Prefuse 73 has announced some UK tour dates.
In support of his Preparations album which is released on October 15th and the forthcomnig Class Of 73 Bells single on September 17th, the producer will be hitting 5 dates in October. He will be joined by Battles in Manchester and Anti-Pop Consortium’s Beans in Leeds. The dates are:
14th – Dublin, Whelan’s
15th – Leeds, Room 237
16th – London, Scala
17th – Manchester, Apollo 2
18th – Oxford, [TBC]
Moose favourites Band Of Horses have posted the first song from their new album online.
The track Is There A Ghost? comes from their new album Cease To Begin which is set for an October 9th release and follows up last year’s Everything All The Time.
I was trying to think of a horse related pun to end on but I can’t think of one. Neigh bother.
The Dirty Projectors have unveiled a new Black Flag related project.
The band have reworked Damaged through “memory and intuition” and features two female vocalists. The result has been described as “evoking 60s rock, afrobeat, soul and even Marvin Gaye and Bob Marley via Antony & The Johnsons.”
You can check out No More on their myspace page below.
Legendary guitarist Bo Diddley has had a heart attack during a medical check up.
The influential 78 year old felt ill during his check up and was taken straight to the emergency room where he had a heart attack, before going through a surgical procedure to help the blood flow to his heart.
Diddley has had a spate of illnesses, suffering a stroke and losing his toes to diabetes.
Get well soon Bo!
Fugazi drummer Brendan Canty is to add another feature to his Burn To Shine series with Mastodon leading the way.
The series sees Canty and film maker Christoph Green travel to towns and film local acts playing in buildings that are due to be burned or demolished, with each film documenting the building, the performance and the demolition.
The latest installment is also due to Mastodon, Black Lips, Snowden, Deerhunter, Delia Gartrell, the Mighty Hannibal, the Carbonas, the All Night Drug Prowling Wolves and the Coathangers among others.
Lily Allen got doused in Guinness after trying to rush the stage at this eyar’s Carnival.
The mockney singer tried to grab the mic from reggae signer Bobby Kray. Kray did his duty as a good citizen and poured Guinness over her head, leading to the crowd cheering and Allen doing a runner.
Humiliation is all you deserve sweetcheeks.
Galapagos 4’s Mestizo will release his new album on September 18th.
The album Dream State has been produced by duo Julian Code [Sean Julian & DJ Morse Code] and features guest spots from the likes of 2Mex, Qwel and Murs. The tracklist is:
1. Rumble Fish
2. Coast Guard
3. Solid Gold
4. PrettyBoy Zoid
5. Back Wash Feat. Joe Dubbs & 2Mex
6. Suzy Q
7. Confrontational Act
8. Tolerance Feat. Qwel
9. Sup’ Girl
10. Please & Thank You
11. Beat Flip
12. Creative
13. UMCCC
14. Even Feat.Isiah & Murs
15. Continental Half Time
16. Time Card
17. In The Clouds
18. Spare Change
19. Live
20. Rosie
21. Disclaimer
22. Laughing
23. See Me Out
The complete mouthful bands of Cats And Cats And Cats, and Oxford’s little known This Town Needs Guns are to release a split CD in October.
The split CD will be released via Big Scary Monsters Records on 1st October 2007 and the two bands tour together in September to promote the release.
Tracklisting:
1. Cats And Cats And Cats – Brilliant The Brilli Ant
2. Cats And Cats And Cats – Anchoress
3. Cats And Cats And Cats – Sweet Drunk Everyone
4. Cats And Cats And Cats – Tower Tower
5. This Town Needs Guns – 26 Is Dancier Than 4
6. This Town Needs Guns – If I Sit Still Maybe I’ll Make It Out Of Here
7. This Town Needs Guns – 1470 Man
8. This Town Needs Guns – It’s Not True Rufus, Don’t Listen To The Hat
Cats And Cats And Cats and This Town Needs Guns on tour:
07.09 – Bristol, The Junction
08.09 – Reading, Face Bar (Rapturefest w/ Secondsmile, Meet Me In St Louis and more)
09.09 – High Wycombe, White Horse
10.09 – Cambridge, The Portland Arms
11.09 – Kingston, The Peel (w/ Dartz!, Tellison)
13.09 – Welwyn Garden City, The Green Room
14.09 – Tunbridge Wells, The Forum
15.09 – Nottingham, The Rose of England
16.09 – Birmingham, Flapper and Firkin
17.09 – Leicester, The Charlotte
18.09 – Leeds, Brudenell Social Club
19.09 – Newcastle, The Head of Steam
20.09 – Hull, The Adelphi
22.09 – London, Notting Hill Arts Club (Rota – free entry afternoon show)
www.myspace.com/catsandcatsandcats
www.thistownneedsguns.com
It’s not particularly new, but it’s fucking good. So check the video for El-P‘s Smithereens:
Every Time I Die‘s Teen Wolf-inspired video is online. Fucking yes.
Check out this video: We’rewolf