Category: Music News

Alert Hammond Jr has admitted The Strokes’ plans are unknown at the moment.

The guitarist, who has released his solo album Yours To Keep last year, said that the band are currently “hanging out and doing life things.” When asked if the band would get together for a follow up to last year’s First Impressions Of Earth, he said:

“I have no idea. I always get in trouble when I speculate about stuff. So I have zero clue. If I did know I would tell you, though.”

In the meantime, Hammond Jr has written a script and will be touring his solo album around the States.

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Cursive recently premiered their latest video online.

The video for Big Bang, which is taken from last year’s album Happy Hollow can be seen by clicking here.

The Happy Hollow album was viewed by many as one of the best albums of the year so make sure you check out the video!

www.cursivearmy.com

The tracklisting for the Sick Of It All tribute album has been announced.

The record, Our Impact Will Be Felt: A Tribute to Sick Of It All, will be released on April 24th and will feature 20 tracks performed by the likes of Comeback Kid, Napalm Death, Pennywise and more. The full tracklisting is:

Built To Last – Rise Again
Clobberin Time/What’s Going On – Unearth
Ratpack – Hatebreed
Give Respect – Madball
The Truth – Bleeding Through
Step Down – Comeback Kid
Cease Fire – Ignite
Good Lookin’ Out – Bouncing Souls
My Life – Pennywise
Friends Like You – Kill Your Idols
Scratch The Surface – Sepultura
Maladjusted – Himsa
Alone – Most Precious Blood
Just Look Around – First Blood
Busted – Stretch Arm Strong
Us Vs. Them – Walls Of Jericho
Goatless – Suicide Machines
We Stand Alone – Bane
World Full Of Hate – No Redeeming Social Value
Who Sets The Rules – Napalm Death

www.sickofitall.com

Faster Than Sound, an experimental connection between music and digital art, is back.

Having made its first foray in June 2006, Faster Than Sound returns to Bentwaters airbase in June, as artists look to collaborate and blur the lines between electronic music and interactive visual art.

With attractions like a wireless walk in the woods, illuminated cold war buildings and an inspiring sound-fuelled dome, Faster Than Sound is going to be something definitely worth checking out.

With Plaid taking part, amongst a large number of others includinng Colleen, Dat Politics and µ-Ziq, it promises to be a very interesting experiment.

www.fasterthansound.com

The Police are to follow up their comeback dates with a European tour.

The group will be playing four dates in the UK as part of the tour, which will see its completed itinerary completed soon. The UK gigs are:

September:

4th – Birmingham
8th – London

October:

15th – Manchester
19th – Cardiff

www.thepolicetour.com

The Left Field Stage of Glastonbury have announced they will stage two pre-festival nights in London.

The two nights will be held at the Islington Academy in association with Virtualfestivals and in support of Shelter.

The nights will happen on the 11th and 12th of June, a week and a half before the festival itself actually kicks off. No official line up yet but its thought that CUD will headline the 12th.

www.glastonburyfestivals.co.uk

Ill Nino are back with their fourth album, Enigma.

The album will be released in June in the UK but to support the album, the Latin metallers will be playing a tour over here with Drowning Pool. You can check them out at the following dates:

April:

8th – Wolverhampton, Wulfrun
9th – Nottingham, Rock City
10th – Newcastle, Academy
11th – Glasgow, Cathouse
12th – Aberdeen, Moshula
14th – Dubling, Ambassador
15th – Belfast, Spring & Airbrake
16th – Liverpool, Academy
17th – Leeds, Rios
18th – Cardiff, Solus
20th – Peterborough, Cressent
21st – Sheffield, Corporation
22nd – Southampton, Nexus
23rd – London, Koko

www.illnino.com

Ryan Adams new album, Easy Tiger, will be released this year.

The singer has revealed that his ninth studio, the follow up to last year’s 29, will have 13 tracks and will be released on June 5th. The tracklisting is:

Goodnight Rose
Everybody Knows
The Sun Also Sets
Halloween Head
Off Broadway
Two Hearts
Tears Of Gold
These Girls
Two
I Taught Myself How To Grow Old
Oh My God, Whatever, Etc.
Rip Off
Pearls On A String

www.ryan-adams.com

Problems are continuing to arise over the finances of the late Ol’ Dirty Bastard.

Two women with children by the rapper appeared in a Brooklyn Court to complain about the handling of ODB’s estate. Suzy Wong and Cheryl McCall both have 11 year old sons, fathered by ODB according to reports, and they say that his widow and estate administrator, Icelene Jones, has blown over $225,000 since he died in 2004. Wong said:

“We wanted to make objections to Icelene being the administrator, and her accounting. She’s playing the sorry and sad widow, but the truth is they hadn’t had a marital relationship for 12 years.”

The problems don’t stop their either as the posthumous album A Son Unique is having to be delayed from release due to a dispute with Damon Dash, who owns the rights to the album.

Wu Tang saw it coming then – Cash Rules Everything Around Me, Dollar Dollar bill’s y’all.

www.wutangcorp.com

The Beastie Boys are looking to drop their new album this summer, according to reports.

Billboard has said that the group are currently putting the finishing touches to the record which will follow up To The 5 Boroughs, which was released in 2004.

The group has been busy, releasing the DVD Awesome: I Fuckin’ Shot That! DVD and MCA taking over the production duties for the new Bad Brains record. It is expected that new material will be played at their various festival dates this year.

www.beastieboys.com