We all know Conan O’Brien is a big deal over the pond, so it was great to see Brother Ali rock the show with a rendition of Take Me Home recently. For those of you who haven’t seen it, peep the video below. So, so fresh.
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Bonde release new EP
Bonde Do Role will be releasing an EP in December.
Marina Gasolina EP will feature remixes by the likes of Ladytron, Peaches and fellow Brazilians CSS. The CD will also include the tracks Contaminada, Cagago, Miami Beach, Office Boy and Sola O Frango. The full tracklisting is:
‘Marina Gasolina’ (new version)
‘Contaminada’
‘Cagago’
‘Miami Beach’
‘Marina Gasolina’ (Fake Blood remix)
‘Marina Gasolina’ (Peaches remix)
‘Office Boy’ (CSS remix)
‘Office Boy’ (Architecture In Helsinki remix)
‘Solta O Frango’ (Bitchee Bitchee Ya Ya remix)
‘Solta O Frango’ (Ladytron remix)
If you’ve not read our interview with them, then click here.
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Pavement man releases new record
Stephen Malkmus and his new band have released the name of their upcoming album.
Real Emotional Trash will be released in March next year and the former Pavement man will be touring the US and Europe with The Jicks. A cryptic message was left on his site, saying:
“one hour of us – too much for my mirror?”
And on that clear-as-mud note, have a link to his site.
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Ozzy not happy with police
Ozzy Osbourne is not a happy bunny.
He recently found out that he was used to help catch some criminals in North Dakota thanks to a scheming Sheriff. The officer invited 500 people with outstanding warrants to a fake party just ahead of the singer’s gig nearby. 30 people turned up and we arrested but Ozzy believes the operation damaged his reputation saying:
“Instead of holding a press conference to pat himself on the back, Sheriff Laney should be apologising to me for using my name in connection with these arrests,” he said “It is insulting to me and to my audience and it shows how lazy this particular sheriff is when it comes to doing his job.”
War pigs or war on pigs Ozzy?
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Operation Ivy reissue album
Operation Ivy are to re-release their self-titled album.
Hellcat are bringing the seminal record out again this week, but if you’re a bit impatient and want to check out a stream of the new, remastered version, then click right here and all your dreams will come true.
The Zombies vs Trailer Trash boat party in association with Vans was one of our best yet! Blood, guts, brains, doctors, nurses, zombies, rednecks, pregnant sluts, cannibals and even clowns were on the Thames to celebrate Halloween with us!
Evidence of this debauched session can be found now on the Crossfire Facebook page. Join our group today..
Big thanks to all our friends at Vans Shoes, Drowned in Sound DJ’s Mike Diver and Gareth Dobson, Ed Pitt, Copious Breaks, Abjekt, Moose, photography surgeon Ben Norton, Chloe, Stu Zombie, Nathan, Sherry and of course YOU for making it work.
The next Crossfire Party is scheduled for December 8th at Corbets Place, Truman Brewery, East London. Sign up to our mailing list on the homepage for an invite.
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Justice win at EMAs
French duo Justice scooped 2 MTV EMAs last night.
The Ed Bangers picked up Best French Act and Best Video for their amazing D.A.N.C.E. video which you can see below. Unbelivably, Linkin Park picked up Best Band and Avril’s Girlfriend won Most Addicitive Track. There are jokes in there somewhere, but we can’t be fucked thinking of them. Other winners on the night were 30 Seconds To Mars [Rock Out Award], Muse [Headliner Award and Best UK & Irish Act] and Rihanna [Ultimate Urban Award].
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Animal Collective – Live
Astoria 2
1/11/07
A last minute change of venue from the Astoria to it’s smaller sibling, the Astoria 2, didn’t seem to affect the fans turning up to see Baltimore’s collection of animals, err, Animal Collective.
Having been a fan of previous albums ‘Feels’ and ‘Sung Tongs’, I felt a little dissapointed by their latest album ‘Strawberry Jam’, so I was desperately hoping that their live performance would be as bizarre and magical as the weird noises this group of people create on their records. The skeletons dressed as ballerinas at the side of the stage was a good start.
The band walked on; Avey Tare bouncing on in a kind of Hunchback of Notre Dame pose that he would hold for the rest of the night, and Geologist in his trademark miner’s headlamp and tie-dye tshirt, so the noise began. Animal Collective produce a sound that is very hard to describe. Half live samples and loops, half live instruments, they make music that kind of envelopes you and seeps into every part of your body. Not so much listening to the music, you feel it deep in your bones.
While this may be good (I’m a huge fan of bands that utilise this as part of their ‘show experience’), it does need something else to go with it. If your band consists of playing around with tiny boxes full of electronics and buttons, then a something else visual should be there, like an amazing light show.
Unfortunately, despite Tare’s efforts moving around the stage, dancing like a cross between Bez and Ian Brown, and impressive vocal range from Marc Bolan’s airy wailings, to visceral screeches usually employed by The Locust, there was nothing else there that excited me and kept me interested.
Maybe the venue change didn’t help, which numbed the potential that Animal Collective have, but I really expected more from them. Don’t get me wrong, they were incredibly technical, professional, and played so tight it could have been the record playing, but there just wasn’t that butterfly-stomach, tingly-neck feeling that bands like them should give you when they create music this special.
My girlfriend describes watching them perfectly, so I’ll end with that. “They would be really good at the end of a festival, when you’re a bit out of it, lying on the grass and someone has soaked you in beer. Spilling beer on my chin just then helped a bit, but not enough.”
Moose
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Trail Of Dead speak out against label
Trail Of Dead have blasted their former label Interscope.
Frontman Conrad Keely launched a stinging tirade against label boss Jimmy Iovine, saying he’s impossible to get hold of now that he’s dating “the lead singer guy of the Pussycat Dolls”. He went on to say:
“At the expense of a massive debt to them of half a million dollars, they really helped us to grow. They’ve taught us about the worthlessness of A&R people, how to yell at idiots running an art department, and how to shake hands with smiling retailers who have no idea who you are.
Hopefully the other bands [on the label] will follow our lead. I mean, Interscope has already killed TV on the Radio and the Yeah Yeah Yeahs. There aren’t many bands on the roster left to ruin.”
You tell ’em my son!
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36 Crazyfists announce UK support
36 Crazyfists will be touring the UK next year.
The band will hit the road with Bullet For My Valentine in late January/early February. You can check them out at the following gigs.
January:
31st – Newport, Newport Centre
February:
1st – Wolverhampton, Civic Hall
3rd – Glasgow, Glasgow Academy
4th – Manchester, Manchester Academy
7th – London, Brixton Academy