Bright Eyes will be playing a concert with the Los Angeles Philharmonic.
Nate Walcott, the Bright Eyes’ instrumentalist has rearranged the music with the orchestra which will feature 40 strings, 11 brass and 12 woodwinds. It is expected to be a one off for now though there might be further similar concerts in the future.
The support will come from Yo La Tengo and M Ward, leaving birthday boy Moose fuming that not going to be at the Hollywood Bowl.
Motion City Soundtrack are back with a new album titled ‘Even If It Kills Me‘ on Epitaph Records this month.
Have a butchers at the ‘This Is For Real‘ video, the single that is lifted from the new album below.
Live dates:
29/09/07 Glasgow ABC
30/09/07 Dublin Cargo (formerly Temple Music Bar Centre)
02/10/07 Exeter The Lemon Grove
04/10/07 Norwich The Waterfront
05/10/07 London Astoria
06/10/07 Portsmouth The Pyramids Centre
07/10/07 Leeds Met. University
Crossfire always knows what music is about to blow up, and we get it to you first. So when we heard this Norweigen singer, we knew we had to share it with the world because very soon you’ll see her everywhere.
Ida Maria‘s new single Oh My God is out on October 1st and you can check it out on her myspace.
So, check the video below and get acquainted with her!
What’s his name blud? Bizzle Bizzle!
The grime MC is going out on tour with The Enemy and The Wombats as part of the NME Rock N Roll Riot Tour which starts in Oxford tonight [Sept 27th]. The full dates are below and see if you can count how many times Bizzle says his own name during his set, the bets are on!
September:
27th – Oxford Academy
28th – Leeds University
29th – Cambridge Junction
30th – Cardiff Great Hall
October:
1st – Newcastle Academy
3rd – Inverness Ironworks
4th – Aberdeen Music Hall
5th – Glasgow Barrowlands
6th – Dundee Fat Sams Live
8th – Middlesbrough Town Hall
9th – Nottingham Rock City
10th – Manchester Academy
11th -Norwich UEA
13th – Keele University
14th – Wolverhampton Civic Hall
15th – Southampton Guildhall
17th – London Brixton Academy
20th & 21st – Birmingham Academy
The problem with compilations – be it on CD or DVD – is that if not done correctly they can present themselves as a rather shocking waste of time and money.
As luck would have it, the latest installment of the annual Roadrunner Roadrage DVD series is in fact not one of these, presenting genuine value for money and enough hard rocking action to give you whiplash. There may be a severe lack of extras here – you’re literally getting nothing but the videos listed on the back of the case – but it still amounts to one hell of a heavy metal marathon.
Featuring videos from the likes of metal gods Machine Head, thrash upstarts Trivium, hard rocking veterans Megadeth, pop-punk upstarts Madina Lake, sword-toting battle lords 3 Inches Of Blood and more, Roadrage 2007 looks set to provide metalheads across the UK with yet another excuse never to leave their bedroom. For a bit.
The DVD is available exclusively via Play.com for the bargain price of £5.99, so take your finger out of your ass and get clicking. Wash your hands first, mind.
Ryan Bird
Band Of Horses will be playing a one off show in London.
The band will hit Bush Hall on November 29th and tickets are on sale now. The show will showcase their new record Cease To Begin which is due to hit shops on October 15th. The band are planning a full UK tour in February next year.
A fan has died at a Smashing Pumpkins concert in Canada.
The man was attending their gig in Vancouver on September 24th and was involved in what the police have called “mosh pit or crowd-surfing incident”. The man was unconscious when removed from the crowd and was transferred to a nearby hospital where he was pronounced dead.
A spokeswoman for the venue said: “It’s just a really, really sad ending to what started out to be probably a very fun night for a young man.”
A really sad ending? No shit…
Queens Of The Stone Age have a new video online.
The video is for the track 3’s and 7’s and you can check it out by clicking here.
The Wallbirds
Bush Hall
24.09.07
Gigs at Bush Hall always remind me of slightly ramshackle wedding receptions, with the sparkling chandeliers, the grand piano casually covered in the corner, the ornate architecture – there’s a laid back civility to the proceedings at shows in the old music hall, and it proves the perfect backdrop for Buck 65‘s return to London.
The Wallbirds kick off the evening with their upbeat brand of alt country pop. It’s quite a spectacle to behold, as the three piece wake the venue up with loud, brash but catchy country rock, with their drummer even dancing and stamping on the stage instead of using his minimal drum kit. Their set is short but sweet, an enjoyable introduction to this quirky but promising act.
Richard Terfry, better known as Buck 65, takes to the stage after a short movie about all the historical happenings from 1957. Sliding onto stage in a cap, dark glasses and chequered balaclava you can’t help but wonder if it’s really Buck, but as he leans into his turntables, flicking his hip out with a wiggle, it’s clear it’s the man himself. He throws himself into a track from the new album, and it’s only after this that he pulls off his disguises and smiles wryly to the crowd. The reason for the glasses, he admits, is that he doesn’t know the lyrics yet, but he feels self conscious reading them….so for every new track he dons glasses, to hide the fact he’s glancing sideways at his lyric sheet.
Second track of the night is the much loved ‘Wicked and Weird’, and it’s reassuring it’s not all going to be about his new album ” I don’t want to play all my new stuff…cos you don’t really know it….and neither do I” he grins. ‘The Centaur‘ and heavy ‘2-6-3‘ kick the night up a gear, but his banter in between tracks is almost as good as the tracks themselves. “I looked up what exciting things happening in this day in history…and it’s kinda…boring” he deadpans. “But tomorrow! Tomorrow in history is BIG, so I’m going to prepare you.” It’s half gig, half history lesson, with a smattering of a dance lesson pushed in. (we learn how to dance Buck style tonight, with the open the curtains, waggle your fingers, close the curtains moves…)
Buck 65 shines with smaller audiences, feeding off the energy and the cat calls. The new material is accessible and catchy, harking back to the ‘Talkin’ Honky Blues‘ era, there’s a comical element to lyrics, which are emphasised by Buck’s dancing enactments. He mocks himself relentlessly and banters incessantly with the audience, telling of how that now infamous Kerrang interview lead to the rapper El-P proclaiming he was going to kill him. As fate would have it, they’re on the same bill in Paris in a few days, so as Buck shrugs “I’m dead!”
Despite the threat of impending death, there’s a undeniable glow from the stage, and he coyly reports that despite having his heartbroken a year ago, he’s found love again. If this is what love’s done to Buck65, long may it last. A welcome return to form from the innovative and exciting Mr Terfry.
Dee Massey
