Category: Music News

The video for the first single taken from the new UNKLE album has been released.

To check out the video to Burn My Shadow, which comes from the album War Stories and features Goran Visnjic from ER, click here.

www.unkle.com

Household Name Records have announced they will be releasing the European version of the Ska Is Dead compilation this summer.

Ska legends such as Catch 22, Mustard Plug, Bomb The Music Industry and Planet Smashers will all appear on the 23 track album which will be released on August 6th.

The European version will have a full-colour digi pack and will set you back a mere five pounds.

www.householdnamerecords.co.uk

Sonic Youth will be putting a collection of favourites together to be released at Starbucks.

Thurston Moore said in a recent interview that he had the idea to get musicians and actors to pick their favourite Sonic Youth track and write something about it. He went on to explain:

“So it’s a compilation record of artists choosing songs of Sonic Youth. There’s going to be one exclusive song of ours that we’ll record, so that’s something we have to record.”

There is no news yet as to when it will be released.

www.sonicyouth.com

The Chemical Brothers will be releasing their new album We Are The Night on July 2nd.

The duo’s new record was recorded in South London and will feature 12 tracks as the follow up to the double Grammy winning Push The Button. The first single to be taken from the album is out now, Do It Again features Ali Love on vocals and the tracklisting for the album is:

1. No Path To Follow
2. We Are The Night
3. All Rights Reversed Ft. Klaxons
4. Saturate
5. Do It Again Ft. Ali Love
6. Das Spiegel
7. The Salmon Dance Ft. Fatlip
8. Burst Generator
9. A Modern Midnight Conversation
10. Battle Scars. Ft Willy Mason
11. Harpoons
12. The Pills Won’t Help You Now Ft. Midlake.

www.thechemicalbrothers.com

Klub Kerrang! makes its return with its typical energetic carnage when it comes to Koko on Saturday 23rd June.

Last month saw The Future and Lostalone tear the place apart with their brilliant live sets with DJs James Sherry and Emma Johnston in the main room and DJ Zac Slack and Talita Two-Shoes causing the carnage in the upstairs Crossfire room.

This month will see Zico Chain and Flood Of Red take to the stage and Still Remains will be hitting the decks as the special guest DJs. To see what you can expect from a Klub Kerrang! night, click here to see last month’s mayhem.

DJs James Sherry and Emma Johnston will once again bring the tunes in the main room and DJ Zac Slack and his special guest DJ Feebz will see you in the Crossfire room on the top floor of Koko.

Make sure you take note of the special deal for Klub Kerrang! too: If you come to the venue with a flyer before 11pm, you can get into the club for just £4.

You can print off the flyer from www.koko.uk.com, www.kerrang.com or here on Crossfire.

So the details that matter:

KLUB KERRANG!

Doors open 10.00pm to late
£6 before 11.00pm and £8 after.
Flyers and NUS cards £4 before 11.00pm
Tickets 0870 998 8888 or right now on www.aloud.com
Drinks offers all night shooters £1.50 Fosters Twist £2
Strictly over 18’s only
KOKO 1A CAMDEN HIGH ST LONDON NW1

Spoon will release their new album in July.

Spoon, who have signed a deal with Anti-Records for the European release of Ga Ga Ga Ga Ga, will release the album on July 9th which follows up Gimmie Fiction which was a bit hit in Europe and the States.

The album will feature 10 songs and run for just over half an hour and will be supported by some live dates:

August:

12th – Leicester, Summer Sundae Weekender
16th – London, Cargo

www.spoontheband.com

Blackhole will be supporting Gallows on their UK tour in September.

The band, which features Frank and Steph Carter’s brother Rich on vocals have only been around since the start of this year but have already self-released Harness and shared the stage with the likes of November Coming Fire and Gallows.

New material is forthcoming from the band and will be put out on limited 7″ on Gallows’ Black Envelope label. The tour dates for the bill which also features Poison The Well and Lethal Bizzle are:

September:

12th – Princess Pavillion, Falmouth
13th – Ski Lodge, Yeovil
14th – TJ’s, Newport
15th – Sugarmill, Stoke
17th – Ironworks, Inverness
18th – Fat Sams, Dundee
19th – Town Hall Crypt, Middlesbrough
21st – Charlotte, Leicester
22nd – Soundhaus, Northhampton
23rd – Junction, Cambridge
25th – Zodiac, Oxford
26th – Electric Ballroom, London

www.myspace.com/blackholesound

Minneapolis heavyweights Atmosphere are to bring out 2 more Sad Clown CDs before their new album drops.

The Sad Clown Bad Dub series, which started off on cassette and progressed to CD sold on tours has now reached its 9th edition which is due to be released in a few weeks according to Slug. Sad Clown Bad Summer 9 will feature 5 tracks, all based around a piano. Sad Clown Nice Fall 10 will then be put out around September.

Slug went on to say that the new album, which has the working title of With Your Tale Between Your Legs [though that might change], won’t be out until next spring and so these 2 new Sad Clown records are some fun to tide everyone over. The tracklisting for SCBS9 is:

1. Sunshine
2. The Number One
3. RFTC
4. Mattress
5. Don’t Forget

www.rhymesayers.com

Crossfire favourite’s The Beastie Boys have released videos for two singles off their brand new album ‘The Mix Up’. Good old Youtube delivers the goods, where you can see videos for The Rat Cage and Off the Grid. Ch-ch-check it out.

“Off the Grid”

“The Rat Cage”

Electrelane have announced that they will be supporting the Beastie Boys at their one-off instrumental show at the Camden Roundhouse on 5th September.

As part of Electrelane’s UK dates, they will provide support for the Beastie’s as they perform their new instrumental album ‘The Mix’.

Catch Electrelane headlining at one of their gigs on 27th November in Glasgow, 28th November in Manchester, and on 29th November in London, as well as countless festivals worldwide all over the summer.

For tickets to see the Beastie Boys and Electrelane head as quickly as you possibly can to www.gigsandtours.com