Category: Music News

The Cure have announced who has remixed their new Hypnagogic States EP.

AFI, 30 Seconds To Mars, Gerard Way, Fall Out Boy and 65 Days Of Static will be on remix duty for the release which is out today. The full tracklisting is:

1. The Only One (Remix by 30 Seconds to Mars)
2. Freakshow (Wolves at the Gate Remix by Jade Puget (AFI))
3. Sleep When I’m Dead (Remmix4 by Gerard Way (MCR) and Julien K)
4. The Perfect Boy (Remix4 by Patrick Stump and Pete Wentz (FOB))
5. Exploding Head Syndrome (4 Single Remix by 65 Days of Static)

www.thecure.com

Dizzee Rascal and the Sugarhill Gang are set to record a song together.

Master Gee recently told BBC 6music that the crew had met Dizzee in New York and now plan on going into the studio with him. The Sugarhill Gang saw him perform and said he put on a “kick ass show” and that they’re working on new material for an album slated for an early 2009 release. Gee also said:

“We’ve been in the studio with a lot of young and up-and-coming producers. We’re writing and we’re playing some stuff ourselves. It’s hot, definitely.”

www.dizzeerascal.co.uk

Canadian producer/DJ Ghislain Poirier has released a new mix.

The 75 minute mix contains his usual quota of bashment, ragga, hip hop and dancehall including music from Guadeloupe, Martinique, Jamaica, Sweden, France, Burkina Faso, South Africa, Haïti, Barbados, Trinidad, UK and Senegal. Click here to grab the mix for free!

www.myspace.com/ghislainpoirier

Biffy Clyro have started writing for their new album.

The band, who released Puzzle last year, say that the new tracks are influenced by The White Sripes and, bizarrely, horses. Simon Neil said:

“When just the two of them play together it always sounds like a ‘White Stripes’ record. That’s how I feel about Biffy. If we can do it ourselves we can make any kind of music.There’ll be a lot of songs about horses. The album is going to sound like 12 fuck-off horny stallion studs!”

www.myspace.com/biffyclyro

Metallica have gone straight in at number one with their new album.

Death Magnetic pipped Glasvegas at the top of the album charts after the album, which was due to be released on Friday 12th was brought forward by two days.

Glasvegas’ James Allan stated that he never expected to beat the metal giants to the top spot.

www.metallica.com

The Shoreditch Shuffle will take place this weekend.

The two day event will span 15 venues in Shoreditch, East London on the 13th and 14th of September. The festival will feature music from the likes of 5 O’Clock Heroes, Kid Carpet and Stig of the Dump as well as a Pearl Lowe fashion show and live art from artists such as Kev Munday. For more details check out the link below.

www.whos-jack.co.uk

Dead Meadow have announced some European tour dates this month.

The band will play the End Of The Road Festival followed by the following gigs:

13 Sep : Civic Hall Bar, Wolverhampton
14 Sep : Roadhouse, Manchester
15 Sep : The Faversham, Leeds
16 Sep : Speakeasy, Belfast
17 Sep : Whelans, Dublin
18 Sep : Roisin Dubh, Galway
20 Sep : 229, London

www.myspace.com/deadmeadow

Lamb Of God have set up a webcam in their studio.

The band will be streaming live pictures of themselves in the New York studio as they work with producer Josh Wilbur on their forthcoming album, which is still untitled. You can check the pictures at the link below.

www.lamb-of-god.com

Angels and Airwaves will be recording their new album in January.

The band confirmed the work would begin on the follow up to I-Empire and Tom Delonge also addressed the possibility of a Blink-182 reunion saying:

“Poppy music is coming back again. When everybody [originally in blink-182] is out of work long enough, we may see them get back together.”

www.angels-and-airwaves.com