Def Jukie Aesop Rock has gotten together with Jeremy Fish to produce a book called The Next Best Thing, a story about the creative process.
The book comes with a 7 inch picture disc which will go with the story and provides an answer to the creative block shared by both men.
You can buy the book from the Def Jux shop, which you can find by clicking here.
Radio 1 have confirmed that The Raconteurs, The Horrors and Squarepusher will be the acts for the upcoming Radio 1 Peel Night.
The event, which will honour the great man, will be held on October 26th at the Roundhouse in Camden. A compilation, John Peel – Right Time, Wrong Speed: 1977-1987, will be released on October 9th.
Big Dada, home of Roots Manuva, Diplo, Spank Rock and Ty, have announced the signing of grime pioneer Wiley. The MC and producer, who was a founding member of Roll Deep, has been searching for a label for some while and Big Dada is just the sort of label he would have been looking for. The man himself said:
“I think it’s good because all my life I’ve been looking for a creative control, to make an album that I’ll enjoy listening to and performing… a grime album that I really want to make!”
Wiley’s BD debut is slated for 2007.
After releasing their second album, Voices, Matchbook Romance have confirmed they’ll be touring the UK alongside the All American Rejects. On top of the tour, their first in the UK for 2 years, they’ll be playing a one-off headline show in Newport. The dates are:
September
22nd – Birmingham Academy
23rd – Manchester Apollo
24th – Leeds UniversityRefectory
25th – Newport TJ’s
26th – Cambridge Corn Exchange
27th – Southampton Guildhall
29th – London Brixton Academy
The documentary of Franz Ferdinand’s tour of South America, filmed by Don Letts in February, will be shown on Channel 4 on September 24th at 11.50pm.
The film is 30 minutes long, an abridged version of the hour long documentary and shows the sold out shows in Chile, Argentina and Brazil, the band enjoying the Rio carnival and also the recording of 2 news songs.
The Horrors have announced they will release new single, Count In Fives at the end of October. The single will be released on limited edition 7″ vinyl and as a download single and will feature 2 exclusive tracks, Night Of The Long Knives and Who Says.
In addition to this release, the band will be touring on the NME Rock N Riot Tour with The Fratellis, The Dykneenies and The Maccabees. The dates of which are:
October
10th – Leeds Metropolitan Uni
11th – Portsmouth Pyramids Centre
12th – Cambridge Junction
13th – Cardiff University Great Hall
15th – London Astoria
17th – Sheffield Leadmill
18th – Bournemouth Uni
20th – Nottingham Trent Uni
22nd – Oxford Brookes Uni
23rd – Norwich Waterfront
24th – Liverpool Academy
25th – Newcastle Northumbria Uni
Def Jux top dog El-P has released another sample of his upcoming album I’ll Sleep When You’re Dead. Get along to his myspace and pimp the instrumental of Drive.
For all the updates on how the album is going, make sure to check out his blog.
In related news, Mr Dibbs, who will be doing all the cuts on the album, has decided to make a blog of his own, so we can all see how El is keeping him as a slave during the recording of the album.
Dibbs’ blog can be seen here.
After wowing crowds at the Reading and Leeds festivals, TV On The Radio are set to return to the UK in November to play a few gigs in support of their album Return To Cookie Mountain. To check them out, get to one of the following:
November
8th – Glasgow ABC2
9th – Manchester Club Academy
10th – London Koko
Capdown are back with a new track, Home Is Where The Start Is, which wil be made available as a free download from their website on Wednesday September 19th.
Their new album Wind Up Toys will be out in 2007, a year which be preceeded by the release of physical single Keeping Up Appearances in November of this year.
To get the free track from Wednesday onwards, visit www.capdown.net.
The Texas based six-piece Sound Team step up to the plate with their debut single ‘Born To Please’, taken from their forthcoming album ‘Movie Monster’. Recorded at their own Big Orange studio, ‘Born To Please’ has a relentless beat, throbbing away as the track waltzes and meanders, blissfully chilled out at times, with passion searing through sporadically.
Charmingly familiar riffs and a multi textured sound combine to create a track that’s immediately likeable; the laid back Texan vibe combines with their indie sensibilities to produce a single that never quite grabs your attention with any one particular thing, but is a absolute gem of a track.
One listen simply isn’t enough, and whilst you can’t pinpoint what’s so captivating about it – it simply curls its way into your memory. Frontman Matt Oliver’s vocals are engaging and sincere, backed up by his ‘team’ of friends, this is just the first offering off a debut album that could well be the surprise indie classic of the year. Close your eyes and let yourself be charmed.