Category: Music News

Weezer are streaming their new single online.

Pork And Beans, which is taken from their third self-titled album [aka The Red Album] can be heard by clicking the link below.

www.weezer.com

Pennsylvanian 4 piece InnerPartySystem who are currently in the UK playing some shows have remix Radiohead’s Nude track. Hear and vote for them below.

Take Every Time I Die, whack in some Gallows-esque guitars and smack a Daryl Palumbo style vocal on it and bam, there you have it, Werewolves are born…

Werewolves will be playing their first show at Camden’s Purple Turtle on the 16th May with the likes of Outcry Collective and Young Guns.

I suggest you whack on your lumberjack shirt and head down to see them, you won’t be disappointed.

Check a couple of their tracks here.

A Danish hip hop supergroup has emerged.

Majors is a 5 man group consisting of Negash Ali, J-Spliff, World Champion DMC killer DJ Noize, DJ Static and Nat Ill. You can check out their stuff on the link below. Looks like it’s going to be big!

www.myspace.com/majorsdk

Sleepercar have launched a full stream of their album.

The project from At The Drive-In and Sparta’s Jim Ward is due out this week. Click the link below to hear the record.

www.myspace.com/sleepercarwesttexas

Stereolab have revealed details of their forthcoming studio album.

The album will be called Chemical Chords and is set for an August 18th release. The album will feature 13 tracks and will include string and brass arrangements. The album tracklisting is:

‘Neon Beanbag’
‘Three Women’
‘One Finger Symphony’
‘Chemical Chords’
‘The Ecstatic Static’
‘Valley Hi!’
‘Silver Sands’
‘Pop Molecule’ (Molecular Pop 1)
‘Self Portrait With “Electric Brain”‘
‘Nous Vous Demandons Pardon’
‘Cellulose Sunshine’
‘Fractal Dream Of A Thing’
‘Daisy Click Clack’
‘Vortical Phonotheque’

www.stereolab.co.uk

Massive Attack‘s new album with feature Tunde Adebimpe and Damon Albarn.

The duo’s collaborator Horace Andy has revealed details of the album syaing he’s recorded three tracks with them saying:

“They send the lyrics for me to learn, I’ve done three tracks. I never know what they are going to choose, I am supposed to be going up to Bristol very soon.Four years now and they haven’t come with an album yet, if I was to stick around and wait on Massive, man, oh my God.”

The record will be Massive Attack’s first since 2003’s 100th Window.

www.massiveattack.co.uk

Digitalism have been forced to cancel their UK tour.

The band released a statement saying that Isi from the group is seriously ill and needs time to recover before they head off to Spain to pick up their European dates. Ticket holders for the following dates have been told to keep hold of their tickets as the shows may be rescheduled:

Edinburgh Liquid Room
Brighton Digital
Norwich Waterfront
Birmingham Academy
Newcastle Digital
Sheffield Plug
Bournemouth Fire Station
Bristol Anson Rooms
Glasgow Arches
Manchester Academy 2
London Astoria

www.myspace.com/digitalism

Les Savy Fav have added some cover songs to their live album.

The band’s After The Ball Drops is released digitally on April 29th and features 15 tracks, documenting the band’s 2008 New Year’s show at the Bowery Ballroom in New York. The band play a number of their own tracks as well as covers of The Pixies, Nirvana, Misfits and more. The full tracklisting is:

‘Equestrian’
‘Patty Lee’
‘What Would Wolves Do?’
‘Sweat Descends’
‘Yawn Yawn Yawn’
‘We’ll Make A Lover Of You’
‘The Year Before The Year 2000’
‘The Lowest Bitter’
‘Who Rocks The Party’
‘Tim Speech’
‘Hey Tonight’ (Creedence Clearwater Revival cover)
‘Debaser’ (Pixies cover)
‘Astro Zombies’ (Misfits cover)
‘Sliver’ (Nirvana cover)
‘Everybody’s Gotta Live’ (Love cover)

www.lessavyfav.com

Gnarls Barkley have posted their new album as a free download, with a catch.

The album will be released backwards, yes, backwards.elpuoC ddO ehT is 38 minutes and 45 seconds long and features the backwards version of all the tracks. You can download the album by clicking the link below.

www.fronttobackbacktofront.com