Definitive Jux’s Hangar 18 will be the support act for the upcoming Gym Class Heroes UK tour.
The group, who were seen rockin’ it at Scribble Jam last August, will play the following venues:
February:
2nd – Birmingham, Academy
3rd – Oxford, Zodiac
4th – Portsmouth, Wedgewood Rooms
6th – Leeds, Cockpit
7th – Newcastle, The Global
8th – Glasgow, Cathouse
9th – Manchester, Academy 3
10th – Yeovil, Ski Lodge
12th – London, Carlng Academy Islington
Aesop Rock recently updated his myspace blog with a sneak preview snippet of the title track from his upcoming album None Shall Pass.
The track is produced by long-time collaborator Blockhead with DJ Big Wiz providing the cuts. The rapper also said that the track will be featured on the Def Swim release, which will be out on Adultswim on the 26th of February.
Check out the snippet by clicking here.
The Prodigy will be releasing their new album on their own record label.
The group have set up Ragged Flag and in addition to putting their own music out on it, they’re looking for new talent. It’s being supported by Cooking Vinyl, a UK independent label which houses Billy Bragg and Frank Black.
Liam Howlett said of the new label:
“We have been planning this for a while and we are looking forward to building our label up, starting off with the release of the new Prodigy album. We have recorded a few songs already for this next album and they are sounding big and mean!”
Thrice frontman Dustin Kensrue recently spoke to VH1 about the band’s upcoming quadruple album, saying they were about halfway through the writing and recording of the record.
The collection will be called The Elements and each album will be 30 minutes long and self-produced, called Earth, Air, Water and Fire and hope to have them out by the end of this year. Kensrue is also supporting a solo album. Of the Thrice record, he said:
“It’s definitely a daunting task, and I think we’re starting to realize that now, since we’re not in the beginning phases anymore. It’s a lot of fun and a serious challenge for us, which is what we’re always looking for. This record’s different than what would have been just the next Thrice record, being it has these themes that we’re trying to hit.
It allows for things that wouldn’t have happened on an old Thrice record. We have this one song that’s sort of a bluesy jazz standard, and there wouldn’t have been space for something like that on any of our other records. But we have the freedom to do it here, and it fits.”
Biffy Clyro will be releasing Saturday Superhouse as the second single from their upcoming album Puzzle on February 26th.
The single will be put out on 2 7″ formats, digital download and CD featuring new tracks Miracle Of Survival and I’m Behind You as well as semi-mental as the b-sides.
The tracklistings are:
CD
1. Saturday Superhouse
2. semi-mental
Vinyl 1
1. Saturday Superhouse
2. I’m Behind You
Vinyl 2
1. Saturday Superhouse
2. Miracle of Survival
Dillinger Escape Plan will be releasing a new album, to follow up 2004’s Miss Machine, and have slated a September release for the record.
As a teaser, the band have put a trailer up on youtube which shows a recording of one of the tracks.
Click here to view it.
Killswitch Engage‘s cancellations of UK shows at the last minute recently were because guitarist Adam Dutkiewicz had to be rushed to hospital for emergency surgery on his back.
The band issued the following statement regarding the events:
“Following months of recuperation after previous back surgery for a herniated disc, Adam had been touring in the USA with little to no incident, but after a week of shows in the UK, the guitarist found himself suffering increasing back pain, spending the time before and after shows lying flat with a bag of ice on his lower back, in an effort to continue touring.
To make matters worse, vocalist Howard Jones was suffering from a chest infection. After a series of tests in hospital, Adam was informed his back injury was so severe, he could definitely not continue the European tour, nor fly home – and would in fact need urgent surgery. Killswitch Engage had no choice but to postpone their shows in London, Bristol, and Paris while a Plan B was devised. Naturally, the band were worried about Adam and extremely disappointed he would not be able to finish the tour”.
Plan B is to bring in former Soilwork guitarist Peter Wichers, whilst Dutkiewicz recovers from his surgery. London’s gig will now be on January 29th with the Bristol show’s rescheduled date is to be confirmed.
Artrocker magazine are holding a mini-festival at Buffalo Bar in London, with Victoria English Gentlemen’s Club and Polytechnic already having played. But there are three more gigs to come, and they are:
January:
18th – Xerox Teens, Untitled Musical Project, Rank Deluxe
19th – Acoustic Ladyland, Infant, Awful Sparks
20th – Hot Club De Paris, Foals, We Are The Physics
Explosions In The Sky have added new dates to their tour, which includes dates in the UK.
The gigs will be supporting the new album All Of A Sudden, I Miss Everyone which is out on February 20th. The UK dates are:
April:
17th – ABC Glasgow
18th – Academy 3, Manchester
19th – Astoria London
A collection of “the most in-depth collection of Cash’s gospel recordings ever assembled” will be released in the US on March 6th.
Johnny Cash frequently performed gospel songs live, and apparently left his original label, Sun Records, because they wouldn’t allow him to perform gospel songs.
There will be traditional gospel songs on the record as well as Cash originals such as “The Preacher Said ‘Jesus Said'”.