Baltimore’s Spank Rock have announced that their European dates have been cancelled.
The tour, which was due to start in Switzerland and go through London, Bristol, Glashow, Manchester and Leeds, is off due to personal and professional commitments.
However, the group are expected to be back earlier in the new year.
The Charlatans release their new album, Forever – The Singles, on November 6th with single You’re So Pretty We’re So Pretty on November 13th.
To see the video for the new single, click the link below:
XFM’s Big Night Out
Brixton Carling Academy
14.10.06
These flashy big music/clubbing/getting wasted affairs never do bands justice.
Naturally, massive Carling Academy events only do justice to the free flowing pints of Carling beer. The bands’ job is to supply a more worthwhile reason than alcohol for being there.
So I felt extra sorry for the young Milburn band being first up to play before a swarm of drunken teenagers. It was a challenge to get any tune past the heaving sweating moschpit and to make themselves heard, let alone sounding good.
So did Milburn manage it? Kind of. They were certainly no better or worse than the bands which followed: The View and The Fratellis, but many of their songs sounded the same. Sure, the rabble of the crowd did not make their task easy, but any band which truly wants to make it needs to be able to make the uniqueness of their voice sound loud and clear from any stage.
With a year old record contract and a debut album Well Well Well released only two weeks ago, Milburn have already made it in one sense of the word. But if they want to last beyond the big debut, then the four-man band will have to move away from the Artic Monkeys’ shadow and develop their own style. Milburn’s Artic Monkey reflection is understandable since both groups were born in the lovely city of Sheffield, but folks, a constant stream of individuality and originality is the key to a long-lasting marriage with your record label.
Milburn have a lot of growing up to do, and with the oldest band member being only 20 this is really no surprise. Though their raw youth leaves a lot to be desired it also gives them a lot of space to develop, more so than most new bands have the luxury of. For Milburn, their debut tour is more a right of passage than a claim to fame. “Almost famous” is the phrase which springs to mind.
Rebecca Geach
[Photo courtesy of www.myspace.com/milburnmusic]
The Killers have announced some tour dates for 2007, with tickets going on sale this Friday [3rd November]. The dates are:
February:
16th – Sheffield Hallam FM Arena
17th – Manchester MEN Arena
18th – Birmingham NEC
20th – Newcastle Metro Radio Arena
21st – Aberdeen P&J Arena
22nd – Glasgow SECC
24th – London Wembley Arena
25th – London Wembley Arena
March
3rd – Brighton Centre
4th – Nottingham Arena
6th – Cardiff CIA
Buzzcocks will be releasing a new single, Reconciliation, on December 4th. The track comes from their recent album Flat-pack Philosophy, and will be accompanied by a tour which will feature “a multimedia display featuring original artwork by Malcolm Garrett, plus photos by Chris Gabrin and Kevin Cummins”.
The dates are:
November:
27th – Brighton, The Concert Hall
28th – St Albans, Alban Arena
29th – Bristol, Anson Rooms
December:
1st – Manchester, Academy
2nd – London, The Forum
4th – Northampton, The Deco
5th – Leicester, University
7th – Gateshead, Sage61
8th – Glasgow, ABC
9th – Warwick, Arts Centre
The Sonic Youth B-Sides and Rarities album, The Destroyed Room, has had its tracklisting revealed:
Fire Engine Dream (‘Sonic Nurse’ outtake)
Fauxhemians (‘Noho Furniture Sessions’ and the ‘All Tomorrow’s Parties 1.1’ compilation)
Is It My Body? (2 x 7″ Alice Cooper Tribute)
Razor Blade (‘In The Heather’ single)
Blink (‘Pola X’ soundtrack)
Campfire (‘At Home With The Groovebox’ compilation)
Loop Cat (Bonus track ‘Sonic Nurse’)
Kim’s Chords (Bonus track from ‘Sonic Nurse’)
Beautiful Plateau (Bonus track from ‘Sonic Nurse’)
Three Part Sectional Love Seat (‘Noho Furniture Sessions’)
Queen Anne Chair (‘Noho Furniture Sessions’)
The Diamond Sea (‘The Diamond Sea’ single)
This is another call to all dare-devils who wish to take part in the annual Deathrace at Ramp City in Blackpool. Fine tune your bearings, sand down your rails and apply speed stripes to your graphics because this year’s event is going to be fast and gnarly!
Bob Sanderson will cajole and condescend all participants as they try and avoid all the traps and pitfalls that are dotted around the course. Evel Knievel outfits, booze and metal heads are mandatory. Make the date December 2nd 6pm till midnight.
Want to see something creative done on a skateboard? A harsh spot taking a thrashing? A fat bloke get his cock out..? Then save your pennies for the new Death video.
Zorlac and the boys are hard at work at digitalising their lives for your viewing pleasure and the displeasure of the Blue Rinse Brigade. Plus, in case you were sleeping under a rock, you might want to know that Richie Jackson and Patrick Melcher will be clocking in full parts as the latest Death pros!
Speaking of pros, Ricky Oyola’s guest model is very rare with only 500 models spread across the globe, so get one while stock exists! Expect a wider Melcher board to hit the shelves soon at 8.25 inches.
Finally, good minds think alike and Richie and Zorlac took the new UK Consolidated riders Ben Raemers and Ollie Tyreman for a mini Consolidated/Death tour of Northern California.
Feel free to get out the Ferrero Rocher and greet the Yama Skateboard team as they cruise around London and Southern England next week for an unofficial UK tour.
These guys- Ferit Batir, Muki Rustig, David ‘Roest’ Martelleur, Chris Pfanner… are seriously bad-ass on boards, and good beer buddies off them, so expect some serious hammers to drop with Yama!
Photo: Basile.
Myself and 2P just attended the Jackass premier in town and i must admit, i was invited there and was thinking it was gonna be wack, but the film had us laughing all the way to the ventolin inhalers, it’s fucking hilarious!
Bam and the boys have made another shocking movie but this one will make you wince, laugh, cry, and shit your pants all at the same time.
What spawned from Big Brother in 1999 has mutated into a worldwide freak show propelled by MTV’s stunt series over the years and Jackass 2 showcases the entire crew on point with Knoxville annihilated in a bullring, Spike Jonze dressed as a 90 year old woman with her low slung baps out on the street, Steve O as human bait for mako sharks and horse cum drinking, Erehn Gheyey completing the loop on a mini motorcycle, Preston Laceys fart chamber, We Man’s electric chair and shitloads more. You cant really explain it in words, it just rolls and rolls and even if you are over this whole thing, once it begins you cant help but laugh your ass off.
Knoxville almost gets killed on a rocket launch into a lake as the cylinder ble w a whole the size of your handand Ryan Dunn who is knocked out from a stunt buzzer also was heavily damaged from a horsebolting stunt. Rumour has it that he was allegedly jolted so harshly that he has actually suffered a bloodclot in his heart that could be life threatening, hence his absence from the premier and the big question mark over the editing of a third movie – even though there is apparently loads of footage left over from the last 6 months of filming.
The afterparty at the Sin Club on Charing Cross Road served free cocktails all night where a host of really sad c-list celebrities from Big Brother and Celebrity Love Island were seen mingling amongst London’s press brigade and hangers-on. Knoxville was spotted leaving the club gingerly at midnight with his bouncer, obviously in need of horse cum. The search continues whilst Erin Gheyey takes the mantle as the pube beard wearing armed terrorist that got served in a gag that was reversed and made the show.
Go see this film if you are bored one night as it will have you in stitches whatever you may think of their stunts and pranks these days.