Butthole Surfers have announced details of a new UK tour for July.
The band will play six dates across the country and will be joined by Jeff Pinkus on bass who was in the band between 1986 and 1994. The dates are:
July
18th – Bristol Carling Academy (July 18)
19th – Manchester Academy 2 (19)
20th – Glasgow ABC1 (20)
22nd – Wolverhampton Wulfrun Hall (22)
23rd – Nottingham Rock City (23)
26th – London Kentish Town Forum (26)
Have some Cowboy Bob to get you hyped:
Rilo Kiley‘s bass player is releasing a solo album.
Pierre de Reeder will release The Way That It Was in August and the record will feature 11 songs and was co-produced by Dave Trumfio. The other members of the Rilo Kiley feature in parts throughout the record. The tracklisting is:
‘Shame On Love’
‘I’ll Be Around’
‘Sophia’s Song’
‘That’s The Way That It Was’
‘Where I’m Coming From’
‘This Foolish Heart’
‘Young And Old’
‘Never Thoughts’
‘All These Words’
‘The Long Conversation’
‘Not How I Believe’
Two of Minneapolis’ Doomtree crew have unleashed a side-project.
Rapper Mike Mictlan and producer Lazerbeak of the collective have come together to become Hand Over Fist. Their MySpace recently went up and describes the duo as: The Wings & Teeth, The Shotgun & The Meatcleaver, The Beats The Rhymes. With the brilliant Prize Fight on the player to give you a taste of what’s to come, you have no excuse not to love them.
Foreign Beggars are launching the new Truman Brewery venue in June.
The multi-national crew will be heading up the “Brand Spankin’ New Launch” at Vibe Live! on June 26th which will also see performances from Dubai’s Abri and France’s Rouges A Levres with our very ogood friend Last Skeptik on the decks. The action starts at 9pm and there is free beer while stocks last. Here are the details:
Thursday, June 26, 2008 at 7:00pm
Vibe Live! new venue @ Truman Brewery
91 Brick Lane
London E1 6QL
Frankmusik, fresh from remixing the likes of Daft Punk and Chromeo and supporting Sam Sparro, has a new video for his single In Step, out on June 9th. Hula hooping in knickers? Winner!
Black Ghosts will release their new album in July.
Simon Lord of Simian Mobile Disco and former Wiseguy Theo Keating will follow up their acclaimed mixtapes with the self-titled debut album. The will also release the single Repetition Kills You on July 14th, a week after the album release. On top of this, they are touring in the coming months:
June
6 – Paradise Factory, Manchester
8 – Rockness Festival, Inverness
13 – Trailer Trash @ On The Rocks, London
29 – Glastonbury Festival
July
4 – The Blast, Bristol
5 – Blah Blah Blah, Brighton
7 – Durrr @ The End, London
Deerhoof have finished their new album.
Offend Maggie will be released on the Kill Rock Stars label and the band will release one song from the album as a downloadable written score for fans to record and share themselves. The album, with the Deerhoof version of the song, will be released on October 7th. The tracklisting for the album is:
Act 1
1. Offend Maggie
2. Fresh Born
3. Chandelier Searchlight
4. The Tears and Music of Love
5. Buck and Judy
6. Dont Get Born
7. My Purple Past
Act 2
8. Basket Ball Get Your Groove Back
9. Numina
10. This Is God Speaking
11. Eaguru Guru
12. Snoopy Waves
13. Jagged Fruit
14. Family of Others
Dizzee Rascal‘s singles are always great, fact. His new one is produced by Calvin Harris. It’s big. Bigger than big. Huge. Check it out:
N.E.R.D have announced the release of their new album.
Seeing Sounds is due for release on June 9th and will be followed by the single Everyone Nose (All The Girls Standing In Line For The Bathroom) on July 7th. The full tracklsiting is:
‘Intro/Time for Some Action’
‘Everyone Nose (All the Girls Standing in Line for the Bathroom)’
‘Windows’
‘Anti-Matter’
‘Spaz’
‘Yeah You’
‘Sooner or Later’
‘Happy’
‘Killjoy’
‘Love Bomb’
‘You Know What’
‘Laugh About It’
‘Lazer Gun’
Green Day have dropped a hint they are to tour the UK.
The band’s alter-egos, Foxboro Hot Tubs, left a message on their MySpace page suggesting a trip to the UK might be on the cards, saying:
“Thanks to all the Tub Heads for coming out for our first tour. Will there be more? I got you on my mind, England.”
Watch this space…