SSS will release the limited edition first press of The Dividing Line.
The pressing will hit the shops on September 29th and will come with a free Sk8+Destroy 7″ picture disc featuring bonus non-album tracks. It will also feature a guest appearance from big-headed hero Frank Sidebottom. Check out the MySpace for more.
Jay Reatard has confirmed a string of UK shows for the autumn.
The compilation of his Matador 7″ singles issued this year – “Matador Singles ’08” – will hit stores on 6th October with an album proper expected early next year. The dates in November are:
18th – Barrowlands 2, Glasgow
19th – Deaf Institute, Manchester
20th – The Faversham, Leeds
21st – Korova, Liverpool
22nd – Bodega, Nottingham
23rd – The Cooler, Bristol
24th – Old Blue Last, London
26th – The Belvedere, London
27th – Banquet Records, London (in-store)
28th – Engine Rooms, Brighton
In Case Of Fire will release their debut single in October.
This Time We Stand be followed early next year with a debut album. Blackhole will be following up their split 7″ with The Scare in June with a new mini album, which is being recorded now. They will also be touring with Johnny Truant and Cancer Bats in October.
iForward, Russia! are taking a “lengthy break” from making music.
The band, who recently cancelled a number of gigs set for October, stated:
“We have decided to take a break from doing ¡Forward, Russia! – for a lot of different reasons. The idea of doing another tour with nothing new to offer was something that enthused none of us, and the idea of re-booting on a productive strand is something we’re not quite ready to face just yet. Added to which, the last few months of inactivity has led us all on paths away from the band. I know that sounds odd, having released an album only a few months ago, but I don’t think any of us were connected to the mechanics of its release.
Apart from that, we have been trying to get together as many live bootlegs, session tracks and ‘rarities’ as we can, with the thought of putting as many as possible on our website for people to enjoy. This depends on £ and webspace, but we’ll work on it and let you know how we do – hopefully we can do something by the time of the gig in October.”
The details for this year’s DMC World DJ Championships have been announced.
The finals will take place on the 26th and 27th of September at the IndigO2 in London.The Championships have been running 23 years and launched the careers of the likes of Scratch Perverts, Q-Bert, C2C, DJ Craze, Mixmaster Mike and more. The battle for world supremacy and world team championships will be held on the 26th with the world DJ final taking place on the 27th.
Michael Jackson will create history on August 22nd when he launches a game that pits all three social network sites against each other.
Players will control the King Of Pop in a dance-mat style routine as they aim to get the highest score and win themselves the hourly and daily prizes [exclusive ringtones and a limited edition iPod respectively]. The top 5 overall scorers from each social network will then move onto a secret extra level and the winner will win two round the world plane tickets [for over 18s] or a Sony Bravia 32″ TV and Playstation 3 [for under 18s].
In addition to this, the tracklisting for his upcoming King Of Pop album, released on August 25th, has been decided after the votes were tallied and the finished album will run like this:
1. Billie Jean
2. BAD
3. Smooth Criminal
4. Thriller
5. Black Or White
6. Beat It
7. Wanna Be Startin’ Somethin’
8. Don’t Stop ‘Til You Get Enough
9. The Way You Make Me Feel
10. Rock With You
11. You Are Not Alone
12. Man In The Mirror
13. Remember The Time
14. Scream
15. You Rock My World
16. They Don’t Care About Us
17. Earth Song
Santogold‘s video for brand new single ‘Lights Out‘ is now available online for your streaming pleasure
Check out the links below and try and catch Santogold on her UK tour.
19th August Fringe Fest Edinburgh
23th August Reading/Leeds Reading
24th August Reading/Leeds Leeds
29th August Surfstock Cornwall
30th August Electric Picnic Stradbally
31th August Connect Fest Scotland
3th September Koko London
5th September Bestival Isle of Wright
6th September Becks Fusion Festival Manchester
Windows Hi & Lo
Windows Media High
Windows Media Low
Quicktime Hi & Lo
Quicktime High
Quicktime Low
Gaslight Anthem have put their new album up for streaming on MySpace.
The album is called The ’59 Sound and is due for release next week [August 19th]. You can check out the album by clicking the link below.
Nick Cave And The Bad Seeds have announced a UK tour.
The dates in November are:
23rd – Brighton Centre
25th– Manchester Apollo
26th – Edinburgh Corn Exchange
27th – Sheffield Academy
29th, 30th – London Troxy
Ben Folds has posted another new song from his upcoming album.
The album is called Way To Normal and is set for a September 30th release as the follow up to his 2006 released Supersunnyspeedgraphic. You can check out Bitch Went Nutz on his myspace page by clicking the link below.