Blur frontman Damon Albarn is providing another string to his already huge musical bow by DJ’ing at London’s Fabric tomorrow [16th] to raise money for Aduna, which supports musical education in Africa.
Alongside Albarn will be DJ sets from Mylo, Fatboy Slim and Zane Lowe with The Ordinary Boys providing a live set.
The Fall are to return with their 26th studio album in 2007. The release, called Reformation, is expected in late January or early February.
In addition to the record, two books linked to the band are going to be published next year too – Mark E’s autobiography “Renegade: The Gospel According To Mark E. Smith” is due on April 26th and “Perverted by Language: Fiction Inspired by the Fall” is due on June 28th.
The Deftones, hot on the heels of their new album Saturday Night Wrist, have announced a tour of the UK in 2007. The tickets go on sale on Friday [17th] and the dates are:
March:
8th – Liverpool, University
9th – Leeds, University
11th – Manchester, Academy
12th – Glasgow, Academy
13th – Newcastle, Academy
14th – Nottingham, Rock City
15th – Birmingham, Academy
16th – Norwich, UEA
18th – Bristol, Academy
19th – Portsmouth, Guildhall
20th – London, Brixton Academy
Brand New have made another new track from their upcoming major label debut album – The Devil And God Are Raging Inside Me – which is due out at the end of this month on Interscope available online.
The song put up is called Degausser and you can check it out on their purevolume page at the link below.
Our good mates Moorish Delta 7 are presenting their Family Tree tour, alongside Fire Camp, Westwood and Ras Kwame on December 10th.
Click the flyer above for more info.
Microsoft yesterday brought out their Zune player in the US, in the hopes that it will rival Apple’s iPod and iTunes. Microsoft themselves admitted it would be hard and that they were playing the David to Apple’s Goliath and the man leading the marketing of the Zune said “We would like people to say there’s a clear No. 2 in the marketplace.”
The Zune player will be sold at around the same price as the iPod with Microsoft’s main distinguishing feature being the inclusion of WiFi technology which will allow limited sharing of files between players.
Some Aussie scientists have created the “air guitar t-shirt”, which apparently turns air guitarist’s fake strumming into actual music.
The shirt, developed by the Australian Commonwealth Scientific And Industrial Research Organisation has sensors in the elbows, which send signals to a computer which in turn creates the music.
Jeff Disaster of UK Air Guitar, who put on the Air uitar Championships, said “I would love to get one but I don’t think they would be allowed in air guitar championships. The rule is there can be no guitars on the stage; this is essentially a midi-guitar, so it violates the main rule of air guitar”.
MxPx‘s new deluxe edition of Let It Happen will include 3 brand new tracks and 3 original demos which were recorded at the start of the group’s career, it has been announced.
On top of this, it will hold a DVD with every video the band has ever release and will be released on November 21st.
You can pimp Role Remodeling here.
Legendary group Madness have posted up a new track from their recent reunion on their myspace page. The track, Sorry, features UK rappers Sway and Baby Blue and comes from their upcoming album, which has been produced by Clive Langer and Liam Watson, and will be their first in seven years.
Check the song here.
Radiohead’s Thom Yorke might be having his artwork exhibited in Barcelona. The only problem is that Yorke doesn’t talk much about his art and the names he works under but the exhibition, which begins on November 23rd, includes work by Dr Tchock, which is thought to be Yorke.
Regardless of Yorke’s involvement, there will be a big Radiohead feel to the show because the main works are done by Dan Rickwood [aka Donwood], who is responsible for most of the artwork on Radiohead’s covers.