Fantômas will release their live DVD on September 6th.
The group, which features Mike Patton, Buzz Osbourne, Trevor Dunn and Melvins’ Dale Crover, posted a trailer for the DVD, which is called The Director’s Cut Live: A New Year’s Revolution. The film covers the band’s 2008 New Year’s Eve performance of the album Director’s Cut in San Francisco.
Check it out below:
The Game has got himself in a little spot of bother over something he tweeted last week.
The LA rapper sent a tweet with the number for the Los Angeles Sheriff’s station in Compton and has been at the centre of a criminal investigation as a result. Reports say that the tweet prompted hundreds of calls which meant the phone system was overloaded. The MC has since pleaded his innocence.
His Hoodmorning (no typo) mixtape was released recently, check out the review here.
Evidence will be releasing his first Rhymesayers album on September 26th.
The Dilated Peoples MC and producer will be dropping Cats & Dogs, marking the first album released on rap powerhouse label Rhymesayers, home to Atmosphere, P.O.S. and Brother Ali amongst others.
To celebrate the album, which features appearances from Slug, Aesop Rock, Raekwon, Aloe Blacc and Mobb Deep’s Prodigy amongst others, he has dropped new visuals with Fashawn. It’s a banger.
Gallows have announced that Wade MacNeil is their new singer. The frontman who is known for his screaming hardcore in Alexisonfire and Black Lungs replaces Frank Carter on the mic and has already brought a much more hardcore sound to the band. We have heard a couple of the new tracks here so far and all of them are raging hardcore with a much heavier feel to them.
Get tickets to their London show that has just been announced on December 13th at XOYO before they are gone, they are released this Friday.
Hardcore stalwarts OFF! have paid the UK a visit this weekend and blew punk rock minds in the process. Enjoy this footage of them playing 2 tracks at their Bristol show filmed by Jono this weekend.
Click here for a review on their 4-EP’s if you missed it. 80’s style, raging hardcore at its finest.
Braille has announced a new album.
The producer and MC from Portland will release his album Native Lungs on August 30th. The album originally came out as a free download but will now get a physical release. Production comes from the likes of S1, Khrysis, Theory Hazit and Braille’s Lightheaded co-member Ohmega Watts with Rob Swift amongst others on the cuts.
Here is the full tracklisting:
1. Native Lungs (Produced By: Odd Thomas; Xperiment)
2. Feel It featuring DJ Revolution (Produced By: Evidence (of Dilated Peoples); Khrysis)
3. Death In Me featuring Theory Hazit; Odd Thomas (Produced By: DaveNotti)
4. We Will Remember (Produced By: Braille (of Lightheaded))
5. Storm Trooper (Produced By: Theory Hazit)
6. Spell It Out featuring DJ Cassidy (Produced By: DJ Official)
7. The New Raw featuring Rob Swift (of The X-ecutioners) (Produced By: Ohmega Watts (of Lightheaded))
8. Nightmare Walking (Produced By: Trox)
9. Too Many Tomorrows (Produced By: Calvin Valentine)
10. Step Up (Produced By: DaveNotti)
11. 48 Prisons (Produced By: Xperiment)
12. DeepRest (Produced By: S1 (of Strange Fruit Project))
13. Finally Arrive (Produced By: Odd Thomas; Xperiment; DJ Cassidy)
Here’s an old joint to tide you over:
Outkast’s Big Boi has been arrested and charged with drug possession.
The rapper, who recently performed at Glastonbury to much acclaim, was detained in Miami over the weeked according to reports. He was believed to be in possession of MDMA, Ecstacy and, weirdly, Viagra.
There might be jokes about him being a not-so-Big Boi without the little blue pill, but we love him, so we will refrain.
Canada’s Alexisonfire have announced their split.
Vocalist George Pettit made the statement on the break-up citing, amongst other things, Dallas Green’s wish to concentrate on his solo work as City and Colour. There is talk of a farewell tour of their homelands but as yet nothing has been made concrete.
ATP have confirmed more acts for their December festivals.
For the ATP curated by Jeff Mangum of Neutral Milk Hotel from 2nd-4th of December, Joanna Newsom, Thurston Moore and Sebadoh in Minehead with tickets priced at £170 for room only and £180 for self catered apartments.
The second ATP in December, their Nightmare Before Christmas event curated by Battles, Caribou and Les Savy Fav which runs from December 9th to 11th, will see the reformation of Hot Snakes as well as sets from Cults and Pharoah Sanders.
Tickets are priced the same as the former, get yours at www.atpfestival.com.
Never one to rest on his laurels, The Game has dropped a new free mixtape.
Hoodmorning (No Typo) follows in the footsteps of his awesome Purp & Patron and Brake Lights mixtapes over the past year and features appearances from Wiz Khalifa, Yelawolf, Redman, Dr Dre, Snoop and Lil Wayne amongst others.
You can grab it for free here – Crossfire approved, so get clicking. Check out Uncle Otis below where Game switches up his style a million times as well as giving a nice dig to Kreayshawn. Banger.