Superchunk have announced the title of their forthcoming album shall be Majesty Shredding.
This will be the band’s first release since 2001’s, Here’s To Shutting Up, with more details and tour dates expected to be announced soon.
Meanwhile, Superchunk were recently joined on stage by Les Savy Fav’s Tim Harrington at this weekend’s Primavera festival, as they performed Superchunk’s Precision Auto.
Just when you thought Isis had disappeared from our lives for good, the band has announced plans to release a split with Melvins.
The as yet untitled record will be released through Hydra Head on July 13th, comprised of a new Isis track, a Japanese only release, and alternative versions of tracks from Melvins’ forthcoming album, The Bride Screamed Murder.
There’s good news for Devo fans this morning as the new album titled ‘Something for Everybody‘ landed in our office and has been on repeat since. The classic 80s 4-piece have delivered another timeless pop record which once again will have you dancing and singing from first track Fresh. Other highlights on the album are Please Baby Please, Don’t Shoot, Mind Games, Human Rocket, Step Up, in fact there are many highlights on this 16 track return for the band that will always be in our top 10 of all time, so expect good times when it’s released on June 14th in the UK and June 15th in the US.
We will hopefully be meeting them for an interview in London when they visit in June, fingers crossed it all works out so we can bring you an inside scoop on ‘Something for Everybody’.
Grinderman have announced they will release their second album in September, prior to a five date tour of the UK.
The record, aptly titled Grinderman 2, will be released on September 13th.
Meanwhile Nick Cave and co. will be playing the following dates;
September
25th – Nottingham Rock City
27th – Leeds University
28th – Glasgow Barrowlands
29th – Manchester Academy
October
1st – London Hammersmith Apollo
Illinois rockers Tweak Bird have offered up a free download of their latest single, which will be available on June 7th through Souterrain Transmissions.
The Track, entitled A Sun / Ahh Ahh is available as an MP3 here.
Reading and Leeds festivals have revealed the line-up for their lock-up and dance stages at this year’s event.
While the lock up stage will be headlined by Alkaline Trio and Bad Religion on Friday and Saturday respectively, Sunday’s Dance stage will be co-headlined by Roots Manuva and Magnetic Man.
A number of other great acts have also been added to the bill including Crossfire favourites Trash Talk, Cancer Bats and The Get Up Kids who all play the Lock Up Stage on Saturday.
Reading and Leeds festival takes place between August 27th – 29th.
Cargo, London
18th May 2010
Triple bills as buzzy as this don’t come around too often, as tonight Cargo plays host to three American bands tipped for big things. Expectations are high, then, and first act Double Dagger waste no time in getting in amongst the sold out crowd. In fact, frontman Nolen Strals spends little time on the actual stage, as he clambers around the audience ensnaring them in a tangle of mic cables and punk rock. Arguably this is all a bit much for the early birds, but those that’d come specifically to see Double Dagger are treated to a raucous and absorbing set. Ones to watch in the future, most definitely.
With the audience now undoubtedly woken up, it comes the turn of Ganglians to justify their hype. The recently released Monster Head Room is a perfect summer cocktail of acid pop and Beach Boys harmonies, yet what we hear tonight is something a little different. The band largely ignores material from MHR, released last year in the states, and instead plays a varied and unfamiliar set. 
This seems to have a split effect on the crowd, some disappointed at the lack of familiarity and others excited to preview some new tracks. Still, there’s no doubt that the biggest reaction comes for set closer Candy Girl, a recent single that loses none of its blissful sheen in a live setting. It’s a performance that shows flashes of brilliance, yet I feel if they can pull themselves together then there is plenty more to come.
Rounding off proceedings are darlings of the indie press, Real Estate, who I have mixed feelings about before the show. On the one hand their recent self titled album is perfectly likeable, yet at the same time it seems to offer little more than that. While hearing the songs performed live fails to dramatically change my opinion, it’s a far more enjoyable performance than I had anticipated. Album highlights Fake Blues and Suburban Dogs are obvious high points, and the band come across well on stage which compliments a pleasing set all round. Still don’t get the hype, though.
Sleekly Lion
Paul Gray, bassist of Slipknot since 1995 has been found dead in Iowa. A report from a local website there has posted that the 38 year old was found dead in Iowa by a hotel employee and also reported that:
Police identified the man as Paul Dedrick Gray, 38. They said he was found at 10:50 a.m. at the TownePlace Suites by Marriott at 8800 Northpark Johnston Drive in Johnston on Monday. Police said there was no evidence of foul play observed, but a complete investigation of the untimely death of Paul Gray will be completed by Urbandale police detectives.
The Polk County Medical Examiner’s Office is assisting in the death investigation and will perform an autopsy on Tuesday. Toxicology testing will be completed to determine if there were any contributing factors in the death of Gray, police said.
RIP
Pulled Apart By Horses have unveiled a brand new video for their new single, Back to the Fuck Yeah. The Evil Dead inspired clip is sure to whet appetites ahead of their debut album, which is scheduled for release on June 21st.
The band, who recently signed to Transgressive, will release this single a week earlier, and as ever can soon be found playing a city near you.
June
14th – Manchester, Deaf Institute
15th – London, 100 Club
16th – Nottingham, Bodega Club
17th – Glasgow, King Tuts
18th – Leeds, Brudenell Social Club
Paramore have announced to plans play a six date arena tour in the UK this coming winter.
The band, who are believed to be hard at work on new material, will begin the tour in Liverpool on November 10th before finishing in Aberdeen ten days later.
Catch Paramore here;
November
10th – Liverpool Echo Arena
11th – Sheffield Arena
13th – London O2 Arena
16th – Birmingham LG Arena
18th – Newcastle Metro Radio Arena
20th – Aberdeen AECC