Cephalic Carnage have announced that work has been completed on their new album, Xenosapien.
The album was produced and engineered by Dave Otero and has had a May 28th release date internationally, with a May 29th release set for the States.
Hopesfall have posted a new track on their myspace page.
The Trustkill band will release their new album Magnetic North, the follow up to A-Types in 2004, on May 15th and the new track will be featured on it.
Get over to www.myspace.com/hopesfall to check out the new material.
Snoop has been denied a visa into the UK, putting his dates with P Diddy in doubt.
The rapper recieved a police caution after being arrested on suspicition of violent disorder at Heathrow last year.
The 5 UK dates were part of a co-headlined European tour and a spokesperson for him stated that he is mystified at the decision and hope it can be reversed as he sees the UK as “the highlight of the tour”.
Ed Banger Records will be releasing their new mix tape. Volume 2 will be out on April 21st and showcases their extraordinarily talented roster. Pimp the tracklisting below:
1. Mr Oizo – Intra
2. Uffie – Dismissed
3. Justice – Phantom
4. DJ Mehdi – Stick It
5. Mr Flash – Disco Dynamite
6. Krazy Baldhead – Strings of Death
7. Feadz – Edwrecker
8. Busy P – 49ers
9. DJ Mehdi – Lucky Girl
10. Busy P – Rainbow Man
11. Mr Flash – Eagle Eyez
12. SebastiAn – Greel
13. Klaxons – Golden Skans to interzones – So Me remix
14. Vicarious Bliss – Limousine
Check out the trailer for the release by clicking here.
Bestival has announced more acts for the 2007 event.
The newcomers to the bill are Gossip, Foals, The Noisettes, Bat For Lashes, Shy Child and Tuung.
The event will take place in Newport on the Isle Of Wight from September 7th to 9th and will be headlined by the legendary Beastie Boys.
The Young Knives have update their touring schedule with some new dates and re-arranged gigs thrown into the equation. The dates are now:
March:
26th – Manchester Academy 2
27th – Newcastle University
29th – Leeds University
30th – Glasgow QMU
31st – Nottingham Rock City
April:
1st – Norwich Waterfront
2nd – Bristol Anson Rooms
5th – Kingston New Slang
6th – Portsmouth Pyramid
7th – Cardiff University
10th – Birmingham Academy
11th – Loughborough University
TV On The Radio are to release a live EP of a performance in a Hollywood record store.
The performance happened in 2006 and the EP will feature four live versions of tracks from last year’s Return To Cookie Mountain album.
The release will be limited and only available from Amoeba’s record store and their online store for 30 days or less if stock runs out. The EP will be out on March 27th.
RJD2 is going online to celebrate the release of his new album The Third Hand.
A new website has been launched, Ask RJD2, which has seen RJ invite anyone and everyone to video themselves asking him a question and upload it to youtube with the tag line “Ask RJD2”. It will then get linked to the site and RJ will video himself giving you an answer!
First person to video themselves asking him how much he loved doing the Crossfire interview wins a packet of smarties.
Legendary ska-punk act Fishbone will be releasing their new record in April.
Still Stuck In Your Throat will be their first album since 2000’s Fishbone and the Familyhood Nextperience Present: The Psychotic Friends Nuttwerx which featured Rick James, H.R. of Bad Brains, George Clinton and Gwen Stefani.
They have appeared in Outkast’s film Idlewild and Christina Aguilera’s Ain’t No Other Man video of late. The tracklisting is below and you can hear 2 news songs at their myspace page.
Jack Ass Brigade
Let Dem Ho’s Fight
Skank ‘n Go Nuttz
Party With Saddam
We Just Lose Our Minds
Frey’d Fuckin’ Nerve Endingz
The Devil Made Me Do It
Forever Moore
Behind Closed Doors
Premadawnutt
Faceplant Scorpion Backpinch
Date Rape (Sublime)
A film chronicling the 80s British 2 Tone movement is to be made.
Clubbed is set to star Maxine Peake, from Shameless, and will be directed by Neil Thompson. Shameless will also provide the executive producer of the film with its creator Paul Abbott filling the role.
It will be set in Coventry which was the home of the ska-influenced scene and saw the likes of The Specials, The Selecter and The Beat rise to fame. The release date is set as early 2008.