Category: Music

The Bronx have expanded their upcoming tour of the UK to include further headline shows.

The band is set to support Gogol Bordello on a run of dates in May, but have now added solo shows in April. This is in addition to the band’s solo show at The Barbican, where they will perform as Mexican alter-egos Mariachi El Bronx.

The Bronx will stop at;

April

26th – London The Barbican (Mariachi El Bronx only)
27th – Nottingham Rock City
28th – Liverpool Masque Theatre
29th – Newcastle Academy

May

1st – Leeds, Live @ Leeds Festival
2nd – Cardiff Solus
3rd – Bristol Thekla
4th – Brighton Concorde
5th – Oxford Academy
7th – London Hammersmith Apollo*
8th – Manchester Academy*
9th – Academy Glasgow*
10th – Norwich UEA*
11th – Birmingham Academy*
12th – Cambridge Junction

*Supporting Gogol Bordello

Big Boi has released his new video.

Fo Yo Sorrows is taken from his upcoming solo album Sir Lucious Left Foot, which has been in the works for what seems like years. It’s due to drop this year and if this track, which features Too $hort and George Clinton, is anything to go by, it’ll definitely be worth the wait.

Fo Yo Sorrows VIDEO Big Boi Ft. Too Short and George Clinton from SNORT THIS TV on Vimeo.

Philadelphia’s Cleric have announced the release of their debut LP, to be released this April.

The record, entitled Regressions, will be released through Web of Mimicry on April 27th.

Cleric describe their sound as a mixture of doom, grind and swirling ambience, while a ‘quote’ from Jesus on the band’s myspace reads, “the most uplifting, awe inspiring and overwhelming avantmassacrecore I’ve ever heard…”

Jane’s Addiction bassist Eric Avery has quit the band, he has confirmed.

The band reunited in 2008 following 17 years apart, and are expected to record a new in the near future.

Meanwhile Avery has been replaced in the band by former Guns n’ Roses bassist Duff Mckagan.

Iron Maiden will release their 15th studio album this summer, as they also plan a 22 date tour or North America.

The record will be titled The Final Frontier, and will be the band’s first since 2006’s A Matter of Life and Death.

Meanwhile the band will be back in Europe for summer festivals, including their headline slot at the UK’s Sonisphere.

Fever Ray is set to play a one-off London show in September, it has been revealed.

The artist, also known as The Knife’s Karin Dreijer Anderrson, will play Brixton Academy on September 8th.

While this is likely to be Fever Ray’s only UK headline show this year, she is already confirmed to play at both Bestival and Isle of Wight festivals.

OJ Simpson, the long awaited full length collaboration between Madlib and Guilty Simpson, will be released on 18th May.

The record is set to be released through Stones Throw, and will be Guilty Simpson’s official follow up to 2008’s Ode to the Ghetto.

Sparklehorse’s Mark Linkous has committed suicide, his family have confirmed.

The songwriter, just 47, died on Saturday with a gunshot wound in his heart.

As reported last week, plans had recently been put in place for the physical release of Dark Night of the Soul, his collaboration with Danger Mouse and David Lynch.

Sparklehorse, meanwhile managed three critically acclaimed albums and had nearly completed another, which was set to be released on Anti- in the near future.

Our hearts go out to Linkous’ family and friends during this difficult time.

Dark Night of the Soul, the collaboration between Danger Mouse, Sparklehorse’s Mark Linkous [R.I.P.] and David Lynch will finally get a release date this year.

Although initially plans were in place for a 2009 release, the project ran into complications as Danger Mouse entered a legal wrangle with EMI.

With these issues apparently resolved, however, Danger Mouse has predicted a June release for the record. Dark Night of the Soul features a star studded line-up of guest vocalists, including Iggy Pop, Julian Casablancas and Gruff Rhys.

Meanwhile, Danger Mouse releases his collaboration with The Shins’ James Mercer this week, under the name Broken Bells.