Gallows are going to absolutely destroy the Fighting Cocks in Kingston on Saturday. You can’t really get more intimate for a band whose next high profile gig is as support to the mighty Rage Against The Machine at their Finsbury Park gig on Sunday 6th June.
Tickets for this one sold out within minutes, so expect it to get rowdy!
Dead Confederate’s ace new single ‘Start Me Laughing’ was released this week and the band have been deafening crowds up and down the country with their wall-of-sound live show. Check out a snippet of the live experience with a version of ‘Guns’ below. Stay tuned for news of new material over the coming months!
TRC have unveiled a new video! Check it out below and also check the band out live at one of these forthcoming summer shows;
June
25th – Bristol, The Croft BRISTOL (UK), Bristol
26th – Leeds, Ghostfest w/ Gallows, Seventh Cross. Knuckledust
27th – Hemel Hempstead, Rugby Club
July
7th – Norwich, The Marquee w/ 8 control
13th – Exeter, The Cavern w/ Sworn Enemy
18th – Preston, The Frog And Bucket
23rd – Croydon, Scream
August
4th – Newquay, On The Rocks
7th – Hevy Fest Main Stage, Kent,
7th – Watford, Railway Club
13th – Windsor, Firestation
14th – Manchester, Satans Hollow alldayer
15th – Leicester, The Boardroom Skatepark
One of our favourite pop-punk discoveries this year has been The Wonder Years and we couldn’t be more happy that they’ve signed with our friends over at Hopeless Records. Expect news on new releases etc over the coming weeks. The band are currently in the UK and are likely to return sooner rather than later too!
Their quick, ongoing tour of the UK calls at these three dates;
June
1 Slade Rooms w/ FOUR YEAR STRONG AND FIREWORKS, Wolverhampton,
2 Academy 2 w/ FOUR YEAR STRONG, Liverpool,
3 Islington Academy w/ FOUR YEAR STRONG AND FIREWORKS, London,
Manic Street Preachers have revealed today, that their new album ‘Postcard’s From A Young Man’ will be released in September, in order to coincide with their UK tour.
The band’s 10th studio album is said to promise “big radio hits” and a more pop orientated sound than their previous album ‘Journal For A Plague’.
Brighton based indie rock band British Sea Power will support the group on their UK tour, which stops in the following places;
Tour dates are as follows:
September
29 – GLASGOW, Academy
30 – ABERDEEN, Music Hall
October
2 – EDINBURGH, Corn Exchange
3 – CARLISLE, Sands Centre
5 – HULL, City Hall
6 – SHEFFEILD, Academy
8 – LIVERPOOL, University
9 – BLACKBURN, Kings Georges Hall
11 – LEEDS, Academy
12 – DERBY, Assembly Rooms
14 – MANCHESTER, Apollo
16 – LINCOLN, Engine Shed
17 – NORWICH, UEA
19 – SOUTHAMPTON, Guildhall
20 – SOUTHEND, Cliffs Pavillion
22 – BOURNEMOUTH, Academy
23 – NEWPORT, Centre
25 – BRISTOL, Colston Hall
26 – BIRMINGHAM, Academy
28 – LONDON, Brixton Academy
29 – LONDON, Brixton Academy
31- LEICESTER, De Montford Hall
November
1 – CAMBRIDGE, Corn Exchange
British rock band Young Guns will accompany the band Funeral For A Friend on their ‘Casually Dressed And Deep in Conversations’ shows on July 22nd and July 23rd at Cardiff University and London Shepard’s Bush Empire.
The band who are set to release their debut album ‘All Our Kings Are Dead’ on 12th July 2010, have also played with the likes of Lostprophets and Taking Back Sunday, as well as being awarded with the Best New Band award in Kerrang! Magazines 2009 Reader’s Poll.
Their single, ‘Winter Kiss’ is available to download now from the widget below;
Australian rock band Wolfmother has, this week, cancelled their appearances at several summer festivals due to illness.
The band have cancelled their slots at Download festival (11th-13th June), T in the Park (9th-11th July) and Hard Rock Calling (25th-27th June). Wolfmother will be replaced by Killswitch Engage at this year’s Download festival and Swedish rocker’s The Hives at Hard Rock Calling.
Wembley Arena
28th May 2010
There are moments in time, when everything just seems to work. For the boys from Perth, tonight just, well – worked. So well in fact, that I won’t hesitate to say that Pendulum’s ‘Immersion’ show at Wembley arena, was the best musical experience I have ever had the pleasure of witnessing. And that’s saying something.
Ram Records’ Sub Focus supported, warming up the crowd an absolute treat. Guildford’s Nick Douwma stood behind an immense disc of LED’s, which proved to be an immensely well-fitting accompaniment to the music and kicked off a sterling set with crowd favourite Rock It. He spanned through multiple songs quickly and effortlessly, including his Ghosts’N’Stuff remix, the new single Splash and many other classics backed up with the steez of MC ID who delivered the goods which in turn, whipped the baying crowd into a frenzy.
After a short break, the moment had come. Three years of hard work from Pendulum, and it was about to culminate in the form of the headline spot at Wembley arena. Genesis began the proceedings, to a dark, empty stage. As the boys walked on, they launched into Salt In The Wounds with more energy than your average jet engine. Bearing in mind that this tour is a showcase of the new material from ‘Immersion’, and that it’s only been performed live a few times before now- it has to be said that these guys are definitely at the top of their game right now. They’re tight, efficient and oh-so-slick. There happened to be a slight malfunction with Perry’s guitar during Midnight Runner, but without so much as a hint of a pause the rest of the band compensated for this, and kept things flowing smoothly.
Visually, the show is a two-hour eyegasm with smoke cannons, spark cannons and flamethrowers serving as a perfect accompaniment to a series of back-to-back ‘L’ shaped screens, displaying CG visuals and live-action footage. It also has to be said that Ben Verse is one of the foundations that holds this type of live show together. His constant, enthusiastic interaction with the crowd draws you in. It makes you feel comfortable, and adds an element of trust – so much so, that upon his request, the entire standing audience of around 6000 people sat on the floor during Blood Sugar’s build-up, with them all jumping to their feet at the drop.
Pendulum powered through the classics and the new, and integrated them seamlessly. ‘Witchcraft’ was a crowd favourite, with the entire crowd singing along before old favourites such as ‘Hold your Colour’, ‘Tarantula’, and ‘The Tempest’ were delivered for the old school at curtains. It could be said that perhaps they should have varied the setlist slightly and included some newer songs at the end of the gig, however, having seen this trio of songs performed live before, it begs the old phrase – ‘If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it.’
Pendulum have created a unique live experience, one that includes every aspect of the sounds they create, and it says a lot that they are able to perform this material live, and to such an epically high standard. I think the other ten thousand people who shared that arena last night would agree with me when I say – the live Pendulum experience is a complete sensory assault, with rather pleasant side effects, that may include an uncontrollable urge to move, sing, mosh, then jabber about it to everyone you’ve ever met.
Words and pics: S.MAY
What a week it has been for celebrity deaths- rock and roll legend Ronnie James Dio, Paul Gray bassist of Slipknot, Gary Coleman of Different Strokes and it has emerged tonight that Hollywood legend Dennis Hopper has also passed leaving us with memories of his legendary career as an actor and director. The Easy Rider star had been battling prostate cancer and died at his home in Venice Beach this morning surrounded by friends and family.
Hopper loved caning it and was once quoted to say that “over-indulgence was a requirement for great artists” and once claimed he snorted lines of cocaine “as long as your arm every five minutes, just so I could carry on drinking … gallons” of alcohol.
He starred in many cult films such as Apocalypse Now, Blue Velvet, Rebel Without a Cause and True Romance also appeared as a guest on Damon Albarn’s Gorillaz album, enjoy this live clip from Harlem and celebrate the losses of people who have given a lot to the world of entertainment. RIP.
Trent Reznor’s new band How To Destroy Angels will give away their debut release as a free download, the band have announced.
The band, which Reznor formed with his wife, will release a six track EP on June 1st which will be available from the bands website. The EP will then be released on CD on June 6th and on vinyl at a later date.
The tracklisting reads;
1. The Space In Between
2. Parasite
3. Fur-Lined
4. BBB
5. The Believers
6. A Drowning