A Place To Bury Strangers have announced the release of their new EP.
Onwards To The Wall will drop on February 6th via Dead Oceans and contains five brand new tracks. If you want to get involved with a little preview, then grab the mp3 of So Far Away here.
The band will announce UK tour dates soon, but in the meantime here is the tracklisting for the EP:
1. I Lost You
2. So Far Away
3. Onwards To The Wall
4. Nothing Will Surprise Me
5. Drill It Up
Wolves Like Us and Junius will be hitting the UK in April as part of their European Tour.
The Norwegian Wolves Like Us are fresh from their tour around Europe with Kvelertak and will once again be showcasing tracks from their debut album Late Love. Boston’s Junius will be touring their Reports From The Threshold of Death album. And the dates are:
April
22nd – Hit The Deck Fest, Nottingham
23rd – Ivory Blacks, Glasgow
24th – Star and Garter, Manchester
25th – Borderline, London
Lazerbeak has announced he will release a new record, Lava Bangers, on January 24th.
The Doomtree producer, whose work made the crew’s No Kings album the best of the year, has teamed up with Plain Ole Bill who has been POS’ touring DJ and founder of the Get Cryphy night in Minneapolis, to put together a seemless mix of 20 instrumentals.
Here is a preview of the mix and we already can’t wait to play the shit out of this!
Cancer Bats have announced a one day ‘tour’ on April 21st.
The Pentagram Tour will see the band play six venues in London on the same day and if you plot the points on a map, you get… you guessed it, a pentagram! The band’s times are below and tickets will be on sale soon so keep those peepers peeled.
11:30am The Old Blue Last
2:00pm Notting Hill Arts Club
4:30pm Upstairs at The Garage
7:00pm Brixton Windmill
9:30pm Camden Barfly
12:00am The Old Blue Last
As if that wasn’t enough, here’s a new track for you to get excited about too:
Brother Ali has put a free track up for download.
The Rhymesayers MC will be releasing a new album this year entitled Mourning In America and Dreaming In Color which has been produced entirely by Jake One but to tide fans over, they rapper has put Writer’s Block up for download along with a brilliantly shot video, below.
To download the track head over to the label’s Soundcloud.
Every Time I Die have released a new video.
The track, Underwater Bimbos From Outer Space, is taken from the upcoming album Ex-Lives, which is released through Epitaph Records on March 5th.
The video features images that some people might find disturbing, so you’ve been warned, but if you want to hear an awesome track then crank the volume and press play.
French turntable kings C2C recently dropped a new video.
The track F.U.Y.A., which is taken from their upcoming EP coming in January is a banger and the video isn’t bad either.
Check out the multiple DMC World Champ winners below:
Passive Aggressive
(Free Download)
Freebies are always good. Even better when said freebie is actually really rather special. Marmozets’ average age is 17 years, yet they have produced an EP that belies their lack of years and consists of some ace melodic post-hardcore. Their edge of more yelpy vocals, slightly schizophrenic guitar lines and crashing drumbeats is leveled out by the purest of melodies and some catchy choruses. This band are proving early on that their knack for songwriting is not one to be sniffed at.
Occasional triple vocals led by an assured Becca MacIntyre as the band’s frontwoman (or girl, really) make the band stand out and ensure that the family affair of a band (the quintet consists of two sets of brothers and sisters) are one that won’t be ignored. They’ve already received plaudits from the likes of Kerrang! and Dan Carter on the Radio 1 Rock Show. This won’t be an underground act for much longer.
The overwhelming result of this EP is to highlight the band’s immense potential as major players on the UK rock scene. Make sure you catch them in small venues whilst you can and definitely snap up a copy of this release on the free download wire before they, quite rightfully, start charging you for the pleasure.
Winegums.
Tokyo Shindaita Fever Club
02.12.2011
Shonen Knife’s singer/guitarist/main songwriter Naoko Yamano is chatting happily to the crowd; a crowd who, less than 10 minutes ago, were very shy and reserved, but are now grinning like loons and ready to pogo like there’s no tomorrow. Unfortunately, I can’t understand Japanese very well, but it’s clear from their fans’ reaction that Yamano’s band – 30 years strong and counting – are still very much loved by those in the know.
Famously the subject of a tribute album only eight years into their career, the Osaka trio’s appeal lies in their ear for a catchy tune, their bubblegum punk-pop sound, and their amusing obsession with the little delights of life. Tonight, everyone bounces around happily to the power-pop of ‘Banana Chips’ (an ode to the snack of the same name), the buzzsaw melody of ‘I Am A Cat’ and the gloriously jangly ‘Capybara’, all delivered in true Ramones-esque style. Twee? Maybe so, but in today’s troubled world, there’s nothing wrong with a bit of escapism now and then, and if ever there was a band that merited leaving your cynicism at the door and bouncing around with a silly smile on your face, then SK are that band.
Much like their younger compatriots Electric Eel Shock, it’s rare to see a band enjoy themselves so much onstage; with Yamano and bassist Ritsuko Taneda soloing away to squeals of delight from an energetic but very good-natured crowd. It feels more like a party than a gig; even more so when the girls return dressed in Santa Claus costumes for an encore of Ramones covers and some punked-up Christmas songs, with handclaps and harmonies in abundance.
On our way to the exit, we’re greeted by a golden retriever, whose friendly demeanour only increases our reluctance to leave. Shonen Knife may not be total unknowns, but they’ve always been something of a cult concern, and in this small west Tokyo club, it feels like we’ve been treated to a taste of Japan’s best cure for the winter blues.
Alex Gosman.
The Forum
26.11.2011
Game doesn’t seem to be as popular as he should be in the UK. A slew of big hits and solid albums behind him and you’d have thought the Compton rapper would have packed out the Forum following the likes of Rick Ross and Wiz Khalifa earlier in the year. It was by no means empty, but there was certainly room to manoeuvre unlike the sardine-like sweatbox of the Bawse’s show. However, it didn’t stop Jayceon Taylor as he strode on stage, kicking the night off with Kendrick Lamar’s guest verse on The City.
With the crowd having bayed his name through the sub-standard opening sets of the rapper’s Black Wall Street label, Game didn’t disappoint, running confidently through classic tracks as well as bangers from this year’s The R.E.D. Album, showcasing his talent for both rapping and entertaining. Where tracks like Dope Boys and Let’s Ride bounced and smacked the speakers, Game also showed he could switch it up with Hate It Or Love It and My Life, both to great acclaim from the paying public.
It was One Blood that proved to be the show-stealer as everyone wearing Black Wall Street merchandise was invited up onto the stage with a sea of red crowding around the rapper and everyone else in the crowd slamming their hands down with the beat as hype men jumped from the speaker stacks and smiles swarmed across both performers and fans. Finishing up with the stage still full was the much poppier Pot Of Gold but if anything the volume went up a notch as Chris Brown’s chorus rang out around the Kentish Town venue.
He might not be as big as his peers, but he’s just as talented. A great night out.
Abjekt.