Crossfire favourite Kelly Stoltz is headlining an Uncut night.
The magazine is launching a series of monthly gigs in London and the San Francisco native will be hitting the Borderline on February 15th.
The singer will be joined by Jaymay who was described by the magazine as having “a crystal clear warble to match Norah Jones”. Tickets go on sale on January 6th.
Eels are set to release their Best Of compilation this month.
Meet The Eels: Essential Eels Volume 1, 1996-2006 is out on January 21st and covers the band’s first ten years over 24 tracks. The package also comes with a 2CD compilation called ‘Useless Trinkets’ , featuring B-sides, soundtrack material, rarities and unreleased material, as well as a DVD collection of the band’s videos. The tracklisting is:
‘Novocaine For The Soul’
‘Susan’s House’
‘My Beloved Monster’
‘Your Lucky Day In Hell’
‘3 Speed’
‘Last Stop: This Town’
‘Climbing To The Moon’ (Jon Brion remix)
‘Flyswatter’
‘I Like Birds’
‘Mr E’s Beautiful Blues’
‘It’s A Motherfucker’
‘Souljacker Part 1’
‘That’s Not Really Funny’
‘Fresh Feeling’
‘Get Ur Freak On’
‘Saturday Morning’
‘Love Of The Loveless’
‘Dirty Girl (Live At Town Hall)’
‘I Need Some Sleep’
‘Hey Man (Now You’re Really Living)’
‘I’m Going To Stop Pretending That I Didn’t Break Your Heart’
‘Trouble With Dreams’
‘Railroad Man’
‘Losing Streak’
Buraka Som Sistema are releasing their track Yah! on January 21st.
The Lisbon-based band who are signed to Modular and have wowed crowds with live shows throughout 2007 have been described as “a mutant African strain of grime” and can count Diplo as a fan. Make sure you buy the single when it drops, it’s a banger.
Atmosphere gave their fans a present over Christmas.
The Minnesotans put an album, Strictly Leakage, up for free download. If you want to grab it, hit the link at the bottom of the page and get ready for some funky, brassy hip hop. Slug of the group said:
“It’s great for first dates, crappy houseparties, or to play in the backround while you google yourself again. Is downloadable a word? What’s a doldrum? Nonetheless, thank you for the love, and please have a happy safe holiday.”
Friendly Fires have announced that they will join this year’s Vice Live Tour, tickets for which will be free.
They will be joined by up-and-coming bands Black Kids and Ipso Facto for a short UK trip.The dates are as follows:
January:
30th – Glasgow ABC2
31st – Manchester Mint Lounge
February:
1st – London 93 Feet East
2nd – Bristol The Fleece
Dexter Holland has spoken about The Offspring‘s new record.
The singer said that most of the music has been laid down and after he’s written two more sets of lyrics and a couple of singing parts have been laid down, it will be ready to mix. He went on to say:
“We haven’t announced a release date yet because we’re just not quite close enough to know when we’ll be finished. We want to thank all our fans who have been so patient, and we want you to know that we’ve been in the studio nearly every day now for quite awhile working hard to make a great record.”
Smashing Pumpkins have released a download only EP.
The band revealed the step in an interview recently saying the EP will contain four tracfks – Sunkissed, Pox, Again, Again, Again and The Rose March. It is out now and can be bought through iTunes, with Billy Corgan saying:
“I had written a bunch of material during the residencies in Asheville and San Francisco, and fans kept asking us if we were gonna put any of that stuff out. iTunes came to us wanting to do something together, so it just felt right.”
Poison The Well have confirmed some UK headline dates.
Check them out in April at:
4th – Liverpool, Barfly
5th – Birmingham, Barfly
6th – Glasgow, Barfly
8th – York, Fibbers
9th – Cambridge, Barfly
10th – Brighton, Barfly
11th – London, Barfly
Switches have announced a one-off show in London.
The band will hit Water Rats on January 5th and it will mark the first live show since bass player Max and drummer Jimmy left the band. The line up will now be completed by Thom Kirkpatrick and Steve Godfrey and this show is set to act as a warm up before they travel Stateside to tour with The Bravery.
Nuclear Blast have signed Success Will Write Apocalypse Across The Sky.
The grindcore band, who formed in 2006, includes Aaron Haines and Ian Sturgill of Bodies In The Gears Of The Apparatus with Dehumanized’s John Collett Jr on vocals, Leprosy’s Mike Petrak on drums and Jesse Jolly of Crimson Massacre on bass.
They released their debut EP Subhuman Empire this year and look set for a big 2008.