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Less Than Jake UK Tour

Less Than Jake are on tour in the Uk this November in support of their awesome new album GNV FLA.

Dates as follows:

Sun 2nd

NORWICH, UEA

Mon 3rd

NORTHAMPTON, Roadmender

Tue 4th

SWANSEA, Brangwyn Hall

Wed 5th

EXETER, Great Hall

Thu 6th

BRISTOL, Academy

Sat 8th

NOTTINGHAM, Rock City

Sun 9th

BIRMINGHAM, Academy

Mon 10th
SOUTHAMPTON, Guildhall

Tue 11th

OXFORD, Academy

Wed 12th

LONDON, Astoria

Sat 15th

LEEDS, Academy

Sun 16th

MANCHESTER, Academy

Mon 17th

NEWCASTLE, Northumbia Uni

Tue 18th

ABERDEEN, Moshulu

Wed 19th

GLASGOW, ABC1

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Patrick Thomas Exhibition

Patrick Thomas solo show tonight!

Private View: Thursday 9th, 6 – 9 pm
On View: October 9-11th (3 days only)
156 Columbia Road
London E2 7RG

If you’re thinking of coming, try to arrive early as there have been lots of rsvps. The show artwork is looking fantastic – it’s going to be a great show.

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Subhumans Live

The Underword
Camden, London
23/09/2008

23rd September 2008

We all know the history of punk by now don’t we. If you watch any mainstream documentary about punk rock they’ll tell you that punk started with The Sex Pistols,The Clash, The Damned,The Buzzcocks and ended when the Pistols broke up. It wasn’t like that, of course, as anyone who followed punk in the eighties will testify.

It did, however, go underground where it grew and grew into an unstoppable force where politically motivated punks like Crass, Conflict and Flux Of Pink Indians made punk a genuine threat and menace to society rather than just shock theatric tactics. Of all of the anarcho punk bands The Subhumans were among the best.

Unlike the screaming noise of many of their ilk, The Subhumans had and still have songs with memorable melodies and lyrics you can sing-along too, with lyrics that are more than just howling anger and bile but actually try to offer hope and questions to the answers. And the good news is, they’re better than they have ever been!

Having originally disbanded in the mid eighties (they went on to form bands like Culture Shock and Citizen Fish, still an ongoing concern), they first reformed to massive response in the early 90s and have been playing on and off ever since. Last year they finally released a new album called ‘Internal Riot’ and it proved to be a fantastic return to form. Tonight, to an enthusiastic crowd of punks singing along to every word, they pepper their set with some choice cuts from the new album (‘This Year’s War’ and the title track being among the best) mixed in with all of the classics from the eighties (‘Rats’,‘Religious Wars’, ‘Peroxide’ and ‘Joe Public’ are the pick of the bunch).

Considering how long this band have been going it’s incredible how much energy they still display when they play live. Frontman and lyricist Dick Lucus is still an absolute inspiration. Somehow he doesn’t seem to have aged a bit proving that the anarcho punk lifestyle is obviously good for your health. Incredible band.

James Sherry

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Funeral For a Friend ‘Memory and Humanity’ club nights – this weekend!

Fancy a taster of their new album with your night out this weekend? Thought so. Check out these clubs running Funeral nights from Thursday this week and get a big and exclusive dose of ‘Memory And Humanity’ in your ears and maybe some free giveaways:

Friday 10
BRISTOL: Ramshackle at The Academy
www.ramshackle.org.uk/bristol

BIRMINGHAM: Propaganda at Gatecrasher
www.thepropaganda.co.uk

MANCHESTER: Propagada at Moho Live
www.thepropaganda.co.uk

EDINBURGH: Evol at Liquid Rooms
www.evolnation.com

EXETER: Collision at Timepiece
www.timepiecenightclub.co.uk

PRESTON: Wired at Roper Hall
www.myspace.com/karlyates

LIVERPOOL: Ambush at Krazyhouse 3
www.thekrazyhouse.co.uk

Saturday 11
LONDON: Decadence at Sin
www.sinlondon.com

PORTSMOUTH: Chaos at South Parade Pier
www.chaosuk.net

NORWICH: Meltdown at The Waterfront
www.ueaticketbookings.co.uk

SHEFFIELD: Sonic Boom at The Leadmill
www.leadmill.co.uk

See you there.

‘Memory And Humanity’ is released on Monday 13th October. Yes, this Monday.

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Travis Parker speaks out

Travis Barker talks about his recovery in a new MTV article. From the Article – “I hate planes” he said. “My biggest fear ever is to be involved in a plane crash, so when that happened … well, I’m just thankful to be alive! I’m just grateful to be here at all.” Barker then choked up a bit, the mag said.

Apparently his burns have affected his hands but he’s keen to get back to drumming ASAP.

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In Case Of Fire video!

In Case Of Fire release their new single This Time We Stand on November 10th.

Check out the video for the track below!

www.myspace.com/incaseoffire

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Morbid Anal Fog love a fry up

In case you missed this as link of the day, check out the bacon on this Morbid Anal Fog video. Funnier than Kenny Everett.

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Lydon sells out to Butter advert?

This is the funniest thing we have seen in ages. Flip Skateboards help get John Lydon‘s credibility back but it seems as though that just slipped off the knife under the heat. Punk rock crumpets? Not me.

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Annie Mac tour gets underway

Annie Mac‘s Presents tour has kicked off this week.

The tour continues across the country with a number of different DJs at each date, check out the list below for line ups.

10th Oct – Stealth – Nottingham (Annie Mac, The Count & Sinden Soundsystem, Fake Blood, South Rakkas Crew)
11th Oct – Cool House – Cardiff (Annie Mac, Fake Blood, Rico Tubbs)
18th Oct – The Custard Factory – Birmingham (Annie Mac, Simian Mobile Disco DJ Set, Kissy Sell Out, DIOYY live, Fake Blood, PNAU live)
24th Oct – Simple @ Academy – Oxford (Annie Mac, Crookers, Yuksek, Frankmusik live, Lee Mortimer)
25th Oct – The Warehouse Project – Manchester (Annie Mac, Black Kids, Magistrates, A-Trak, Kissy Sell Out live, Hervé, Sinden, Surkin, Toddla T, Drop The Lime)
1st Nov – The Blast – Bristol (Annie Mac, Hervé, Sinden, Surkin, Detboi)
14th Nov – 2020 Rocks – Bournemouth (Annie Mac, Erol Alkan, A Trak)
15th Nov – Shivoo – Leicester (Annie Mac, A Trak, Fake Blood)
20th Nov – Digital – Brighton (Annie Mac, guests tbc)
21st Nov – Fabric – London (Annie Mac, DJ Mehdi, Surkin, Brodinski, Yuksek, Chase & Status live)
22nd Nov – Chibuku – Liverpool (Annie Mac, Mehdi, Busy P, Fake Blood, The Whip, Chase and Status with Rage, Futurebound and Matrix J Majik)
28th Nov – Moles Club – Bath (Annie Mac, Tom Maddicott)
29th Nov – Wax:On @ Stylus – Leeds (Annie Mac, Ladyhawke live, Digitalism, Switch, Zinc, Sub Focus, Plastician)
5th Dec – Wax:On @ Digital – Newcastle (Annie Mac, Pendulum DJ Set, Brodinski)
6th Dec – The Plug – Sheffield (Hot Chip DJs, Boy 8-Bit, Toddla T)
20th Dec – St Andrews Lane Theatre – Dublin (Annie Mac, guests tbc)

Check out the first clip of a series shows being made to document the mammoth tour:

www.anniemacpresents.com

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Freq Nasty – Live

Foreign Beggars
Dynamite MC
Plastic Little
DJ Rattus Rattus

Fabric, London
03.10.08

Fabriclive is one of, if not the, best mix collections in music and with Breakbeat master and erstwhile Santogold producer Freq Nasty behind the decks to showcase his upcoming mix, it was always going to be a lot of fun. The evening however, kicked off in room 3 where DJ Rattus Rattus of the Urban Nerds crew dropped old school UK Garage mixed up with some new bassline tunes, making sure the smallest room in the club got their sweat glands going.

Moving down into the main room, Philly funsters Plastic Little were in full swing delivering their usual tongue-in-cheek raps about experimenting with drugs, remixing their own remix and being rich, all whilst wearing ponchos that looked like they’d been made out of moth-eaten rugs. When they broke out Crambodia, their stand out track, the crowd lapped it up and rightly so.

Dynamite MC filled the gaps between live sets by dropping the usual floor-filling rap – M.O.P., Black Rob and Pharoah Monche – as well as some homegrown artists in Wiley, Skepta and Bizzle. It was then the turn of Foreign Beggars to provide the live entertainment and they certainly got the crowd whipped into a frenzy with a mix of old and new tracks, including two huge beats by Noisia, as well as an appearance from beatboxer MC Zani.

After the Beggars had left the stage, Fiji-born Freq Nasty arrived on the decks and immediately pummeled the venue’s collective ear drums with a mix of breakbeats, fidget and dubstep. It was the dubstep that made the set come alive too, with Rusko’s Hammertime almost annihilating the speakers and a groggy remix of Santogold’s Creator [produced by Freq himself]. If this set was anything to go by, his Fabriclive mix is going to be an absolute banger.

Abjekt.
Photo by Premise.