Blur will release a limited 7” single as part of this year’s Record Store Day, which takes place April 17th.
This will be the band’s first new material since 2003, having re-united for summer shows last year. Further details of the track, including its title, will be announced nearer the release.
Dinosaur Jr will return to play a full tour of the UK next month with Built to Spill in tow as their more than capable support. The band, often described as one of the world’s loudest, will play 10 dates in total starting in Oxford before finishing up at Shepherd’s Bush Empire.
Mascis and co continue to play in support of recent album ‘Farm’, and you can catch them in the following venues;
May
8th – 02 Academy Oxford
9th – 02 Academy Liverpool
10th – Black Box, Galway, IRE
11th – Vicar Street, Dublin, IRE
13th – 02 ABC Glasgow
14th – 02 Academy Newcastle
16th – 02 Academy Birmingham
17th – Cambridge Junction
18th – 02 Shepherds Bush Empire, London
Nero, the duo behind the Blinded By The Lights refix of a little while ago, are back with their new single.
Innocence/Electrons will be released on April 26th through Chase & Status’ MTA Records and you can check the video for Innocence below.
Pendulum have released a groundbreaking 360 degree video for their track Salt In The Wounds.
The amazing technology allows fans to see EVERYTHING around the characters and there are some codes hidden within the video. Crack the code and you will be able to get the mp3 for free. Check it out here.
As if that wasn’t enough, the video for new single Watercolour, released on May 3rd and taken from their upcoming album Immersion, is below:
Our resident rap fiend Abjekt spent his Bank Holiday Sunday putting a little mix together to showcase his favourite crew, Doomtree.
The mix is 35 minutes long and features 12 tracks of bonafide bangers. You can download the mix by clicking here and the tracklist is below.
1 – Legend Recognize Legend – Lazerbeak
2 – Stand Up [Let’s Get Murdered] – P.O.S.
3 – Suicide Jimmy Snuffa – Hand Over First
4 – Bullpen – Dessa
5 – We’re Working Hard – Paper Tiger
6 – Slow Burn – Sims & Mike Mictlan
7 – 1999 – Cecil Otter
8 – Game Over [Go Big Or Go Home Boy] – Mike Mictlan
9 – Half-Cocked Concepts – P.O.S.
10 – Like You Mean It – Sims
11 – Jaded – Cecil Otter, Dessa & P.O.S.
12 – No Homeowners – Doomtree
K-OS is releasing his new single I Wish I Knew Natalie Portman on April 19th.
The Canadian rapper, who has won a ton of awards in his native country, will follow it up with the album Yes in May. Peep the video below. And yes, we wish we knew her too.
Slamdunk festival has added a host of new bands to its ever expanding line-up, including Young Guns, Sonic Boom Six and Your Demise.
Also added to the bill are Devil Sold His Soul, Crime in Stereo, The Wonder Years, Blackhole, Azriel and Random Hand.
The main Slamdunk festival is set to take place in London and Leeds on May 29th and 30th, with headliners New Found Glory, Alkaline Trio and Against Me.
The Chemical Brothers will release a brand new album this summer entitled, Further.
The band has collaborated with long term visual collaborators Adam Smith and Marcus Lyall, for the record which shall be released on June 7th. There will be a short film accompanying each of the record’s eight tracks, which shall be premiered alongside the duo’s gigs at the Camden Roundhouse this May. These films will later be released as a special edition DVD version of the record.
The Chemical Brothers will play;
May
20th – London, Roundhouse
21st – London, Roundhouse
22nd – London, Roundhouse
23rd – London, Roundhouse
Eighties Matchbox B-Line Disaster have announced details of a huge tour of the UK, spanning 21 dates.
The Brighton band will begin the tour in May and won’t finish until June, playing in support of their forthcoming album ‘Blood and Fire’, released on May 17th.
Eighties Matchbox will play the following shows;
April
27th – Cambridge Haymakers
28th – Guildford Boileroom
30th – Bedford Esquires
May
1st – Harlow Square
10th – Leicester Sumo
11th – Cardiff Barfly
12th – Southampton Joiners
15th – Poole Chords
16th – Oxford Bullingdon
17th – Reading Sub 89
19th – Liverpool Krazyhouse
20th – Leeds Cockpit
21st – Stoke Sugarmill
22nd – Sheffield Corporation
24th – Newcastle Cluny
25th – Glasgow Stereo
26th – Aberdeen Tunnels
27th – Edinburgh Cabaret Voltaire
28th – York Duchess
June
2nd – Birmingham Hare & Hounds
3rd – London Garage
Camden Barfly
27.03.10
With a band name like fun. you know you’re going to be in for a good time. A matinee show is always a weird one (this one is made slightly stranger by a scattering of drunkenly obliterated yobs), but fun. pull it off. It’s their first ever trip over to the UK and this gig makes their total appearances in London higher than the gigs they’ve played in their native New York!
The love for fun. at the show is clear to see as fans sing along heartily to every word despite their debut album not yet being properly released in the UK! Every song in their hour-long set is a stone-cold hit with tracks like ‘At Least I’m Not As Sad…’, ‘All The Pretty Girls’ and ‘Walking The Dog’ going down a storm. Singer Nate Ruess commands the crowd with the perfect blend of graciousness, excitement and cockiness. His voice is one that absolutely penetrates the air with its clean cut melodic lines no matter what background noise and accompanying band instrumentation surrounds him.
The harmonies and melodies are the driving force behind the fun. sound. Quirky indie-pop with a very Beach Boys sound that also takes cues from the likes of Queen and even musicals. Everything is executed with a perfect balance of vigour and precision, leaving no person in the audience in any doubt that this is a band who knows their craft. The six people on stage are totally in tune with one another and bring the songs from the band’s debut album ‘Aim & Ignite’ to life in the most engaging of ways. Each and every person in the crowd is attentive and they all leave with a smile on their face.
Winegums.