I Was A Cub Scout are looking for extras for their upcoming video.
The duo will be filming their new video on Monday February 19th for the track I Hate Nightclubs and want people to come along to appear as an extra.
If you are 16 and over, can be free for the filming in Old Street, London, and can get there by 12.30pm [shoot finishes around 6.30pm], then email Joe Dixon and sending a MySpace link or photo of yourself. The first 50 people to do this will be selected.
The Holloways will be releasing a new single in March after heading out on tour.
The band, who had a hit last year with Generator, will release Dancefloor on the 12th of March and are currently playing their biggest tour yet.
They will also play an under 18s show in Sheffield following their impromptu gig on top of their bus for kids that couldn’t get into the venue. The tour dates are:
February:
16th – Birmingham Academy 2
17th – Manchester Academy 3
18th – Leeds University
19th – Newcastle Uni Global
20th – Nottingham Rescue Rooms
21st – Brighton Concorde 2
22nd – Stoke The Underground
24th – Dublin Whelans
25th – Belfast Speakeasy
26th – Aberdeen Tunnels
27th – Glasgow King Tuts
28th – Inverness Ironworks
March:
1st – Dundee Reading Rooms
3rd – Hull Yo Yo at Welly Club
4th – Reading Fez Club
5th – Portsmouth Wedgewood Rooms
6th – Preston 53 Degrees
8th – Wrexham Central Station
9th – Lancaster Liquid
10th – Sheffield Leadmill (Underage Only Matinee Show)
10th – Sheffield Leadmill
A new Elliott Smith album is to be released on May 7th.
The album will be a double CD and will feature 24 songs recorded between 1995 and 1997, a period which saw him record his self titled album and Either/Or.
The album, New Moon, was mixed by Larry Crane who is the archivist for the estate of Elliott Smith and a large percentage of the profits will be going to Outside In, a social service organisation providing help to homeless youth and low-income adults. The tracklisting is:
Disc 1
Angel In The Snow
Talking To Mary
High Times
New Monkey
Looking Over My Shoulder
Going Nowhere
Riot Coming
All Cleaned Out
First Timer
Go By
Miss Misery (early version)
Thirteen
Disc 2
Georgia Georgia
Whatever (Folk Song in C)
Big Decision
Placeholder
New Disaster
Seen How Things Are Hard
Fear City
Either/Or
Pretty Mary K (other version)
Almost Over
See You Later
Half Right
Hardcore titans Converge are coming to the UK for an extensive tour, following last year’s well received No Heroes album. Head along to one of these dates to see them live:
July:
2nd – Brighton Concorde 2
3rd – Newport TJ’s
4th – Nottingham Rock City
5th – Dublin Voodoo Lounge
6th – Edinburgh Exchange
7th – Sheffield Corporation
8th – Reading Fez Club
9th – Stoke On Trent Sugarmill
10th – Manchester Music Box
11th – London Electric Ballroom
12th – Kingston The Peel
Crossfire favourites Necrosadistic Goat Torture will be playing a couple of shows in London this month.
The group will support Skyforger at the Purple Turtle on February 17th and Thus Defiled at the Underworld on the 24th of February before heading off to Helsinki to play at Bar Kantis in March.
Make sure you’re also on the look out for the new 5 track record called The Maniac’s Banquet which is pure thrashing metal mayhem.
Strung Out have posted their new video diary online.
The band are posting regular updates as they work on their new record, Blackhawks Over Los Angeles, their first full length since 2004’s Exile In Oblivion.
The video shows plenty of shredding and each member of the band talks a little about the recording of the album and their plans for the future. The album is due out in June.
To see the video click here.
Gossip will be re-releasing the title track from their album, Standing In The Way Of Control.
The band will bring the single out again on February 26th due to popular demand and the song has gone into the midweek top 40 thanks to download sales, despite it being released in November last year.
The song is being used [in the form of a Soulwax mix] for the trailer for E4’s show Skins, which is already massively popular. To partner the single, the band have put out a video, which you can see here.
Good Shoes’ new single, Never Meant To Hurt You, will be released on March 12th.
Following the single, the band’s debut album, Think Before You Speak, is released on March 26th. The band will also be touring in March to support the releases and have made a video for Never Meant To Hurt You which you can watch by clicking the links below. The tour dates are:
March:
14th – Cambridge, Soul Tree
15th – Reading, Fez
17th – Nottingham, Rescue Rooms
18th – Bristol, Thekla
20th – Birmingham, Academy 2
21st – Newcastle, Academy 2
23rd – Leeds, Cockpit
26th – Stoke, Sugarmill
27th – Oxford, Zodiac
28th – Brighton, Concorde 2
29th – London, Astoria (Mean Fiddler)
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Napalm Death are celebrating the 20th Anniversary of their debut album Scum with a special release.
Earache Records is putting out a special edition 20th Anniversary version of the album, containing both the album itself and a DVD looking at the band’s early days and the impact of the album on the wider music scene.
The DVD will also see an interview with Mark Titchner, a Turner Prize nominee, who looks at the aesthetic styles of Napalm Death’s music. You can check out a trailer on the Earache myspace page and the record will be released on March 19th.
Stones Throw heavyweight Peanut Butter Wolf has gotten into the spirit of things and brought out a Valentine’s Day Mix.
If you want to get something awesome for Valentine’s Day without having to splash out on flowers, chocolates and bling bling, then head on over to the link at the bottom of the page and you’ll be able to grab this mix for free. It’s only available today so make sure you step to it and pick it up!
Track list:
1. How Could You Break My Heart – Bobby Womack
2. Don’t Cha Love It – The Miracles
3. I Wanna Be Where You Are – Marvin Gaye
4. Blacks & Blues – Bobbi Humphrey
5. Blues Away – Micheal Jackson
6. Equal Love Opportunity – Clear
7. Pretty Music – New Birth
8. Go For What You Know – Archie Bell & The Drells
9. Aint It Funny – Roetation
10. Telephone Lovers – Alladin
11. Dance With Me Tonight – Holt Brothers
12. I Want Your Lovin – Backyard Construction
13. Loves Traffic – Loves Traffic
14. Someday In Your Life – GQ
15. Need To Be – Stereolab
16. Bring Me Coffee Or Tea – Can
17. Sirens Of Salo – Jimi Tenor
18. Ballata – Barry Forgie