Our mate Gav over at Xynthetic just mailed us to say he’s just snapped a new Banksy piece down his way in Brizzle.
The art is on Park Row down there and we reckon Gav and his mate Rich have the first dibs online breaking the news, so we’re going to offer you sloppy seconds on it.
Coheed & Cambria, who we recently saw taking over the Islington Academy, have posted the first video from their new album Good Apollo, I’m Burning Star IV, Vol. 2: No World For Tomorrow which is set for an October release. Check it:
Talib Kweli and Hi-Tek are set to join up again for a new record.
Producer Hi-Tek, who produced the majority of tracks on Kweli and Mos Def’s Black Star album, teamed up with the rapper as Reflection Eternal on Rawkus Records. In the years since their Train Of Thought album, the two have been releasing solo albums, but Hi-Tek recently said:
“We are definitely are doing [an album]…We both are trying to get back together on a really good note, as opposed to just doing it for the business.”
The Charlatans are to make their new album available as a free download.
The band will release the album via the XFM website and the first single will be available from www.xfm.co.uk from October 22nd. The album, which is also going to be featured on the band’s official site, is being mixed and is set for a 2008 release.
The band are also set to play the following dates in November:
3rd – Glasgow ABC
4th – Manchester Ritz
5th & 6th – London Shepherd’s Bush Empire
Agnostic Front have posted two new songs online.
The hardcore band have put the tracks Dead To Me and For My Family up on their MySpace page and these tracks will be featured on their upcoming album Warriors which is due out this year.
Crossfire favourites The Sword will be in the studio soon to record their new album.
The band will hit Texas to record the record, which is expected to be released ni early 2008. And that’s it basically.
UNKLE will release a new single and play some tour dates.
The new single, taken from War Stories, will be Hold My Hand and features James Lavelle on vocals. To support the single, UNKLE will be going out to play some live shows and will provide some audio-visual sets. The dates are:
12th November – Rock City, Nottingham
13th November – ABC, Glasgow
15th November – Manchester Academy
16h November – Roundhouse, London
Alexisonfire have announced some UK dates.
The band will be going out on the road with Anti-Flag, Saosin and The Bled on the following:
November:
11th – Bristol, Academy
12th – Southampton, Guildhall
13th – London, Brixton Academy
14th – Manchester, Academy
16th – Birmingham, Academy
17th – Nottingham, Rock City
18th – Middlesborough, Town Hall
19th – Leeds, University
And apparently, you decide how much you pay for it.
After last week’s Rick Astely themed hoax, Radiohead have revealed the album is ready and will be released on October 10th. In an announcment on the band’s site, Jonny Greenwood has told fans that the new album ‘In Rainbows’ will be available to download, but the price field on the site will be left balnk to allow people to choose how much to pay for it.
‘In Rainbows’ track listing is:
’15 Step’
‘Bodysnatchers’
‘Nude’
‘Weird Fishes/Arpeggi’
‘All I Need’
‘Faust Arp’
‘Reckoner’
‘House Of Cards’
‘Jigsaw Falling Into Place’
‘Videotape’
The Ting Tings are to release a limited edition 7″.
The up-and-comvers will give the vinyl of Fruit Machine away at their shows in Salford, Berlin and Islington and will pin 100 blank sleeves to the wall at each gig, encouraging the fans to create an overall piece of work which will be used as the single sleeves.
Meanwhile, the band are setting off on the road with Reverend & The Makers this month.