Bonnie “Prince” Billy is to play some shows in the UK in January. The line up will be Will Oldham, Alex Nielson, Emmett Kelly, Aram Stith and Azita Youseffi. The dates are:
January:
21st – Glasgow Concert Hall Strathclyde Suite
23rd – Nottingham Rock City
24th – Manchester Bridgewater Hall
25th – Bristol Colston Hall
26th – London Queen Elizabeth Hall
27th – London Queen Elizabeth Hall
February:
11th – London Shepherds Bush Empire
12th – Brighton Corn Exchange
13th – Cambridge Junction
Plan B has announced some tour dates in support of the release of No Good on February 19th.
January:
30th – Preston 53 Degrees
31st – Birmingham Academy 2
February:
1st – Leeds Cockpit
2nd – Glasgow Arches
3rd – Sheffield Leadmill
7th – Manchester Academy 2
8th – Cardiff Student Union
9th – London Shepherds Bush Empire
10th – Bristol Anson Rooms
12th – Cambridge Junction
13th – Liverpool Academy 2
14th – Norwich Waterfront
15th – Southampton University
French group Air are streaming their new single, Once Upon A Time, which comes from their upcoming album Pocket Symphany, on their myspace page.
The duo have said they’ll be touring the record which is thought to have Jarvis Cocker and Neil Hannon on guest vocal duties.
Mike Relm is to release his first album of all-original material this year. The album will feature a video component, once again showing him to be the forward thinking man he’s known to be thanks to his incredible DVD scratching live shows.
He’s also teamed up with Adult Swim for some remixes, two of which will be on the Aqua Teen Hunger Force film.
If this weren’t enough, he’ll also be scoring a short film for Disney called Too Many Robots which will feature animation from Kid Robot. Fresh.
Glassjaw have announced that, whilst there is no set date for actual release, the band will post new songs online for streaming.
Palumbo’s other group, Head Automatica, are working on new material and hope to start on a new EP soon. The busy boy is also working on a Cardboard City Mixtape with DJ Krazyglue featuring El-P, Cage, XO Skeletons, Yak Ballz, Camu Tao and more.
Jimmy Eat World’s sixth album has had more details revealed through producer Butch Vig:
“The record is quite eclectic,There are three or four songs that sound like classic Jimmy Eat World, with angular, razor-sharp guitars. There are a couple that are a lot more dreamy, and some that are very groove-acious. Anybody who is fan will like this record. “
The record, which doesn’t yet have a name, is set for a summer release and will be the first full length since Futures.
This news is a little old, but the holiday season has a tendency to delay things like anyone traveling through London airports will know… Meanwhile Kev is now spinning Death Urethane, whilst the Death website has been updated with team profiles for Dave Allen, Boots and Zarosh.
On a side note, Kevin McKeon is also one of the elite members of the Crossfire Clothing team. More about that when our new Crossfire site launches this year.
Following the carnage of this years Crossfire Xmas Jam, the event has managed to attract a 2 page feature with sequences from head photographer Sam Ashley in Document Magazine. This new issue also has an in depth interview with Death skater Dan Cates, a Blueprint feature in the South of France and time with Ben Grove amongst other stuff.
Sidewalk Magazine went further with a whopping 6 page feature with sequences from Dom Marley and Leo Sharpe and a full write up from Andy Evans who was lurking behind the lens as usual.
The January issue also has a strong Leo Smith interview, coverage of Deathrace 06 and Boardroom Xmas Jam write ups and a Heathen trip to Europe we mentioned back in November.
Big thanks to Percy and Ben who edit these mags, now go get a copy.
A new trend is spreading through the industry like wildfire… Globalisation.
The Industry won’t settle with American companies setting up their cloned companies abroad in Europe and Asia, because various European companies are now going global with full international teams ready to drop for 2007.
The new face of skateboarding is here and it looks good.
Whoever thought Fall Out Boy had it in them to beat the shit out of someone? Well, pimp this video and see what’s been happening at one of their live shows. Um… and that’s about it.
Click here for the carnage.