Supreme LA punkers All have reformed.
The line-up will be Scott Reynolds (vocals), Bill Stevenson (drums), Karl Alvarez (guitar) and Stephen Egerton (bass). This particular version of the All line-up has not performed together in 20 years. The band have also announced that they plan to re-release the only album of theirs that was released on a major label – Pummel from 1995. The release will include new artwork and will be released through the band’s very own label – Owned & Operated.
The almighty Whitesnake will be celebrating 30 years of making sweet music.
The band will release a three-CD set on 9th June. Dubbed ‘30th Anniversary Collection‘, it will span the entirety of the band’s career so far.
Indie melodists TELLISON and TUBELORD, who describe their music as ‘pop songs for rock kids’, will be touring together this summer. A split 7″ (which is sure to be genius) will be released to coincide… Dates are as follows:
JULY
21 CARDIFF Clwb Ifor Bach
22 EXETER Cavern
23 BRISTOL Louisiana
24 KINGSTON New Slang
25 DONCASTER Priory
26 WAKEFIELD Escobar
27 NOTTINGHAM Bodega
28 YORK The Junction
29 SCARBOROUGH Bar Zero
31 GLASGOW King Tuts
AUGUST
01 MIDDLESBROUGH Tavern
02 LEEDS Royal Park Cellars
03 MANCHESTER Roadhouse
04 BIRMINGHAM Academy
05 LEICESTER Sumo Bar
06 HITCHIN Club 85
07 LONDON Borderline
The legendary Rival Schools, who recently announced their reformation, are playing a UK date on 11th June at London ULU.
Tickets are on sale now! No word on a whole tour yet but who could resist a roadtrip to experience the rollicking goodness of ‘Used For Glue’ live? You’d be mad not to go…
Fri 18th- Sat 19th April
Camden, London
The Camden Crawl is becoming a bit of an indie marathon. Now stretched over 2 days, it’s 48 hours of musical mayhem. This indie festival is jam packed with bands, beer and blagging your way into after parties – as well as hauling arse up and down Camden High Street to get to the right bar. With 28 venues hosting gigs, alongside countless other guerrilla gigs (Future of the Left reportedly playing a great set in someone’s flat on Friday night!), it’s become the annual Mecca for indie kids, and this year proved no exception, even without the big names of 2007.
The Crawl kicked off in style on Friday afternoon and kudos to Enter Shikari who stole the show by picking up their fans in an old Route master bus for a MySpace secret show at the Bull & Gate. InnerPartySystem proved they’re the musical equivalent to a strong Bloody Mary for some, by blowing out the cobwebs with an opening set at The Good Mixer whilst Bombay Bicycle Club impressed all with a set on the outdoors stage, proving they are well deserving of the hype that’s surrounding them. Hadouken! bought their nu-rave sensibilities to the Crawl with a set at Bar Vinyl and another in the bracing outdoors, whilst Sam Sparro made the most of his chart success with a popular set at The Electric Ballroom..
Saturday dawned bright and breezy – with Camden scattered with some very hungover faces ready to face the music on Day 2 of the Camden Crawl. To start things off, still clutching coffees, we caught Boy Kill Boy’s set at the Electric Ballroom, which was a little underwhelming. Maybe they’re hungover, or maybe they’re all played out – but their set is wholly uninspiring…and so we meander down Camden High Street to see what we can see (which turns out to be a lot of scene hair cuts and some very skinny jeans.) Rumours are abounding that Joe Lean and The Jing Jang Jong (worst band name in history – Z-ed) have not only pulled out of their Dingwalls show, but have actually broken up. Having been flouted by all and sundry as the next big thing, could it be that it’s all going horribly wrong already? Whatever the reason for the no-show, the crowd are instead treated to Drew McConnell of Babyshambles, playing solo whilst Babyshambles frontman Pete Doherty cools his heels in Pentonville.
Australians darlings Operator Please almost lift the roof off the Barfly with their evening slot, and it’s worth being elbowed and crushed whilst Amandah Wilkinson proving just what a talented and exciting vocalist she is – their set is one a definite highlight of the day, and probably one of the last times they’ll be playing a venue this small.
With so many bands stretched out over 2 miles square of Camden, it’s impossible to get to every show you want to see, and it’s frustrating racing from Chalk Farm down to the market to catch the last chords of a band you really wanted to see. One thing is guaranteed – you won’t see all the bands you hoped to see, no matter how hard you try. If you get into a venue it’s almost worth staying there all day to catch the headliners, instead of leaving and having the huge queues to face. And so while Crystal Castles take to the stage at Dingwalls we’re still pawing at the doors to get in. With all the hype surrounding this two piece from Toronto it seems to be the hot ticket of the day – to be honest, any band that’s named after She-Ra’s castle deserves recognition! But therein lies the charm of the Crawl – it takes planning and some dedicated queuing skills to get into the right gigs, and if you fail – you can just pretend you’re on a normal Camden night out, with a quick a drink in the Worlds End and a burger from Metro before getting the last bus home..
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Hot Chip have announced details of a new UK tour beginning this autumn.
The band will play two nights at the London Brixton Academy as part of the tour and tickets go on sale on April 25th. The dates are:
October:
23rd – Southampton Guildhall
24th – Cardiff University
25th – Liverpool Carling Academy
26th – Leeds Academy
28th – Sheffield Carling Academy
29th – Birmingham Carling Academy
30th – Cambridge Corn Exchange
November:
1st – Manchester Apollo
2nd – Glasgow Carling Academy
3rd – Leicester University
5th – Brighton Dome
6th & 7th – London Brixton Academy
Conor Oberst of Bright Eyes has recorded a new solo album.
It will be the frontman’s first solo record in 13 years and will be released in August in America, though a UK release date hasn’t been confirmed. Oberst self-produced the twelve songs with assistance from engineer Andy LeMaster and recording took place in January and February of this year. The tracklisting is:
‘Cape Cañaveral’
‘Sausalito’
‘Get-Well-Cards’
‘Lenders In The Temple’
‘Danny Callahan’
‘I Don’t Want To Die (In The Hospital)’
‘Eagle On A Pole’
‘Moab’
‘NYC — Gone, Gone’
‘Valle Místico (Ruben’s Song)’
‘Souled Out!!!’
‘Milk Thistle’
The Offspring have announced the tracklisting for their new album.
Rise And Fall, Rage And Grace is set for a June 17th release and will have the following songs on it:
1. Half Truism
2. Trust In You
3. You’re Gonna Go Far, Kid
4. Hammerhead
5. A Lot Like Me
6. Takes Me Nowhere
7. Kristy Are You Doing Okay
8. Nothingtown
9. Stuff Is Messed Up
10. Fix You
11. Lets Hear It For Rock Bottom
12. Rise And Fall
You can hear Opeth‘s new song right here.
The Lotus Eater, which is taken from their new album Watershed, can be heard by clicking here. The album is due out on June 3rd on Roadrunner.
The Replacements are considering reuniting..
The band, who split 17 years ago, have said that they talked about it last year, but it wasn’t the right time to reunite. However, reports claim that the new line up would feature original members Tommy Stinson and Paul Westerberg as well as an unnamed guitarist and session drummer Josh Freese. Watch this space…
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