LA crew Living Legends will release their new record on July 28th.
The crew, which includes Murs and LuckyIAm will release The Gathering which features every single MC on every single track. The record features seven new songs and was mastered by Mike Lazer who was the man behind the mastering of Gnarls Barkley’s St Elsewhere.
Check out their spoof of Flavor Flav’s reality show here:
The mighty Career Suicide will be hitting the following dates on their UK tour in August. Don’t miss this as they are one of the best hardcore bands out there.
1st – London Grosvenor
2nd – Leeds Fenton
3rd – Brighton Engine Room
4th – Southampton King Alfred
5th – Reading Kings Head
6th – Sheffield Casbah
7th – Boston Indian Queen
8th – Birmingham Ben Johnson
9th – Newport Le Pub
10th – Glasgow 13th Note
11th – Edinburgh Henry’s Cellar Bar
12th – Liverpool Korova
13th – Belfast TBC
14th – Dublin TBC
15th – Newcastle TBC
16th – London Old Blue Last
Be Your Own Pet have decided to drop out of the Warped Tour.
The band said they were taking a break from their intense schedule but they had previously said this of the now Wal Mart sponsored tour:
“I just associate it with a certain look and a certain style and the kind of kids at school that I thought were– this is really bad, I’m sure– the kind of kids that were dumbasses wearing Rancid t-shirts who thought they knew what punk rock was and threw things at people in the cafeteria.”
My Left Retina is a producer out of London with a penchant for grog.
His new EP, Fever Ate My Fist, is a masterclass is dirty basslines, high-end bleeps and shuddering rhythms and promises that there is a lot more to come from the beat maker. Opening track Chocolate Lime Dub [is there a better name for an opening track ever?] enters the fray with some sinister chords before shaking things up with a ridiculously lo-fi bassline.
Whilst the common theme on the record is the basslines, tracks such as Last Kiss [Neck Tied] showcase his ability to switch things up, the melodic and tuneful track reminiscent of a less cut-up Prefuse 73 before melting into Self Tongue which takes thing to the other end of the spectrum, vibrating and wobbling its way around your head.
The track you can hear above is Gordon Bombay, which begins with a vocal sample today telling us we’re not going to the disco, before thumping your senses with a bassline so heavy, you might just shit your pants. You can hit up My Left Retina by clicking here, and make sure you get your orders in soon, this EP is going to be gone in no time!
Abjekt
The UK DJ Championships have been announced.
The best turntablists in the country will battle it out on July 17th to take their place as the UK representative at the world DJ Championships in Septemeber. With past winners including Plus One, DJ Blakey and The Scratch Perverts, it’s a good indication of the wealth of talent in the UK.
This year’s event will be hosted by Cutmaster Swift and Trip with PAs from Million Dan, DJ Skitz, Le Shadow and Beat Torrent [DJ Pfel and DJ Atom from C2C] and the finalists are:
Pandamonium
Loop Skywalker
Skully
Switch
Jeppa
Furious P
Rasp
Asian Hawk
JFB
Legendary French turntable crew Birdy Nam Nam are hitting London.
The four man crew will be heading down to Koko on July 12th with supper from DJ Kazey and Ed Banger’s DJ Feadz.
With world tours, great albums, theatre scores and film soundtracks in their back pocket, Birdy Nam Nam are definitely a group to check out. Have a video to see what they do in their spare time:
Swervedriver have announced their UK return.
The band, who went on a decade-long hiatus, will be playing London and Glasgow in September with more UK dates set to follow. The dates are:
September 16th – London, Scala
September 18th – Glasgow, King Tuts
Millencolin have announced a UK tour.
The Swedish punks will hit the UK in September to support their latest album, Machine 15. The full dates are:
23rd – Birmingham, Academy
24th – Bristol, Academy
25th – London, LA2
26th – Portsmouth, Wedgewood Rooms
27th – Nottingham, Rock City
28th – Manchester, Academy 3
29th – Glasgow, Garage
Massive Attack have revealed they’re almost finished with their fifth album.
3D of the grop said that though they hadn’t released an album since 2003, they wouldn’t hurry the release adding:
“You develop as you get older and more mature, and as you change and move through life and experience stuff. Hopefully we’d like to think that that comes out in the music – so do it in your own time is my motto.To be honest, until its mixed I can’t even tell you that and the mix will probably be one of those long, drawn out processes which will probably see us scrap at least half our recording budget in two weeks as we do it all over again!”
Kingston Peel
09.06.08
The Fall of Troy are bringing sweaty back here at The Peel tonight. The day is muggy and all these people crammed into one teeny place isn’t conducive to a flawless performance. However, this threesome knows how to rock. They take a while to kick in and the crowd is waiting with baited breath. Frank Black’s (yes, that is the new bassists’s name) dreadlocks are flying with fury to the jarring, angular rock riffs that are being spat out of the PA.
Frontman Thomas is being quite particular with the sound tonight, urging the sound guy to adjust the settings slightly as it’s coming across as ‘chaotic’. He’s not wrong there. The crowd starts to move and Thomas is quick to declare “Moshing is for people who can’t dance. Swing your hips, not your arms.”
The crazy bass and guitar lines begin again and the response is incredibly enthusiastic when it all starts to come together. When this band falters on occasion throughout the set (it is fucking hot after all), it becomes part and parcel of their whole persona. Messy yet precise in their approach and their sound. This is orchestrated insanity at its best and they even throw in a Slayer riff! The Fall of Troy rock out wildly but the heat makes them weary towards the end of the evening.
Thomas re-appears for an encore which includes an insertion of Weezer’s ‘Butterfly‘. Then they get their groove back and start back with the heavy shit, pummeling into a punishing finale. It was clearly an effort. But it was clearly worth it.
Winegums