Think of the best rappers in the mainstream:
Jay-Z? Check.
Nas? Check.
Put them together and what have you got? Success. Which, funnily enough, is the title of their collaboration on the upcoming Jay-Z album American Gangster which is out soon. You can check it by clicking here.
Queens Of The Stone Age have announced a few UK live dates.
You can check them out in February 2008 at the following venues –
9th – Edinburgh, Corn Exchange
10th – Leeds, Leeds University
11th – London, Hammersmith Apollo
12th – Southampton, Guildhall
Metallica have revealed more details on their new album.
Set to be released in spring 2008, the record is set to return to the more epic sound of the 80s, rather than the style of 2003’s St. Anger. The untitled album is being produced by Rick Rubin and Lars Ulrich of the band said:
“For our sanity, our own creative survival, we needed to work with a different set of circumstances and dynamics…So we’ve been stripped of our defence mechanisms, and it’s been very invigorating to be challenged again. Rick’s taken everything we’ve known about making records and completely turned it upside down.”
The Chemical Brothers were the latest group to play a raucus set for the BBC Electric Proms.
The duo played London’s Koko venue and were joined by Tim Burgess and Beth Orton for their encore. Rumours of appearances by Willy Mason, Ali Love and Noel Gallagher didn’t ring true but the set went down a storm regardless. Earlier in the night, Justice had played a DJ set gaining much applause. The Chem’s tracklist was:
‘No Path To Follow’
‘Galvanise’
‘Burst Generator’
‘Do It Again’
‘Get Yourself High’
‘Hey Boy Hey Girl’
‘All Rights Reversed’
‘Krafy Numbers’
‘Out Of Control’
‘Don’t Fight Control’
‘Temptation’
‘Star Guitar’
‘Surface To Air’
‘Under The Influence’
‘Saturate’
‘We Are The Night’
‘The Boxer’ (Tim Burgess)
‘Where Do I Begin’ (Beth Orton)’
‘Leave Home’ / ‘Block Rockin Beats’
We all know that Tim from Les Savy Fav is nuts. Well, maybe he’d be a little more sensible in a job interview right? Wrong:
Lightheaded member and Hip Hop IS Music owner Braille has made his new single available for free online.
The rapper, who was recently in the UK with Ohmega Watts, has released The IV on the Rappers I Know site which you can download by clicking right here. The track is produced by Marco Polo with Rob Swift providing the cuts and is a great taster for his upcoming album The IV Edition.
So, this video isn’t new. But we don’t care because it’s fucking awesome. Turn your speakers up, kick back and let Every Time I Die shimmy themsleves into your ear drums. Tash-o-rama!
Chromeo will be playing an imprompty show tonight [25th].
The superfly duo posted a message on their MySpace saying they were popping into the Queens Of Noise’s party in Soho for a little bit of fun. If you fancy it, hit the address below and have yourselves a blast. Don’t forget Chromeo will play the Scalan on November 28th.
Smash & Grab
Punk Club
Soho Street
London
W1
9.30 pm
Mark Ronson played the BBC Electric Proms last night.
The DJ/Producer wowed the crowd by bringing out guests such as Santogold, Terry Hall, Tim Burgess, Sean Lennon and Candie Payne to recreate a host of tracks from this year’s Version album. He even turned his party classic Ooh Wee into D.A.N.C.E. by Justice, what a hero! The full set list is:
‘Overture’
‘Apply Some Pressure’ (instrumental)
‘Just’ (Alex Greenwald)
‘Cold Shoulder’ (Adele)
‘Oh My God’ (Ricky Wilson)
‘One More Chance’ (Candie Payne)
‘Sunny’ (Candie Payne)
‘Ooh Wee And Dance’ (Wale)
‘All I Need To Get By’ (Wale and Tawiah)
‘Back To Black’ (Charlie Waller, Rumble Strips)
‘Pretty Green’ (Santo Gold and Charlie Waller)
‘Our Lips Are Sealed’ (Terry Hall and Santo Gold)
‘Sail On Sailor’ (Sean Lennon)
‘God Put A Smile On Your Face’ (instrumental)
‘The Only One I Know’ (Tim Burgess & Mark Collins, The Charlatans)
‘Valerie’ (Kyle Falconer, The View)
‘I Kill Myself’ (Daniel Merriweather)
‘Stop Me If You’ve Heard This One Before’ (Daniel Merriweather)
‘We Can Work It Out’ (Daniel Merriweather, Sean Lennon, Talia)
Billy Talent are to release 2 new live CD/DVD packages.
The DVD portion was filmed by award-winning duo Pierre and Francois Lamoureux and includes 6 songs from each of the shows the band played at Brixton, Philipshalle and Rock Am Ring. The second disc is the audio portion of the entire Dusseldorf concert.
The second package will feature a 3 disc set that includes DVDs of the complete Dusseldorf and Brixton shows, footage from Rock Am Ring and the audio CD of the complete Dusseldorf show with extra features.
Nice!