Jay Z‘s first single after coming out of retirement has been leaked online. His label is trying its hardest to stem the tide of leaking, but Show Me What You Got is already out there, and it’ll spread fast.
The single comes from his upcoming album Kingdom Come which is due out at the end of November, and will feature Dr Dre, The Neptunes, Kanye and Coldplay’s Chris Martin.
Minneapolis sultans Atmosphere have been nominated for an MTV Woodie award for Woodie Of The Year.
Now, underground hip hop never gets the credit it deserves [which is why its underground durrr] but Atmosphere are one of the hardest working acts out there, and they’ve been put up in the Woodie Of The Year award alongside Angels & Airwaves, Gym Class Heroes, Panic! At The Disco and The Academy Is… so do our Abjekt a favour and get onto voting for Atmosphere, he’ll love you forever.
Click here for the nominees.
Sheffield’s Milburn have just released their debut album Well Well Well and will be touring the country to promote and celebrate this event. Their third single, What You Could’ve Won is to be released on October 23rd. You can check out their live show at:
October:
12th – Wrexham Central Station
13th – Glasgow QMU
14th – London Brixton Academy (XFM Big Night Out)
16th – Leeds Cockpit
17th – Preston 53 Degrees
18th – Norwich Waterfront
19th – Bournemouth Old Fire Station
21st – Bristol Thekla
22nd – Reading Fez
23rd – Portsmouth Wedgewood Rooms
25th – Gloucester Guildhall
26th – Sheffield Octagon
27th – Manchester Academy 2
28th – Dublin Temple Bar
29th – Belfast, venue TBC
31st – Newcastle University
November:
1st – Stoke Sugamill
The Dresden Dolls have made a video with Panic! At The Disco, who are currently on tour with them in the States, for the download only single Backstabber.
The video sees both bands trying to off the other and Amanda Palmer of Dresden Dolls stated on MySpace:
Why not make a video with these guys? They’re here, they’re bored like we are, they’re hilarious. We aren’t making a ‘real’ video for our next single. ‘What’s more real than this?’ we keep asking. Nothing.”
The video can be seen on youtube which you can view by clicking here.
EMI India has recalled the Slayer album after the Catholic Secular Forum in Mumbai sent them a memo saying they took “strong exception” to the album’s artword which features “Christ with a missing eye and amputated arms” and also condemned the track Skeleton Christ with have insulting lryics.
The Marketing Manager for EMI India said “We met with the CSF and were apologetic while assuring them that all copies of the album would be pulled out. We have no plans of re-issuing it in any way.”
The Enemy have been selected to perform on two big tours as the support act. They will begin by supporting The Paddingtons and then follow it up with a support slot for The Futureheads. The dates are below:
The Paddingtons – October:
26th – Newcastle Northumbria Uni
27th – Aberdeen Moshulu
28th – Edinburgh Liquid Rooms
30th – Manchester Academy 2
31st – Wolverhampton Wulfrun Hall
November:
1st – Bristol Anson Rooms
2nd – Portsmouth Wedgewood Rooms
4th – Hull Welly Club
5th – Preston 53 Degrees
6th – Nottingham Rescue Rooms
9th – London ULU
12th – Swansea University
The Futureheads – November:
25th – Preston 53 Degrees
26th – Glasgow ABC
27th – Sheffield Leadmill
29th – Wolverhampton Wulfrun Hall
30th – Warwick University
December:
1st – Falmouth Princess Pavillion
3rd – Portsmouth Pyramids
4th – Cambridge Junction
5th – London Astoria
20th – Newcastle Academy
The Lemonheads have released their first single from their first album in ten years. The single, Become The Enemy, which is out today [October 9th] is being supported by a UK tour at the following dates:
October:
9th – Leeds, Met University
10th – Oxford, Brookes University
11th – Cambridge, Junction
12th – Liverpool, Carling Academy
14th – Coventry, Coliseum
15th – Nottingham, Rock City
16th – Manchester Academy 2
17th – Glasgow ABC
21st – Bristol Academy
22nd – Wolverhampton Wulfrun Hall
The Isle of Wight’s The Bees will be returning to the touring scene in November, before the release of their new album, Octopus, in early 2007. They recently finished a Scottish tour and now they will hit the rest of the UK.
November:
18th – Cardiff CF10
19th – Bristol Thekla
20th – Brighton Concorde 2
21st – Southsea Pier
22nd – London KCLSU
26th – Stoke Sugarmill
27th – Glasgow Oran Mor
28th – Hull The Welly Club
29th – Manchester Club Academy
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The Bees will spend New Years Eve down under where they will play for their Australian fans for the first time.
James Lavelle is to perform a series of DJ residencies in support of the launch of his new label/art/fashion setup which is called Surrender All. He will launch global Surrender All club nights in the UK, US, Japan, Singapore and Europe featuring his favourite DJs in his favourite clubs.
The Surrender All label will bring out the new UNKLE album as its first release, Surrender is the clothing line sold worldwide and Surrender Sound is the studio which will produce the music which will get those heads nodding. The launch dates are as follows:
October:
6th – Berlin Watergate
13th – London Fabric
December
1st – Brighton Flawless
January 2007
12th – Singapore Zouk
13th – Tokyo Womb
February 2007
9th – Los Angeles Zanzibar
Current up and comers Ox have been confirmed as the support for Battle at The Fly in New Oxford Street in London tomorrow.