Minneapolis rapper Brother Ali has suffered an unfortunate family tragedy and as a result will not be able to perform at all of his scheduled UK dates this week.
No plans for a re-scheduled tour have been announced, but fans should keep a look out for news soon.
Our thoughts are with Brother Ali and his family…
LA-based Darker My Love have announced that their third studio album, entitled ‘Alive As You Are‘ is due to be released on July 26th.
The psychadelic rock group, who achieved widespread critcal acclaim with the second album ,’2‘, have started up the hype machine by offering up a free download. Click HERE to get your hands on ‘Dear Author‘.
Robert Pollard has confirmed that the lo-fi American indie band whose line-up was in perpetual flux until they disbanded in 2004, Guided By Voices will re-form under the following line-up: Pollard himself, Tobin Sprout and Mitch Mitchell on guitars, Greg Demos on bass and Kevin Fennell on drums.
The band are to play a set of songs at Matador Records 21st Anniversary show in Las Vegas from their most revered era, the early-mid 90s, featuring tracks from the albums Propeller, Bee Thousand, Alien Lanes and Under The Bushes Under The Stars.
They will be playing alongside a line-up that features Sonic Youth, Pavement, Belle and Sebastian, Spoon, Cat Power and more…
New electronic hot-topic Kid Adrift has announced the release of his EP ‘Oxytocin‘, which will be dropping on July 13th.
If you hadn’t had enough free downloads this week already then grab your knives and forks and get stuck into this one, Hospital Records activist, Cyantific has offered up an exclusive remix that you can feast on HERE.
A slick music video has surfaced too, featuring Hello Kitty brand chainsaws (would anyone be too surprised if they were legit?) in a Sawrio hybrid directed by none other than High Contrast.
Big Boi’s debut solo album ‘Sir Lucious Left Foot: The Son Of Chico Dusty‘ has been on constant repeat in Crossfire’s office since its full stream appeared on Big Boi’s Myspace this week.
The newest video to come from the album is the super-catchy ‘Follow Us‘ featuring emo-rockers Vonnegutt. Check it out!
The Young Veins‘ debut album, ‘Take A Vacation!‘ will be released in the UK on July 5th. If you can’t wait that long then don’t despair because the band have decided to stream the entire thing to get listeners hyped.
Follow this link to hear the California sunshine sound of the west-coast 5-piece’s debut effort.
London space-rockers Klaxons have posted a teaser of their new album ‘Surfing The Void‘ on the Modular Website. The album’s opening track ‘Echoes‘ is ready to stream in all it’s bass-groove, synthtastic glory.
The band recently unleashed another new track last month, ‘Flashover‘ can be heard below…
The band’s second album with the already infamous spacesuit-wearing-cat on the cover will be released on August 23rd.
Philip Selway has this morning revealed what he’s been up to in his recent moments spend outside his usual musical habitat of drumming for Radiohead and collaborating with countless other artists. Composed in the last year, ‘Familial‘ is Selway’s debut solo effort and will be released on August 30th through Bella Union.
And in following the continuing trend to offer up a free download to give you a taste of the album, Selway has done just that. Head over to his new website to download ‘Some Miracle‘.
You can keep up to date with him on his new Facebook and Twitter pages.
Pendulum will release their new single Witchcraft on July 19th.
The band, who recently went straight in at number one in the charts with their album Immersion, will have remixes by Rob Swire, Netsky, Chuckie and John B. They will also be playing the following dates.
July
24th – Milton Keynes, National Bowl (special guests to The Prodigy)
30th – London, Victoria Park (special guests to Tiesto)
August
1st – Sonisphere (second on the bill to Iron Maiden)
27th – Leeds Festival, NME / Radio 1 Stage (headliners)
28th – Reading Festival, NME / Radio 1 Stage (headliners)
Portishead’s Geoff Barrow told BBC6 Music today that after writing material during the Summer, the eclectic Bristol trip-hoppers will be returning into the studio very soon to record their follow-up to 2008’s Third.
He insists that there will be no more decade-long breaks between albums, stating he ‘just wants to bang on, get another record out‘. If what he says about the way the band work, then we can be hopeful that the new album will be another triumph…
‘With Portishead there’s long periods of thinking, without any ideas. It is about progressing music and our problem is that if we don’t think we can progress it forward we get stuck in a hole.‘
Though the band weren’t exactly quiet in the year after ‘Third‘, Geoff recorded an excellent album with his side project, Beak>, and the charity single ‘Chase The Tear‘ hinted at the direction Portishead were heading towards. With this news, fans can rejoice in the knowledge that they’re not going into hiding any time soon.