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Death Cab talk about new album

Death Cab For Cutie have announced details of their new album.

Narrow Stairs will be released on May 12th and has been described by bassist as “a sampling of the most uptempo, upbeat Death Cab songs as well as some of our saddest.” The tracklist for the follow up to 2005’s Plans is:

1. “Bixby Canyon Bridge”
2. “I Will Possess Your Heart”
3. “No Sunlight”
4. “Cath…”
5. “Talking Bird”
6. “You Can Do Better Than Me”
7. “Grapevine Fires”
8. “Your New Twin Size Bed”
9. “Long Division”
10. “Pity and Fear”
11. “The Ice Is Getting Thinner”

www.deathcabforcutie.com

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Air reissue Moon Safari

Air will release a special, limited edition version of their album Moon Safari to celebrate its 10th anniversary.

The album was originally released in 1998 and sold two million copies, has been expanded with an extra CD featuring remixes, radio sessions and rarities. The reissue is released on March 31st with the following tracklisting:

Disc One

‘La Femme d’Argent’
‘Sexy Boy’
‘All I Need’
‘Kelly Watch The Stars’
‘Talisman’
‘Remember’
‘You Make It Easy’
‘Ce Matin Là’
‘New Star In The Sky’
‘Le Voyage De Pénélope’

Disc 2 Two: rarities, remixes and sessions

‘Remember’ (David Whitaker Version)
‘Kelly Watch’ The Stars (Live on the BBC 1998)
‘J’ai Dormi Sous L’Eau’ (Live on the BBC 1998)
‘Sexy Boy’ (Live on the BBC 1998)
‘Kelly Watch The Stars’ (Moog Cookbook Remix)
‘Mabrouk’ (Live on KCRW 1998)
‘You Make It Easy’ (Live on KCRW 1998)
‘Bossa 96’ (Demo)
‘Kelly Watch The Stars’ (Demo)
‘Sexy Boy'(Beck Sex Kino Mix)

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Another Chromeo video!

Chromeo are back and releasing old favourite Needy Girl on March 3rd. Peep the video:

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Dropkick Murphys – Live

Brixton Academy
16.02.08

Playing to a tenth-full Brixton Academy can be a pretty dispiriting task, but The Briggs don’t seem fazed. Their blue-collar punk rock bluster goes down well with the early birds, but the Academy’s acoustics don’t do them any favours. A shame, as tunes like ‘Back To Higher Ground‘ would probably sound genuinely anthemic in a small club.

The Mad Caddies clearly have several of their own fans in attendance tonight, a fact demonstrated by the healthy number of punters bouncing around in the pit like grasshoppers on hot coals. The rest of the crowd appear to be saving their energy (and enthusiasm) for the headliners, but the band themselves deliver a good mix of slower, reggae fare and up-tempo punk rock, with most of the usual favourites (‘Monkeys’, ‘Drinking For 11’, etc.) present and correct.

The Dropkick Murphys have been plying their trade for over a decade now, and they’ve picked up their fair share of detractors along the way. Their authenticity has frequently been called into question, due to the fact that they’re an American band playing music with a strong Irish folk influence. But the band’s Irish family heritage has been well documented, as has their pride and loyalty to their hometown (‘For Boston’, ‘I’m Shipping Up To Boston‘).

From the moment that they blast into the opening ‘Famous For Nothing’, Al Barr and co. sound nothing short of immense, and their delight is obvious as the crowd go utterly nuts; roaring themselves hoarse for the likes of ‘Boys On The Docks’ and ‘The Gauntlet‘. Impressive, indeed, but bassist Ken Casey’s self-deprecating banter is proof that his band haven’t let all this success go to their heads. They’ve always been the people’s rock band, and now they’re deservedly getting to play to more people than ever before – without losing any of the underdog determination and everyman spirit that got them here.

Keeping the diehard Dropkicks fans pleased was never going to be easy, but tonight’s set-list is pretty much as good a balance of the old and the new as you could wish for. The Academy’s security staff clearly aren’t pleased as hundreds storm the stage for the traditional finale of ‘Skinhead On The MBTA‘, but tonight the Dropkicks are calling the shots, and you get the feeling they wouldn’t want to end this any other way.

Alex Gosman

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Atmosphere paint it gold…

Atmosphere have premiered their new YouTube show.

Slug and Ant will be running these videos from now until their new album, When Life Gives You Lemons, You Paint That Shit Gold, is released on April 21st. They want fans to send in questions to paintitgold@hotmail.com and they will read and answer the best ones each week.

For now, the duo interview each other with a special guest questions appearing within the show. So, what are you waiting for? Get playing!

www.myspace.com/atmosphere

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Tool to start writing album number 5

Tool have revealed they are to start work on their fifth album soon.

Frontman Maynard James Keenan told MTV.com that the band will be getting together to work on ideas: “We’re going to start writing the new Tool record right away.”

Keenan added: “The music always comes first. We all get in a room, shut out all the extra noises from the other people and what goes on outside the room and just focus on the four of us, where we are that day. And then we just start making sounds.”

Tool’s last album was 2006’s ‘10,000 Days‘.

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The Blackout play intimate London show

The Blackout have announced they are to play a tiny London show later this month.

The band will appear at Camden’s Dublin Castle on 26th February, with a limited number of tickets on sale now – fans will need to be 18+ to get in.

The Blackout release new single ‘It’s High Tide Baby’ the day before, on 25th February.

www.myspace.com/theblackout

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Ida Maria spills the beans

Ida Maria recently appeared on Jools Holland and did a small interview for the show.

Her new single Stella is out on March 10th, so make sure you pick it up!

www.myspace.com/idamaria

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Coheed & Cambria video

Coheed & Cambria release their new single Feathers soon, check out the video below:

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www.coheedandcambria.com

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Skindred on the road again

Fresh from their tour with Bullet For My Valentine, Skindred are to hit the road again with Gogol Bordello on the following dates:

March

28th Newcastle, Academy
29th Leeds, Meet
30th Manchester, Academy

April

1st Bristol, Bristol Academy
2nd London, Brixton Academy
22nd Birmingham, Birmingham Academy
23rd Oxford, Oxford Academy

If you haven’t already, check out our interview with Mikey from the band here.

www.myspace.com/skindred