Jewish Reggae artist Matisyahu, has announced 2 UK tour dates. His new album Youth is out at the start of May and if his past work is anything to go by, it’ll be a stunner. Make sure you go and check him out at:
21 May: Manchester University
22 May: London Hammersmith Palais
And check out www.columbia.co.uk/matisyahu for the details.
The Test Icicles have announced they are going to be releasing a special CD/DVD EP called Dig Your Own Grave to mark the end of their career as a group together. The EP, which comes out on the 24th of April, will have 2 discs, and will include demos, unreleased tracks, remixes, live footage and videos. The track list is:
Audio:
Pull The Lever (Raary’s Ripmix)
Your Biggest Mistake (Unreleased Single Edit)
All You Need Is Blood (Dev’s Mix)
Stuck In The Bend (Unreleased Track)
The Plague + Pestilence (Raary Deci-Hells’ Demo)
Circle Square Triangle (Chromehoof Remix)
Pull The Lever (Jitset Remix)
What’s Michelle Like? (4-Track Demo)
Who Ate All The Offal? (4-Track Demo)
Visual:
Circle Square Triangle
What’s Your Damage?
Circle Square Triangle
Dancing On Pegs (Live At LSE, Oct 2005)
Boa Vs Python (Live At LSE, Oct 2005)
Your Biggest Mistake (Live At LSE, Oct 2005)
Catch It! (Live At LSE, Oct 2005)
Don’t forget they will also be doing a farewell tour, the dates of which are:
18 Apr: Glasgow Garage
19 Apr: Sunderland Manor Quay
20 Apr: Manchester Academy
21 Apr: Coventry Colosseum
22 Apr: London Astoria
The Futureheads have announced a UK tour, to support their forthcoming album News And Tributes. The album is released on the 29th of May, the day they start their tour in Glasgow. The dates are:
29 May: Glasgow Academy
30 May: Liverpool Academy
31 May: Leeds University
2 June: Manchester Academy
3 June: Nottingham Rock Academy
4 June: Keele University
6 June: Norwich UEA
7 June: Bristol Academy
8 June: Southampton Guildhall
9 June: Birmingham Academy
11 June: Cardiff Great Hall
12 June: London Forum
Tom Delonge, the former guitarist of now defunct Blink 182, has started a new band with Atom Willard [from the Offspring], Ryan Sinn [formerly of The Distillers] and David Kennedy, his Box Car Racer bandmate. The group, called Angels And Airwaves have announced they will play the Electric Ballroom in Camden on the 27th of April.
The group’s upcoming debut album, entitled We Don’t Need To Whisper, is scheduled for release on the 22nd of May.
www.angelsandairwaves.com has all the rest.
Always ready to shock, Peaches is set to release a new album to continue her love of the eye-opening. The album, which is called Impeach My Bush and is due out on the 10th of July, features Joan Jett and Josh Homme.
Some of the tracks have typically filthy titles, such as Tent In Your Pants, Fuck Or Kill and Two Guys [For Every Girl]. Can’t say fairer than that!
The world’s best DnB artists, Andy C, DJ Marky, DJ Zinc and Roni Size, are to go on a 6 date nationwide tour, which will allow each DJ to have a longer set which goes against the norm of DnB these days. The tour begins in Brighton and will see the DJs being joined by the best MCs going, including the ever brilliant Dynamite MC on a tour that can’t be missed.
Before going on tour, they’ll all be jumping into the studio for an exclusive track. Can’t say much better than that!
The dates are:
Friday 26th May
LOTDB presents Fourfront at Beach Club, Brighton
Sunday 28th May
Fourfront at Ministry of Sound, London
Saturday 3rd June
LOTDB presents Fourfront at Leeds Stylus
Thursday 8th June
Pressure presents Fourfront at Warwick University
Friday 9th June
Metropolis presents Fourfront at Pull the Plug, Sheffield
Saturday 10th June
Overload and Bedlam present Fourfront at Bristol Academy
For ticket info check – http://www.codaagency.com
REM’s show in Georgia recently saw drummer Bill Berry, who left the band in 1997, return to the line up, after Peter Buck’s side goup, The Minus 5, had played. The group played Country Feedback, though the track has no drums, so Berry picked up the bass for the track.
The performance in Athens maked the 26th anniversary of REM’s first ever show, which happened on the 5th of April 1980. There is no word yet on whether Berry is back for good or this was just a special appearance.
A man from Hartlepool was taken off a flight bound for London at the end of last month and questioned under the Terrorism Act thanks to his taste in music.
Harraj Mann played his own music over the taxi’s stereo on the way to the airport but the driver didn’t approve.
He played Procol Harum, Led Zep’s “Immigrant Song” and “London Calling” by the Clash, and this apparently made the driver suspicious, so much so that he called the police.
The Durham Police found that Mann wasn’t a security risk too late, as the plane had left by the time this decision had been made.
Neil Hannon’s Divine Comedy are set to follow up their 2004 album Absent Friends with a June 19th release entitled Victory For The Comic Muse. With a single expected to be out on the 12th of June.
The album, which was recorded in 2 weeks at the end of last year was entirely arranged and produced by Hannon, and includes long-time collaborators with the band. The frontman will be touring the UK and Ireland with an 8 piece band in May. The dates are:
May 17th – Cambridge Junction
May 18th – Wolverhampton Wulfrun Hall
May 19th – London St James Church
May 21st – Sheffield Leadmill
May 22nd – Manchester Academy 2
May 23rd – Glasgow QMU
May 24th – Dublin Vicar Street
Check out www.thedivinecomedy.com for details.
The legendary Bruce Springsteen is coming to the UK next month to play tracks him his forthcoming album “We Shall Overcome: The Seeger Sessions” which will have him joined on stage by the Seeger Sessions Band, a 17 piece group.
The album is due to be released at the end of April and it is Springsteen’s reworking of 13 folks songs associated with Pete Seeger, and will also include a DVD.
The dates are:
May 5th – The Point Dublin
May 7th – MEN Arena Manchester
May 8th – Hammersmith Apollo London
www.brucespringsteen.net has all the details.