Bonde Do Role have announced their two new members.
Laura Taylor and Ana Bernardino will share vocal duties after the depature of the incomparible Marina last year. The core members, Pedro and Gorky auditioned prospective members through reality TV on MTV Brazil with the wannabes having to live in Gorky’s garage, perform at karaoke and, you guessed it, mud wrestle.
Check out the new members here:
Episode 4 of Atmosphere‘s Paint It Gold Q&A sessions has just gone live. What are Ant and Slug’s most embarrassing moments on stage? Find out below!
Tilly And The Wall have announced the release of their third album, but have revealed it will not have a title.
The record was written in Omaha and will be released on June 17th and there will be limited edition runs of handmade prints available that will act as the cover. The tracklisting is:
‘Tall Tall Grass’
‘Pot Kettle Black’
‘Cacophony’
‘I Found You’
‘Jumbler’
‘Chandelier Lake’
‘Dust Me Off’
‘Falling Without Knowing’
‘Blood Flowers’
‘Poor Man’s Ice Cream’
‘Too Excited’
The Futureheads will head out on tour in May.
The band, who are releasing This Is Not The World on May 26th, will play the following dates:
May
Friday 23rd – Aberdeen Moshulu
Saturday 24th – Dundee Fat Sams
Sunday 25th – Sheffield Leadmill
Monday 26th – Manchester Academy 2
Wednesday 28th – Coventry Kasbah
Thursday 29th – London Electric Ballroom
Friday 30th – Southend Chinnery’s
June
Saturday 1st – Cambridge Junction
Sunday 2nd – Shrewsbury Buttermarket
Monday 3rd – Nottingham Rescue Rooms
Death Cab For Cutie have posted a new single.
You can check out the track I Will Possess Your Heart, taken from the upcoming album Narrow Stairs by clicking the link below.
This was too ‘special’ not to post on here today. We know it’s not news but someone had to do it didn’t they?!
The Raconteurs are releasing their new album next week.
Consolers Of The Lonely will hit the shelves on March 25th and will feature 14 tracks, released via Third Man Records. The band did no press or promotion on the album as they wanted the following:
“The purpose: to get the album to the fans as soon as possible and as we promised. We wanted to get this record to fans, the press, radio, etc., all at the EXACT SAME TIME so that no one has an upper hand on anyone else regarding its availability, reception or perception.”
El-P has posted a new remix online.
The Def Jux rapper, fresh from remixing Dizzee Rascal, has posted a reworking of Goliath by The Mars Volta. The original track can be found on The Bedlam In Goliath album which was released this year. Hit the link below for the remix.
Giant Drag are asking their fans to help fund their new album.
The band were dropped from Interscope after their debut album Hearts And Unicorns so the band decided to set up a paypal account in order to help raise funds for the recording process. Annie Hardy of the band said:
“So if you feel like giving up a buck or a million of them I’d be very grateful! Even if it’s just because you are riddled with guilt from illegally downloading the first album and you feel the need to repent, any reason will do and every penny counts.”
Be Your Own Pet started a mass food fight in London.
The group from Nashville were playing a secret gig in Dalston when they brought whipped cream onto the stage for the final two songs, pelting the crowd with it.
The gig had been announced via a MySpace bulletin and showcased tracks from their new album Get Awkward with the gig ending in Jonas Stein and Nathan Vasquez from the band wrestling each other in the middle of the audience.