The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inducted hip hop’s Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five along with REM, The Ronettes, Patti Smith and Van Halen. The inductees will be honoured during the ceremony in New York on March 12th.
The inductees were chosen by 600 voters from the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Foundation and each artist will be commemorated in the museum and will have a film presentation of their careers.
Bonnie “Prince” Billy is to play some shows in the UK in January. The line up will be Will Oldham, Alex Nielson, Emmett Kelly, Aram Stith and Azita Youseffi. The dates are:
January:
21st – Glasgow Concert Hall Strathclyde Suite
23rd – Nottingham Rock City
24th – Manchester Bridgewater Hall
25th – Bristol Colston Hall
26th – London Queen Elizabeth Hall
27th – London Queen Elizabeth Hall
February:
11th – London Shepherds Bush Empire
12th – Brighton Corn Exchange
13th – Cambridge Junction
Plan B has announced some tour dates in support of the release of No Good on February 19th.
January:
30th – Preston 53 Degrees
31st – Birmingham Academy 2
February:
1st – Leeds Cockpit
2nd – Glasgow Arches
3rd – Sheffield Leadmill
7th – Manchester Academy 2
8th – Cardiff Student Union
9th – London Shepherds Bush Empire
10th – Bristol Anson Rooms
12th – Cambridge Junction
13th – Liverpool Academy 2
14th – Norwich Waterfront
15th – Southampton University
French group Air are streaming their new single, Once Upon A Time, which comes from their upcoming album Pocket Symphany, on their myspace page.
The duo have said they’ll be touring the record which is thought to have Jarvis Cocker and Neil Hannon on guest vocal duties.
Mike Relm is to release his first album of all-original material this year. The album will feature a video component, once again showing him to be the forward thinking man he’s known to be thanks to his incredible DVD scratching live shows.
He’s also teamed up with Adult Swim for some remixes, two of which will be on the Aqua Teen Hunger Force film.
If this weren’t enough, he’ll also be scoring a short film for Disney called Too Many Robots which will feature animation from Kid Robot. Fresh.
Glassjaw have announced that, whilst there is no set date for actual release, the band will post new songs online for streaming.
Palumbo’s other group, Head Automatica, are working on new material and hope to start on a new EP soon. The busy boy is also working on a Cardboard City Mixtape with DJ Krazyglue featuring El-P, Cage, XO Skeletons, Yak Ballz, Camu Tao and more.
Jimmy Eat World’s sixth album has had more details revealed through producer Butch Vig:
“The record is quite eclectic,There are three or four songs that sound like classic Jimmy Eat World, with angular, razor-sharp guitars. There are a couple that are a lot more dreamy, and some that are very groove-acious. Anybody who is fan will like this record. “
The record, which doesn’t yet have a name, is set for a summer release and will be the first full length since Futures.
Whoever thought Fall Out Boy had it in them to beat the shit out of someone? Well, pimp this video and see what’s been happening at one of their live shows. Um… and that’s about it.
Click here for the carnage.
After last year’s Writers Block album, Peter Bjorn And John are releasing the albums Peter Bjorn And John and Falling Out. The tracklistings are:
Peter Bjorn And John
I Don’t Know What I Want Us To Do
Failing And Passing
People They Know
A Mutual Misunderstanding
From Now On
Matchmaker
Collect. Select. Reflect
100m Of Hurdles
Education Circle
Please Go Home
Firing Blanks*
Don’t Be Skew*
Le Crique*
The Fan*
Saturday Night At The Parties*
Falling Down
Far Away, By My Side
Money
It Beats Me Every Time
Does It Matter Now?
Big Black Coffin
Start Making Sense
Teen Love
All Those Expectations
Tailormade
Goodbye, Again Or
(I Just Wanna) See Through*
The Traps, My Trip*
Punks Jump Up*
Unreleased Backgrounds*
Fortune Favours Only The Brave*
* = bonus track
Former Test Icicle, Devote Hynes’ new band Lightspeed Champion are recording their debut album with production handled by Mike Mogis, who has worked with Bright Eyes.
The album is due this year with Christmas Song available on their website and another track, Everyone Is Listening To Crunk, confirmed on the album.