Atmospheric metal overlords Katatonia will release their new single ‘Deliberation‘ on May 15th through Peaceville Records.
The single is the second to be lifted from the band’s brilliant new album ‘The Great Cold Distance’, and will be available in both CD and Download format.
Peaceville are currently celebrating the launch of their brand new site, with exclusive Download only singles from Italian mob Novembre and female-fronted Norwegians Madder Mortem.
Mosh on over to www.peaceville.com for more ear-shattering info.
Big Hand have announced some Scottish tour dates for all the fans north of the border. The group have been described as “Chuck Berry and Madness having a fight with Manu Chao trying to break it up, with the Chilli Peppers and a load of Eastern European folk musicians watching n’ cheering it on, all with a bottle of Jagermeister” and with a reputation like that, we don’t think you can go far wrong!
Grime artist Dizzee Rascal is going to speak at the Oxford Union next week, talking about his career, his life and what’s in store in his future.
Hey peeps! Its that special time of year…GUMBALL 3000! Woohoo! For those of you guys, that ain’t sure what Im bangin on about, it is an 8 day rally around the World! Mostly illegal, but over the past couple of years the police have warmed up, and been known to occasionally escort the Gumballers’ safely and speedily to their destinations.
Kool Keith’s aliases and unofficial materials are so vast that its hard to remember if he ever put out an official sequel to the brilliant Dr Octagon. Well, up until this point, he hasn’t, but come June 27th, The Return Of Dr Octagon will hit the streets and will blow everyone away no doubt.
It’s nothing new, but it’s gotten to Flea. The new Red Hot Chili Peppers album, Stadium Arcadium, has been leaked online ahead of its release on May 8th and bassist Flea took time out to update the band’s website bemoaning the fact.
Scottish group Mogwai are doing all sorts this summer to keep themselves busy, including a new record. The band are currently busying themselves by touring North America but will release a new EP, entitled Travel Is Dangerous, on June 26th. The title track is taking from their last album, Mr Beast, and the EP will also contain an Acid Casuals remix of their last single Friend Of The Night, live versions of We’re No Here and Like Herod and an Errors mix of Auto Rock.
The Killers’ frontman Brandon Flowers has said that their upcoming second album is one of the best albums of the last 20 years and that there is “nothing that touches this album”. He reckons that this isn’t him sounding cocky [he could have fooled us] but he’s just excited at the prospect of the new record.
The last song written by legend Johnny Cash is set to be unleashed onto the public when it appears on the American V: A Hundred Highways.
Tom Delonge of Blink 182 fame’s new band Angels And Airwaves, which feature The Offspring’s drummer Atom Willard, former Distillers bassist Ryan Sinn and Delonge’s Box Car Racer bandmate David Kennedy, will be coming to these shores to play 3 shows.