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Kno gets cease and desist order

Hip Hop producer Kno has been delivered a cease and desist order.

The beatmaker for rap group Cunninlynguists used uncleared samples on their A Piece Of Strange album from 2006 and was recently reprimanded as a result. However, he has said that he will keep on making beats and he was aware of what he was doing, in an interview with AboveGround:

“The music I make infringes on copyrights. I am aware of this and have been aware of this, that is why I don’t stress getting rich off of it, I tell people to download it if they want to and I sink any money I do make back into making more records…even if I were to give it away for free., it would still end up on YouTube and I’d still get served by Google-searching lawyers and publishing houses who think they might be able to squeeze money out of me.”

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Bloodied But Unbowed: A Canadian punk documentary

The Canadian punk rock scene and music scene in general has always been intriguing as it has produced some gems over the years that add something different to our ears. A documentary called Bloodied But Unbowed has been premiering over the last year stuffed with the good times and the bad from the late-’70s birth of the Vancouver punk-rock scene. The film features bands such as DOA, Subhumans, Rabid, U-J3RK5, Active Dog and many more with chit chat from luminaries such as Henry Rollins and Guns N’ Roses’ Duff McKagan appearing to reminisce their experiences of the Canadian scene too.

Watch the trailers and clips on this site and fingers crossed this will get screened in UK at some point soon.

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Darkest Hour post new track

We checked out Darkest Hour at the Garage the other night and it was shred-tastic.

The band have a new album out shortly and have posted a track from it called Your Everyday Disaster online at ArtistDirect.com. So head over there for your riff-fix.

The new album is titled The Human Romance and it will be released in Europe on March 7th through Century Media Records.

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Protest The Hero announce new album

Canadian band Protest The Hero will be releasing their third album Scurrilous on March 21st via Spinefarm Records. The album will be 10 tracks long and serves as the follow-up to 2008’s Fortress which featured Bloodmeat, a favourite of some of us at Crossfire.

More details are coming soon but in the meantime enjoy their awesome new press photo [eyes to the right here, people], check the tracklisting and watch the video to Bloodmeat below. This one’s going to be a biggun!

1. C’est la Vie
2. Hair-Trigger
3. Tandem
4. Moonlight
5. Tapestry
6. Dunsel
7. The Reign of Unending Terror
8. Termites
9. Tongue-Splitter
10. Sex Tapes

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The White Stripes announce split

The White Stripes announced they had split up last night via their website. Having not played live for a few years now and various other projects taking preference, Jack and Meg have parted ways (for now) and left this message for die hard fans:

“The White Stripes do not belong to Meg and Jack anymore, The White Stripes belongs to you now and you can do with it whatever you want. The beauty of art and music is that it can last forever if people want it to.”

Jim Diamond must be still dancing around his flat to this news. He produced the first two albums and ended up being walked over with big lawyers appointed by White who he quotes in the amazing punk rock book We Never Learn: “Jack White is the greatest meglomaniac rock-star cliche on the earth…The White Stripes sued me, saying I had defamed their name by claiming to be involved with their sound. Well assholes, what does it say on the record cover? At least I didn’t lie under oath. Jack said shit on the stand like the only reason he came to me (to produce and record the first 2 records) was because he didn’t have gas money to get to another studio.”

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The BellRays return with new album Black Lightning

The Bellrays are back with a new album titled Black Lightning . The band who were heavily pushed as the next big thing from Poptones label return with what they say is “arguably their finest collection of songs to date.”

No live dates have been released yet but if you want to get into the mood of the rock and roll machine fronted by the mighty Lisa Kekaula then click here to read Pete Craven’s live review from back in 2009 when they played Brighton.

Black Lightning will be released on Fargo Records on February 28th.

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Tune of the Day: Royal Trux – The Spectre

Neil Hagerty and Jennifer Herrema who made up the legendary Royal Trux were well ahead of their time. Their amazing drug-fueled blend of rock and roll was one of the most underground sounds of the 90’s and inspired an entire bunch of bands that are around today, such as the White Stripes and The Kills to name just two.

The Spectre was released on their 4th album Cats and Dogs back in 1993 and was played over and over within LSD sessions back at our residence at the time. Get on the Royal Trux trip this week and search for the re-issued albums that Domino Records just released in January, if this band is new to you then this message will be gratefully received.

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Watch: South Central vs. A Sniper

South Central have unleashed their new video onto the net and it’s one hell of a ride.

Watch the video below, for their upcoming single The Day I Die, out on March 14th as a sniper picks off all those in his sights except for the mysterious hooded duo walking straight down the middle of all the carnage.

2011 will see an album drop too, so keep those peepers peeled!

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Sonisphere get Weezer!

Sonisphere was one of our favourite festivals last year, despite stiff competition! This year’s line-up is looking even more impressive than last year’s with Weezer, Airbourne and Architects the latest acts to be added to the bill.

Not too shabby considering The Big 4 (Metallica, Anthrax, Slayer, Megadeth), Biffy Clyro and Slipknot are also playing and there will no doubt be a multitude of up and coming and established acts to be unveiled in the weeks leading up to the festival.

Sonisphere takes place 8th – 10th July 2011 at Knebworth House. For tickets and more info click here. The line up so far is:

THE BIG 4 – METALLICA, SLAYER, MEGADETH, ANTHRAX
BIFFY CLYRO
SLIPKNOT
AIRBOURNE
ARCHITECTS
DIAMOND HEAD
IN FLAMES
MASTODON
MOTÖRHEAD
PARKWAY DRIVE
WEEZER

We definitely want a repeat of Weezer’s brilliant antics at Reading and Leeds last year:

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RZA sues The Game

RZA has spoken out on why he’s suing The Game.

The Wu Tang member produced the track Heart Breaker on Game’s recently released free mixtape Purp & Patron but the beat was originally due to be used on R.E.D. the upcoming album from the West Coast rapper. However, due to clearance, the track couldn’t be used and was put on the mixtape. RZA stated:

“We got an offer to have the tracked purchased by someone else…So this is not anything personal, and RZA has nothing but love for Game, but this is business and in all fairness, it would have been cool if they would have just let us know what the intent was, because we began soliciting the track for purchase and its looks like this was a double sale issue when it wasn’t.”

Time will tell what’ll happen. In the meantime, grab the latest installment, Purp & Patron: The Hangover here.