The Mars Volta have announced details of their new album.
The Bedlam In Goliath is set for a January 2008 release and serves as the follow up to Amputechture. The tracklisting for the album is:
01 – “Aberinkula”
02 – “Metatron”
03 – “Ilyena”
04 – “Wax Simulacra”
05 – “Goliath”
06 – “Tourniquet Man”
07 – “Cavalettas”
08 – “Agadez”
09 – “Askepios”
10 – “Ouroboros”
11 – “Soothsayer”
12 – “Conjugal Burns”
Cursive have announced drummer Clint Schnase.
The band explained that Clint wanted to spend more time at home and that he has been replaced by Cornbread Compton who has been playing with the band for the last 5 months. The band finished by saying:
“Clint responded enthusiastically when Cornbread accepted the drumming position with a loud, “F***ING SWEET, MAN”.”
Paul Fox of The Ruts has passed away.
The guitarist had been diagnosed with cancer but recently played a show with a Henry Rollins-led Ruts which was a fitting tribute to the man himself. Fox’s influence was clear as the line up for the show featured The Damned, Misty in Roots, the UK Subs, Tom Robinson, John Otway, Splodge, TV Smith and many more.
The unsung guitar hero died at his home in Uxbridge at 3am and leaves behind 2 songs and his wife Sharon.
He’s a legend and huge favourite of all at Crossfire, so our wishes go out to his family. R.I.P.
The Automatic have found a replacement for keyboard player Pennie.
The band have announced that former Yourcodenameis:milo frontman Paul Mullen will join them though it isn’t yet known if he is to fill in on keyboard duties directly. Yourcodenameis:milo announced their indefinite hiatus in August this year.
A Kurt Cobain biopic is in the works.
Universal Pictures has hired David Benioff, who worked on Troy, to write the film which is to be based on Charles Cross’ biography Heavier Than Heaven. Courtney Love is the executive producer for the film, along with her lawyer Howard Weitzman, and may appear in the film herself.
This is what you get when you cross The Sleeping with Lowlife and Atticus mongrels at a night out watching Gorilla Biscuits!
The Black Lips will support their single Veni Vidi Vici, out on December 3rd by playing the following dates:
November
3rd – Leeds Nasty Fest
4th – Dublin Crawdaddy
5th – Belfast Speakeasy
6th – Aberdeen Lemon Tree
8th – Glasgow ABC2
9th – Newcastle Digital
11th – Cardiff Clwb Ifor Bach
12th – Leicester Charlotte
65daysofstatic have announced some UK tour dates.
The Sheffield band will be hitting the road in October and November and you can see them at the following:
October
28th – Lemon Grove, Exeter, England
29th – Southampton University, Southampton, England
November
5th – Oxford Academy, Oxford, England
6th – Newcastle University, England
7th – Academy 2, Manchester, England
8th – The Sugarmill, Stoke-on-Trent, England
9th – The Electric Ballroom, London, England
Check out the video to their track Don’t Go Down To Sorrow:
Following all the hoo-ha about their new album, Radiohead have announced they will be playing live dates next year.
Their manager, Bryce Edge, revealed that the band will be playing from May onwards with “lots of holidays”. He went on to say that they are trying to schedule a tour which will take in North America and the rest of the world which works for the band. He finished by saying Thom Yorke isn’t a fan of going on tour:
“He likes to do shows, but the whole business of schlepping round the world is not top of his favourite things to do,” he said. “It’s the process of how to do that which is the pain in the neck. They’re not road dogs. They never have been.”
M.I.A. has announced details of a December tour.
The singer will begin and end in London, hitting all points inbetween. You can see her live at one of the following dates:
December
8th – London ICA
10th – Birmingham Custard Factory
11th – Newcastle Digital
14th – Brighton Concorde
15th – Bristol Anson Rooms
17th – Nottingham Rescue Rooms
18th – Manchester Academy 2
19th – Norwich Waterfront
20th – London Coronet