Category: Music News

The Super Furry Animals have made their video for Run-Away available online.

You can check out the video to the second single from Hey Venus! by clicking here or here. The band are also heading out on tour on the following dates:

October

16th – Dublin -Vicar street
17th – Belfast -Mandela hall
19th – Liverpool -Carling Academy
22nd – Nottingham -Rock City
25th – Southampton -Guildhall
26th – Oxford -Carling Academy
28th – Birmingham -Academy
29th – Bristol -Academy
30th – Leeds -Town Hall

November

2nd – London -Roundhouse
3rd – London – Roundhouse

www.superfurry.com

Thrill Jockey Records are celebrating their 15th anniversary with 2 shows at Koko in London.

The Chicago based label will host a night on the 11th of November featuring The Fiery Furnaces, Trans Am, The Sea and Cake, Califone, Arbouretum, Radian, The Zincs, Daniel Higgs and Chiara Giovando. The second will be the day after, on the 12th, featuring Tortoise, Bobby Conn, Adult. and KTL.

In addition, a limited 7″ box set with the label’s acts covering songs by other Thrill Jockey acts will be released and available first at the above shows.

www.thrilljockey.com

Flying Lotus has brought out a new game to support his Reset EP.

The 6 track record is out now on vinyl, CD and digitally on Warp Records, and he will be playing some dates in November to support the release. These dates are:

7th – London, Rhythm Factory (w. Benji B)
9th – Manchester Mint Lounge
16th – Leeds Faversham
17th – London Cargo (support slot)
23rd – Glasgow Sub Club
24th – London, Brixton – 3rd Bass

Make sure you play the game Attack! by heading over to his website, linked below.

www.flying-lotus.com

Ninja Tune’s Fink has announced some UK tour dates to support his 2nd album Distance And Time which is out on October 8th. The tour dates are:

October

11th – Leeds Cockpit
12th – Manchester Night & Day
13th – Brighton Redroaster
14th – Birmingham Yardbird
17th – London Luminaire
18th – London Camden Barfly
19th – London Camden Barfly

www.myspace.com/finkmusic

Wu Tang Clan have been given permission to sample a Beatles song.

The rap crew were originally going to cover While My Guitar Gently Weeps with Dhani Harrison, son of George. However, now the group have clearance to sample the song, which is a first for an official Beatles sample.

The band will be pushing back 8 Diagrams to December, “due to the magnitude of the sample and the History being made.”

In other Wu news, GZA will be performing Liquid Swords in its entirety at Koko on Sunday December 9th as part of the Don’t Look Back series.

www.wutang-corp.com

Ian MacKaye isn’t dead.

The Fugazi and Minor Threat man was the victim of an internet rumour saying he’d been killed by a hit-and-run and his Wikipedia entry was changed multiple times as part of the elaborate hoax. However, MacKaye came out and said:

“I am happy to report that I am not dead.”

That clears that up then.

Morrissey is planning on working on a new album.

The singer recently said in an interview that as soon as his current tour is over, he will begin recording new material. He stated that it’s written and ready and went on to say that he’s “outside the mainstream, and the mainstream never let me in.”

Well, that’s bound to cheer you up in all this grey weather…

www.morrisseymusic.com

CSS have announced some new winter tour dates.

The Brazilians will be playing a number of dates from December 2nd onwards with electro juggernaughts Justice supporting on the 2nd-8th gigs. Joe Lean and the Jing Jang Jong will be the support for the dates on December 10th-20th. The full dates are:

2nd – Leeds University
3rd – London Brixton Academy
4th – Manchester Academy
5th – Glasgow Academy
6th – Bristol Academy
7th – Birmingham Academy
8th – Nottingham Rock City
10th – Dublin Olympia
11th – Oxford Academy
12th – Newcastle University
13th – Stoke Keele University
14th – Brighton Dome
17th – Cambridge Corn Exchange
18th – Liverpool Academy
19th – Sheffield Leadmill
20th – Portsmouth Pyramids

www.csshurts.com

Brother Ali‘s new video, for the single Take Me Home taken from this year’s The Undisputed Truth, has made its way online. It’s the sort of track we like to play at Crossfire to forget about the grey skies and rain. See if you can spot some other Rhymesayes in the vid…

Brother Ali – Take Me Home

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www.rhymesayers.com

Dillinger Escape Plan have had to cancel their upcoming tour again.

The reason for this second cancellation is the breaking of Ben Weinman’s foot which occured during the filming of the band’s new video. The band said:

“He of course was ready to go out and kick ass with a cast on his foot, which we seriously considered for a second, but figured we’d wait til he could actually kick ass with both feet just in case he did further damage to his foot, which he certainly would have.”

The band’s new album Ire Works is due for a mid-November release and they plan to re-arrange the dates as soon as they can.

www.myspace.com/dillingerescapeplan