Greg Dulli and Mark Lanegan have joined forces as The Gutter Twins.
The duo will release their album Satunalia on March 3rd to mark the 20th Anniversary of the Sub Pop label and will also be hitting KOKO on February 21st as part of the NME Awards shows. They will also return to the UK for a full tour in April. Hit their MySpace to check them out.
Ninja Tune are to release a new Ninja Cuts compilation.
The latest compilation will feature 3 CDs, with tracks dating as far back as 1998 [on Mike Ladd’s Blah Blah] and stuff that won’t be released until much later this year. With label artists and guests such Spank Rock, Bonobo, Diplo, RJD2, Ghislain Poirier, Blockhead, MF Doom, TTC, DJ Kentaro, Mr Scruff, Roots Manuva, DJ Shadow and more, it’s bound to be a good ‘un!
Atmosphere have announced they will bring out another Sad Clown CD.
Sad Clown Bad Spring 12 will hit the shops “once this snow melts” and will complete the seasonal set after having released Bad Summer 9, Bad Fall 10 and Bad Winter 11 at the tail end of 2007.
Don’t forget you can still grab the free album Strictly Leakage from www.rhymesayers.com/atmosphere – it’s a banger!
The final announcement was that their new album When Life Gives You Lemons, You Paint That Shit Gold will hit the shops in April.
Aesop Rock has posted a video for his song Pigs from last year’s amazing None Shall Pass album.
Pimp it and see how amazing Jeremy Fish’s art is:
Dead Meadow have announced some UK dates.
The band will hit these shores to support their new album Old Growth which is out on Matador on February 4th. Hit them up at one of the following dates:
March
2nd : Scala London
3rd : King Tuts Glasgow
4th : The Cluny Newcastle-upon-Tyne
5th : Night & Day Manchester
6th : Fibbers York
7th : Clwb Ifor Bach Cardiff
Cat Power has posted up her 2nd studio diary:
And if you missed part 1, click here.
The Sword have finished work on their new album Gods Of The Earth.
The album was recorded in Austin, Texas and is slated for an April 1st release. The track list is:
01 – “The Sundering”
02 – “How Heavy This Axe”
03 – “Lords”
04 – “Fire Lances Of The Ancient Hyperzephyrians”
05 – “To Take The Black”
06 – “Maiden, Mother & Crone”
07 – “Under The Boughs”
08 – “The Black River”
09 – “The White Sea”
Time Again have a new video out from their forthcoming album Darker Days, due on February 18th.
Frank Black is to release a new mini-album.
The seven track record, Svn Fngrs, was written, recorded and mixed in 6 days and will no doubt be previewed on his UK tour dates which are:
February
10th – Glasgow Garage
12th – Manchester Academy 2
13th – London KOKO
14th – Portsmouth Wedgewood Rooms
The tracklisting is:
‘The Seus’
‘Garbage Heap’
‘Half Man’
‘I Sent Away’
‘Seven Fingers’
‘The Tale of Lonesome Fetter’
‘When They Come To Murder Me’
The Black Keys have teamed up with Danger Mouse.
Attack and Release will be the fifth album from the Ohio duo and will feature work by members of Tom Waits’ band. They announced that the production duties will be picked up by Gorillaz and Gnarls Barkley man Danger Mouse and the tracklist is:
‘All You Ever Wanted’
‘I Got Mine’
‘Strange Times’
‘Psychotic Girl’
‘Lies’
‘Remember When’ (Side A)
‘Remember When’ (Side B)
‘Same Old Thing’
‘So He Won’t Break’
‘Oceans & Streams’
‘Things Ain’t Like They Used to Be’