48 year old Punk rock legend Ari Up passed away yesterday from a after serious illness according to reports online via John Lydon’s website this morning.
Arianna Foster aka Ari Up formed and fronted the Slits at age 14 and putting girls on the punk rock map at the same time. Their debut album ‘Cut’ was released in 1979 famed for their amazing album cover of the full band topless covered in mud and then split up after releasing ‘Return of the Giant Slits‘ in 1981. RIP.
The Pack a.d. have announced that they will be hitting the road again with Nomeansno, covering a great deal of European venues including a handful of shows in the UK.
The Canadian garage rock duo will be heading to the following venues…
November
25th – Underworld, London
26th – Brudenell Social Club, Leeds
27th – The Arches, Glasgow
28th – Auntie Annie’s, Belfast
29th – TBA, Ireland
30th – Roisin Dubh, Galway
December
1st – Crane Lane, Cork
2nd – Button Factory, Dublin
3rd – The Old Bell, Derby
5th – TBA, London
6th – TBA, London
Below, you can watch ‘Crazy‘, the second music video to come from their critically acclaimed third album ‘we kill computers‘.
Cardiff psychadelic rock outfit with freak folk tendencies, Islet have posted their latest music video for ‘Ringerz‘.
The track is matched appropriately by fuzzy and colourful looped visuals which can be witnessed below.
The track appears off their mini-album ‘Wimmy‘ which was released on October 11th through Shape Records.
Atlanta’s All the Saints came on our radar ahead of their mammoth debut album Fire on Corridor X through the Souterrain Transmissions label back in November 1998 and left a crater sized hole in the brains that were smart enough to listen.
We heard through the vine of grapes that the trio have recorded a new album to follow up this classic which will be released in 2011 (through ST again) and from listening to this album just once we can share the good news that they are back with yet another classic. We are unable to reveal the full details or even the album title but for now, chow down on this video for Sheffield and get hyped for another dose of psychedelic, stoner, shoe-gaze, wizardry from a band who need to be on your radar as of today.
Talons debut album ‘Hollow Realm‘ is set to be released next month through Big Scary Monsters Records.
The band will be embarking upon a headline tour in November and will play the following dates.
November 5th – Oxford, The Jericho
November 7th- Portsmouth, Edge of The Wedge
November 13th – London, Amersham Arms (album launch party)
November 14th – Brighton, Jam
November 18th – Sheffield, Red House
November 20th – Glasgow, Bloc
November 25th – Kingston, Fighting Cocks
November 26th – Birmingham, The Flapper
November 27th – Manchester, Cafe Saki
You can listen to and download album track ‘Peter Pan‘ below.
Frontman of the eclectic Welsh rock band Super Furry Animals, Gruff Rhys is currently giving away his new song ‘Shark Ridden Waters‘ on his website. The song will be released on vinyl from November 8th ahead of his forthcoming album due next February.
Having already dealt with superfast jellyfishes this year, the acclaimed musician returns to the water and will be setting sail away from the shark-infested waters of West Wales on a full UK and Europe tour in November, dropping his anchor at the following ports…
November 13th – Galway, Town Hall Theatre
November 14th – Belfast, The Empire
November 15th – Dublin, Sugar Club
November 22nd – Manchester, Whitworth Gallery
November 23rd – Glasgow, Vic Bar
November 26th – London, Toynbee Studios
Red Bull’s Culture Clash took place last week at London’s Roundhouse and was a barnstormer.
With four stages – Channel One [roots], Soul Jazz [anything they damn well pleased], Metalheadz [D&B] and Skream & Benga [dubstep] – loaded with riddims and bangers and a baying crowd in the middle of it all, a belting time was had by all. Whilst the live review is being written, check out this cheeky dub Shy FX dropped to sonically throw a middle finger to the Croydon dubsteppers using Benga’s own beat for Katy On A Mission. Ding ding, lights out!
Michael “Eyedea” Larsen passed away this weekend.
The Minnesotan MC who won the Blaze Battle and Scribble Jam when younger and who released three albums with DJ Abilities on Rhymesayers as well as numerous other projects including Carbon Carousel and Face Candy, died yesterday at 28. No details are known at this time, but our thoughts go out to his family and friends. R.I.P.
After some delays, the release date for Lemmy: The Movie has been confirmed for January 24th 2011.
Over the course of three years, filmmakers Greg Oliver and Wes Orshoski have militantly gathered footage for the forthcoming documentary on the Motorhead frontman, ‘Lemmy‘.
This comes in celebration of the singer/bass players 65th birthday, that’s 65 long years of being the physical manifestation of Rock ‘n’ Roll. In the film we are to witness in-depth interviews with the ever-quotable frontman, insights from peers and friends including Dave Grohl, Alice Cooper, Ozzy Osbourne, Slash and more, and a full look inside his studio, home and his entire world, on and off stage.
“When it comes to rock n roll you need something to believe in. Integrity means everything. To me, more than any other rock musician, Lemmy is the baddest motherfucker in the world” – Dave Grohl
The band will be going on a UK tour in November in honour of their 35th anniversary. They will play the following dates:
By now you’re probably pretty clued up on the dramatic rescue story of the 33 Chilean miners stuck underground for two months. Well, on the day that they were finally rescued, Pixies happened to be playing their first ever headline show in Chile. In honour of each miner, they played 33 songs – their longest set ever.
Pixies played the following:
Cecilia Ann
Rock Music
Bone Machine
Crackity Jones
River Euphrates
Debaser
Wave of Mutilation
Monkey Gone to Heaven
I Bleed
Caribou
Cactus
Broken Face
Something Against You
Isla de Encanta
Tame
Sad Punk
Hey
#13 Baby
Gouge Away
Is She Weird
Dead
U Mass
Break My Body
Velouria
Dig for Fire
Allison
Ed Is Dead
Mr. Grieves
Winterlong (Neil Young cover)
Here Comes Your Man
Head On (Jesus and Mary Chain cover)
Holiday Song
Vamos
Encore
Where Is My Mind
Gigantic
The band plays 33 songs, one for each miner
Photo by Shannon McLean
Last night, Pixies played Teatro La Cupula in Santiago, their first-ever headlining show in Chile. Famously, it was the very same day that 33 Chilean miners trapped underground for more than two months were dramatically rescued. That led the band to play their longest show ever: 33 songs, one for each miner rescued.
In a press release, frontman Black Francis says, “We were so moved by this story, by how many lives had been affected by this, and how the Chilean people banded together to support what can only be described as a miracle. We wanted to do something to show how affected we were by this, so we played a special set at tonight’s show, 33 songs for the 33 miners, the longest set we’ve ever played as a band. We found out five minutes before we went on stage that all of the miners had safely reached the surface. This was definitely one of the most meaningful show we’ve ever played.”
Below, you can see the show’s setlist and a video of Francis introducing the set in Spanish.
Setlist:
Cecilia Ann
Rock Music
Bone Machine
Crackity Jones
River Euphrates
Debaser
Wave of Mutilation
Monkey Gone to Heaven
I Bleed
Caribou
Cactus
Broken Face
Something Against You
Isla de Encanta
Tame
Sad Punk
Hey
#13 Baby
Gouge Away
Is She Weird
Dead
U Mass
Break My Body
Velouria
Dig for Fire
Allison
Ed Is Dead
Mr. Grieves
Winterlong (Neil Young cover)
Here Comes Your Man
Head On (Jesus and Mary Chain cover)
Holiday Song
Vamos
Encore:
Where Is My Mind
Gigantic