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Pendulum release song to help Japan

Aussie DnB superstars Pendulum have put a previously unreleased track up for sale to aid charity.

Ransom, which didn’t make the last album Immersion, is available to buy exclusively on the band’s official website www.pendulum.com and all proceeds will be split equally between the Red Cross and Doctors Without Borders who are hugely involved with the relief effort in Japan. Speaking about the release, frontman Rob Swire said:

“Given the cause, 99p is really not a lot to ask for, so please support this by not sharing it around. If you’re young and don’t have a credit card, ask your folks.”

Definitely a worthy cause, so get involved!

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Jared Leto in Kurt Cobain tribute fail

letoI didn’t know whether to laugh or cry when i saw this ‘tribute’ from 30 Seconds to Mars front man and actor Jared Leto this morning.

It was the 17 Anniversary of Kurt Cobain’s death yesterday and Leto posted this on his blog. Well done mate, not only have you just made it into round 2’s most punchable faces in rock and roll, you have also managed to cover Cobain’s worst ever song. To quote a mate of mine, ‘if he wanted to do a Cobain tribute, shotguns are readily available’.

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Bad Brains to re-issue Pay to Cum for RSD

Bad Brains fans may be stoked on the news that their first ever 7″ Pay to Cum that was originally released in 1980 will be re-issued on various coloured vinyl for Record Store Day on April 16th. 250 green, gold and red 7″s will be available via the Bad Brains store. In related news Bad Brains are said to be in the studio recording a new album for release this year. More news on this soon.

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RJD2 auctions off original beats for Japan

RJD2 is holding an auction to raise money for Japan.

The producer, who released The Colossus this year, will be auctioning five original beats on eBay, with each starting at $150. All the proceeds will go to Doctors Without Borders and winners will own the Pro Tool session master recording and the master rights of their tracks.

You can check out snippets of the beats here and head over to the eBay page here. Who WOULDN’T want to grab own an original RJ beat just for themselves?

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Blu to release old material and London date

Blu will see his previously unreleased “debut” album see the light of day on April 19th.

The rapper, who recently signed to Warner Bros Records, has built his reputation through the Below The Heavens [with Exile] and Johnson & Johnson but Her Favorite Colo(u)r was never put out. This will change when Nature Sounds release the album, produced entirely by the man himself, save one song.

The tracklisting is below. Blu is also heading to London’s Favela Chic on May 15th, ably supported by One Be Lo [formerly of Binary Star] and J*Davey.

1.Love
2.Amnesia
3.Since
4.Morning
5.Melo
6.Wind(terlude)
7.When(terlude)
8.Silent
9.Pardon
10.Vanity
11.Beggars Black Gold
12.Cellin’Ls
13.Untitled(LovedU)2
14.Peace

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Watch: The Sword’s new video

The Sword are back in the UK on tour in May and have dropped the banger that is their new video.

Night City is the third and final installment of the Warp Riders Trilogy and was directed by Artificial Army, featuring Esteban Powell, best known for his role as Carl in the classic Dazed and Confused film. The dates are below, so make sure you go!

8th – Southampton Joiners
9th – Birmingham Academy 3
10th – Glasgow Cathouse
11th – Manchester Academy 3
12th – London Garage

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Jean Grae debuts new song

Jean Grae recently threw up a video for new track R.I.P.

The song, which features Styles P and Talib Kweli is due to appear on her mixtape Cookies or Coma which is due in the not too distant and once again showcases just why Jean is always top of the tree of female MCs.

Get watching!

Jean Grae R.I.P from BLACKSMITH on Vimeo.

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Punk in England documentary

punkinenglandLike Punk Rock? The new new Punk In England documentary has just been released to web and is the follow up to the award winning Punk In London DVD.

With almost an hour’s worth of footage with interviews and live footage of The Jam, Ian Dury, The Adverts, Madness, The Clash, Secret Affair, The Specials and many more, this documentary covers the post-punk sounds outside of London that encapsulated the hearts and minds of kids in the suburbs all over the country in the early 80’s and is another great watch if you like to take yourself back into the golden ages of the UK underground.

Get stuck into this or bookmark for when you have an hour to kill.

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Treetop Flyers win slot on Glastonbury main stage

Photo by Jason Bryant

treetopflyersLondon’s Treetop Flyers have won this year’s Emerging Talent Competition and will play on the Pyramid Stage at this year’s Glastonbury Festival. The band whose line up includes London skater Laurie Sherman played our very own curated venue at Camden Crawl in 2010 are over the moon with the news and will back up their 4 track 10″ single release on Communion on Monday 23rd of May and see them play at the Borderline that night. The single features tracks, Things Will Change, Long Cold Winter & two acoustic recordings; Rose Is In The Yard and Disappearing Kind.

To Bury The Past by TreetopFlyers

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Watch: New Garage Explosion documentary

The garage rock scene that was born in the the early 60’s and has been fortunate to be kept alive by various bands throughout every generation. Throughout the 90’s the scene spawned and influenced the likes of the White Stripes who gained much commercial success and of course a plethora of other acts who whose 7′ records only sold a handful. Most of that scene is covered well in Eric Davidson’s We Never Learn book, documenting the bands that toured shit venues for the love of rock and roll and punk.

If you want more of this we recommend watching the VBS channel’s video documentary on the current US garage rock scene in the naughties. New Garage Explosion covers Magic Kids, Jay Reatard in the last interview he filmed before his death in January of this year, The Dirtbombs wrecking a bowling alley, Black Lips, Davila 666, Pierced Arrows, and the Dirtbombs discuss the appeal of using a four-track, live performances from rippers like the Clone Defects, Vivian Girls, and Thee Oh Sees and many more over the one hour long film.