A book featuring revealing and intimate photos of Elliot Smith is being published.
Autumn De Wilde took many photos which have been kept away from the limelight and will publish them in the book alongside interviews and a CD of previously unreleased songs.
The book features conversations with Smith’s collaborators and will have forewords written by Beck and Chris Walla from Death Cab For Cutie.
The book will be out in November.
50 Cent is a chump.
Yes, I know we all know that, but it’s worth saying again. He recently had a dig at Ghostface and has now dissed Nas for being “weird” because he reads books.
So first of all he has a dig at one of Wu Tang, who could piss on a microphone and sound better than him, then he has a go at Nas, universally considered one of the best mainstream rappers ever, because the man reads books.
Maybe Fiddy is just jealous because he can’t read? The big beefy dickhead.
The Klaxons were as surprised as anyone to find that the B-side of their limited edition 7-inch was in fact a song not by them.
500 copies of the new single ‘It’s Not Over Yet’ were pressed with an etching on the B-side, which upon closer inspection turned out to be a random song by a mystery artist.
Simon Taylor from the band said: “I think the people at the pressing plant have their eyes on different pies, because whenever we have an etched vinyl, something always break or goes wrong with it.”
He added: “I used to get really into those fan websites where people would claim that there was some kind of link between the hidden tracks and the other ones. I like the idea that there is some sort of magic behind it. Maybe there is.”
So is it any good? Go to www.nme.com and have a listen.
Household Records have two new videos out from bands on their roster.
You Me And The Atom Bomb have finished their huge European trek and have posted up a video for Won’t Let Go.
Also, Hostage Life have a video up for their track Sons Of Hostage Life, which you can see below:
Kano‘s new album will feature Blur man Damon Albarn.
The grime MC will release his new album London Town in September and it will see appearances from Albarn, Kate Nash, Craig David and Vybz Cartel. The best thing we’ve read about the album here at HQ is Kano discussing why it’s called London Town:
“I just wanted to tell people about the London I know rather than all these people like Fergie [Black Eyed Peas] talking about it”
You tell ’em son.
NOFX will be releasing a live album in 2008.
This will mark the second live album they’ve done, following I Heard They Suck Live which was released over 10 years ago.
The new record will feature recordings from their global assault including China, Japan, Malaysia, Indonesia, South Korea and South Africa.
Two former winners of the prestigious prize are up for nomination again, strengthening the thoughts the the prize just ain’t what it used to be.
Last year’s winners, the Arctic Monkeys, and 2003’s winner Dizzee Rascal are both up for the award again along with boozehound beehive Amy Winehouse, Oxford’s finest chaps the Young Knives, nu-rave or whatever it’s called kings the Klaxons, recent Crossfire interviewee’s Bat For Lashes, and for some inexplicable reason, the New Young Pony Club.
The full shortlist for the award, to announced at the Grosvneor in September, goes as follows:
Arctic Monkeys – ‘Favourite Worst Nightmare’
Klaxons – ‘Myths Of The Near Future’
Amy Winehouse – ‘Back To Black’
Maps – ‘We Can Create’
The View – ‘Hats Off To The Buskers’
Jamie T – ‘Panic Prevention’
Dizzee Rascal – ‘Maths & English’
Bat For Lashes – ‘Fur And Gold’
Young Knives – ‘Voices of Animals And Men’
Fionn Regan – ‘The End Of History’
New Young Pony Club – ‘Fantastic Playroom’
Basquiat Strings – ‘Basquiat Strings’
Good luck all.
Throwdown have posted a sampler of all the songs on their new album.
The band, who are currently performing on the Warped Tour, will release their new album Venom And Tears in August and you can check out what it sounds like by clicking the link below. Boom.
Thursday are planning to put out a CD/DVD and want help from their fans.
The band announced that they would like fans to send in video footage of live shows or hanging out around venues and they will consider everything for the DVD. If the footage sent in gets used on the DVD, the person who sent it in will appear on the credits and will get an autographed copy of the final product.
To get involved you’ll need to print out this release form and send it in with your footage to the address below.
The Syndicate
Attn: Thursday DVD
1801 Willow Ave
Weehawken, NJ 07086
Ghost riding is great. You stick on some crunk or some hyphy, you get out of your car whilst it’s still moving and have a bit of a boogie, then get back in. Awesome. Unless you’re some kind of retarded bellend who doesn’t get that a lampost isn’t a friend of the truck: