Category: Music

Only days after his Paris Hilton prank had been revealed, Banksy‘s new work was shown. Whilst revellers went to Disneyland in Anaheim, California to see Mickey and Pluto, the artist made sure they saw something a hell of a lot different.

Dressing a blow-up doll in an orange jump suit, with a sack over its head and its hands and feet manacled, Banksy placed this statue of a Guantanamo Bay prisoner next to the Rocky Mountain Railroad. The figure stood there for an hour and a half before being taken down.

www.banksy.co.uk

Kenny Anderson aka King Creosote, is releasing an EP entitled You Are Could I on September 18th, which will follow his album KC Rules OK. You can download You Are Could I for free from their website here. In support of this upcoming EP, King Creosote is to play some headline shows in autumn. The dates are:

October:

21st – Glasgow ABC
22nd – Sheffield, Plug
24th – Birmingham, Academy 2
25th – Portsmouth, Wedgewood Rooms
26th– London, Shepherds Bush Empire
27th – Brighton, Audio

Check out www.myspace.com/kingcreosote for more details.

Akira The Don is back with a new double A Side Oh! What A Glorious Thing / BOOM! (Smash Stuff) which serves as a preview of his new album When We Were Young which is due out this November.

Akira The Don teamed up with James Brown [who has worked with NIN, Bjork and Placebo] and even a group of six year old American kids on the record and appeared in the film My Super Ex-Girlfriend.

BOOM (Smash Stuff) features Marvin The Martian, Jack Nimble and Dego Brown of Brixton’s Why Lout? Crew and samples Elastica’s Connection.

For more go to www.AkiraTheDon.com

The Hedrons are back with a new single, I Need You, the follow up to Be My Friend, due out on October 9th. The single will be released on digital download and limited edition signed 7″ vinyl and is taken from their debut album, which will hit the shops in early 2007. To support the new single, they’ll be on tour here:

September:

23rd – Glasgow, QMU (Freshers Gig)

October:

16th – Liverpool, Barfly
17th – Hull, Lamp
18th – Birmingham, Jug Of Ale
19th – Derby, Victoria Inn
21st – Bath, Moles
22nd – Guildford, Boileroom
23rd – Wolverhampton, Little Civic
24th – Leicester, Charlotte
26th – Northampton, Soundhaus
27th – Peterborough, Met Lounge
29th – Bristol, Louisiana
31st – Southampton, Joiners

November:

1st – London, Barfly
2nd – Nottingham, Social
3rd – Harlow, Square
4th – Welwyn Garden City, Green Room
6th – Cardiff, Barfly
7th – Leeds, Joseph’s Well
8th – Manchester, Night And Day
9th – Doncaster, Leopard

www.thehedrons.com

The Answer, who had a 5 K rating in Kerrang for their debut album, Rise, and who won Classic Rock’s Best New Band 2005, will head out on a UK tour in October. If you wanna catch them, get to these dates:

October:

4th – Reading Fez
5th – Exeter Cavern
6th – Bristol Louisiana
7th – Cardiff University
9th – Oxford Zodiac
10th – Sheffield Leadmill
12th – Milton Keynes Ritz
13th – Manchester Academy 3
14th – Edinburgh Voltaire
15th – Dundee Westport Bar
16th – Aberdeen Tunnels
17th – Glasgow King Tuts
19th – Liverpool Academy 2
20th – Carlisle Brickyard
21st – Nottingham Rock City
22nd – Newcastle Legends
24th – Peterborough Park
25th– Birmingham Academy 2
27th – York Fibbers
28th – Stoke Sugarmill
29th – Portsmouth Wedgewood Rooms
30th – Brighton Engine Rooms

November:

1st – London Mean Fiddler

And the videos for their track Under The Sky can be streamed here:

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www.theanswer.ie

The White Rose Movement’s September tour has been put on hold due to singer Finn Vine’s loss of voice. After a gig in Italy, he lost his voice entirely and the band have reluctantly decided to reschedule the shows.

However in the meantime, the group will release the single Love Is A Number on October 23rd which will feature a Ben Allen [who mixed the Gnarls Barkley album] remix.

Fans who bought tickets to the September shows will be able to exchange them for the rescheduled dates.

www.whiterosemovement.co.uk

Georgian metalcore group Norma Jean have put up their new album, Redeemer, which is out now, up for streaming.

You can listen to some new tracks from the album by going over to their myspace site which can be found here.

Ween‘s tour with Bobby Ogdin and the Shit Creek Boys in 1996 has been captured, with the October 26th show in Toronto being made into a record.

The record will come out on a double white 180 gram vinyl LP and the first pressing will also feature a Boognish “Cowboy” glow in the dark sticker. The album won’t be out on CD or as a download, so make sure you pick up a copy soon!

www.ween.com

Californian metallers Machine Head have posted an update on their website stating that they are currently in the studio working on their new album The Blackening.

For more info check out their site here.