It’s funny how skateparks 5 years ago were deemed as the most uncool places to skate. Kevin Romar, Stevie Perez, and Mike Marasco get busy down at the Etnies TF courtesy of the Skateboard Mag.
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Welsh power-pop five-piece Kids in Glass Houses have revealed details regarding their forthcoming album, Dirt, scheduled for release on March 29th this year. The record is set to feature special guests New Found Glory on track Maybe Tomorrow, as well as, bizarrely, The Saturdays’ Frankie Sandford on Undercover Lover.
Singer Aled Phillips has described Dirt as more “expansive” than their debut, with a few curveballs thrown in for good measure. He adds, “The most noticeable thing will be the inclusion and experimentation with electro elements, brass and strings.” Read the albums tracklisting in full;
1. Artbreaker I
2. The Best Is Yet To Come
3. Sunshine
4. Matters At All
5. Youngblood
6. Lilli Rose
7. Giving Up
8. For Better Or Hearse
9. Undercover Lover (featuring: Frankie Sandford)
10. Maybe Tomorrow (special guests: New Found Glory)
11. The Morning Afterlife
12. Hunt The Haunted
13. Artbreaker II
A special edition of the album will be made available digitally also and will have the following additional tracks:
14. Believer
15. Reputation
16. When The World Comes Down
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New Cancer Bats LP in April
Toronto Metal / hardcore outfit Cancer Bats have announced details of their new record set for release on April 13th, which shall be preceded by a two track EP in March
The full length record, entitled Bears, Mayors, Scraps and Bones has been described by vocalist Liam Cormier as sounding like “Glenn Danzig on camping trip with Black Flag’s Greg Ginn, a reanimated Vincent Price and the Beastie Boys”. They’ve got their Influences are in the right place, then. Their EP will be released prior to that on March 2nd and has been named Sabotage.
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These Arms Are Snakes split
Sad news this week for fans of Seattle post-hardcore outfit These Arms Are Snakes, as they have decided to call it a day after seven years as a band. The group, who had become famous for their energetic live performances, managed three full length studio albums as well as various splits before calling it a day.
No explanation has been given as of yet, although the band has issued a thank you on their blog which can be read here.
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New MGMT album – Congratulations
MGMT singer Andrew Vanwyngarden recently spoke with Spin Magazine about the band’s second album, Congratulations. He says that the album is finished and will be out in spring 2010.
New song titles include “Lady Dada’s Nightmare” (instrumental tune), “Congratulations”, “It’s Working”, “Siberian Breaks” (epicly long 12 mins track), and “Brian Eno”. Click here for the very first UK interview with the band recorded here in the Crossfire office when they visited us in November 2007.
Kids – Mgmt “Official video” from Bulch on Vimeo.
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Jay Reatard – RIP
We have woke to the terrible news that Jimmy Lee Lindsey Jr aka Jay Reatard has died in his Memphis home so say reports from his record company. A statement from Matador reads, “Jay was as full of life as anyone we’ve ever met, and responsible for so many memorable moments as a person and artist. We’re honored to have known and worked with him, and we will miss him terribly.”
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These New Puritans
If you’re fan of angular dance punk and are eagerly awaiting the new album from These New Puritans, prepare to have your horizons expanded somewhat.
If, however, the idea of a formerly quite sketchy band producing a colossal prog pop record, incorporating brass, choral vocals and dubstep wobble appeals to you, then the latest album from the Southend-on-Sea quartet might be just up your street.Lead single We Want War will tell you everything you need to know about Hidden, the album which is set for release on 18th January.
It’s a huge seven minute epic that evolves from guttural synths and tribal drumming into a fully fledged electronic beast that appears capable of swallowing us all. The song, and indeed the album, is a massively ambitious step into the dark for These New Purtians, who might have easily followed up their debut with something rushed, yet this blows 2008’s Beat Pyramid out of the water.
Check out the suitably epic video below, which features people flying around blank space in ultra slow motion before disintegrating into some water. Yeah, it’s that kind of song.
Sleekly Lion.
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Pulled Apart By Horses tour dates
Pulled Apart By Horses have announced plans of a forthcoming tour of the UK.
The group will be supporting Glassjaw at the end of the month and then move on to some headline shows. The dates are below:
January
24th – Manchester Academy with Glassjaw
25th – Nottingham Rock City with Glassjaw
26th – Glasgow Queen Margaret Union with Glassjaw
28th – Derby The Royal
29th – Bristol The Old Firestation
February
11th – Wolverhampton The Slade Rooms
12th – London Koko – Club NME
13th – Cambridge The Haymakers
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New Dessa video
A new track from the upcoming album by Dessa has found its way online.
Poor Atlas is on A Badly Broken Code, out on Doomtree Records on January 19th and it’s going to be amazing:
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RJD2
RJD2 is a staple of the underground hip hop scene and returns with a new album The Colossus on January 19th.
The Philly based, Ohio-raised produced broke through with his Def Jux released albums Deadringer and Since We Last Spoke before venturing off into less hip hop based music with his The Third Hand album on XL. Three years later and RJ is back, bringing out his new record on his own label, RJ’s Electrical Connections and, it seems, going back to his hip hop roots.
Snippets were posted on his site along with the full version of Games You Can Win which features the vocal talents of Kenna, to give fans an idea of what to expect. But it’s on this new track, which you can hear by watching the video below, Let There Be Horns, that RJ’s percussion come back to the fore. The horns of the title are prevalent and the synths add dimension to the track but it’s the drums, those oh so brilliant drums, that do the damage.
Have a watch as the Minotaur gets a little stressy and ruins RJ’s shop in this great video and get hyped for the rest of the album, it’s sure to be a winner.
Abjekt.