Caught in the Crossfire

Mark Chapman, the man who killed John Lennon in 1980, has had another parole bid refused. This was his fourth attempt at parole but now he’ll be staying in the Attica Correctional Facility in New York for at least 2 more years. The prison panel concluded that:

“The panel remains concerned about the bizarre nature of this premeditated and violent crime. While the panel notes your satisfactory institutional adjustment, due to the extremely violent nature of the offence your release would not be in the best interest of the community.”

The NME is launching an Irish edition, which marks the first time they’ve put out a different edition for an international market. It will feature “dedicated pages focused on the vibrant Irish live music scene, delivering the latest news, features profiles and live reviews from the hottest new acts in the country. The magazine will also be packed with the usual mix of all the best from the UK and international music scene”.

www.nme.com

The Charlatans will be releasing a new CD, Forever. The Singles, which will also contain a DVD which chronicles the band’s journey from 1990 to 2006, and will be out on November 6th. A week later, a re-working of their track You’re So Pretty We’re So Pretty, will be released. The tracklisting for the album is:

Indian Rope (1990)
The Only One I Know (1990)
Weirdo (1992)
Can’t Get Out Of Bed (1994)
Just When You’re Thinkin’ Things Over (1995)
One To Another (1996)
North Country Boy (1997)
How High (1997)
Tellin’ Stories (1997)
Forever (1999)
My Beautiful Friend (1999)
Impossible (2000)
Love Is The Key (2001)
A Man Needs To Be Told (2001)
Up At The Lake (2004)
Try Again Today (2004)
Blackened Blue Eyes (2006)
You’re So Pretty We’re So Pretty (Youth remix 2006)

In support of these releases, the group will be doing a 15 date UK tour, the dates of which are:

November

23rd – Halifax Victoria Hall
24th – Leicester De Montfort Hall
25th – Cardiff University Great Hall
26th – Reading Hexagon
28th – Lincoln Engine Shed
29th – Birmingham Carling Academy
30th – Portsmouth Guildhall

December

2nd – Middlesbrough Town Hall
3rd – Sheffield Octagon
4th – Glasgow Carling Academy
5th – Newcastle Carling Academy
7th – Hull City Hall
8th – London Brixton Academy
9th – Blackpool Empress Ballroom
10th – Llandudno Cymru Hall

Check www.thecharlatans.net for more information.

Enter Shikari have announced their tour dates, and due to such demand for tickets, their date at the Mean Fiddler on November 4th has now been upgraded to the Astoria. Tickets for the original venue are still valid.

The bands debut single, a double A side, Sorry, You’re Not A Winner / Ok, Time For Plan B, will be available on white vinyl 7″ or 3 track CD from October 30th. Their tour dates are:

October:

Sat 14th – Queens Hall, Narberth
Sun 15th – Sugarmill, Stoke
Mon 16th – Academy 2, Newcastle (sold out)
Tue 17th – Acedemy 2, Liverpool
Thu 19th – Tunnels, Aberdeen
Fri 20th – Viewfield, Arbroath
Sat 21st – Cabaret Voltaire, Edinburgh
Sun 22nd – King Tuts, Glasgow
Mon 23rd – Roadhouse, Manchester
Wed 25th – Komedia, Brighton
Thu 26th – First Floor, Derby
Fri 27th – Pitz, Milton Keynes
Sat 28th – Fibbers, York
Sun 29th – Bar Academy, Birmingham (sold out)
Mon 30th – Zodiac, Oxford

November

Wed 1st – Barfly, Cardiff
Thu 2nd – Cavern, Exeter
Fri 3rd – Joiners, Southampton (sold out)
Sat 4th – The Astoria, London
Wed 29th – Arts Centre Norwich
Thur 30th – TJs Newport

December

Fri 1st – Academy II Bristol
Sat 2nd – Speakeasy (afternoon all ages show) Belfast
Sun 3rd – Voodoo Lounge (afternoon all ages show) Dublin
Tues 5th – Leadmill Sheffield
Wed 6th – Rock City Nottingham
Thur 7th – Cockpit Leeds
Fri 8th – Charlotte Leicester

www.entershikari.com

The Blood Arm will be going out on a series of live dates to support their debut album Lie, Lover, Lie, which is out on October 16th. They will also be playing a number of shows with The Sunshine Underground and supporting We Are Scientists. Their dates are:

We Are Scientists Tour –

20th – Norwich UEA
21st – Sheffield Octagon
22nd – Manchester Apollo
23rd – Leeds University
24th – Newcastle Academy
25th – Aberdeen Music Hall
26th – Glasgow Academy
28th – Belfast Mandela Hall
29th – Galway Roisin Dub
30th – Dublin Ambassador

With Sunshine Underground –

1st – Leeds University
2nd – Newcastle Academy
4th – Llanfyllin The Workhouse

Headline shows –

6th – Edinburgh Cabaret Voltaire
7th – Huddersfield Tokyo
23rd – Leeds Cockpit
24th – Cardiff Barfly
25th – London SeOne
26th – Bristol Louisiana
27th – Liverpool Academy
28th – Glasgow King Tuts
29th – Manchester Night & Day
30th – Sheffield The Plug

December:

1st – Swindon Brunel Rooms
3rd – Belfast Speakeasy
5th – Nottingham The Social
6th – London Kings College
7th – Oxford Zodiac
8th – Southampton Joiners

www.thebloodarm.com

Boston-based hardcore crew Righteous Jams are set to release their second album, ‘Business As Usual’, on Abacus Recordings on October 27th. Vocalist/guitarist Joey Contrada describes his band’s sound as “hardcore that’s not influenced by hardcore”; and indeed, songs like ‘Instinct And Music’ and ‘Lizards‘ owe just as much to the abrasive hard rock of Soundgarden and Helmet as they do to hardcore heavyweights like Black Flag and the Cro-Mags.

Having recently played US dates with the reformed Gorilla Biscuits, the band will tour the UK in early November – dates are as follows:

Oct 31 – Northampton Racehorse
Nov 1 – Newport Le Pub
Nov 2 – Hull Ringside
Nov 3 – Sheffield Broomhall Centre
Nov 4 – Durham Elvet Methodist Hall
Nov 5 – Manchester Star & Garter
Nov 6 – London Underworld
Nov 7 – Ashford (Kent) Downtown Diner

Check www.righteousjams.com and www.myspace.com/righteousjams for more info.