Living Legends member LuckyIAm.PSC has started writing a blog for Urb’s website.
The LA rapper is currently on tour with Grayskul, Mac Lethal and Atmosphere and has been documenting the first few days on his blog, which include his musing on kicking all of the indie rap world’s ass, getting drunk and being called Will.I.Am on numerous occasions.
You can check out the latest instalment by clicking here.
Toronto Hardcore heads Brutal Knights bolted into London to ensure the capital got a top up up raging hardcore this week.
The 5-piece riot are currently on a European Tour and wrecking the place, make sure you don;t miss them. Look out for a live review when Sherry finds himself a new pencil and lucky gonk…
Photo: Ben Norton
Funeral For A Friend will be releasing a new record next month.
The record will feautre The Great Wide Open which was on their Tales Don’t Tell Themselves album plus 9 live tracks and will be released on October 15th. The band will then head out on tour in December in support of the release. The tracklisting and dates are below:
‘The Great Wide Open’
‘10.45 Amsterdam Conversations’ (Live)
‘Juneau’ (Live)
‘Red Is The New Black’ (Live)
‘The Art Of American Football’ (Live)
‘This Year’s Most Open Heartbreak’ (Live)
‘She Drove Me To Daytime Television’ (Live)
‘Kiss & Make Up (All Bets Are Off)’ (Live)
‘Escape Artists Never Die’ (Live)
‘The Great Wide Open’ (Video)
December:
8th & 9th – London Astoria
10th – Bournemouth Opera House
11th – Wolverhampton Civic Hall
13th – Sheffield Octagon
14th – Middlesborough Town Hall
16th – Glasgow Barrowland
17th – Dundee Fat Sams
19th – Warrington Parr Hall
20th – Liverpool University
22nd – Cardiff CIA
XO Skeleton are releasing their debut album for free.
The band, which featuers members of Some Girls/American Nightmare and Hatebreed, have said thay they don’t need a record label in 2007 because “XO’s does it for the kids yo!”.
If you want to get Bored By Heaven, you can download it from here.
Unearth have announced that their upcoming daet in Pomona will be filmed for a DVD.
The band are touring with Darkest Hour, August Burns Red and Suicide Silence in the States at the moment and wanted to film a DVD in an intimate venue. A statement from the band said that they loved the venue and “couldn’t be more stoked to return and get it on tape”.
Explosions In The Sky have announced some UK dates following a tour of the US.
The dates are:
January 2008
23rd – Brighton, Concorde 2
24th – Bristol, Anson Rooms
26th – Dublin, The Village
27th – Glasgow, Barrowlands
29th – Manchester, Acadamy 2
30th – London, Astoria
Les Savy Fav have been on the scene bubbling away for years but I’m not sure anybody was expecting the long awaited ‘Let’s Stay Friends’ album to be this good.
This album is a little more polished than other Fav releases such as ‘Inches‘ and ‘The Cat and the Cobra‘ but the progression is welcomed with open arms as the overall sound is perfection to my ears. Imagine a Dischord led sound, powered by intricate drums, Fugazi-esque basslines and the most challenging guitar riffs that take you on a musical journey. Add singer Tim Harrington’s off the wall unique vocals and you have a blend of indie rock and sizzling punk attitude that is quite frankly delicious.
The songs are delightful and all have character. Check the wall bouncing ‘Raging in the Plague Age‘ (stream it on this page) as it gets medieval on your arse from first listen, or the charming lyrics that push the balloon ride of ‘Brace Yourself‘. But just when you think the album cannot get any better, end song ‘The Lowest Bitter’ kicks in and leaves you wanting to hear it all over again. It’s a highlight of the record proving ‘Let’s Stay Friends‘ is by far the best indie record of the year so far. Go get it.
Zac Slack
Clockcleaner’s new album is due out in November.
Babylon Rules will be released on November 5th on Load Records and is the band’s second full length release. The album is said to promise “more goth, death and sadness and delivers in big miserable boxes” and Clockcleaner have albelled their style Skull Music.
Babylon Rules is also said to have:
“Stray shards of guitar semen, sex bass and pounding irritations strewn about as tales of used up whores, sad voyages, Mexican women and father issues are played through instruments recorded on tape.”
Nice.
High On Fire are to release their new album on September 24th.
Death Is This Communion is the follow up to Blessed Black Wings and was recorded in Seattle with Jack Endino who has worked with Nirvana and Soundgarden. The band will begin touring the States and will head over to UK in December.
Zack De La Rocha has finally completed his solo album.
The Rage Against The Machine frontman has worked with Mars Volta drummer Jon Theodore and a source is quoted as saying it sounds like “Led Zep meets Dr Dre”.
De La Rocha has worked with the likes of Trent Reznor and DJ Shadow but it is not known if they will feature on the finished record. As the singer is unsigned, there is no release date as yet.