Category: Music News

Wild Style is celebrating it’s 25th Anniversary.

The cult film, which chronicled the hip hop movement in the late 70s and early 80s in the Bronx and influenced a whole new generation of musicians such as Madonna and Blondie, is being released once more.

The soundtrack, regarded as one of the best ever, is also being released. With the soundtrack having been sampled by the likes of De La Soul, A Tribe Called Quest, Beastie Boys, Beck, Cypress Hill, DJ Shadow, Nas and Public Enemy, it’s clear to see how far the influence has stretched.

Check the trailer at www.wildstyledvd.com

Sage Francis has started a remix competition for one of his tracks.

Hoofprints In The Sand, which was originally produced by Reanimator, is the track that’s been put up for remixing, and you can grab the acapella here. All submissions should be sent to strangefamous@gmail.com by 10th September with the winner being announced the next day. If you wanna check out the original, click here.

The winner will be featured on the front page of both Sage’s and Strange Famous’ sites and will have the option of appearing on Sage’s remix album, which is due out in 2008.

www.strangefamousrecords.com

Toronto’s Brutal Knights will be heading to Europe in September.

The Canadians will hit Denmark, Holland and Germany before hitting the UK. Speaking of the tour, frontman Nick Flanagan said:

“We’re playing some kind of Trainspotting festival, but if any of you sickos bring a dead baby or a Scottish accent to the show I’m fucking going back to America, or wherever it is I’m from.”

The dates are:

September:

17th – Kings Cross, London
18th – Fenton, Leeds
19th – Subway, Edinburgh
20th – Le Pub, Newport
21st – Youth Centre, Guildford

www.myspace.com/brutalknights

The VBS website is quickly replacing my daily watching, so much so I might throw my telly out a hotel window later.

Spike Jonze has made a short 6-part mini documentary hanging out for a Saturday with grime-girl M.I.A, so clicky click over to www.vbs.tv to watch what they get up to.

Information on the new Lemonheads album has come to light in an interview with Bill Stevenson.

The producer recently spoke about the new record saying he was probably going to start working with them in the spring. He went onto the say that it will probably take a year or more to make it as they like to work “one week at a time”.

www.thelemonheads.net

Swedish skate-punkers Millencolin are heading into the studio in November to record their seventh full-length album, which will be the followup to 2005’s Kingwood.

No news yet on who will be producing it, but the band hope to release the record by mid 2008.

Aesop Rock‘s video to his new single None Shall Pass is online.

However, it isn’t going to be easy for you. Click the link at the bottom of the page and put in the code [hint: look at the album title you dimwit] and then answer some questions which will give you free tunes and lyrics.

Once you’ve gotten those, you’ll get the video, which includes the Jeremy Fish characters used in the inlay of the new album.

It’s dope. Dope on a stick. A hip hop stick. You get the idea.

If you’ve not read Abjekt’s interview with him already, get on it.

www.imtryingtohelp.com

Dr Dre is suing Death Row records over the rights to his album The Chronic.

The producer has claimed that the label, which is now defunct, is trying to sell copyrights for the album. He had given the rights to the label in 96 providing it continuing to pay him royalties but in 2000 he cancelled the agreement saying he’s recieved no royalties.

www.dr-dre.com

The title says it all really.

The rapper, who recently did a decent thing and spoke out against homophobia in rap music has ruined everything by making sure everyone knows HE ISN’T GAY. OK. UNDERSTOOD. HOW DARE YOU THINK HE’S GAY. Just so you’re clear, he went on to say:

“And I’m still homophobic myself to certain extent… You know, I wouldn’t go to a gay parade and feel comfortable. I wouldn’t ever to a gay club or something and just be chillin’ and grab a drink…It’s being in the entertainment world, I meet so many different gay people who are actually nice people.”

They’re nice? Wow, and here’s everyone thinking all gay people are rapists and murderers. Who’d have thought?

Kanye, you’re a dope. Shut up, stop making music and hide under a rock please. Thanks.

Atreyu have posted a complete song from their forthcoming album.

Lead Sails Paper Anchor is due out at the end of this month and you can hear Doomsday by clicking on the link below. Easy innit.

www.myspace.com/atreyurock