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Monthly Archives: May 2008
Everyone’s favourite hippie-fest Latitude Festival has announced more acts including Nada Surf - read more for the full list of additions. The festival takes place between 17-20 July in Henham Park, Suffolk.
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Cancer Bats, Holy Fuck and Fucked Up are playing a new stage at Scottish festival T in the Park.
Source: Punktastic
The video to Weezer’s Pork and Beans can be seen on YouTube. The song is the first single from their self-titled forthcoming album known as The Red Album to be released on 16 June in the UK after a digital release on the 9th.
A few new bands have been revealed for this years Reading and Leeds Festival. Plain White Ts and Mindless Self Indulgence join the Main Stage on Reading’s Sunday and Leed’s Friday, while Jeffrey Lewis and former Black Flag frontman Henry Rollins will be on the alternative stage. Pete and the Pirates will be on the Radio 1/NME stage, and Tiger Army, The Briggs and Blackhole have been added to the lockup stage. The twin festivals take place on 22-24 August - tickets have already long sold out.
The Wax:On Live has been cancelled, citing the “credit crunch” as the cause. The festival was due to take place on 31 May. Ticket holders are advised to contact the place of purchase for a refund.
Source: NME.com
More details of Brazilian band Cansei de Ser Sexy’s second album Donkey have been revealed.
A free download of the song Rat Is Dead (Rage) can be found on their site. The album, released on 21 July, is the follow-up to 2006’s CSS. The band are headlining the Park Stage at this years Glastonbury Festival, as well as playing Reading and Leeds.
The album artwork can be viewed when you read more.
Hip-hop group Jurassic 5 have split up. The reasoning can be found on their MySpace.
Source: AbsolutePunk.net
The world’s biggest bar band The Hold Steady have revealed the song Sequestered in Memphis on their MySpace. The song is taken from their forthcoming new album Stay Positive released in 14 July in the UK on independent label Rough Trade. The album is the follow-up to their critically acclaimed 2006 album Boys and Girls in America.
Source: Punknews.org
Pop-punk band Hit The Lights have revealed information about their 2nd album Skip School, Start Fights. The album will be released on 8 July and the album is the follow-up to 2006’s This Is a Stick Up… Don’t Make It a Murder. The album will be the first album since guitarist Nick Thompson took on vocal duties. The album art can be viewed at AbsolutePunk.net.
Experimental rock band The Mars Volta have announced a second date at London’s Roundhouse. The band are now playing the Roundhouse on 16-17 June, then Latitude on 19 June. Tickets are on sale now for both dates with a face value of £20.
Former Beach Boy Brian Wilson will release his first album in four years in September. The album That Lucky Old Sun is a concept album about his childhood. The album will be his first original material since 2004’s Gettin’ in Over My Head.
Source: NME.com
Minus the Bear will be reissuing their 2004 EP They Make Beer Commercials Like This with Houston, We Have Uh-Oh has a bonus track. It will also be released on vinyl for the first time.
Source: Drowned In Sound
Wire will be releasing their new album entitled Object 47 on Pinkflag records on 7 July. The band will be headlining Offset Festival in London this summer.
Source: Drowned In Sound
Oasis told Russell Brand on Radio 2 that their new album is due in September and is currently untitled.
Source: NME.com
You can view the video to pop-punk band New Found Glory’s new single Dig My Own Grave at PopEater. The song is taken from their EP Tip of the Iceberg released on independent punk label Bridge 9 Records last month.
Post-rock band Pelican have revealed the video to single Dead Between the Walls on MTV’s Headbanger’s Blog. The song comes from Pelican’s third album City of Echoes which was released last year on independent label Hydra Head Records.
Source: Stereogum
The video for Violet Hill, the first song from Coldplay’s 4th album Viva la Vida or Death and All His Friends can be seen on YouTube or DailyMotion.
Source: Stereogum
US Ska band The Aggrolites are doing a UK tour in November. Dates are:
4 November - Cockpit, Leeds
5 November - Rescue Rooms, Nottingham
6 November - Academy, Manchester
7 November - Academy, Oxford
8 November - Islington Academy, London
9 November - Concorde 2, Brighton
11 November - Academy, Birmingham
12 November - Academy, Newcastle
Source: Punktastic
Indie-rock band The Wedding Present are releasing their eighth studio album El Ray on 26 May on Pinnacle Entertainment records. Read more for the tracklisting.
- Santa Ana Winds
- Spider-man on Hollywood
- I Lost the Monkey
- Soup
- Palisades
- The Trouble With Men
- Model, Actress, Whatever…
- Don’t Take Me Home Until I’m Drunk
- The Thing I Like Best About Him Is His Girlfriend
- Boo Boo
- Swingers
