Category: Music News

It’s all going a bit Bash Street Kids over at Kaiser Chiefs headquarters as the band announce they are hooking up with creators of The Beano to make the cover for their new single, ‘The Angry Mob’.

The whole band Andrew White, Simon Rix, Peanut, Nick Hodgson and Ricky Wilson, will be turned into Beano characters by the Scottish comic artists for the cover of the single, due out in August.

“There’s going to be a Beano story, and it’s going to feature us as cheeky characters,” says drummer Nick Hodgson. “We want out Scottish fans to know about it and our love of all things north of the border.”

www.kaiserchiefs.co.uk

They say they’re nearly finished with the new album, but a video preview of new tracks from the forthcoming seventh Radiohead album has surfaced on Youtube.

The video includes snippets from new tracks ‘Open Pick’, ‘All I Need’, ‘Down Is The New Up’ and ‘Bangers N’ Mash’. Radiohead have not released any new material since 2003’s ‘Hail To The Thief’ so fans will be pissing themselves excited over this sneaky peak.

Legendary new-wave pioneers Devo will shortly begin their first UK tour in
fifteen years.

The band, who made a name for themselves with hit singles like ‘Whip It’, ‘Jocko Homo’ and ‘Girl U Want’, will play the following shows:

June:

Mon 18th – Brighton Dome
Tue 19th – London Royal Festival Hall
Thu 21st – Dublin Vicar Street
Fri 22nd – Birmingham Symphony Hall
Sat 23rd – Manchester Apollo
Sun 24th – Glasgow Carling Academy
Tue 26th – London Shepherds Bush Empire

www.clubdevo.com

Brand New have posted a b-side on their myspace page.

The track, Brothers, is available as the b-side on the single of Jesus but if you want to check it out, all you need to do is click the link below and hear it in all its glory.

www.myspace.com/brandnew

Protest The Hero have finished writing their second full-length album and will start recording this weekend.

The Canadians, who released Kezia in 2005, spent most of this year on tour, with Dragonforce, All That Remains and Trivium. Speaking of the new record, which is expected to come out in August, bassist Arif Mirabdolbaghi said:

“The new album is a further attempt towards bridging the distance between technicality and musicality. We hope to use organized and creative songwriting to explore, both sonically and thematically, the emotions, ironies and realities of our surroundings. The songs probe the paradoxical nature of everyday life- chiefly that aggressive music is an adequate vessel to convey not only feelings of anger and frustration, but also wonder, pathos and optimism”

www.protestthehero.com

Following their top 5 album placing, Enter Shikari are back with a new single.

Jonny Sniper, taken from the album, is to be released as a download single, CD single and 7″ picture disc on June 18th. To support the single, the band will be continuing to hit the road and have announced dates in October and November to continue where they left off at the Download Festival. The dates are:

October:

21st – Leeds Uni
22nd – Manchester Apollo
25th – Newcastle Academy
26th – Glasgow Barrowlands
28th – Wolverhampton Civic
31st – Cardiff Uni

November:

1st – Southampton Guildhall
2nd – Brighton Dome
3rd – Plymouth Pavillions
5th – Norwich UEA
6th – Brixton Academy

Make sure you check out the video to Jonny Sniper by clicking right here!

www.entershikari.com

Hydrahead have announced two releases set for July.

Botch will be releasing American Nervoso on July 10th and will feature a remastered version of the original album plus a new track, three demos and an extended version of Spitting Black.

Dälek head up the second release with Deadverse Massive Volume 1: Dälek Rarities 1999-2006. This will hit the shops on July 24th and features rare tracks, instrumentals and remixes.

www.hydrahead.com

Radiohead have spoken out about their new album.

The band have been working on the first release since Hail To The Thief in 2003 for over a year and have been keeping a studio diary on the work.

Ed O’Brien recently announced that the record is nearly ready and though there are no details, it is expected to be released this year.

www.radiohead.com

Rancid‘s new drummer has recently spoken about the band’s new album.

Branden Steineckert, who joined after Brett Reed left the band, said that the band are getting together this autumn to start writing the new record and they plan to record it in January 2008. This will be the first release from the band since 2003’s Indestructible.

www.rancidrancid.com

Columbus hip hopper DJ Przm has sadly passed away.

The DJ/Producer, who started a hip hop night in Columbus, giving time to MHz [RJD2, Jakki, Camu Tao and Copywrite],Weightless [Blueprint, Greenhouse Effect and Illogic] to Stronghold, PHife Dog, Thirsten Howell and more, passed away on Sunday June 10th.

Blueprint said of the DJ:

“He was an amazing DJ and was the first DJ I ever took on the road with me in 2002 when i started touring. He, Illogic, and I had so many good times that it’s hard to know where to begin, but in terms of rocking shows, since Przm was a DJ, Emcee, producer, and beatboxer of the highest level – he was able to make any show live and able to make the best out of any bad situation.”

Even if you’re not familiar with DJ Przm, he achieved a lot for his local scene and beyond. He will be missed. RIP.

www.myspace.com/djprzm1