Category: Music News

Our favorite Canadians F***ed Up will play Camden’s Barfly tomorrow (that’s Thursday folks) as part of a special XFM show alongside Rolo Tomassi.

They will also headline PUSH at London’s Mean Fiddler this Saturday night at the ungodly hour of 2am, hot-stepping it from that same night’s gig in Brighton gig in order to scare the London indie kids.

Their UK tour now looks like this:

06 Nov – Barfly, London (XFM show w/ Rolo Tomassi)

07 Nov – 93 Feet East, London

08 Nov – Freebutt, Brighton

08 Nov – PUSH @ Mean Fiddler, London (2am onstage)

09 Nov – Barfly, Birmingham

10 Nov – The Zodiac, Oxford

11 Nov – Cavern, Exeter

12 Nov – Clwb Ifor Bach, Cardiff

13 Nov – Sugarmill, Stoke

14 Nov – Bodega, Nottingham

15 Nov – Kasbah, Coventry

16 Nov – King Tuts, Glasgow

17 Nov – Corporation, Sheffield

18 Nov – Cockpit, Leeds19 Nov – Roadhouse, Manchester

20 Nov – GYC, Guildford

17 Dec – Underworld, London

Fight Like Apes headline the November tour, fresh from touring with The Tings Tings and the release of their new single ‘Jake Summers’.

Full November Tour Details:

Mon 10th Nov– Shoreditch Old Blue Last

Weds 19th Nov– Brighton Audio

Thurs 20th Nov– Camden Barfly

Fri 21st Nov– Birmingham Barfly

Sun 23rd Nov– Liverpool Barfly

Mon 24th Nov – Glasgow Barfly

Weds 26th Nov– Soho, The Fly

ManMakeMusic have finally found a place to call home this winter. A hand picked selection of international headliners will play extended two and a half hour sets in the unusually intimate setting of The Last Days of Decadence a brand spanking new venue on Shoreditch High Street in East London. Expect quality peak time selections from some of dance music’s greatest DJs and innovators, old and new.

This club night will premere on November 8th, then continue on the Second Saturday of every month. You’ll pay £6 on concession lists/adv tickets before 10pm and then £8 after, it will be free before 9pm.

The list of headliners include (all play from 12:00am -2:30am):

8th of November – Petter (Border Community) – Man Make Music
13th of Decemeber – Kode9 (Hyperdub) – Man Make Bass
10th January – Soul Jazz Soundsystem (100% Dynamite) – Man Make Soul
14th of February – Alexander Robotnick – Man Make Disco

Residents: Sketchy, Another Amit, Noel Mas

Promo mixes for each night mixed by Noel Mas can be downloaded from here.

Chi Cheng, bassist for Sacramento-based rock band, Deftones, has been hospitalized for injuries resulting from a serious car accident which occurred on Monday November 3rd. Cheng is currently under doctors supervision in an Intensive Care unit. He is in a serious but stable condition. Cheng’s mother urges everyone to say a prayer for his recovery.

No further details about Chi’s condition are available at press time. Members of his band, Deftones, along with family and friends request privacy at this time.

The Prodigy have announce their fifth studio album will be out in March titled Invaders Must Die. Whilst the Brixton Academy tickets have sold out (in 2 hours I might add!), there is still an opportunity to catch them at their other UK dates listed below.

Arena tour details:

5th April – Cardiff International Arena
6th April – Newcastle Metro Radio Arena
7th April- Glasgow SECC
9th April – Birmingham NIA
10th April – Manchester MEN Arena
11th April – Nottingham Trent FM Arena
13th April – Sheffield Arena
14th April – Brighton Centre
17th April – London Wembley Arena

Rolo Tomassi have released a new video online. Having released their debut album ‘Hysterics’, the band are now set to release the first single ‘I Love Turbulence’ on December 15th.

UK Tour dates with The Ghost of a Thousand:

13 Dec – Westend Centre, Aldershot
14 Dec – The Cavern, Exeter
15 Dec – Satans Hollow, Manchester
16 Dec – King Tuts, Glasgow
17 Dec – Barfly, Birmingham
18 Dec – Borderline, London
19 Dec – Freebutt, Brighton

Other shows coming up include:

6 Nov – Camden, Barfly w/F****d up (XFM Xposure)
7 Nov – Derby, Snug Social
8 Nov – The Engine Rooms, Brighton w/Don Caballero
9 Nov – 93 Feet East, London Hokaben festival
14 Nov – Clwb Ifor Bach, Cardiff SWN festival
21 Nov – Forum, Tunbridge Wells
22 Nov – Underworld, London w/Genghis Tron, The Network and Behold the Arctopus

Haunts are set to release a remix of ‘News‘ and release the single ‘London’s Burning‘ as an exclusive FREE download this week including a cover of White Wedding by Billy Idol.

We had the pleasure of watching this band rehearse a little while ago and they are one of the tightest bands around. Look out for them.

The Gaslight Anthem have been causing waves with their supreme sound.

They will release their second single from ‘The ’59 Sound’ called ‘Old White Lincoln’ on December 1st and also sign some stuff at the Vans store in Carnaby Street on the same day. Whatever you do, don’t miss this tour as this could be the last you will see them in smallish venue.

December Tour Dates:

1st London, Vans Store (signing session)
3rd: Glasgow, Garage
4th Manchester, Academy 3
5th London, LA2

American rapper Kenan Bell is heading to the UK on tour.

The hip hop star will be showcasing material from his upcoming Good Day EP which is out on November 17th.The tour dates are:

13 Nov Thekla Bristol
14 Nov Club NME at KOKO (18+) London
17 Nov MTV Event at Cargo (18+) London,
19 Nov Hoxton Bar and Kitchen London
15 Nov Stealth vs. Rescue at The Rescue Rooms (18+) Nottingham
16 Nov The Cockpit – Room3 (16+) Leeds
20 Nov Barfly Cardiff
22 Nov The Plug w/ Simian Mobile Disco Sheffield
23 Nov The Loft Castleford

www.myspace.com/theblackkenanbell

The ‘Pimp My Pak’ competition is Eastpak’s challenge to concert-goers to test their creativity to the max. At each date of the UK leg of the Eastpak Antidote Tour, fans are being encouraged to bring along their very own customized Eastpak backpacks.

Eastpak are of course famed for their backpack design but they want to see what the British public can do to make them extra special. So, get out your sewing kit, paints and best artistic imagination to the ready and have a go at making your own backpack stand out amongst the crowd. At each date, special Eastpak representatives will be keeping an eagle eye out for those who’ve made the most effort and they’ll pick one very lucky winner who’ll receive assorted goodies from Eastpak and the bands involved as well as the chance to meet and get their picture taken with Flogging Molly and Street Dogs after the show! What more could you want?