Category: Music News

… Here’s The Sex Pistols, again.

To celebrate the 30th anniversary of the classic Sex Pistols album, Never Mind The Bollocks, it will be re-released as a series of special vinyl pressings.

Re-creating all the original artwork from the first editions’ front, back and onbody, and finished in heavy-weight paper sleeves, Virgin Records will be issuing the band’s four classic singles – “Anarchy In The UK”, “God Save The Queen”, “Pretty Vacant” and “Holidays In The Sun” through out October on a weekly basis.

The series will finish with the release of the album in heavy weight vinyl with a seven-inch insert of the track “Submission” and poster – just as the album was originally released on October 28th 1977.

Atmosphere have released a new song for download.

The Minneapolis underground kings will be releasing a new Sad Clown Bad Dub CD, which they bring out on tour with them, and have put the track Sunshine from it up for free download.

Click here to get it and enjoy the thought of sunshine pouring through your window [instead of the rain that’s pouring through right now!].

The Sad Clown Bad Summer 9 EP is just a taster to keep people going whilst Slug and Ant put the finishing touches to their new album, When Life Gives You Lemons…, which is due out on Rhymesayers Entertainment early next year.

Reports that Abjekt is jumping for joy are officially true, though the rumours that he’s been tied up and locked in a padded cell to stop pissing off the rest of HQ are as yet unconfirmed.

www.rhymesayers.com

Milloy will have their More Than A Machine re-issued.

The record will be available through Household Name Records mailorder only with only 350 copies available, with 200 being on special coloured vinyl. The tracklisting for the record is:

1. Evel Knievel
2. Hammer & Blades
3. Blackjack
4. (The boy with no) Shoes
5. Dibs
6. Deuce
7. Eveready
8. Mirror Signal Manoeuvre
9. February
10. Less Said
11. Damaged Goods
12. Le Coup De Grace

www.householdnamerecords.co.uk

The Super Furry Animals will be touring the UK in support of their Hey Venus! album.

The band, who also launched a new website this week, will release their first single, Show Your Hand on August 13th and the album will be the band’s first for Rough Trade. The tour dates are:

October:

16th – Dublin Vicar street
17th– Belfast Mandela hall
19th – Liverpool Carling Academy
22nd – Nottingham Rock City
23rd – Newcastle Academy
25th – Southampton Guildhall
26th – Oxford Carling Academy
28th – Birmingham Academy
29th – Bristol Academy
30th – Leeds Town Hall
31st – Norwich UEA

November:

2nd – London Roundhouse

www.superfurry.com

Gogol Bordello will be rolling into the UK for a tour in December.

The gypsy punks will support their new album Super Taranta! on an 8 date tour:

8th – London Hammersmith Apollo
10th – Brighton Dome
11th – Wolverhampton Wulfrun Hall
13th – Glasgow ABC
14th – Norwich UEA
15th – Nottingham Rock City
16th – Manchester Academy
18th – Sheffield Leadmill

www.gogolbordello.com

Every Time I Die have posted a new track from their upcoming album.

No Son Of Mine is taken from The Big Dirty which is slated for an early September release as the follow up to 2005’s Gutter Phenomenon. It’s a belting track, so stick it on!

www.myspace.com/everytimeidie

Social Distortion have recently spoken about their new record.

Mike Ness of the band said that they were between studio albums, following the release of their Greatest Hits and the new track Far Behind. He said they’ve a dozen songs that didn’t make the last record and went on to say:

“I have demos from 1994 that I’m revisiting — great ideas that didn’t get finished. You know, maybe they needed a better chorus or something. Also, I just want to create some new stuff entirely.”

www.socialdistortion.com

The location that has been described as “the birthplace of Hip Hop” is hoping to be preserved after an application to make it a historic landmark was approved.

The Sedgwick Building hosted parties where DJ Kool Herc played sets which spawned the foundation of the Hip Hop culture and has been namechecked in tracks by the likes of Nas in the recent past. Herc himself called for the preservation of the building, so let’s hope the authorities pay attention and keep the historic building exactly how it should be kept!

The Bled have said their new album will be called Silent Treatment.

The new record will be out in September and follows up Found In The Flood from 2005. The band have also re-issued their debut full length Pass The Flask. The tracklisting for the new album:

1. Shadetree Mechanics
2. You Should Be Ashamed Of Myself
3. Threes Away
4. Asleep On The Frontlines
5. Platonic Sleepover Massacre
6. Starving Artiste
7. The Silver Lining
8. Some Just Vanish
9. Breathing Room Barricades
10. Beheaded My Way
11. My Bitter Half

www.thebledsite.com

Epoxies have posted a new song on their MySpace.

My New World is on the 5 track EP, which is their first release for Metropolis Records. The band, who recently put out an EP through another label, with two 7″s, are currently working on the full length album which is expected to be released later this year.

www.myspace.com/epoxies