Category: Music News

Blood Red Shoes will be supporting their new single with a UK tour.

The Brighton band release their new single Say Something, Say Anything on April and will be playing at the following dates:

March:

26 – Sugarmill, Stoke
27 – Rescue Rooms, Nottingham
28 – Barfly, Birmingham
29 – Cockpit, Leeds
31 – Lamp, Hull

April:

01 – Waterfront, Norwich
02 – Soundhaus, Northampton
03 – Academy, Oxford
05 – Forum, Tunbridge Wells
06 – Junction Theatre, Cambridge
07 – Komedia, Brighton
08 – Wedgewood Rooms, Portsmouth
09 – KCLSU, London
12 – Thekla, Bristol
13 – Barfly, Liverpool
14 – Academy 3, Manchester
16 – Academy 2, Newcastle
17 – Kef, Aberdeen
18 – ABC2, Glasgow

www.bloodredshoes.co.uk

Sway is release a new mixtape.

The Dotted Line Mixtape will be put out for free by UK rapper Sway who made waves by releasing mixtapes a few years back. The Dotted Line Mixtape sees Sway rap over new tracks, skits, radio clips and bootlegs and provides a chance to preview what’s to come from his upcoming second album The Signature LP. Download the Mixtape here.

www.swaydasafo.com

Flogging Molly are to release their fourth album in April.

The band, who have sold a million and a half records, will release Float on Sideonedummy to follow up the use of their music in feature film P.S. I Love You. They’ll also be showcasing the new material on the following dates:

May:

31st – Mean Fiddler, London

June:

1st – ABC, Glasgow
3rd – Academy 2, Manchester
4th – Academy, Birmingham

www.floggingmolly.com

Annuals are will release an unusual split in April.

Wet Zoo will see Annuals share tracks with… their own side project! Sunfold will contribute 2 tracks to the EP with Annuals putting up the remaining 3. It’s a follow-up to their debut Be He Me which was released in 2006. The tracklist for the new EP is:

‘Sore’ (Annuals)
‘Around Your Neck’ (Annuals)
‘Just Stay In’ (Annuals)
‘Between the Worlds’ (Sunfold)
‘Watering Pail’ (Sunfold)

www.myspace.com/annuals

Guillemots are searching for a female singer.

The band has decided on this course of action after Alex J Ward, one of the saxophone players, decided to leave the band to work on other projects. The band now want a female vocalist who can play an instrument to add to their sound. Anyone who is interested should email clips of them singing to mail@lunchtm.co.uk.

www.guillemots.com

Reports of Godspeed You! Black Emperor’s split may have come a little too early.

Efrim Menuck from the band had commented on the band’s hiatus in an interview with Drowned In Sound saying:

“On a personal level I now find [Godspeed You! Black Emperor] to be inappropriate [to do]. There’s a complicated back story. I reached a point whereby I was no longer willing to contribute to the steering of the ship; it was like, ‘Okay now, someone else point the direction, I love all of you, but I need to ride shotgun for a while.’

However, with reports coming in that the band have split, Menuck sent a statement to Pitchfork Media saying it was a misquote, saying:

“It’s true, Godspeed hasn’t existed for years, we’ve been on permanent hiatus since 2002. If and when we do call it quits permanently, it won’t be because of the Iraq war”

Clear as mud then…

www.brainwashed.com/godspeed

Alkaline Trio are working on their new album.

The Chicago bands commented recently that the record is well underway and that they’ve been in the studio for 3 weeks. The band’s fan club, the beautifully titled Blood Pact, will be able to see a recording journal documenting the progress the band are making.

www.alkalinetrio.com

Sonic Youth have confirmed they are to release a new album next year.

The band performed 2 new songs – James Run Free and Cool Thing – during a show on Friday and Thurston Moore commented afterwards that they are looking to begin writing the follow up to Rather Ripped this spring saying:

“We haven’t gotten together in about four months, we’ve been taking a nice sort of break, which is good. I’ve been actually able to escape into the basement. We’re going to Australia next week for about two weeks then we’ll come back and start writing.”

www.sonicyouth.com

Ian MacKaye will be filling in as a host on Indie 103.

The Minor Threat, Fugazi and The Evens’ frontman will be taking over the reigns on the 2 hour show for one night only and you will be able to hear it by hitting up the link below on Tuesday 12th from 8 to 10pm PST.

www.indie1031.fm

The Grammys took place last night in Los Angeles with Amy Winehouse, Kanye West and The Foo Fighters coming away with wins.

Kanye picked up Best Rap Song, Best Rap Album, Best Rap Solo Performance and Best Rap Performance by a duo or group (with Common). Winehouse won Song Of The Year for Rehab, Record Of The Year, Best Female Pop Vocal Performance, Best Pop Vocal Album and Best New Artist.

Herbie Hancock was the surprise winner with his Joni Mitchell tribute album, only the second time a jazz album has won Album Of The Year whilst Mark Ronson picked up Producer Of The Year after sweeping all before him in 2007.

www.grammy.com