
25.01.2009 Peterborough The Park
26.01.2009 Norwich Waterfront
27.01.2009 Portsmouth Wedgewood Rooms
29.01.2009 Oxford Academy
30.01.2009 London – Islington Academy w/ Your Demise + Special Guest ** Change of venue**
31.01.2009 Brighton Concorde 2 w/ Your Demise + Special Guest

Check out the video for Early Grave:

ARCHITECTS – Early Grave (Official Video)

www.myspace.com/architectsuk

Aesop Rock has announced a Weathermen album will be released in 2009.

The group, which consists of Aes, Cage, Yak Ballz, Tame One and El-P, will drop their album this year and Aesop promised it will not be “some thrown together back-burner bullshit posse album comprised of mail-in 16s and unnecessary collabs. no filler.”

He also announced that the new Cage album is done with Aesop providing a couple of beats and finally said that he [Aes] is working on a project with Rob Sonic, and is looking to release this stuff “in some unconventional fashion at some point in 09”

Hip Hop Hooray!

www.myspace.com/weathermenunderground

Mongrel will travel to Venezuela to make music with President Hugo Chavez.

The band, featuring members of Babyshambles, Arctic Monkeys and Reverend And The Makers said:

“The Mongrel thing is just going to roll and roll, we’ve got plans to go and do a second record out in Venezuela with Hugo Chavez. Their culture’s kind of exploded and Chavez has put a lot of his wealth into restoring the indigenous culture and stuff…We’re going to do a kind of Buena Vista Social Club style thing out there with some of their drummers, and hip hop people and horn sections and stuff. It should be fun man. Venezuela is like the new Jamaica, or Brazil, or Cuba, it’s kicking off”.

www.myspace.com/wearemongrel

The Gaslight Anthem will be touring the UK in February and March.

You can check them out here:

February:
2nd Portsmouth @ Wedgewood Rooms
3rd Birmingham @ Academy
4th Manchester @ Academy 2
5th Bristol @ Academy 2
6th Brighton @ Concorde
8th London @ Shepherds Bush Empire (NME Awards Show)

March:
2nd Norwich @ Waterfront
3rd Nottingham @ Rock City
4th Dublin @ The Academy

Check out the video for single Old White Lincoln here:

www.myspace.com/thegaslightanthem

Ida Maria has announced that she will be giving a lucky fana once in a lifetime chance to see her play the Barents Spektakel festival on January 30th in the Arctic Circle!

Ida will be taking the trip back home to Kirkenes to play in a town which could reach -30, with the warmest temperature likely to be -5! A special site has been set up at www.idamariacompetition.co.uk with fans being asked to fill in the missing word of the video to be in with a chance of winning the amazing prize on offer.

Ida’s new single Oh My God will be released on January 26th

Haunts have announced a UK tour to support Black Eyed Girl, their single out on February 23rd.

The dates are:

January

17th – Nottingham – Stealth vs Rescued
18th – Leeds – Cockpit
20th – Stoke – Sugarmill
22nd – Bristol – Thekla (Death from Above)
23rd – Northampton – Roadmender
24th – Oxford – Academy (Transmission)
26th – Leicester – Charlotte
27th – Brighton – Engine Rooms
28th – Southampton – Hamptons
29th – London – Proud Gallery (Rif Raf)
30th – Cardiff – Barfly
31st – Exeter – Cavern

February

3rd – Liverpool – Barfly
4th – Manchester – Moho Live
5th – York – Fibbers
6th – Middlesbrough – Uncle Alberts
8th – Glasgow – King Tuts
10th – Carlisle – Brickyard
11th – Birmingham – The Rainbow
12th – Kidderminster – The Tap House

www.myspace.com/haunts

Check out the new video of single ‘Taxidermy‘ by London art punks Kasms featuring Rory Attwell who was in Test Icicles with a line up that looks like it will rock 2009! Scream your way out of your stockings this xmas for this lot! Taxidermy will be out on Trouble Records at the end of January.

Portishead have started bringing together ideas for their fourth album.

Geoff Barrow recently told the BBC:

“When everyone’s had a bit of a break, I think we’re just going to plough onto it. I think we’re kind of there now. We’ve sat down and we’ve talked about the direction and stuff like that. Everyone seems really positive about it. And I think everybody at some point wants to get back out on the road, because we didn’t really do an awful lot of live stuff. What’s really interesting is that we’re in this lucky position now. We haven’t got a record company; our deal ended and so did our publishing deal.

www.portishead.com

Check out a live version of innerpartysystem’s Don’t Stop. The single will be released on February 9th:

www.innerpartysystem.com

Our good mate DJ Matman has put a new mix up to celebrate the No Fuss night in Shoreditch.

This 23 minute mix is full of bangers, so click here to get it, free!

Intro ft. Marley Marl
Dizzee Rascal – Pussyole [Matman’s Old School remix]
busta rhymes – Don’t Touch Me [Throw Da Water On ‘Em]
Jay-Z – Encore [Catchdubs Remix]
Beenie Man – obama
Unknown Artist – Ragga Remix of BlackRob’s ‘Whoa’
Missy Elliot – Get Ur Freak On / Brown Paper Bag (Matman Blend)
NWA – Dopeman
Kidz In The Hall – Drivin Down The Block (Matman Remix ft Masta Ace)
Buju Banton – Champion (Matman’s Buff Nuff Blend)
Ldj ft.Redman – Get Ya Gun
Shinehead – Know Fe Chat / Roni Zize – Number 1 Rmx (MatmanBlend)
Wayne Smith – Under Mi Sleng Teng
Kenny Ken – Everyman (Benny Page Remix)

www.djmatman.blogspot.com