Mar
31
2009
Welsh rock band Funeral For A Friend has been confirmed for the Reading/Leeds 2009 main stage. The band will play Reading on Friday August 28th, and Leeds on Sunday August 30th.
Kings of Leon, Kaiser Chiefs, Placebo, Fall Out Boy, and Deftones are the other bands to have been confirmed so far, and although there are a lot of bands still to be announced; already the line-up is beginning to take form, and it looks as though it’s going to be another brilliant festival.
Funeral For A Friend is currently finishing up a sold out tour of the UK, and yesterday released ‘Rules & Games’, the fourth single from the band’s 2008 album ‘Memory & Humanity’.
Mar
30
2009
Dub Pistols will be releasing a new single on May 11th in the form of ‘Back To Daylight’. The 7” vinyl will include ‘Six Months’ featuring Gregory Isaacs & Rodney P, and the digital edition will feature an exclusive Justin Robertson mix.
‘Back To Daylight’ is all set to be the first released single from the forthcoming Dub Pistols album ‘Rum & Coke’, an album which is due for release on May 25th. The album will be released through Sunday Best Recordings, and is the follow-up to ‘Speakers & Tweeters’ which was released in 2007 (also through Sunday Best).
The band will be playing Brixton Academy with The Specials on May 6th/7th, and the two shows are sure to be incredibly chilled out. Make your way along to Brixton for a night of ska and dub to remember.
Mar
28
2009
Sonic Boom Six will be heading out on tour at the end of April, and will be playing a show almost every night right up until the very end of May.
Starting out in Brighton, the band will ultimately finish the tour in London, and if you’ve ever attended a Sonic Boom Six show in the past then you’ll be well aware that there’s plenty of energy and passion to be expected.
With every passing release the band just seems to keep getting better, and Sonic Boom Six has certainly come a long way since the release of ‘The Turbo EP’ through Moon Ska Records way back in 2003. I was thoroughly impressed when I heard 2007s ‘Arcade Perfect’ album, and I now can’t wait to hear ‘City of Thieves’.
‘City of Thieves’ will be released through Rebel Alliance Recordings on April 20th, and the cover art has been put together by Gallows’ Dan Mumford. The album features guest appearances from Random Hand’s Robin Leitch and former King Prawn frontman Al Rumjen (now of Asian Dub Foundation) amongst others, and it’s sure to be a very impressive mash-up of genres.
The music of Sonic Boom Six is certainly never predictable, always it’s excellent, and never does the band fail to impress with its refreshingly unique and raw style of sound.
The following are the tour dates that the band presently has planned for April/May:
APRIL
30th BRIGHTON THE ENGINE ROOMS
MAY
01st LONDON THE SCALA (CLUB NIGHT LATE SHOW)
02nd LONDON UNDERWORLD
03rd BRISTOL CROFT
04th EXETER THE CAVERN
05th CARDIFF BARFLY
06th YEOVIL ORANGE BOX
07th READING FACE BAR
08th ALTON COMMUNITY CENTRE
09th MANCHESTER
10th YORK FIBBERS
11th DARLINGTON FORUM
12th CAMBRIDGE MAN ON THE MOON
14th PLYMOUTH WHITE RABBIT
15th KETTERING SAWYERS
16th BRIDLINGTON SPA MUTINY FEST
17th DUNDEE DOGHOUSE
18th GLASGOW IVORY BLACKS
19th NEWCASTLE TRILLIANS
21st PETERBOROUGH PARK
22nd NARBETH QUEENS HALL
23rd BARROW IN FURNESS CANTEEN
24th LEEDS UNI SLAM DUNK
26th LIVERPOOL BARFLY
27th BIRMINGHAM ASYLUM
28th BLACKPOOL WEST COAST ROCK CAFE
29th NOTTINGHAM MAZE
30th SOUTHAMPTON TALKING HEADS
31st LONDON UNDERWORLD
Mar
27
2009
The Red Chord will be heading out on tour in July, taking in six venues throughout the UK. Starting in Kingston on Independence Day; the band will then head on to Yeovil, Manchester, Sheffield, and London, before ultimately finishing the tour in Bristol on July 9th.
If you’re up for some metalcore action then this is definitely a tour to check out; the tour is being presented by Rock Sound, and I’m sure that the band will always have a lot to offer with the shows that it plays.
The following are the UK tour dates that The Red Chord presently has planned:
SAT 4th JULY - KINGSTON FIGHTING COX
SUN 5th JULY - YEOVIL ORANGE
MON 6th JULY - MANCHESTER MUSICBOX
TUE 7th JULY - SHEFFIELD CORPORATION
WED 8th JULY - LONDON UNDERWORLD
THUR 9th JULY - BRISTOL CROFT
Mar
26
2009
Legendary American rock band The Meat Puppets is to release a new album through Megaforce Records on May 11th. The album’s titled ‘Sewn Together’, and is to be the twelfth full length studio album of The Meat Puppets career.
The band originally formed back in January 1980, and although The Meat Puppets has twice split; the band has now been back together since 2006, complete with original members Curt and Cris Kirkwood, with Ted Marcus on the drums.
The album was recorded at The Saltmine in Phoenix, Arizona in winter 2008, and is to be the second studio album since the band reformed in 2006.
The Meat Puppets has had a profound effect upon music throughout the years, and the band has notably influenced such other artists as Nirvana, Pavement, and even The Stone Temple Pilots. The Meat Puppets is a hugely successful band, and if their back-catalogue is anything to go by then ‘Sewn Together’ certainly shan’t disappoint.
The following is the complete ‘Sewn Together’ track listing:
1. Sewn Together
2. Blanket Of Weeds
3. I’m Not You
4. Sapphire
5. Rotten Shame
6. Go To Your Head
7. Clone
8. Smoke
9. S.K.A.
10. Nursery Rhyme
11. The Monkey And The Snake
12. Love Mountain
Welsh rock band Funeral For A Friend has been confirmed for the Reading/Leeds 2009 main stage. The band will play Reading on Friday August 28th, and Leeds on Sunday August 30th.
