Category: Music News

A Badge Of Friendship have joined forces with Southern Records for a new album night.

It will all kick off at The Fly on March 7th with ABoF and Southern Records DJs battling it out on “the decks of doom”. Expect to hear music from Les Savy Fav, Weezer, Beck, Minus The Bear, Fugazi, Oxes, Pavement, Q and not U, Daft Punk and more. This non-stop party action will happen on the first Friday of every month after that.

The Fly
36-38 New Oxford Street
London W1

Doors 7.30pm – 2am!

£6 in advance, £7 on the door until 10.30pm / £5 after 10.30pm

www.southern.net / www.myspace.com/abadgeoffriendship

Neon Neon will play their first live show of 2008 in March.

Super Furry Animals’ Gruff Rhys and producer Boom Bip will be playing a live set at Fabric on March 20th alongside Youthmovies and Ipso Facto. Neon Neon’s debut album, Stainless Style, which features Spank Rock, will be out on March 17th.

www.myspace.com/neonx2

Groove Armada are releasing a Late Night Tales CD.

The duo have included the likes of The Cure, Peter, Bjorn And John, Midlake, Depeche Mode and Marvin Gaye on their mix and will be launching it on Sunday March 9th at The Lock Tavern in Camden and the best thing is, it’s free entry!

www.latenighttales.co.uk

Death Cab For Cutie have announced details of their new album.

Narrow Stairs will be released on May 12th and has been described by bassist as “a sampling of the most uptempo, upbeat Death Cab songs as well as some of our saddest.” The tracklist for the follow up to 2005’s Plans is:

1. “Bixby Canyon Bridge”
2. “I Will Possess Your Heart”
3. “No Sunlight”
4. “Cath…”
5. “Talking Bird”
6. “You Can Do Better Than Me”
7. “Grapevine Fires”
8. “Your New Twin Size Bed”
9. “Long Division”
10. “Pity and Fear”
11. “The Ice Is Getting Thinner”

www.deathcabforcutie.com

Air will release a special, limited edition version of their album Moon Safari to celebrate its 10th anniversary.

The album was originally released in 1998 and sold two million copies, has been expanded with an extra CD featuring remixes, radio sessions and rarities. The reissue is released on March 31st with the following tracklisting:

Disc One

‘La Femme d’Argent’
‘Sexy Boy’
‘All I Need’
‘Kelly Watch The Stars’
‘Talisman’
‘Remember’
‘You Make It Easy’
‘Ce Matin Là’
‘New Star In The Sky’
‘Le Voyage De Pénélope’

Disc 2 Two: rarities, remixes and sessions

‘Remember’ (David Whitaker Version)
‘Kelly Watch’ The Stars (Live on the BBC 1998)
‘J’ai Dormi Sous L’Eau’ (Live on the BBC 1998)
‘Sexy Boy’ (Live on the BBC 1998)
‘Kelly Watch The Stars’ (Moog Cookbook Remix)
‘Mabrouk’ (Live on KCRW 1998)
‘You Make It Easy’ (Live on KCRW 1998)
‘Bossa 96’ (Demo)
‘Kelly Watch The Stars’ (Demo)
‘Sexy Boy'(Beck Sex Kino Mix)

www.myspace.com/intairnet

Chromeo are back and releasing old favourite Needy Girl on March 3rd. Peep the video:

www.chromeo.net

Atmosphere have premiered their new YouTube show.

Slug and Ant will be running these videos from now until their new album, When Life Gives You Lemons, You Paint That Shit Gold, is released on April 21st. They want fans to send in questions to paintitgold@hotmail.com and they will read and answer the best ones each week.

For now, the duo interview each other with a special guest questions appearing within the show. So, what are you waiting for? Get playing!

www.myspace.com/atmosphere

Tool have revealed they are to start work on their fifth album soon.

Frontman Maynard James Keenan told MTV.com that the band will be getting together to work on ideas: “We’re going to start writing the new Tool record right away.”

Keenan added: “The music always comes first. We all get in a room, shut out all the extra noises from the other people and what goes on outside the room and just focus on the four of us, where we are that day. And then we just start making sounds.”

Tool’s last album was 2006’s ‘10,000 Days‘.

www.toolband.com

The Blackout have announced they are to play a tiny London show later this month.

The band will appear at Camden’s Dublin Castle on 26th February, with a limited number of tickets on sale now – fans will need to be 18+ to get in.

The Blackout release new single ‘It’s High Tide Baby’ the day before, on 25th February.

www.myspace.com/theblackout

Ida Maria recently appeared on Jools Holland and did a small interview for the show.

Her new single Stella is out on March 10th, so make sure you pick it up!

www.myspace.com/idamaria