Category: Music

Lightheaded member and Hip Hop IS Music owner Braille has made his new single available for free online.

The rapper, who was recently in the UK with Ohmega Watts, has released The IV on the Rappers I Know site which you can download by clicking right here. The track is produced by Marco Polo with Rob Swift providing the cuts and is a great taster for his upcoming album The IV Edition.

www.hiphopismusic.com

So, this video isn’t new. But we don’t care because it’s fucking awesome. Turn your speakers up, kick back and let Every Time I Die shimmy themsleves into your ear drums. Tash-o-rama!

Chromeo will be playing an imprompty show tonight [25th].

The superfly duo posted a message on their MySpace saying they were popping into the Queens Of Noise’s party in Soho for a little bit of fun. If you fancy it, hit the address below and have yourselves a blast. Don’t forget Chromeo will play the Scalan on November 28th.

Smash & Grab
Punk Club
Soho Street
London
W1
9.30 pm

www.myspace.com/chromeo

Mark Ronson played the BBC Electric Proms last night.

The DJ/Producer wowed the crowd by bringing out guests such as Santogold, Terry Hall, Tim Burgess, Sean Lennon and Candie Payne to recreate a host of tracks from this year’s Version album. He even turned his party classic Ooh Wee into D.A.N.C.E. by Justice, what a hero! The full set list is:

‘Overture’
‘Apply Some Pressure’ (instrumental)
‘Just’ (Alex Greenwald)
‘Cold Shoulder’ (Adele)
‘Oh My God’ (Ricky Wilson)
‘One More Chance’ (Candie Payne)
‘Sunny’ (Candie Payne)
‘Ooh Wee And Dance’ (Wale)
‘All I Need To Get By’ (Wale and Tawiah)
‘Back To Black’ (Charlie Waller, Rumble Strips)
‘Pretty Green’ (Santo Gold and Charlie Waller)
‘Our Lips Are Sealed’ (Terry Hall and Santo Gold)
‘Sail On Sailor’ (Sean Lennon)
‘God Put A Smile On Your Face’ (instrumental)
‘The Only One I Know’ (Tim Burgess & Mark Collins, The Charlatans)
‘Valerie’ (Kyle Falconer, The View)
‘I Kill Myself’ (Daniel Merriweather)
‘Stop Me If You’ve Heard This One Before’ (Daniel Merriweather)
‘We Can Work It Out’ (Daniel Merriweather, Sean Lennon, Talia)

www.markronson.co.uk

Billy Talent are to release 2 new live CD/DVD packages.

The DVD portion was filmed by award-winning duo Pierre and Francois Lamoureux and includes 6 songs from each of the shows the band played at Brixton, Philipshalle and Rock Am Ring. The second disc is the audio portion of the entire Dusseldorf concert.

The second package will feature a 3 disc set that includes DVDs of the complete Dusseldorf and Brixton shows, footage from Rock Am Ring and the audio CD of the complete Dusseldorf show with extra features.

Nice!

www.billytalent.com

Swervedriver have confirmed their reunion.

The band, whose last release came in 1998, are back after almost 10 years and are planning a worldwide tour in 2008. There are no dates as yet, but they will be forthcoming. The official press release on the band said:

“After almost a 10-year long absence, the revered UK band Swervedriver plans to reform for an early 2008 worldwide tour. Swervedriver is Adam Franklin on guitar and vocals, Jimmy Hartridge on guitar, Steve George on bass, and Jez on drums.

Swervedriver formed in Oxford, England in 1989 and released a series of EP’s followed by their debut full-length, Raise, in 1991 on Creation Records in the UK and A&M Records in the U.S. Mezcal Head followed in 1993, then in 1995 Ejector Seat Reservation came out on Creation in the UK, but was only available as an import in the US.

Their last release, 99th Dream, was released by Zero Hour in 1998. Tour dates for Swervedriver will be announced shortly. Adam Franklin is in the midst of a U.S. solo tour in support of Bolts of Melody, which was released this past June on Hi-Speed Soul.”

www.hispeedsoul.com

Portishead have announced the band is only a day away from finishing their third album.

Geoff Barrow posted on the band’s wesite saying that they have been in London putting the finishing touches to the follow up to their 1997 self-titled album. Barrow said:

“I think one more day messing about with it and it will be done. Then into the wonderful world of mastering…[the band are now] working on some art work and getting the live stuff together.”

www.portishead.co.uk

The Hold Steady are ready to record their new album.

Singer Craig Finn recently spoke after the band’s show in Providence and said that they have much of the material ready to be recorded and even played one of the songs Ask Her For Adderall at the show. The plan is to start recording in December though Finn has yet to put vocals to most of the music. He went on to say:

“It sounds like the rest of our stuff. It’s hard for me to tell what’s different. I haven’t finished lyrics at all. Writing a record to me is like doing a crossword puzzle, there’s that last one on the bottom and once you get that one the rest of them it gets really easy. I don’t have that one yet, but I have a lot of the other ones”

www.theholdsteady.com

Another band splitting up is The Blood Brothers.

The news of the split was confirmed by Justin Pearson on the Three One G forums and there have been no announcements about farewell shows. The band had found themselves without a label in January when their then label V2 was all but shot down.

www.myspace.com/thebloodbrothersband