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Reading and Leeds Festival announce first acts

The first acts for the Reading and Leeds Festival were announced this morning with My Chemical Romance, The Strokes and Muse named as main stage headliners. Beady Eye, Janes Addiction and 2 Many DJs were announced to headline the Radio One Stage and The Horrors, The Midnight Beast and Pete Doherty named as Festival Republic stage headliners.

Madness make a surprise but very welcome slot on the main stage on Saturday, (arguably the best festival band on the entire bill) and Henry Rollins will surely pull a big crowd for his stand up comedy routine, don’t miss the Black Flag vocalist if you have not seen him before. Tickets are on sale now.

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Band of the Day: Warm Brains

warmbrainsThere are some people in the UK that can’t stop making music and thrive on it so much that they can’t stop playing the stuff live – Warm Brains‘ pilot Rory Attwell is one of the members of this flying club.

You may remember him from his days of playing in energetic spazzcore band Test Icicles or even the edgy female fronted punk band Kasms – 2 totally different sounding bands that have graced the pages of the music press and entertained many along the way.

Rory has also spent a lot of time producing bands in the studio such as Male Bonding, S.C.U.M, the White Rose Movement and many others but has found time to write songs, this time for his own benefit. His latest project Warm Brains has been written and recorded by himself and swaps the brash, spiky side to his musical past for a more mellow indie sound crossed with an occasional blast of 90’s post grunge that you would find on records such as Brainiac and Polvo. Listen to some of the songs from the forthcoming album Old Volcanoes below and look out for the vinyl release in June this year on Marshall Teller Records.

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Bo Ningen & Comanechi confirm Japan benefit show

bo ningenIn light of the latest disaster in Japan, Bo Ningen, Comanechi and The Catcher Nine have confirmed to play a benefit show in London to raise money for the Red Cross curated by the guys over at God Don’t Like It.

The show will be held on April 10th at Hoxton Bar Kitchen in Old Street with tickets at £7.50 a pop. You can get tickets with no booking fee from here and all profits from the show will going to charity for food, medicine and support to Japan. Do your bit for the disaster and if you have not heard or seen Bo Ningen live yet then you are in for a treat. Have a taster of their thrash goodness here.

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Portobello Recollection art project in Ladbroke Grove

portobellorecollectionIf you visit Bay 66 Skatepark or are shopping in Ladbroke Grove, W10 in the near future make sure you check out the Portobello Recollection public art project on Portobello Rd. The idea was put together by Natasha Mason and Teresa Crawley, two art students at St Martins College in London and features hundreds of albums and 12″s from over the past 100 years to celebrate the eclectic music that has been made and played in the area that includes Calypso, Soca, House, Reggae, Pop, Punk, Drum ‘n’ Bass, Break beat, and Dub.

Enjoy walking past this project slowly and checking out records you may well have in your collection and others you may have always wanted, you can find this opposite the Spanish school on the North end of Portobello Rd.

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Burial, Four Tet and Thom Yorke EP sold out

thom yorkeA collaboration between Burial, Four Tet and Thom Yorke was premiered on Rinse FM last night.

The double A-side single was released via Four Tet man Kieran Hebden’s Text Records yesterday featuring tracks, ‘Ego’ and ‘Mirror’, but now sold out the twelve-inch sold out from Bleep.com on the first day.

If you are crazed like our very own Stanley to own a copy of this we’re sure they will repress it due to demand. It’s not as if any other records sell out these days so keep the faith.

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Nate Dogg RIP

nate dogg ripLong Beach rapper Nate Dogg passed away last night at the age of 41. Nathaniel Hale made his mark as a rapper on the West Coast scene amongst other stars such as Snoop Dogg, Tupac, Warren G and Dr Dre who recruited him to appear on his debut album, ‘The Chronic’.

Nat Dogg signed to Death Row Records in 1993 and then went on to work for Elektra Records after falling out with the Death Row crew. In 2007 he suffered a stroke and a year later, another that worsened his condition. As yet his cause of death is unknown.

RIP Nate Dogg.

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Smiley Culture takes own life in Police drugs raid

smileyculture UK reggae star Smiley Culture has committed suicide after Police officers raided his home.

It is alledged that Smiley (real name David Emmanuel) stabbed himself to death when police officers entered his home in Warlingham, Surrey.The 47 year old was due in court after being charged with conspiracy to supply cocaine in September in Croydon last year.

Back in 1985 his cheeky tune ‘Police Officer’ became a top 20 hit and was a track that everyone sang in the playground. It was just one of those tracks you never forget. RIP.

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Mos Def, Kweli, De La Soul & Rakim incoming

blackstarTuesday 10th May 2011 will see a tantalising bill of Hip Hop royalty at the HMV Apollo venue in Hammersmith. The line-up for this once-in-a- lifetime show is a roll call of hip hop’s finest ever and most intelligent talent.

For one night only BlackStar’s Mos Def and Talib Kweli reunite in the UK for the first time since 1999. De La Soul bring their snappy brand of old skool cool to the fore and Rakim – widely respected as one of the best rappers of all time – completes the line-up for this exclusive show.

Unmissable. Get tickets quickly from ticketmaster.

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Hevy Festival announce first line up

hevyfestival2011We had a rad time at Hevy Fest last year and this year looks set to compete with a line-up that shows great potential for another fun weekend packed with great music.

Back in Port Lympne in Kent, at the Wild Animal Park, Saturday night will be co-headlined by The Dillinger Escape Plan and Architects. Dillinger aren’t even doing any other European festivals this summer. NONE! The rest of the line-up is looking like this so far:

The Dillinger Escape Plan (European Festival Exclusive), Architects (co-headline), Bouncing Souls, We Are The Ocean, Zebrahead, Capdown, Ceremony (UK Festival Exclusive), Polar Bear Club, Your Demise, Rise To Remain, Touche Amore (UK Festival Exclusive), La Dispute (UK Festival Exclusive), November Coming Fire, Awaken Demons (UK Festival Exclusive), Man Overboard, Lemuria, Brutality Will Prevail, Spycatcher, Death Is Not Glamorous, Rot In Hell, Polar, Cheap Girls, Heart In Hand, Hang The Bastard and Hildamay.

Weekend camping tickets are priced at £89 and will include free entry to Port Lympne Wild Animal Park for the weekend. Tickets will be available online from www.hevy.co.uk / 0843 221 0100 / and from selected HMV stores across the UK.

Probably worth it for Dillinger, Architects, Ceremony, Polar Bear Club, Touche Amore and La Dispute alone. OK, that’s quite a lot already. Roll on the announcement of the rest of the 80 band strong bill!

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Greg Hunt directs Tommy Guerrero video

nomadic-static-hfTommy Guerrero put the street skate into the Powell Peralta days whilst Tony Hawk and the the rest of the Bones Brigade were keeping vert skating nice and neat and since then Tommy has carved out one of the best skateboarding companies in Real Skateboards and is also a musician who loves a jam. Here’s his latest work, a track titled Nomadic Static from the album Lifeboats & Follies released on Galaxia Records that is out now and also available to stream on Spotify.

This latest video was directed by Greg Hunt known for his amazing skate video productions such as last year’s Dylan Reider short for Gravis, AWS/Mind Field, The DC Video and Sight Unseen.