Self Core head honcho and badass DJ Mr Dibbs will be releasing Eat Meat Vol. 2.
The DJ’s label, SelfCore Records, will team up with Pinky Ring Records on the new record. The owner of Pinky Ring, Chris Duett commented on the record by saying there would be stuff from Johnny Cash, xReignOfTerrorx, Wintch Mob, Nervous Breakdown, Swamburger, X:144 & SPS and S.K.I.P. The record is due out in Spring.
Turntablist extraordinaire streams his first ever single.
Mike Relm, who has recently toured with Mike Patton’s Peeping Tom and now the Blue Man Group, recently blogged on his myspace with a link to his new single. The track is called Body Rock and you can check it out by clicking the link below.
Propagandhi will be releasing their first ever live DVD in April.
The DVD, Live From Occupied Territory, is intended to benefit the Middle East Children’s Alliance and the Grassy Narrows Blockade. The record label said that the DVD has been meticulously planned and still holds a 100% DIY style.
It was last 62 minutes and features footage from The Zoo in Winnipeg from July 2003. The release date has been set for April 24th.
Apple computers and The Beatles have reached an agreement.
The dispute comes from the clash over the name and logo of the two companies – Apple Corps, the record company of The Beatles and Apple Inc, who make Apple Macs and iPods. The agreement sees Apple Inc taking control of the name, but will licence certainly individual trademarks back to the label.
Whilst the details are confidential, it’s thought that the deal may see The Beatles’ music made available on the iTunes Music Store.
Nine Inch Nails will be releasing their new album in April.
The band will put the record in shops in mid-April and have named it Year Zero and will feature the track The Beginning Of The End. The album, the follow up to With Teeth, was recorded in LA and will be the band’s seventh album.
In addition to the album, the band’s live DVD – Beside You In Time – will be released this month featuring live footage from their 2006 tour. Trent Reznor will also be a guest on the upcoming El-P album, I’ll Sleep When You’re Dead.
The Arctic Monkeys are back with a new album.
The Sheffield foursome, who got huge last year, have announced that their new album, Favourite Worst Nightmare, will be released on April 23rd. The single to precede it will be Brianstorm on April 16th. The tracklisting will be:
1. Brianstorm
2. Teddy Picker
3. D is for Dangerous
4. Balaclava
5. Fluorescent Adolescent
6. Only Ones Who Know
7. Do Me a Favour
8. This House Is a Circus
9. If You Were There, Beware
10. The Bad Thing
11. Old Yellow Bricks
12. 505
The Distillers have announced they have disbanded.
The Australians, who recently had Andy Granelli and Ryan Sinn leave for other bands [Darker My Love and Angels And Airwaves respectively], have decided not to continue under the same name.
A new band, Spinnerette, featuring remaining Distillers Brody Dalle and Tony Bradley plus Wizard A and Jon T Bonerham.
There is a promise of new music soon, and you can find out more about the new band from their myspace.
Legendary singer has announced some new tour dates for the UK.
Al Green is coming over to the UK to wow crowds with his voice again. If you want to see the great man in action, then make sure you get to one of these dates:
June:
28th – London Royal Albert Hall
29th – Manchester Evening News Arena
July:
2nd – Edinburgh Playhouse Theatre
4th – Birmingham NIA Academy
6th – London Hammersmith Apollo
Famous bands design t-shirts to benefit their favourite charities.
Wolfmother, Clap Your Hands Say Yeah, Devendra Banhart and Rilo Kiley have all designed t-shirts which range from musical instruments to scenes of nature.
Yellow Bird, who are running the campaign, will donate 100% of the proceeds to the charities chosen by the artists. Some charities included are the Teenage Cancer Trust, Elliott Smith Memorial Fund and Art for Change.
To check out the t-shirts and get more information, check out www.yellowbirdproject.com
Badly Drawn Boy has announced the winning chip shops!
Badly Drawn Boy had invited his fans to first nominate and then vote on their favourite chip shops, so that he could include them on an upcoming Chip Shop Tour. After all the voting, he settled on three to include in his UK tour, which looks like this:
February:
13th – Queens Hall, Edinburgh
15th – Toffs Chip Shop, London
16th – Shepherds Bush Empire, London
17th – St Georges Hall, Bristol
17th – Magnet Chip Shop, Bristol
19th – City Varieties, Leeds
20th – Sage Theatre, Gateshead
21st – Smiths Chip Shop, Grimsby
23 Feb: Plaza, Stockport