Category: Music News

Angels And Airwaves are back in the studio to start work on their new album.

Tom DeLonge’s new group have decided to hit the studio for the follow up to their debut, We Don’t Need To Whisper. During the process, the band have promised frequent updates of both the audio and video kind. The group said:

“After much thought and consideration, the band got together and decided that it was time to regroup and write their second record. It’s a very exciting time…Not only because of the great success of their first record and the huge potential for the second, but they will also be the first band to use the Macbeth recording studio to it’s fullest potential.”

www.angelsandairwaves.com

Relapse records will put out the Converse/Agoraphobic Nosebleed split.

The label have announced that the out-of-print record, which has been remastered by Nick Zampiello and Scott Hill, will be put on January 23rd.

The split, The Poacher Diaries, features nine tracks from Agoraphobic Nosebleed and five from Converge, including Locust Reign and My Great Devastator.

www.relapse.com

Canada’s Skinny Puppy will be releasing their new album at the end of the month.

Mythmaker, the band’s 13th release, is set for a January 30th release. The album will feature Ken Marshall and Otto Von Schirach and the band have said the new material is similar to their albums Mind: The Perpetual Intercourse and Too Dark Park. Frontman Nivek Ogre said:

“Control is the central concept to the record, the idea where mythic archetypes are clung to in an effort to preserve their own fucked-up sensibility. At the core, Mythmaker surrounds the things people do, calculatingly or not, to either prop themselves up – like MySpace – or protect themselves.”

You can check out a track from the album on the band’s myspace. Click the link below.

www.myspace.com/skinnypuppy

Punk Supergroup Only Crime are to put out a new album this week.

The band, which contains members of ALL, Black Flag, GWAR, Good Riddance and Descendents have named the full length Virulence and have placed some new tracks on their myspace page.

If you want to check out what they have to offer, click the link below.

www.myspace.com/onlycrime

Thirteen Senses have announced their re-scheduled tour dates.

The band, who had previously played on the 13th of October, November and December at The Luminaire, are coming back this year with a new single, album and tour. The album, called Contact, will be showcased on the tour and will be out on April 2nd.

The tour dates are:

March

7th – Falmouth – Princess Pavilion
9th – Stoke – Sugarmill
10th – Liverpool – Academy 2
11th – Glasgow – King Tuts
12th – Birmingham – Academy 2
14th – Leeds – Cockpit
15th – Newcastle – Academy 2
16th – Sheffield – Leadmill
18th – Manchester – Academy 3
19th – Norwich – Waterfront
20th – Bristol – Thekla
22nd – Oxford – Zodiac
23rd – Reading – Fez
25th – Portsmouth – Wedgewood Rooms
26th – London – Scala
27th – Brighton – Concorde

www.thirteensenses.co.uk

Thrice have moved to quash reports that they have named their album The Elements.

The band were said to have given the quadruple album the title The Elements with each disc being named after a specific element. However, they have recently said the following:

“You may have read at various news sources online that our current project is called “The Elements.” This is not true, as we have not titled the project yet, and have not told anyone our speculative titles, of which “The Elements” is not one. Anyway, just wanted to set the record straight.”

So now you know.

www.thrice.net

UK hip hop is to get a safe sex message out to younger people thanks to Want Respect and Jump Off.

Jump Off, the hugely popular hip hop night and battle forum have got Respek BA and Reain aka Wha’s His Face to freestyle small clips promoting safe sex. Both MCs are aiming to show how important it is to use protection and the videos will be played on Jump Off’s website.

Ara from Jump Off said:

“MCs and artists in general are here to deliver messages; they’re like urban reporters for the youth! A lot of sexual hip hop lyrics are raw and while all the big superstar rappers probably strap up, it doesn’t always make it into their rap lyrics. You can be sure most teenagers are reciting rap lyrics at ‘that moment’ and since there is no mention of condoms, it doesn’t enter their thought process.”

To check out the clips, head on over to: www.jumpoff.tv/wantrespect

+44’s drummer Travis Barker won’t be playing any more European dates.

The former Blink 182 drummer fractured his arm during a video shoot in September last year but had carried on touring despite the injury.

However, doctors have told him to stop performing so as to make sure the fracture heals totally. There’s been no word on the replacement for the remaining dates.

www.plusfortyfour.com

Bonobo will be leading a live band to play his biggest show ever next month.

Simon Green aka Bonobo, will be going on tour with a live band to promote his Days To Come album at the start of February. The album recently won the album of the year award by listeners of Giles Peterson’s show and if that’s not proof enough that it’s worth checking out, I don’t know what is!

February:

5th – Newcastle University
6th – Sheffield Foundry
7th – Leeds Faversham
9th – Bristol Fiddlers
10th – Penzance 2K
11th – Plymouth The Hub
15th – Brighton Concorde 2
16th – London Forum

www.bonobomusic.com

Reports are that the new full length Bad Brains album is on schedule to be released in Spring 2007.

The album will be called Build A Nation and is set to have 14 tracks with the band’s “most significant” line up. It is believed that Adam Yauch of the Beastie Boys will be producing the record and whilst a full tour isn’t expected, some one off dates are thought to be likely.

www.badbrains.com