Category: Music

The Smashing Pumpkins played their highly anticipated live return last night [May 22nd] at the Paris Grand Rex.

It was the first time the band have played live since their “farewell” show in Chicago in December 2000. They played new material United States, Starz, Doomsday Clock, That’s The Way (My Love Is), Neverlost and the upcoming single Tarantula.

Older favourites such as Bullet With Butterfly Wings, Today, Disarm and 1979 were also played.

The show saw three new members unveiled, though they were not named by Billy Corgan. They were a female bass player and keyboard player and a male guitarist. The new album, Zeitgeist, is due for release on July 7th and will no doubt be showcased at the Reading and Leeds festivals.

www.smashingpumpkins.com

Chali 2na will be releasing a solo album following the split of Jurassic 5.

When the group split earlier this year, Soup of the group said “Some people here want their own shrine, their own thing. If that’s what you want, I say more power to you. I hope it works out for you – just don’t come up with lame excuses” and it now seems as though he could have aimed that at Chali 2na.

The album, Fish Outta Water, has been started with Commin Thru up on his myspace already. In related news, Cut Chemist has also been working a new album.

www.myspace.com/mrchali2na

Method Man was arrested on Thursday in New York after police found 30 grams of marijuana in his vehicle.

The Wu Tang rapper was originally pulled over because his license plates had expired but it is reported that the smell of marijuana was apparently immediately as he rolled down his window with a bag of it visible.

He admitted he had more bags under his seat and was then charged with unlawful possession of marijuana, criminal possession of marijuana, operating a motor vehicle under the influence and driving an uninspected motor vehicle. He was released on Friday pending a court hearing.

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Juliette & The Licks are re-releasing their second album Four To The Floor with a bonus DVD on May 28th.

The DVD will feature the making of the new album, videos for the tracks Hot Kiss, Blues, Sticky Honey, Shelter Your Needs, American Boy, You’re Speaking My Language, Pray For The Band Latoya and I Never Got To Tell You and more

To prepare everyone for this musical onslaught, we have some studio footage of the band, so you can see what goes into making the records and how much fun they have whilst doing it. Peep the first videos below:

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www.julietteandthelicks.com

Coventry upstarts The Ripps are currently on a UK tour to promote their upcoming single Holiday.

The single, taken from their album Long Live The Ripps, is due for release on June 11th and the band will be travelling around the country in support of it at the following dates:

May:

22 – Manchester Roadhouse
25 – London Barfly
26 – Leeds Faversham
27 – Birmingham Barfly
28 – Brighton Pressure Point

June:

2 – Birmingham The Custard Factory
7 – Wolverhampton Varsity
8 – Tunbridge wells Forum
9 – Bath Purr @ Fopp
11 – Coventry Colloseum
12 – Chester Evening Races
13 – London Battersea Barge
14 – Sheffield Leadmill
15 – Oldham Castle
16 – Edinburgh I Fly Spitfires
17 – Glasgow Barfly Upstairs
19 – Aberdeen Tunnels
20 – Newcastle Cluny
21 – Warwick uni Final Fling
22 – Luton Charlie Brown’s
26 – Brighton Po Na Na
30 – Birmingham The Custard Factory

www.myspace.com/theripps

Stoner rock band Sheavy have announced that their album is almost complete.

The Machine That Won The War is likely to be release sometime from the end of June onwards and is set to be released in two versions. One will be the CD and the other will contain an additional disc with a live performance. The tracklist for the album is:

01. One Of Us Must be Dead
02. Aboard the Mothership
03. Rings of Saturn
04. Demon Soldiers
05. Dawn of the Black Orchid
06. Humanoid
07. The Dark Carnival
08. Lords of Radiation
09. Here Falls the Shadow
10. The Sleeping Assassin
11. Where Earth Meets Sky
12. The Gunfighters

www.sheavy.com

Keith Richards has said that he hates hip hop.

The Stones’ guitarist stated that he didn’t like the vocal delivery or the fact that it uses computer aided beats. He said that the genre leaves him cold, saying “I don’t wanna be yelled at, I wanna be sung to…As I say, it don’t grab me. I mean the rhythms are boring – they’re all done on computers.”

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Converge are planning to bring out a new DVD called Thousands Of Miles Between Us.

The group released The Long Road Home DVD in 2003 and have said that the new project will “raise the bar” from their previous releases. The film will document their travels across the world, showing live clips and some sets will even be shown in their entirety.

The usual interviews with band members, crew members, friends and such will also be included.

www.converge.com

Klub Kerrang! makes its return with its typical energetic carnage when it comes to Koko on Saturday 19th May.

Last month saw Devil Sold His Soul and Sign tear the place apart with their brilliant live sets with DJs James Sherry and Emma Johnston in the main room and DJ Zac Slack and Talita Two-Shoes causing the carnage in the upstairs Crossfire room.

This month will see The Future and Lostalone take to the stage and to see what you can expect from a Klub Kerrang! night, click here to see last month’s mayhem.

DJs James Sherry and Emma Johnston will once again bring the tunes in the main room and DJ Zac Slack and much loved special guest Talita Two-Shoes [Earache Records] will see you in the Crossfire room on the top floor of Koko.

Make sure you take note of the special deal for Klub Kerrang! too: If you come to the venue with a flyer before 11pm, you can get into the club for just £4.

You can print off the flyer from www.koko.uk.com, www.kerrang.com or here on Crossfire.

So the details that matter:

KLUB KERRANG!

Doors open 10.00pm to late
£6 before 11.00pm and £8 after.
Flyers and NUS cards £4 before 11.00pm
Tickets 0870 998 8888 or right now on www.aloud.com
Drinks offers all night shooters £1.50 Fosters Twist £2
Strictly over 18’s only
KOKO 1A CAMDEN HIGH ST LONDON NW1

Pelican have put a stream of their whole album up online.

City Of Echoes will be out on May 22nd and is the follow up to 2005’s The Fire In Our Throats Will Beckon The Thaw. If you want to check the album out, then click here.

www.myspace.com/pelican