Category: Music

Returning indie giants Editors have named their third album ‘In This Light And On This Evening‘.

The band took a short hiatus last summer after front man Tom Smith’s wife Edith Bowman gave birth to a baby boy. Using his time off to rest with his family, Smith entered a fresh creative phase. Claiming to have written anything up to eighteen songs for the new album, the band are said to be working on a raw and energetic new direction.

Produced by Mark ‘Flood’ Ellis, album sessions are said to have been hugely productive with the resulting album due for release later this year.

The band have also confirmed the following show:
September 10 – Birmingham O2 Academy

www.editorsofficial.com

The UK finals for the World DMCs will take place on July 9th.

The UK leg of the 25th year of the DMCs will be held at the O2 Academy Islington from 7pm and will feature PAs from Jehst, DJ Switch v DJ Shiftee, Inja and Billy Biznizz. Whoever wins the DJ final and the Battle For Supremacy will advance to the World Championships on September 11th and 12th and the Indig02.

Check Shiftee in action here:

www.dmcworld.com

Rye Rye will play a free show in London this month.

The Baltimore upstart will hit Cargo for their Free Friday on June 26th alongside Meneo, L-Vis 1990 and Bok Bok. Check out the video below to see what Rye Rye is all about:

www.cargo-london.com

Morrissey is back after pulling his last UK shows due to illness.

The rescheduled dates are:

London Mile End Troxy:

Tuesday 26th May show tickets valid for Saturday 18th July

London O2 Academy Brixton

Thursday 28th May show tickets valid for Sunday 19th July

Friday 29th May show tickets valid for Tuesday 21st July

Saturday 30th May show tickets valid for Wednesday 22nd July

White Belt Yellow Tag have announced the release of new single, ‘Tell Your Friends‘ on Monday July 13th.

The single, which will be available on 7″ & download and features the B-side ‘146 Ways‘, is taken from their debut album ‘Methods‘ which is due for release later this year.

Drumming with the band on their UK tour, which kicks off later this week with a much coveted slot supporting The Gaslight Anthem, is Tom Bellamy (ex member of The Cooper Temple Clause and one half of The Losers). The full list of dates are as follows:

JUNE

4th London Forum (supporting The Gaslight Anthem)
7th Middleborough Town Hall
8th Nottingham Bodega
10th Bristol Louisiana
11th Hertford Marquee
13th Oxford Cellars
15th Swindon The Vic Inn
16th Northampton Roadmender
17th Cheltenham Frog & Fiddle
18th Leeds Cockpit
19th Liverpool Korova
20th Manchester Ruby Lounge

www.myspace.com/whitebeltyellowtag

Muse have announced a UK tour.

The band will hit the road in November and their new album The Resistance is likely to be out before the tour. The band have promised to bring an “exciting stage set and production”. The dates are:

Sheffield Arena (November 4)
Liverpool Echo Arena (5)
Dublin O2 Depot (6)
Glasgow SECC (9)
Birmingham NIA (10)
London 02 Arena (12, 13)

www.muse.mu

One Handed Music are releasing Paul White‘s new album complete with a pillowcase next week.

White’s debut album The Strange Dreams Of Paul White can be bought for £11 from here and comes with a handmade, stitched and stamped “pillowcase” CD. To give you a taste of the release, you can check Paul’s production here.

www.myspace.com/paulmw

De La Soul‘s Posdnuos recently took time to speak about the group’s upcoming album, You’re Welcome.

Posdnous has confirmed the band are in the middle of working on their new album, You’re Welcome.

The rapper said they have several tracks, which include vocals from Chuck D and Flavor Flav. He also said the band want to bring Damon Albarn in to feature, after they worked with him on the Gorillaz album Demon Days.They will also contribute vocals to two songs on the next Gorillaz album.

www.myspace.com/delasoul

Finch continue their comeback with new material that they’ve demoed being available to listen to over at their myspace.

Last year’s quite-fantastic EP is not where they’re going to leave it apparently. If this demo is anything to go by, the new material (for an album maybe?!) is going to be loud and aggressive with just that hint of pure pop melody that we all know and love them for.

Here’s a little reminder of what they are all about:

www.myspace.com/finchmusic

Young Guns continue their bid for world domination with an undeniably catchy number (just listen to those riffs once and you’ll be singing along!), the video for which you can check out here:

You can pre-order the new Young Guns EP ‘Mirrors‘ along with t-shirts etc here. It’s released on 22nd June.

www.myspace.com/youngguns