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Having enjoyed whirlwind success in 2009, The Gaslight Anthem will be back with a new album this summer. The record will be entitled American Slang, and is set for a June release.

Their debut, The ’59 Sound, received mass critical acclaim and propped the band up onto some of the world’s biggest stages, yet the Gaslight Anthem have shown no hesitance in returning to the studio. In support of the new record, the band will play the following headline dates;

June

22nd – Birmingham, Academy 1
23rd – Glasgow, ABC
24th – Manchester, Academy 1
26th – London, HMV Forum
29th – Oxford, Academy 1

Having released his last two records through Geffen, The Game has announced he will be returning to Aftermath for his forthcoming album R.E.D.

This news came through the rappers twitter feed as he tweeted, “It’s funny how things come full circle, R.E.D.,” accompanied by a picture of himself wearing four Aftermath medallions.

Rejoining the Aftermath roster, Game will join the likes of Eminem, 50 Cent and one of his early mentors Dr Dre.

New Young Pony Club have scheduled a last minute warm-up show ahead of their full UK tour starting later this month. The gig will take place at Madame Jojo’s on February 9th.

The band have recently completed work on their second album, The Optimist, which will be released on March 8th.

New Young Pony Club will play;

February

9th – London Madame Jojo’s
22nd – London O2 Academy Islington

March

15th – Portsmouth Wedgewood Rooms
16th – Birmingham Academy 2
17th -Bristol The Thekla
18th – Oxford Academy 2
20th – Manchester Moho Live
21st – Leeds Cockpit 2
22nd – Nottingham Stealth
23rd – Glasgow King Tuts
25th – Newcastle Academy 2
26th – Liverpool Korova
27th – Cambridge Junction 2

Sheffield noise mongers Rolo Tomassi will play a one-off date at Camden’s Underworld on April 23rd. This will be the bands largest headline show to date, as they continue to prepare their Diplo produced follow-up to 2008’s Hysterics.

While London’s The Last Skeptik is well known among hip hop heads across the UK, with his latest compilation ‘Same Day Different Shit’ he has announced his mainstream intentions. This is not to deride the albums content, but rather to celebrate the young producer’s potential to create chart destined hits in the near future.

Take his remix of Marina & The Diamonds’ Mowgli Road, already receiving airtime from the likes Huw Stephens and Rob Da Bank, and for good reason. The tracks original vocal takes on a new setting, thriving amongst a clever mixture of dirty electronics and hip hop beats.

Elsewhere Get Cape. Wear Cape. Fly guests on a remix of Eslam Jawaad’s Star Spangled Banner, and is also remixed earlier on the disk. This unpredictable choice of source material works in Skeptik’s favour, as he hops from genre to genre, re-working tracks both popular and unknown. So don’t be surprised to find UK chart regulars The Streets and Daniel Merriweather, rubbing shoulders with the likes of Loudmouth Melvin and hip hop superstar The Game.

Instead of clicking “play track”, check out the aforementioned re-working of Marina & The Diamond’s Mowgli’s Road, to sample The Last Skeptik doing what he does best:

Sleekly Brian