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Dave Sitek joins Jane’s Addiction

Dave Sitek will be a member of Jane’s Addiction for the upcoming album.

The TV On The Radio man will help write the tracks as well as picking up bass duties throughout, replacing Duff McKagan who had left the band due to “creative differences”.

Whilst Sitek won’t be a full-time member of the band and is unlikely to tour, Perry Farrell has said that the band are “fully immersed in the process of making modern music. It has been a great experience thus far, and the results have so much potential.”

Watch this space for new material!

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No Doubt hit the studio

No Doubt will be releasing a new album.

Tom Dumon of the band announced on Twitter that the band have already written new songs and will be recording them soon. He went on to say that 2010 was the year for writing and 2011 was the year for recording the new tracks.

Bassist Tony Kanal had previously spoken about the band’s plans to tour the world and it is now set to coincide with the release of this new record.

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Watch: Brand new Sims video

Sims has unleashed a new video to kick 2011 in perfect fashion.

The rapper, part of the Doomtree Crew, will be releasing his new album Bad Time Zoo via Doomtree Records on February 15th. Take it from us, the album is an absolute banger so press play below on Burn It Down and become a Bad Time Zookeeper like the rest of us at Crossfire HQ!

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Tune of Day: Major Lazer ft Collie Buddz & Lindi Ortega

Major Lazer‘s worldwide domination continued to spread this year with a mammoth Red Bull Carnival appearance next door to CF HQ back in August. This track Never Good Enough remixed by the Killabits was amongst many played at HQ throughout the year featuring the vocal work of Collie Buddz & Canadian singer Lindi Ortega and should light up some sunshine wherever you are in the world right now tuning in.

Look out for a full debut album by Lindi Ortega in 2011 as she has produced a country-fried classic that will be in the ears of many by summertime that will be released on Last Gang Records. Press play on this and think of the sand between your toes.

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Xmas Jailbate Mix by Brookstafarai

Fancy a lazy Xmas hip hop mix to lounge to whilst you are off work? Jack Brooks just popped up on the old Crossfire Facebook page to share this mixtape for you to listen to.

Click here for the goods and send yours.

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This Christmas in the Music Zine…

Christmas Day. Stay tuned. (Photo: Mateus Mondini)

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NYE at The Alibi – Free Entry!

For those of you who want a banging New Year’s Eve party without the very non-banging entry free, which those of us living in London sadly know all too well about, then why not head on down to The Alibi in Kingland High Street Dalston for a Sweet Dreams event set to be a proper bubbler.

DJs include a bunch of Sweet Dreams activists and Lucien vs Farhad from the ever-familiar PWBC.

Peep the flyer on the right for all the info. It’s on from 6-6, that’s 12 hours of free entry people. Go and make yours a messy one.

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James Blake album art and tracklisting revealed

The heavily anticipated self-titled debut from James Blake is out on February 7th through ATLAS and today the artwork and tracklisting was revealed.

It’s exactly what we hoped would come from a producer who challenged what can be achieved in the EP department this year, something that even on first glance looks and sounds like a fully realised body of work that will perhaps redirect the London sound in a direction that favours singing and songwriting while maintaining that post-Burial fog that has so wonderfully provided the capital with its own soundtrack over the past few years.

The tracklisting is as follows:

1. Unluck
2. Wilhelms Scream
3. I Never Learnt To Share
4. Lindesfarne I
5. Lindesfarne II
6. Limit To Your Love
7. Give Me My Month
8. To Care (Like You)
9. Why Don’t You Call Me
10. I Mind
11. Measurements

Look out for a review soon as this record is almost certainly going to be a buzzer in our ears for a good portion of 2011. Enjoy the video to his breakthrough ‘Limit To Your Love‘ below.

James Blake – Limit To Your Love from James Blake on Vimeo.

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Metals and Boxwars for ‘Tongue-In-Cheek’

Crossfire favourites Metals have once again teamed up with the self-described network of cardboard warrior’s Boxwars as well as Holly-Anne Buck for one of the featured exhibits at Tongue-In-Cheek, a special Christmas show hosted by the Brick Lane Gallery.

Following on from the band’s obsession with the ridiculousness of guns (see picture on the right), the group have constructed three scale models decorated in way to highlight the sheer banality of gun usage and ownership in contemporary society.

The exhibition launches on December 22nd (running through on selected nights until the 3rd January) with a live-drawing and FREE DRINKS. Yes, you read that correctly. Get involved.

For a taster of what to expect from this creative partnership watch the video for Metals’ single ‘Drop Your Guard’ featuring Boxwars below.

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Innerpartysystem announce second UK date

Innerpartysystem are to play Corsica Studios with Adam Freeland, Braiden and Untold on January 21st.

The second show for the new year comes after selling out Madame Jojo’s the night before. We think that twenty days is just about enough to let those New Year’s Eve hangovers subside so when you’re ready to get back on it, then IPS should be your first stop. Tickets are available now from here.

The electronic three-piece’s new single ‘American Trash‘ is out on February 7th.