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New Black Mountain video and tour dates

The new Black Mountain video for ‘Old Fangs‘, a cut off their upcoming third album ‘Wilderness Heart‘ was posted online this week.

The album will be released through Jagjaguwar on the 13th September in the middle of the band’s UK Tour. The band will be playing T In The Park and Latitiude Festival as well as the following dates in September and one London date in October…

Oxford Academy – 4th September
Birmingham Hare & Hounds – 5th September
Brighton Concorde – 8th September
Isle of Wight Bestival – 10th September
Larmer Tree Gardens, Dorset End Of The Road Festival – 11th September
Leeds TJs Woodhouse Club – 12th September
Glasgow Oran Mor – 14th September
Manchester Academy 3 – 15th September
Nottingham Rescue Rooms – 16th September
London Shepherds Bush Empire – 7th October

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The Herbaliser play KOKO

It has been confirmed that experimental hip-hop collective The Herbaliser will be playing as a full ten-piece in a live show at Camden’s KOKO in London.

The show will also feature performances from another progressive hip-hop outfit, the Thom Yorke recommended Anti Pop Consortium as well as sets from Lazy Habits and P45.

The show is on the 24th July and you can order tickets here.

‘Herbal Tonic‘, a best of compilation from The Herbaliser will be released on the 28th June. A free mini-mix is available from Ninja Tune’s website.

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Royksopp release tracklisting for ‘Senior’

Royksopp have announced that the follow up to last year’s blogosphere favourite ‘Junior‘, will be released on the 13th September.

The fourth studio album, entitled ‘Senior‘ is confirmed to be an instrumental LP that serves as a binary opposition in sound and style to last year’s ‘Junior‘. In an official statement from the Norwegian duo, they spoke about the relationship between the two releases…

‘‘Junior’ [has] emphasis on vocals, accessible melodies and harmonies, [it] has the energy, the inquisitive temper and confident “hey-ho, let’s go!”-attitude of youth, whereas ‘Senior’ is the introverted, dwelling and sometimes graceful counterpart, brimful with dark secrets and distorted memories, insisting ‘I’m old, I’ve got experience…‘

The albums tracklist has been revealed and is as follows…

…And The Forest Began To Sing
Tricky Two
The Alcoholic
Senior Living
The Drug
Forsaken Cowboy
The Fear
Coming Home
A Long, Long Way

www.royksopp.com

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LCD Soundsystem

You Wanted A Hit (Soulwax Mix)
DFA/EMI
www.lcdsoundsystem.com

The last time these two acts collided we were treated to a record that left club-goers’ ear drums reverberating that drumbeat during the weekend, and the week that followed. I am of course talking about when Sound of Silver’s Kraftwerk-inspired opener Get Innocuous was given the Soulwax-on wax-off remix treatment. Though I’m a huge fan of James Murphy’s punk-infused cultural commentary over a glittering multi-instrumental electronic soundscape, I cannot hide my preference towards the Dewaele brothers kick-snare, kick-snare bass overhaul.

LCD Soundsystem’s last album (a 40 year old man’s verbal confusion of what the hell is going on in music right now while simultaneously making music better than anyone else is right now), This Is Happening, was a sublime conclusion to a ride I’m sure Murphy never expected to take. It’s a long departure from the wry ‘Daft Punk Is Playing At My House‘, which of course was played at the very house parties it gently raised an eyebrow towards. The Soulwax remix of that track did just the same, but when music is made to be danced to then there’s no stopping them, hipsters, music fans or casual head-nodders close to whoever’s house Daft Punk is playing in. Why should we stop them?

So when Soulwax went about their usual business for ‘You Wanted A Hit’ off the final LCD Soundsystem LP it was unquestionably a case for writers and bloggers to avoid awkward ‘you expected a hit’ wordplay and just let the beat do the talking. And it’s huge, utterly massive. Another testament to back up the part of the weekend never dies belief system. But you expected that, right?

Stanley

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Beck vs. Broken Social Scene

The soundtrack to the upcoming film adaptation of Bryan Lee O’Malley’s Scott Pilgrim comics has been revealed to contain brand new material from Beck and Broken Social Scene.

Both Beck and the eclectic Canadian rock outfit will be performing as rival fictional bands in Edgar Wright’s Scott Pilgrim vs. The World, Sex Bob-omb and Crash And The Boys respectively.

The film is due to be released in the UK on the 13th August and the soundtrack on the 10th August. The soundtrack will also feature material from Frank Black, Black Lips and Metric.

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Flying Lotus to play Tate Modern

Hot of the heels of his magnum opus ‘Cosmogramma‘, released earlier this year, Flying Lotus will be performing a live film score at the Tate Modern in London this Summer alongside two other live shows.

Fly Lo will be playing an earlier gig of his usual bubbling beats and soulful dance jams with his Brainfeeder posse at the Hearn Street Car Park on the 14th August. On the 16th August he will be performing the score to Harry Smith’s ‘Heaven And Earth Magic‘ at the Tate.

His London excursion concludes with his Infinity show at the ICA on the 18th August. Infinity will include Ravi Coltrane, Miguel Atwood-Ferguson, Rebekah Raff and many more musicians that played on Cosmogramma.

Tickets go on sale today and are available from the Tate website.

Check out the video below for an exclusive insight into Cosmogramma’s artwork courtesy of Warp Records.

www.flying-lotus.com

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Weedeater – Live

with Saviours & Black Cobra
The Underworld, Camden
17/06/10

Photo by John Prolly

‘Dixie’ Dave Collins, the lead singer, bassist and ring leader of North Carolina’s Weedeater has a certain reputation. This is the dude that toured relentlessly with notorious, drug-riddled, sludge outfits Buzzo*ven and Sourvein and earlier this year he even shot off his own toe cleaning his shot gun. With all these facts mixed in with second hand tales and myths about the man and the band there is a definite level of expectation to the evening.

With a good mix of liquor, amongst many other substances, we are the perfect company for a band that are at home playing to wasted crowd. With his insane crossed eyes, Dixie Dave psychotically spits his words and rattles his head giving the impression that he might just be as insane as the stories and rumours suggest.

Collins, drummer Keko and guitarist Shep tear through the band’s back catalogue severing up blunt sized portions that have the well baked attendees inflicting drunken violence on each other. ‘God Luck & Good Speed’, ‘Wizard Fight’ and the awesome ‘Weed Monkey’ just add fuel on the fire and the band even throw in a cover of Lynyrd Skynard’s ‘Gimme Back My Bullets’ just in case you forgot these boys were from the deep south.

With typical southern tenacity, Weedeater’s performance is second to none tonight. The sheer weight of the riffs chugged out by Collins and co are absolutely crushing. The word ‘heavy’ simply does not do Weedeater justice.

Burn one to these dudes for best results.

Tom Lindsey

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New additions to Sonisphere Line-Up

With less than six weeks to go until Sonisphere rocks and rattles the souls of Knebworth some exciting new additions have been added to the already impressive line-up.

Converge, Good Charlotte, Kylesa, Chrome Hoof, Earthtone9, Little London, Out Of Sight, Straight Lines and Tiger Please have been confirmed to play the festival taking place on July 30th-August 1st.

Another exclusive for the fesitval comes in the shape of the UK debut stand-up performance of Brian Posehn, the American comedian known for his contributions to Human Giant and The Sarah Silverman Program.

www.sonispherefestivals.com

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The Roots unleash new video

The Roots have debuted the music video for their latest single ‘Dear God 2.0‘. The track will be appearing on the Philidelphia hip-hop collective’s ninth studio album, entitled ‘How I Got Over‘. The album is set to feature cameo rhymes from the likes of John Legend, Blu, Joanna Newson and more.

The video was directed by Jason Goldwatch and can be viewed here…

www.theroots.com

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New Radiohead album incoming?

Some very exciting news for Radiohead fans this week… guitarist and the mind behind the incredible and often overlooked b-side ‘Meeting In The Aisle‘, Ed O Brien, announced during an interview with Adam Buxton on his BBC Radio 6 show that the follow up to In Rainbows may be released this year.

Here’s what the friendly giant himself has to say about the new record:

‘We’re in the heart of the record. It’s genuinely exciting. It’s very different from what we did last time. It’s really nice to be doing this. It’s so good to be making music with the band that you feel is still as good as it’s ever been.’

www.radiohead.com/deadairspace