Dizzee Rascal has revealed some details of his upcoming album, Maths & English.
The album, which is his first since 2007’s Showtime, is set for a June 4th release and will be preceded by a single, Sirens, on May 21st.
The album will feature Arctic Monkeys on Temptation Greets You Like Your Naughty Friend and Newham Generals on Lemon. There is also a production credit from Shy FX.
Klaus Flouride of the Dead Kennedys has joined Blind Orange Genocide, a band formed last year by Greg Ingraham of the Avengers and Johnny Genocide of No Alternative.
The band has finished writing an album’s worth of material and is currently getting themselves ready for some live shows this summer. They are also looking for a label to put the album out on, with a sound that they describe as “early Stones/Yardbirds with shades of garage sounding influence thrown in for good measure.”
You can check them out here.
Jay Bentley, bass player for Bad Religion has spoken about the band’s upcoming album recently.
The record will be called New Maps Of Hell and follows up The Empire Strikes First from 2004. The album is scheduled for a July 10th release and contains 17 albums, produced by Joe Barresi, who has worked with Tool, QOTSA and Weezer.
Bentley said:
“We are done recording. Now it’s mix time. We’re getting ready to play the Santa Monica show and head down to Chile, Argentina, Brazil and Mexico for our tour… looking forward to getting back on the road…”
Offspring are the latest band to be given a Bluegrass makeover by Cornbread Red.
Cornbread Red have previously reworked tracks by Linkin Park, Green Day, Franz Ferdinand and Van Halen and have recently recorded 11 Offspring tracks for the record which is due out at the end of this month. There are no samples online at the moment but the tracklisting can be found below:
All I Want
Self Esteem
Want You Bad
The Kids Aren’t Alright
Gone Away
Gotta Get Away
Jennifer Lost the War
Can’t Repeat
Staring at the Sun
Hit That
Something to Believe In
The Arctic Monkeys are back with their new single Brianstorm which is out today on digital download. You can check it out by clicking here.
Also, make sure you keep your eyes peeled for an exclusive competition here on Crossfire where you can get your hands on the brand new album. It’s coming soon…
Mute Records threw the party of the year so far on Saturday night which saw hundreds of invite only special guests take a hammer to the old brick and mortar before it is demolished.
The famous Mute building had been vacated as the company moved to a new home and a massive party was arranged to celebrate their time there.
It all kicked off with a bar-b-q early afternoon and when dusk kicked in, the main rooms started to buzz with anticipation of a rocking evening. Cocktails (namely the Wrecking Ball!) drowned guests in each room where DJ sets from Arthur Baker, MJ (Slick Sixty), Mark Moore, Miss Kitten, Rough Trade DJ’s also great live sets from Rex The Dog & Christine.
People sprawled out in every part of the office on bean bags as the night turned to daylight. The remaining vampires, (us included!) left the building in pieces with a piece of the building in a polythene bag when breakfast was served.
Best party this year without a doubt, check www.mute.biz/photos/ this week for the evidence.
The reformed Lemonheads will be hitting the touring trail in May and have announced the following gigs:
3rd – Cork Savoy
4th – Galway The Warwick
5th – Dublin Ambassador
6th – Belfast Mandela Hall & Shine
7th – Newcastle The Cluny
8th – Edinburgh Liquid Room
9th – Aberdeen The Lemon Tree
10th – Sheffield The Leadmill
13th – Cardiff Solus
14th – London KOKO
15th – Birmingham Carling Academy
Ben Kweller has posted a video for the song Penny On The Train Track.
The video features Kweller’s grandmother, Marilyn “Bubbie” Kweller doing a jazzercise routine along to her grandson’s new tune.
If you’re desperate to see an old girl bop about in spandex then click here. Even if you’re not, and you wanna hear the tune, click there and close your eyes.
The entire Bright Eyes album, Cassadaga, has been streamed online by Saddle Creek Records.
The new album from Conor Oberst, is a follow up to his recent rarities/B-Sides compilation Noise Floor and will be released on April 10th. To hear the album, click here.
Atreyu are currently working on their fourth studio album.
The album, which has yet to be named, is being produced by John Feldmann, who has produced for the likes of Mest and Good Charlotte, and is being scheduled for a late summer release.
Frontman Alex Varkatzas said of the new record: “I don’t want to give anything away, but we’re tossing around all kinds of ideas and are leaving ourselves open to endless possibilities. We are going to challenge ourselves.”