Category: Music News

Gallows have been kicked off the bill at a show in America.

The Watford punks were due to support Social Distortion at The House Of Blues in Anaheim, however they were taken off the bill by Disney, who own the venue, after the giant cartoon company took offence to the lyrical content of the band. Lags said:

“I think Mickey Mouse got jealous that Minnie Mouse had Gallows posters on her wall. That kind of stuff happens a lot. I recommend Mickey shows Minnie some more attention, you know, take her out and make her feel special. Cartoon mice need love too.”

In other Gallows news, the band have announced they will play 2 gigs at London’s 100 Club to mark the rowdy gig there last year. The gigs will be on March 3rd and 4th.

www.gallows.co.uk

Swedish punks Millencolin will release a new album in April.

Machine 15, their first album since 2005’s Kingwood, hits the stores on April 7th and guitarist Mathias Färm claims it is different to their previous material, with the single Detox being “ripe with harmony vocals”. The band will hit the European trail to support the album, playing dates in Holland, Belgium, Germany, Switzerland and Italy.

Check out the new track Brand New Game at the link below.

www.myspace.com/millencolin

The line up for this year’s Coachella festival has been announced.

The collection of artists and bands will see the likes of Madness, Pendulum, Aesop Rock, Minus The Bear, Spank Rock, Diplo, Santogold, Does It Offend You, Yeah?, Busy P, Portishead, M.I.A., Mark Ronson, Enter Shikari, Calvin Harris, Yo Majesty!, MGMT, Surkin, Para One, SebastiAn, Uffie, Justice, Chromeo, Simian Mobile Disco, Murs, Les Savy Fav, The Cool Kids, Kid Sister and A-Trak, Manchester Orchestra and many more.

Tickets go on sale this Friday. See you all in California!

www.coachella.com

Son Of Dave is hitting Madame Jo Jo’s.

The bluesman, who can count Neil Young and Jools Holland as fans, will play the Soho venue on February 21st and will showcase some material from the new album 03 which is set for release in April.

www.myspace.com/thesonofdave

Queens Of The Stone Age will headline the Billabong Air & Style Quarter Pipe in Innsbruck.

The band will hit the Bergisel Stadium in Austria on February 2nd alongside German rappers Deluxe Soundsystem with Busta Rhymes’ DJ, DJ Scratchator hitting the decks. The event takes place on February 2nd with 24 of the world’s best snowboarders. You can get tickets for the gig at www.oeticket.com or www.air-style.com.

www.qotsa.com

Furthest Drive Home have announced some UK tour dates.

The band, who will be playing this year’s South By Southwest as well as releasing a new single and album, will hit the following dates in February:

13th – Freebutt, Brighton
14th – Cavern, Exeter
15th – Rock City, Nottingham
16th – Soundhaus, Northampton
17th – Barfly, Liverpool
18th – The Cockpit, Leeds
19th – King Tuts, Glasgow
20th – Barfly, Birmingham
21st – Roadhouse, Manchester
22nd – Queen Charlotte, Norwich
23rd – The Forum, Tunbridge Wells
24th – Dingwalls, London

www.myspace.com/furthestdrivehome

Lemmy has hit out at major labels.

In a recent interview, the Motorhead man said majors deserve the current sales problems because they were so slow to adapt to the digital market, saying:

“It’s killing itself, isn’t it? I mean, they [the record companies] are too dumb to realise. I mean, it was fucking years ago that this started, and they just carried on doing what they were doing, blind to any advice, blind to any sort of evidence. They just kept on overcharging and kept on fucking people over, and now the chickens are coming home, you know? I think they’re all gonna be out of business in 10 years”.

www.imotorhead.com

Geoff Kresge has rejoined Tiger Army.

The stand-up bass player performed with the band from 1999 to 2004 and has come back to the fray after the depature on good terms of Jeff Roffredo. The band are in the States on tour and will be hitting Europe, Australia, New Zealand and Japan on their world tour.

If you want to check them out in the UK, they’re playing a special one off show at the Mean Fiddler in London on April 2nd.

www.tigerarmy.com

Thurston Moore is to score an adult film.

Extra Action (And Extra Hardcore) will hit the shops in March and was directed by Richard Kern who has also directed several Sonic Youth videos. The film is described as “documents 60 amateur women (unpretentious, unadorned and undressed) set to an original musical score by Thurston Moore.”

The tracklisting is:

‘The King Of Sex’
‘Pierce’
‘Scooter And Jinx’
‘Catholic’
‘Nazi’
‘Goodbye 42nd Street’

www.sonicyouth.com

CSS are back in Brazil to record their new album.

The group are halfway through recording the album and are moving away from their electronic sound. Singer Lovefoxxx has stated that it will sound more raw and more live, adding that their last album sounded “more held back” than they planned. She finished by saying:

“We want to release the album quite soon,” Lovefoxxx said. “It’s never really worked before with producers and it’s taken too long. We need to work fast to deliver the album.”

www.myspace.com/canseidesersexy