Category: Music

Vans ruler Jasper Jones inspired me to write this post tonight. Nomeansno have arguably been the leaders of the Canadian hardcore scene since 1979 when the Wright brothers (Rob and John) who play bass and drums formed the backbone of the success with a drum and bass show until Andy Kerr stepped in to take over some guitar and vocal duties.

10 years later they came up with the incredible album Wrong which is our favourite here at the office and we have tonight found out that it is to be re-recorded for release in 2010. Watch video of the tightness of these 3 dudes with Two Lips and another track Rags & Bones live from back in 1990. They are still this good to this very day, don’t miss them if they swing into your town and look out for the new version of this classic soon.

A few months ago we brought the world of Los Angeles rockers The Ringers to your ears and here’s a large dose of more. Check out ‘Scene You See’ filmed live at Little Radio’s Summercamp and a live performance for the Fuel TV show in the States of another track from their Headlocks and Highkicks album that you can pick up from i tunes. Get hyped if we manage to get them over here for a Crossfire live show as this lot can seriously entertain.

Spycatcher and Jettblack will play a show in London.

The Rockstar/Macbeth Footwear event will take place at The Flowerpot in Kentish Town to celebrate the release of Mike Dirnt from Green Day’s 45RPM Studio Project Shoe.

Everything will kick off at 10pm.

What do you get when you cross Spike Jonze with Kanye West? A short film titled ‘We Were Once A Fairytale‘…check it..

“We Were Once A Fairytale” – Kanye West Dir: Spike Jonze from Yooj‽ – Recording Live From No on Vimeo.

Felt have released a teaser for their upcoming album.

The side project of Murs and Atmosphere’s Slug will release their third album, this time a tribute to Rosie Perez, with production from Aesop Rock on November 17th. Get Cake is a track from the album and you can peep it here:

The Prodigy have added an extra date to their UK tour.

The sold out ‘Run With The Wolves’ tour will now finish in Glasgow at the O2 Academy on January 31, with the band claiming they wanted to hit places where fans don’t “often get a chance to see us”. The full run in January is:

21st – Doncaster Dome
22nd – Bridlington Spa
23r – Blackpool Empress Ballroom
25th – Plymouth Pavilions
26th – Southend Cliffs Pavilion
27th – Bournemouth Intl Centre
31st – O2 Academy Glasgow

Vivian Girls have announced the initial dates for their UK tour.

The band will be supporting their latest album Everything Goes Wrong, which came out last month. The dates are:

January:

15th – Oxford Jericho Tavern (January 15)
16th – Birmingham O2 Academy 3 (16)
17th – Manchester The Deaf Institute (17)
22nd – Leeds Brudenell Social Club (22)
24th – Southampton Joiners (24)

Athens, Georgia’s mind-blowing psych-rock 5-piece Dead Confederate and to announce the release of their debut album, they’re giving away a free track!

Signed by the same man who discovered Nirvana, Gary Gersh, they made their UK live debut earlier this year with A Place To Bury Strangers and some of you may have seen them supporting Dinosaur Jr on their recent UK dates.

Before returning to the UK in December to play at Hoxton Bar & Kitchen on December 1st, their debut album ‘Wrecking Ball’, which has already been a huge success on the other side of the pond, will see it’s long awaited UK release on November 9th.

Incredible track “All The Angels” is available exclusively to the UK for free download here:

Check out this acoustic version of single ‘The Rat’:

Amsterdan Acoustics – Dead Confederate : The Rat from Mokummercials on Vimeo.

The Vans Off the Wall makes its return this year.

October 30th will see the following bands lining up at the O2 Academy in Birmingham:

Off the Wall stage:
Funeral For A Friend
Fightstar
Kids in Glass Houses
Attack! Attack!

Slam Dunk stage:
Farse
Blakfish
Me vs Hero
All or Nothing

UK Now stage:
Saving Aimee
Out of Sight
Young Guns
Prego

A DVD of Nirvana‘s Reading Festival set from 1992 will be released in November.

The set, ranked by Kerrang! as the number 1 gig that shook the world and by NME as Nirvana’s greatest moment ever, the 1992 set is one of the most bootlegged gigs ever. However, only two of the 25 performances have ever been released so it’s a huge deal, especially when you see the tracklist below:

1. Breed
2. Drain You
3. Aneurysm
4. School
5. Sliver
6. In Bloom
7. Come As You Are
8. Lithium
9. About A Girl
10. tourette’s
11. Polly
12. Lounge Act
13. Smells Like Teen Spirit
14. On A Plain
15. Negative Creep
16. Been A Son
17. All Apologies
18. Blew
19. Dumb
20. Stay Away
21. Spank Thru
22. Love Buzz*
23. The Money Will Roll Right In
24. D-7
25. Territorial Pissings

Check out some footage here: