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With their highly anticipated new record nearing completion, the punk rock veterans Rancid are turning their attention towards a new project – a UK tour that will mark their first live shows there since 2006.

Rancid – Tim Armstrong (vocals, guitar), Lars Frederiksen (vocals, guitar), Matt Freeman (bass, vocals) and Branden Steineckert (drums) – have dedicated the last several months to perfecting their seventh studio album. Working with Epitaph president Brett Gurewitz, who helmed the project as producer, and mixer Joe Barresi (Tool, Bad Religion), the album is slated for release later this year.

It has been two years since the last Rancid UK tour, and five years since the last Rancid record. 2008 promises to be an exhilarating year for both the band and Rancid fans alike.

Rancid on tour:

DATES
1-Nov Newcastle Academy
2-Nov Glasgow Barrowlands
3-Nov Manchester Academy
4-Nov Bristol Academy
6-Nov Cardiff University Great Hall
7-Nov Sheffield Academy
8-Nov Leeds Academy
10-Nov Nottingham Rock City
11-Nov Birmingham Academy
12-Nov Portsmouth Pyramid
14-Nov London Astoria

Folk-punk legends The Levellers are headlining the Glastonbury Festival’s Left Field Anti-Slavery night on the Thursday, making them the first headline band to play the festival in 2008.

They will be playing the dates below and you can grab their latest single Burn America Burn by clicking here.

26.06.08 – Glastonbury Festival The Left Field Stage
04.07.08 – Guilfest
12.07.08 – Arley Hall Northwich
17.07.08 – Larmer Tree Festival
01.08.08 – Cambridge Folk Festival
03.08.08 – Stokes Bay Festival
08.08.08 – Cropredy Festival
09.08.08 – Harewood House Yorkshire
15.08.08 – Beautiful Days Festival
30.08.08 – Connect Festival
22.08.08 – Arundel Castle
12.09.08 – Bowood House
17.10.08 – Musicport Festival

www.levellers.co.uk

InnerPartySystem will release their new single on chocolate vinyl.

The Pennsylvanian group will become the first band to ever release their single on chocolate, and have limited the run to 100 copies. The confectionary will featured Don’t Stop and can be played if the record is kept cool enough.They have also announced some dates:

June dates:

23rd Wolverhampton Little Civic
24th Southampton Joiners
26th Liverpool Barfly
27th Swansea Club NME Sin City
29th Milton Keynes The Bowl (With Linkin Park)
30th Cardiff Barfly

July dates:

1st Glasgow Barfly
3rd London Scala
4th London Club NME Koko
5th London Wireless Festival

www.innerpartysystem.com

Pennywise will be touring Europe this year.

The band will be hitting Germany, Austria, Italy, Belgium, Switzerland, Denmark and Holland on their jaunt and will be playing the Reading and Leeds festivals on August 22nd and 23rd respectively.

www.pennywisdom.com

Blood Red Shoes have announced an October tour.

The dates are:

13 – Wedgewood Rooms, Portsmouth
15 – Cockpit, Leeds
16 – Academy 3, Manchester
18 – Drummonds, Aberdeen
19 – King Tuts, Glasgow
20 – Academy 2, Newcastle
21 – Waterfront, Norwich
23 – Academy 2, Birmingham
24 – Astoria 2, London

www.bloodredshoes.co.uk

Every Time I Die have brought in Josh Newton as their permanent bassist.

Keith from the band said:

“Every Time I Die is proud to announce that we have permanently filled (or as permanent as can be when regarding us) our bass player slot. His name is Josh Newton and he comes to us via From Autumn to Ashes, Unsane, Shiner and Reggie and the Full Effect. Also, he doesn’t own any other color of clothing except for black. Once I thought I saw him fixing the zipper on a pair of skin tight tapered white jeans, but then realized he was just masturbating while nude from the waste down. Hes a great dude and he laughed really hard at me while I was super high on spacecakes in Amsterdam, so he’s got my vote.”

Check out our interview with Andy from the band here.

www.myspace.com/everytimeidie

Kerry King has been speaking about a new Slayer album.

The band haven’t released an album since 2006’s Christ Illusion and King said:

“There’s been talk of all kinds of odd things, because the record industry changes every day. We’ve talked about maybe putting out a couple of songs from an upcoming record through iTunes, so we can play something new on the Unholy Alliance III tour. You know, that’s not so far outside the realm of possibility. As far as how much we’re gonna get done by the end of the year? I have no idea.”

www.slayer.net

Pure Grooves are making a number of songs available for free download.

Songs by the likes of Whitey, Yeasayer, Bodies Of Water, Munch Munch, The Lea Shores and more are in Pure Groove Records’ 100 Free Download Chart. The chart will remain on the site and will feature new entries added each week.

Head to www.puregroove.co.uk now to see the chart and download the tracks.

Yo Majesty have revealed the tracklisting for their debut album.

The outspoken duo will release Futuristically Speaking_Never Be Afraid on October 7th. The album will be preceded by The Kryptonite Pussy EP, slated for a July release. The tracklistings are:

Futuristically Speaking_Never Be Afraid:

‘Fucked Up’
‘Night Riders’
‘Blame It On The Change’
‘Never Be Afraid’
‘Don’t Let Go’
‘Booty Klap’
‘Buy Love’
‘Get Down On The Floor’
‘Hott’
‘Leather Jacket’
‘Grindin’ And Shakin”
‘Party Hardy’
‘Club Action’
‘Take It Away’

‘The Kryptonite Pussy EP’:

‘Kryptonite Pussy’
‘Hey There Girl’
‘Break Bread’
‘Monkey’
‘Hit It and Quit It’

www.myspace.com/yomajesty4life

Crossfire DJ’s Zac Slack and James Sherry have returned from the Download Festival this weekend where the Crossfire Sound System made a lot of new friends in the Duracell Powerhouse.

Each night, the festival had various guests invited by Crossfire to play to a crowd that demanded to party hard and that is what they got.

Slack says “last year was pretty mental but this year it was crazy, especially when Pendulum joined us. It was utter carnage in there!“

The pair were joined by Dillinger Escape Plan guitarist Ben Weinman on Friday night with a full set of metal, classics and rock n roll that included Pantera, Metallica, Prodigy and even Eye of the Tiger whilst on Saturday night, Pendulum crashed the party and blew the roof off completely.

Fronted by hypeman Ben Mount, Gareth McGrillen and co got mash up with Slayer, Slipknot and blast beats moulding in classic Pendulum tracks such as Blood Sugar, Slam, Tarantula and many from the new album. People who were squashed inside the tent in a sea of sweat were treated to a brand new Pendulum track never played before. Pendulum drilled a hole in that tent and everyone got oiled!

Look out for a feature in Night Raids later this week and thanks to all of the people who came out to party, there will be more Crossfire events planned very soon, starting with the rebirth of Thrash vs Trash in July.

Pics by Beth Crockatt