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London’s Wall Street Riots is to release its debut EP ‘Playground Politics’ on May 18th, and will hold its launch party at Camden Barfly on May 24th.

Wall Street Riots is a very fun band, and if you’d like to take a listen to the music then you can do so right now over at the band’s official MySpace page where teaser versions of some of their tracks are currently available for streaming.

With summer fast approaching you’ll therefore be requiring a soundtrack for your summer, and with Wall Street Riots you might just find that. The band’s music is packed full of energy, and from the evidence of the teaser tracks that the MySpace page has to offer; ‘Playground Politics’ certainly won’t disappoint.

The following is the complete ‘Playground Politics’ tracklisting:

1. Dr.King
2. Lords of Dogtown
3. Did you know that retro pop is an aphrodisiac?
4. Karma Kids

Northern Irish metal band Therapy? is to release its first single in four years, and it’ll be out on May 18th. ‘Crooked Timber is the name of the single, and the physical release will feature a grand total of four tracks.

The following will be the ‘Crooked Timber’ tracklist:

1. Crooked Timber (Single Edit) (03:30)
2. Don’t Try (04:19)
3. Low Winter Sun (04:20)
4. Crooked Timber (Breathless FX mix) (06:03)

In addition to releasing a new single, the band will also be hitting the road in May, and you’ll be able to catch Therapy? at a number of different venues throughout Europe. The band will be taking in England, Scotland, Ireland, Holland, Germany, and Belgium also. There are only 10 dates to the tour, but the band will be covering a lot of ground nonetheless, showing fantastic dedication to doing what they love; performing their music to the masses.

The following are the Therapy? tour dates that the band presently has planned to play throughout May:

Sunday, May 3rd, 02 Academy 2 - Newcastle, UK

Monday, May 4th, ABC 2 - Glasgow, UK

Tuesday, May 5th, 02 Academy Islington - London, UK

Thursday, May 7th, Ancienne Belgique - Brussels, Belgium

Friday, May 8th, University - Frankfurt, Germany

Sunday, May 10th, Underground - Cologne, Germany

Monday, May 11th, Kato - Berlin, Germany

Tuesday, May 12th, Tivoli - Utrecht, The Netherlands

Thursday, May 14th, Nerve Centre - Derry, UK

Friday, May 15th, The Academy - Dublin, Ireland

Canadian songster Son of Dave is soon to release new single ‘Aint Going to Nike Town’, and is also to tour the UK throughout May. He’ll start out at Brighton’s Audio on April 30th, and will then cruise into May with a number of other dates throughout the country.

It was never intended for ‘Aint Going to Nike Town’ to be released commercially as a single; it has been well received by the press though, and this has therefore sparked the decision for it to be released. It’ll be available as a digital download as of May 11th, and was cited by The New York Times’ Nick Hornby as one of the top 10 tracks of 2008.

As I mentioned before, Son of Dave has a UK tour coming soon, so if you’re a fan interested in seeing him on the road, or would just like to see what all the fuss is about, then the following is the full list of Son of Dave UK tour dates:

April
30th Brighton Audio

May
2nd Liverpool Barfly
5th Plymouth Jazz Festival
6th London 100 Club
7th Glasgow King Tuts
8th Leeds Cockpit
9th Edinburgh The Voodoo Rooms
10th Manchester Night & Day
20th Birmingham The Hare & Hounds
23rd Bristol Dot 2 Dot Festival
24th Nottingham Dot 2 Dot Festival

The Ghost Of A Thousand’s new track ‘Bright Lights’ is available for free download right now, and can be found for a limited time only over at the Official Ghost Of A Thousand website . Two days is all you have to download the track, so if you want to get it free then you’ll have to get in quick.

The band will release its second studio album ‘New Hopes, New Demonstrations’ through Epitaph Records on June 1st, and also has a few live dates coming up which will start later on in April, progressing into May, finishing with the Slam Dunk Festival at Leeds University on May 24th.

Brighton’s finest hardcore band has come a long way since the release of debut album ‘This is Where the Fight Begins’ in 2007, and The Ghost Of A Thousand looks to have a very promising future ahead.

Signed to Epitaph and sure to become a household name in 2009; The Ghost Of A Thousand is a band that is most definitely not to be missed, and if you’re wishing to catch them live on tour then the following are the band’s next planned tour dates:

17th April 2009 - Ocean Rooms, Brighton, UK
18th April 2009 - Groezrock Meerhout, Belgium
6th May 2009 - Academy 1 w/ Gallows and ETID Manchester, UK
8th May 2009 - ABC w/ Gallows and ETID Glasgow, UK
16th May 2009 - Great Escape Festival, Brighton, UK
21st May 2009 - Forum, w/ Gallows & ETID, London, UK
24th May 2009 - Slam Dunk Festival, Leeds University, UK

Alec Empire is back, and he’s to release new mini-album ‘Shivers’ on May 25th. The CD will consist of five tracks, and if you purchase ‘Shivers’ through iTunes then it’ll even come complete with a full live concert as a bonus feature.

Alec Empire will release a new full-length studio album later this year, but this mini-album will bridge the gap between last year’s ‘The Golden Foretaste of Heaven’ and the new album, showcasing just how far Alec Empire has come of late.

The track ‘If You Live or Die’ features Big Pink’s Robbie Furze on guitars, and from the ‘Shivers’ mini-album as a whole you can expect Alec Empire to continue in his ‘new sound of Berlin’ direction.

The following is the full ‘Shivers’ track listing:

1) Control Drug
2) Shivers
3) Baby Skull
4) If You Live Or Die
5) 1000 Eyes (Film Version)