Arguably the worst indie band in the UK, Embrace have been handed the opportunity to bore football fans this summer to prepare the official England World Cup song. The Leeds based bores were apparently quoted by the FA as “a top guitar band” and handed the deadly task in question where only New Order have retained credibility in the past with “World At Your Feet”.
With their drab vocalist Danny McNamara fronting the track, Crossfire think Embrace will be the hoodoo the England team are hoping to avoid this summer and should have approached Chas’n’Dave for credibility.. The tournament, which kicks off in Germany on 9 June should be a belter and rumours are surfacing that games will be shown on a large Snickers screen at the Download Festival this year.
If you would like a World Cup planner to insert into your outlook diary with every game listed, then click here and ask for a copy to be sent back to you.
Everybody is searching for Animal Chin in their own way, and if wasn’t for local scene videos, most of us would have given up the hunt years ago.
The guys over at Globe have decided to launch a site dedicated to their Euro team consisting of Jan Kliewer, Eero Anttila, Kilian Heuberger, Gabriel Engelke, Matthieu Hilaire and Chami Laprebendere.
Former Smiths frontman Morrissey has refused to tour Canada as a protest to their seal culling exploits. He wrote on his website:
Ex-Beta Band front man Steve Mason is back with his new King Biscuit Time project, with the release of new single Kwangchow, which will be coming out on April 24th. Kwangchow will be put out on Mason’s own No Style label [with Alan McGee]
Jack White, who is currently wowing crowds with his new band The Raconteurs, has told fans that he is not about to leave The White Stripes, and already has new songs waiting to be recorded for a follow up to Get Behind Me Satan.
A diary that belonged to Beatle John Lennon is to be auctioned off at Madame Tussauds along with a letter from John, George and Ringo to Paul and an engraved bracelet.
American pioneers Sonic Youth have revealed the tracklisting for their upcoming album, entitled Rather Ripped, which is due to be released on June 12th. Some of the tracks had vocal overdubs done at the house of J Mascis, to give it that extra bite of excitement.
Its one of the coldest nights in London, yet the queue still snakes around the entrance at Kings College. Touts were of course milking the Sold Out gig.
The explosion of sound had people crowd surfing, and singing along to all their songs. As the gig wore on, their sound became tighter. Their tracks: You Fucking Love It, Bloodthirsty Bastards, Death on the Stairs and I Get Along were just as good as The Libertines, as when Pete fronted for them. You can hear the Ska influence echo through the prominent tinge of Paul Weller. The raw urgency expelled in the vocals, keep the songs alive like only The Libertines could have. You can hear and see the close bond between the band, and it gives you a sense they are here to stay. 
Few in attendance this evening appear to have even the slightest clue as to who California quartet Bullets and Octane actually are. After half an hour of their punk-laced, instantly forgettable hard rock hybrid; fewer still actually care.