The Unseen are playing some UK dates with support slots with Rancid and one headline show. You can check them out here:
November:
16th – London Brixton Academy
17th – Kingston The Fighting Cox [Headline Show]
18th – Norwich UEA
19th – Bristol Academy
20th – Brighton Dome
The original Bad Brains line up of HR, Dr Know, Darryl Jenifer and Earl Hudson have been kickstarted by kicking off the final week of gigs at CBGBs. Dr Know told Billboard.com – “It was really an honor and a privilege to have so many good friends and see them all. We were back together for a week; we hadn’t been together for a long time.”
The group look set to finally release the long-time-coming studio album which is produced by Adam Yauch of the Beastie Boys. The bassist said it will be a fast tempo record and includes tracks titles like It’s All Rock’n’Roll, Article, Kingdom Come and Let There Be Light.
In addition to this, Dr Know is hoping to start work on his solo album this winter saying quite a few people wanted to be on it, including Flea and Mos Def.
Islington Academy
01.11.06
It has to be said that the Islington Academy’s abundance of shiny fittings and polished surfaces don’t make the ideal environment for a dirty rock n’ roll gig. Still, Ladyfinger soon banish such concerns from our minds, testing the early arrivers’ eardrums with raw nuggets of twisted, bass-heavy rock n’ roll. Impressive stuff, but this party’s only just getting started.
Winnebago Deal are clearly not out to take prisoners as they rip full-tilt into ‘With Friends Like These’; with drummer Ben Thomas a mass of flailing limbs and long hair, and vocalist/guitarist Ben Perrier seemingly in possession of Satan’s own larynx for the evening. Arguably sounding louder, faster and meaner with every gig they play, there’s an almost tangible aura of aggression to the Oxford duo’s musical maelstrom, and it’s a joy to watch as songs like ‘Cobra’ constantly teeter on the brink of pure sonic warfare.
However, it’s the headliners’ party, and tonight The Bronx are nothing short of a revelation. Not since the heyday of the Icarus Line has LA spawned a band that thrives on chaos as much as these guys, whose arrival heralds utter mayhem in the pit. Vocalist Matt Caughthran tears around the stage (and occasionally into the crowd, too) screaming his throat raw as his band make like the bastard children of Black Flag raised on a diet of cheap speed and Stooges records. If you’re wondering what happened to the menace and danger in punk rock, then it appears that the Bronx have snorted it up and spat it out in the form of vicious mini-anthems like ‘Shitty Future’ and ‘Heart Attack American’
Clearly realising that a conventional three-song encore would be pointless after the bruising full-stop of ‘History’s Stranglers’, the band’s return only lasts about thirty seconds before Matt hurls himself into the drumkit. As finales go, It makes for a brief but highly potent fuck-you to convention – and heaven knows that’s worthy of applause.
Ninja Tune are putting on 3 gigs on the same night – Saturday November 25th – in association with The Big Chill House as part of the first ever You Don’t Know club night.
Mr Scruff is to play The Forum, Herbaliser will be at Cargo with Fingathing and The Big Chill House will host Zero DB, Pase Rock, XXXchange, Pop Levi, a Bonobo DJ set, the UK debut of Flying Lotus and more, for free!
Another band to announce UK dates in 2007 are Jet, who will play 7 gigs on their European tour on these shores. Some of the dates replace those cancelled by the band last month due to Nic Cester’s health. The tickets for the tour go on sale this week and their new single Bring It On Back is out on Monday 20th.
March:
3th – Glasgow Academy
4th – Manchester Apollo
7th – London Hammersmith Apollo
9th – Newport Centre
10th – Portsmouth Guildhall
12th – Plymouth Pavilions
13th – Wolverhampton Civic
Blur frontman Damon Albarn is providing another string to his already huge musical bow by DJ’ing at London’s Fabric tomorrow [16th] to raise money for Aduna, which supports musical education in Africa.
Alongside Albarn will be DJ sets from Mylo, Fatboy Slim and Zane Lowe with The Ordinary Boys providing a live set.
The Fall are to return with their 26th studio album in 2007. The release, called Reformation, is expected in late January or early February.
In addition to the record, two books linked to the band are going to be published next year too – Mark E’s autobiography “Renegade: The Gospel According To Mark E. Smith” is due on April 26th and “Perverted by Language: Fiction Inspired by the Fall” is due on June 28th.
The Deftones, hot on the heels of their new album Saturday Night Wrist, have announced a tour of the UK in 2007. The tickets go on sale on Friday [17th] and the dates are:
March:
8th – Liverpool, University
9th – Leeds, University
11th – Manchester, Academy
12th – Glasgow, Academy
13th – Newcastle, Academy
14th – Nottingham, Rock City
15th – Birmingham, Academy
16th – Norwich, UEA
18th – Bristol, Academy
19th – Portsmouth, Guildhall
20th – London, Brixton Academy
Brand New have made another new track from their upcoming major label debut album – The Devil And God Are Raging Inside Me – which is due out at the end of this month on Interscope available online.
The song put up is called Degausser and you can check it out on their purevolume page at the link below.
Our good mates Moorish Delta 7 are presenting their Family Tree tour, alongside Fire Camp, Westwood and Ras Kwame on December 10th.
Click the flyer above for more info.