Kasabian are to release their new album, entitled Empire, on August 28th. The lead single, which has the same name as the album, went into the charts at number 9 this week.
After a number of sold out shows, the group were writing the album right up to the wire, and the album only took 5 weeks to record. So make sure you keep an eye out for it at the end of the month.
Placebo have announced their biggest UK shows ever which will happen this December. If you want to check out the band live, then make sure you get to one of these dates:
December:
6th – SECC Glasgow
7th – Nottingham Arena Nottingham
9th – Wembley Arena London
10th – Evening News Arena Manchester
Hellicar Crago Lewis Lloyd and Friends will be playing 3 shows in 3 days, so if you want to get involved in all the carnage, then peep these dates:
August:
3rd – 2-4 Hoxton Square – with Bur Sur and The Bleeps
Free before 8, £5 after
4th – The Victoria Pub
Free
5th – 440 Kingsland Road
£5
Downstairs
10.00 Doors open – Big Sam & The Cardinal (Intro Set)
11.15 HCLL live (Psychedelic Modern Folk)
12.00 Or… (DJs – House Electro Breaks)
01.00 Pants & The Rebel (DJs – StyleFree School Disco Set)
02.30 Dekker (DJ – Anything Goes – HipHop to Electro)
04.00 Bruno Papas (Live Laptop breaks)
05.00 Room closes
Upstairs
12.00 Vania vs Nicholas (World Music)
01.00 Sharon Bowen (HipHop Soul Funk)
02.00 Big Sam (HipHop Funk TV Themes and other weird stuff)
03.00 Cardinal Broomhall (funk!)
04.00 Paddy (Deep House – After party set)
06.00 Room closes
San Franciscan rockers Knights of the New Crusade have announced some European tour dates and will be riding into the UK as part of it. The dates are:
August:
4th – Zwoelfzehn, Stuttgart, Germany
5th – Freakstock Festiva,l Gotha, Germany
6th – Sleepwalkers, Guspini, Sardinia
7th – Bastion at the Beach, Portixeddu, Sardinia
8th – Corto Maltese, Cagliari, Sardinia
9th – Tachales – Cafe Zapata, Berlin, Germany
10th – Beat Club, Hamburg, Germany
11th – Voodoo Lounge, Dublin, Ireland
12th – Dirty Water Club, London, UK
If you did not know already, Edinburgh Council and local Scottish skaters are now 5 years into raising planning permission to build a skate park in the City.
Skateboard Scotland are looking for your signatures to help get this up and running, as over the last 5 years the project has been held back by objections and concerted anti-skateboarding campaigns by the local residents.
You can make a difference TODAY if you are reading this and it will take only a few minutes of your time. Sign the petition here and help Edinburgh have the park it so badly needs. You must do this today though as the petition weill be handed in on August 4th.
Click here to sign up and support the cause.
Archie Bronson Outfit are back with a new single, Cherry Lips, on October 9th and they are to embark on a UK tour which will culminate in a 2 night stand at the ICA in London. Check them out at:
September:
25th – Oxford, The Zodiac
26th – Birmingham, Bar Academy
28th – Bristol, Fleece
29th – Cardiff, Barfly
30th – Nottingham, Social
October:
1st – Leeds, Josephs Well
2nd – Glasgow, King Tuts
3rd – Manchester, Night & Day
10th – London, ICA
11th – London, ICA
Fans of 80’s US hardcore will be delighted to know that a movie documenting the scene that will be released via cinemas in the US on September 22nd.
The movie has various hardcore heads talking about how fucked up and cool the scene was as it swept the US and caught on across the planet including Keith Morris and Henry Rollins from Black Flag (the latter finding himself on a few music documentaries these days), Vic Bondi from the legendary Articles of Faith and many more.
If you were a fan of Bad Brains, Minor Threat, 7 Seconds, Germs, Circle Jerks, Poison Idea, Corrosion of Conformity and many more then this movie is for you. Lets just hope American Hardcore reaches the UK’s screens!
Click here for the trailer.
As the years roll by, the music becomes legendary and how cool is it that we can dig ’em up now and then and replay them! Yep, the indie show this August launches with Sebadoh, one of the best indie rock bands to ever grace our ears.
This months show is not just old but gold, as DJ’s Zac Slack and James Sherry have another hour of the coolest bands on the scene right now lined up for your listening pleasure all delivered throughout a summer heatwave!. Yes, this is hot and damn yes, we also accept requests and if you click here, you can leave yours for the next show.
If you listen to this show, send the link on so others can discover what tunes we are into at Crossfire HQ as you need to discover what’s lurking out there in the underground and then go and buy it. Get in there by clicking the flag above..
August Playlist:
1. Sebadoh – Gimme Indie Rock – Domino
2. The Plastic Constellations – Belly of the Best – French Kiss
3. Good Shoes – Small Town Girl – demo
4. The Sleepy Jackson – I understand what you want but just don’t agree – Virgin
5. Rich – Big Mistake – Marine Parade
6. Swervedriver – Son of Mustang Ford – Creation
7. Dirty Little Faces – Lose Win Lose – Fierce Panda
8. Love Is All – Talk Talk Talk Talk – Parlophone
9. Monstrous – Humble Head Banger – Howler
10. Dungen – Panda – Subliminal Sounds
11. Young Widows – The Charmers – Jade Tree
12. Controller Controller – PF – Paper Bag
13. The Lemonheads – Mallo Cup – Taaang!
14. Varsity Drag – Skinny Ties – Boss Tuneage
15. The Voom Blooms – Anna – 23rd Recordings
16. Lomax – Brought to Rights – 93 Records
17. Brian Jonestown Massacre – If Love Is The Drug – Teepee
Old Blue Last
31.07.06
Picture the scene – An upstairs room full of trendy people. I’m talking about the Vice reading, stupid hair-cut wearing, tight trouser brigade. What the hell are they doing at a show for a grime MC? The answer is I have no idea. But regardless, we plonked ourselves right at the front of the stage whilst half of the trendy lot chatted away with their backs to the stage, and Marv The Marsh hit the stage.
Marv, a small fella, hopped on the stage with his giant hype man Jack Nimble [of Marv’s WhyLout? Crew] and immediately placed his props on the stage, the most prominent of which was an old phone that kept ringing throughout the set so he could link tracks with conversations to various people. It’s original and it works, big points for that.
The bass pounded immediately with Around The Way, the track that infamously samples a motorbike and my head was thrust back and forth by the sheer weight of the bassline, but I wasn’t complaining, it would’ve been rocking regardless. The sample led Reymell was another great part of the set, the guitars pumping out as the little and large team bopped around the stage rapping hard to be heard over the sound. And with lyrics about smacking your little brother for jacking your SNES, you know you’re in for a treat.
Stay Off The Kane, a track which apparently makes Marv the maestro of “Grindie” [ignore this, we don’t want to discredit the guy] comes along with another prop – this time an umbrella as Marv marches along Dick Van Dyke style around the stage and the biggest track that he has penned yet, I Don’t Go Alone brought the show to a great close. One minute the song makes him hang his head and shake his head, the next minute the MC is pumping his chest and blasting the verses out.
Zap Zap! The martian came from South London and he blew it up at the pub full of trendies. He keeps going on like that and he’s gonna be my new hero!
Gypsy Punks Gogol Bordello have been confirmed as the headliners for the main stage of Friday night at the Isle Of Wight’s Bestival in September. On top of this, Guillemots will play the main stage on Saturday and Future Sound Of London presents the Atmosphous Androgynous have been confirmed for The Blue Pavilion.
Curator Rob Da Bank said:
“I’ve been chasing Gogol Bordello since Christmas to do Bestival and finally bribed and cajoled them to move recording commitments. We are really, really pleased they are headlining the Friday night. They’re easily the most exciting live band I’ve seen in 2006 and if you haven’t seen them yet you won’t be disappointed. Gypsy punk, Eastern European ska, New York bombastic breaks, weird haircuts and sexy ladies with washboards strapped to their backs!”
Check out the website at www.bestival.net for more info.