Alkaline Trio have put up their entire album Remains online.
The album, which is a collection of rare tracks and b-sides, will be out in shops next week through Vagrant.
The last album the band put out was Crimson in 2005. If you want to check out the album in its entirity, click the link below.
Two major bands have been confirmed to play this year’s event.
Michael Eavis has confirmed that both the Arctic Monkeys and Arcade Fire will be appearing at Glasto 07, which will take place from June 22nd to June 24th. This comes after confirmation of Bjork’s appearance.
He also added that the headliners for the Pyramid Stage were a well known heritage act, saying:
“It might be their very last gig. I don’t know, they’re teasing us saying it might be their last show, I’m so excited about it.”
Fucked Up recently performed for MTV but got in a tiny bit of trouble.
The band had fans slam dancing and going mad and, the band are quoted as saying “throwing monitors and pulling grates off the walls. MTV won’t show it to anybody and we ended up doing $2000 in damage.”
Looks like the fans of Fucked Up fucked up. Wow, that’s fucked up.
Bananas have swept the world of late and this is the next installment.
Consolidated will release these benders this month so look out for limited edition runs in only the best skater owned shops.
In other Consolidated news Kyle Berard has joined the team so look out for a pro model to drop into your local SOS soon.
Berard and Mike Peterson both claimed props in a recent Volcom mini ramp comp at a tradeshow in Florida titled the ‘Neanderthal Brawl’ where Peterson bagged 1st place for $7,500 and Berard came in 4th taking $2,500 to the boozer for his contribution.
Click here for pics of this comp on TWS.
Hip Hop Is Music have announced their label plans for the coming year.
Braille’s label, which last year put out the great releases from Surreal & DJ Balance, Braille and Sivion, will be throwing out new albums from Theory Hazit [Extra Credit] and Sharlok Poems [Blooming Sounds and 4 Days In Geneva].
They will also release Alive At The Assembly Line by Othello and have Big Rec and Sojourn’s albums being worked on, as well as the 2nd installment of the label’s Heavy Rotation showcase.
In other news, Braille’s group Lightheaded [with Othello and Ohmega Watts] will be getting back in the studio to work on their third album, Lo-Fi Heights and going out to open 4 shows for The Visionaries. And Braille himself is working on some solo material, such as his 4th album, The IV Edition and other guest spots.
2006 was a great year for HHIM, looks like 2007 will be a great continuation.
Enter Shikari have added nine new dates to their UK tour.
The band will play nine shows in the spring, starting with the soon to be extinct Hammersmith Palais in March. These dates have been added to their current tour which is blazing a trail across the UK right now. The full dates are:
February:
25th – Gloucester Guildhall
26th – Barrow in Furness Canteen
27th – Peterborough Radius
March:
1st – Cardiff Solus
3rd – Wolverhampton Wulfrun
4th – Southampton University
6th – Sheffield Leadmill
7th – Glasgow QMU
8th – Newcastle University
9th – Manchester Academy 11
10th & 11th – London Hammersmith Palais
22nd – Norwich Waterfront
24th – Hull University
25th – Leeds Met University
26th – Cambridge Junction
27th – Aylesbury Civic Hall
28th – Portsmouth Pyramids
30th – Falmouth Princess Pavilion
31st – Bath Pavilion
Strung Out have started work on their new album.
The band have now entered the studio to start work on their upcoming album which has been titled Blackhawks Over Los Angeles. This will serve as the follow up to their last record, Exile In Oblivion, which was released in 2004.
In addition to this, the band have put a video up on youtube, providing a studio diary update from them. To see the video, click here.
Archie Bronson Outfit have claimed the South Bank Show Awards/The Times Breakthrough Award.
To celebrate winning this award, the band will be releasing Dart For My Sweetheart on March 26th on both digital download and 7″ vinyl. Additionally they will be playing the following live dates:
March:
19th – Leadmill, Sheffield
20th – Audio, Brighton
21st – Scala, London
Mad Caddies have entered the studio to work on their upcoming album.
Whilst in the studio, the band made a video of updates, which you can see by clicking here. The band released their last full length in 2003 with Just One More. With regards to the new record, they said this:
“As the studio is a few blocks away from my house, I have been able to go to the studio a lot as they were recording. The recording process was in typical Caddies fashion – I like to think of it as controlled chaos.
All tracks are recorded and Thom Flowers is finishing the mixing tonight. This is truly the best Caddies album I have heard to date- with great songwriting, lyrics and all that. My only wish is that it didn’t take so long to release a CD. It will be a good spring record though.”
Hammersmith Palais is to be demolished it has been announced.
Despite campaigns and petitions to save the building by getting it listed, Fulham and Hammersmith Council have approved property developers plans to knock the venue down to make it a restaurant and office block.
Fulham and Hammersmith councillor Lucy Ibimy said:
“We recognise the contribution the Palais has made to the west London music scene, but the golden days of the club are long gone.”
We’re gutted here at Crossfire, as we’d been to many a good show at the Palais. Sad faces all round.