Tuesday 25 August 2009, 15:17 | By

NMPA sue lyric sites

Legal

Ah, litigation against lyric publishing websites, we’ve not had any of this for a while. The US National Music Publishers Association is suing two web firms – Motive Force and LiveUniverse – over allegations both run websites that make lyrics available without paying any royalties to the people who own them, ie the music publishers.

NMPA president David Israelite told reporters: “These sites are profiting on the backs of songwriters. It is unfortunate that copyright holders must so frequently divert energies to protect their rights to license and distribute their works. However, the demand for music prompts a seemingly endless stream of illegal business models”.

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Tuesday 25 August 2009, 15:16 | By

Slipknot drummer hospitalised

Artist News

Slipknot were forced to cancel their headline appearance at the Pain in The Grass festival in Seattle on Saturday night after drummer Joey Jordison was hospitalised.

Exact details of what was wrong with him have not been released, but a statement on the band’s website read: “Tonight’s show in Seattle was cancelled as Joey Jordison was taken to the hospital for health reasons. No further shows will be cancelled”.

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Tuesday 25 August 2009, 15:15 | By

Razorlight roadie falls out of speeding bus

Artist News

Razorlight nearly missed their set at V Festival at the weekend when one of their roadies fell out of their tour bus, while travelling on a motorway.

Frontman Johnny Borrell told Absolute Radio: “I didn’t personally have a drama but in Razorlight, well we did have a big drama, because one of our roadies got dead pissed. He was on the bus, and he sort of fell out the door of the bus when it was moving along at 70 miles an hour. I think maybe when he got on the bus, it wasn’t moving and he was already pissed, and sort of thought, all right I’ll get up and go and take a piss around the corner or something”.

Amazingly, the man escaped serious injury but was taken to hospital, where he is said to be recovering.

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Tuesday 25 August 2009, 15:14 | By

Pennywise frontman quits

Artist News

Frontman of much-loved US punkers Pennywise, Jim Lindberg, has announced that he has left the band after 21 years. He is now working on a documentary based on his book, ‘Punk Rock Dad: No Rules, Just Real Life’, as well as a solo album. The band plan to continue without him.

Lindberg said: “After 20 years, nine albums and thousands of shows around the world, my time in Pennywise has come to an end. Being the singer for this band has been an amazing experience, and along the way we made some of the best fans anyone could ask for. There are few things that made me more proud than seeing people at our shows singing our songs, and it’s your support and encouragement that’s kept me going this long. I would sincerely like to thank everyone who helped us along the way and wish everyone in the Pennywise family the best of luck and continued success”.

The remaining members of the band issued a statement via their MySpace page saying: “Pennywise has long stood behind the motto that you should always follow your heart and pursue what makes you happy, and we wish Jim the best of luck in his new ventures, whatever they may be. Pennywise has become a way of life for a lot of people, and has definitely become a way of life for us. As the three remaining members of Pennywise, we feel that we are not done delivering our message to our fans”.

They continue: “The band has always been about moving forward in life no matter what obstacles stand in front of you. We will begin our search for a new singer immediately. We will continue to tour the world and we are looking forward to writing new music. We’ve had a lot of good times and survived the hard times thanks to the undying support of our fans. We’re looking forward to what the future may bring”.

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Tuesday 25 August 2009, 15:13 | By

Roadrunner sign Kiss

Business News Deals Labels & Publishers

Kiss have signed to Roadrunner Records’ Loud & Proud subsidiary for the UK & Europe release of their new album, ‘Sonic Boom’ – which features their first new material for eleven years and the first studio album with guitarist Tommy Thayer. They join Tommy Lee’s band Methods Of Mayhem, who were also recently tempted back into the studio by Loud & Proud.

Speaking about the new album, Gene Simmons told CMU: “‘Sonic Boom’ may be the best new record we’ve done since ‘Destroyer’. It is ‘Rock And Roll Over’ meets ‘Love Gun'”.

Paul Stanley added: “‘Sonic Boom’ is the perfect title for what we’re creating – it’s earthshaking and deafening!”

The album will be available as a single disc and also as a three-disc set, featuring new recordings of some of the band’s greatest hits, and a live DVD of a gig in Argentina from the band’s recent South American tour.

The album will be released on 5 Oct.

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Tuesday 25 August 2009, 15:12 | By

Keane ask Gallagher to produce next album

Artist News

Keane frontman Tom Chaplin has said he would like Noel Gallagher to produce the band’s next album. That’s the same Noel Gallagher who once said: “No matter what direction Keane take, they’ll still be shit”.

Chaplin told The Daily Star: “I often wonder if Noel is almost resisting the truth that Keane and Oasis are alike in a lot of respects. I think we share a lot of fans. We are both bands of the people. People love coming to a Keane show and an Oasis show because there’s a directness to the songs and people come together in a very communal way. It would be great for Noel to produce us – I offer the olive branch. We’re huge fans. Whenever I go abroad people ask me what is so great about British music – and it’s that there’s room for everybody”.

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Tuesday 25 August 2009, 15:10 | By

Cuomo discusses new Weezer album

Releases

When Weezer announced that their new album would be called ‘Raditude’, the internet became alight with literally some people asking why. Now frontman Rivers Cuomo has explained the album was given that name because he let someone from the US version of ‘The Office’ come up with it.

Cuomo revealed that actor Rainn Wilson was responsible for the title, telling Spin: “He has a super-rock persona. When it came time to find a title for the Weezer album, I asked him what he thought the ultimate album title would be, and he said ‘Raditude'”.

Two songs from the album have so far appeared online, ‘I’m Your Daddy’ and ‘The Girl Got Hot’. They’ve received a somewhat lukewarm reception. Cuomo described the album, and those two tracks, thus: “The sound of ‘Raditude’ is fun, high energy pop rock. ‘I’m Your Daddy’ has an up vibe with the same heavy Weezer guitar riff but with a little electro influence. And ‘The Girl Got Hot’ – that’s kind of a witty party jam”.

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Tuesday 25 August 2009, 15:09 | By

Seasick Steve announces new album

Releases

Seasick Steve has announced that he will release his new album, ‘Man From Another Time’, on 19 Oct via Atlantic.

The album was recorded entirely on analogue equipment and a variety of instruments, including guitars made by Steve himself (I’m using the term guitar loosely, one of them is a plank of wood with a string nailed to it). Everything was played by Steve himself, aside from the drums, which were handled by Dan Magnusson.

Says Steve: “I hope by making records like this, that it’ll make people want to hear music that’s recorded without the use of digital equipment, and that people’s ears can get a little rest from all that shit. But if not, at least it was nice for me. Me and computers do not see eye to eye”.

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Tuesday 25 August 2009, 15:08 | By

Major Lazer to make London live debut

Gigs & Festivals

Major Lazer will play his first headline London show at the Hoxton Bar & Kitchen on 8 Sep, which will be interesting, given that he’s a fictional 80s cartoon character. The men behind the project, Switch and Diplo, will be on hand to make sure everything runs smoothly though.

New single, ‘Keep Going Louder’, will be released on 7 Sep.

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Tuesday 25 August 2009, 15:07 | By

Friendly Fires announce HMV appearance

Gigs & Festivals

Friendly Fires will perform live and sign stuff in HMV’s Oxford Street store on 2 Sep at 6pm. They will be promoting the deluxe edition of their eponymous debut album, which is released next Monday.

Anyone wanting to get in will need to get down to the store from 9am the day of the appearance to get a wristband. And it’ll be one wristband per customer, in order to ensure that the queue is unnecessarily large.

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Tuesday 25 August 2009, 15:06 | By

Ian Brown tour dates

Gigs & Festivals

Ian Brown will be touring the UK in November and December to promote his latest solo album, ”My Way’, which is released on 28 Sep via Fiction. Tickets go on sale at 9.30am on Thursday.

Tour dates:

29 Nov: Leicester, De Montfort Hall
30 Nov: Southend, Cliffs Pavilion
1 Dec: Ipswich, Regent
3 Dec: Bournemouth, O2 Academy
4 Dec: London, Brixton Academy
5 Dec: London, Brixton Academy
7 Dec: Cambridge, Corn Exchange
8 Dec: Sheffield, O2 Academy
10 Dec: Leeds, O2 Academy
11 Dec: Leeds, O2 Academy
12 Dec: Liverpool, University
14 Dec: Newcastle, City Hall
15 Dec: Edinburgh, Picture House
16 Dec: Glasgow, O2 Academy
18 Dec: Birmingham, O2 Academy
19 Dec: Manchester, MEN Arena

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Tuesday 25 August 2009, 15:04 | By

Lamacq presents final Radio 1 show

Media

Steve Lamacq presented his final show on BBC Radio 1 last night, after sixteen years with the station. In the last edition of ‘In New Music We Trust’, he told listeners to “keep the faith” before playing ‘Keep The Faith’ by The Neutronics.

Before playing the song, he said: “When I was finally given the push by Radio 1, I was planning to finish my last ever programme with a particular song by this band – I didn’t forget”, adding that his time with the station had been “a wonderful opportunity to try and subvert pop music from within”.

Lamacq will continue to present shows on Radio 2 and 6Music.

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Tuesday 25 August 2009, 15:03 | By

NME to publish Beatles special

Media

That there NME has announced it will release a special Beatles edition to coincide with the release of re-mastered versions of the Beatles albums, which in turn coincides with the much hyped launch of the Beatles ‘Rock Star’ game.

The special issue of the music mag will come with thirteen different covers, one for each of the 12 albums being re-released, and one celebrating the ‘Magical Mystery Tour’ album (the latter limited to just 1000 copies). Inside all albums will be reappraised, plus there’ll be an exclusive interview with Paul McCartney. If NME bosses are interested in licensing CMU’s ‘Ringo Says Fuck Off’ column to fill the special edition out, we’re open to discussion.

The special NME, and the re-mastered albums, and the Rock Star game, are all out on 9 Sep, and will be backed up by special programmes on NME Radio. Confirming the plans, NME publishing director Paul Cheal told CMU: “This is a unique celebration of the world’s favourite band by the world’s longest-running weekly music magazine – the cover artwork featured on the 13 special issues of NME is quite simply stunning”.

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Tuesday 25 August 2009, 15:02 | By

Total Rock World Album Chart – w/c 24 Aug 2009

Artist News

It’s this week’s Total Rock World Album Chart, as counted down on Total Rock last weekend – www.totalrock.com. New entries and re-entries marked with a *.

1. Green Day – 21st Century Breakdown (Warner Bros.)
2. Daughtry – Leave This Town (Sony/RCA)
3. Nickelback – Dark Horse (Warner/Roadrunner)
4. Billy Talent – III (Warner/Atlantic)
5. Killswitch Engage – Killswitch Engage (Warner/Roadrunner)
6. Chickenfoot – Chickenfoot (Edel)
7. Shinedown – The Sound Of Madness (Warner/Atlantic)
8. Dream Theater – Black Clouds & Silver Linings (Warner/Roadrunner)
9. Theory Of A Deadman – Scars & Souvenirs (Warner/Roadrunner)
10. AC/DC – Black Ice (Sony Music)
11. Creedence Clearwater Revival – Best Of (Fantasy)*
12. Rise Against – Appeal To Reason (Universal/Geffen)
13. Bruce Springsteen – Greatest Hits (Sony Music)
14. Devildriver – Pray For Villains (Warner/Roadrunner)
15. Alexisonfire – Old Crows/Young Cardinals (Warner/Roadrunner)
16. The Mars Volta – Octahedron (Universal)
17. Guns N Roses – Greatest Hits (Universal/Geffen)
18. Metallica – Death Magnetic (Universal/Mercury)*
17. August Burns Red – Constellations (Hassle)
19. Incubus – Monuments & Melodies (Sony Music)
20. Kid Rock – Rock – N Roll Jesus (Warner/Atlantic)

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Tuesday 25 August 2009, 15:01 | By

Get told where to go by Bob Dylan

And Finally

Bob Dylan could soon become the latest celebrity to record one of those voices on sat nav systems that you switch on for a maximum of five minutes before the repetition gets too annoying.

Speaking on his BBC 6Music show on Sunday evening, Dylan said: “I am talking to a couple of car companies about being the voice of their GPS system. I think it would be good if you are looking for directions and hear my voice saying something like: left at the next street, no a right – you know what? Just go straight. I probably shouldn’t do it because which ever way I go I always end up at one place Lonely Avenue”.

See, it’s already annoying and he hasn’t done it yet.

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Tuesday 25 August 2009, 15:00 | By

Bellamy panic buys for world’s end

And Finally

Muse frontman Matt Bellamy has told Q that while researching conspiracy theories for lyrics on the band’s new album, ‘The Resistance’, he started taking them all a bit too seriously, rushing out to buy 50 tins of beans and an axe.

He said: “I read somewhere a seven-day blockade and the UK would run out of oil. Another seven days and we’d run out of food. That’s why I bought the beans. The axe would chop firewood”.

He continued: “I’ve been through periods where I’ve felt quite paranoid. But I also believe in the power of people to change things. There is a romance to fighting back against malevolent interests. The last album was dark and angry. This one is all about resisting the corporate-ocracy”.

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Tuesday 25 August 2009, 11:00 | By

Q&A: Dakota

Artist Interviews

Likened to Keane, The Feeling and Scouting For Girls, Leamington Spa four-piece Dakota have their eyes firmly sighted on mainstream audiences. They’ve even pre-empted their critics by referring to themselves as ‘ponce rock’, but list their influences as Foo Fighters and The Doors, suggesting their might be a bit more of an edge on them than those previously mentioned contemporaries. They released their debut single, ‘Wild Child’, last month, and return later this year with their debut album, ‘Here, There And Everywhere’. You can catch them live at the Water Rats in London tomorrow. We caught up with frontman Ben Talbot to find out more.

Q1 How did you start out making music?
My grandmother was very musical and I grew up listening to her playing music. She taught me to play the piano at three years old.

Q2 What inspired your latest album?
Unfortunately I got my heart broken by an ex-girlfriend. I find that I write from experiences I am going through at the time, and at that time I was broken hearted.

Q3 What process do you go through in creating a track?
As I said, I get ideas from experiences for lyrics. The music and melodies can come to me at any time anywhere, sometimes at the most strange of places. I just play with ideas and see what turns up.

Q4 Which artists influence your work?
Having grown up in a musical household, I listened to many kinds of music but I would say the bands that have influenced my work the most are Blur, Pulp and The Smiths. I have actually done a cover of one of my favourite Blur songs, ‘To The End’.

Q5 What would you say to someone experiencing your music for the same time?
Hopefully sit back, relax and enjoy. The album is very personal to me as all the songs have a very personal story behind them. I would like to think the album is a snapshot of my life at that time.

Q6 What are your ambitions for you latest album, and for the future?
I would like my music to be heard and enjoyed by as many people as possible. It would be great to get success with this album that would enable us to go on and release further albums as I have much more to come! It would also be great to go out and do a bit more touring as I feel as a musician, playing live is what it is all about.

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Monday 24 August 2009, 16:57 | By

Album Review: Sally Shapiro – My Guilty Pleasure (Permanent Vacation)

Album Reviews

Sally Shapiro

Swedish chanteuse Sally Shapiro helped kick-start the renaissance of Italo Disco in 2007 with her critically lauded debut album ‘Disco Romance’, which has since been continued by the acts on the Italians Do It Better label, though Shapiro has much more in common with her fellow Scandinavian practitioners of the genre than that lot. Notoriously shy and reclusive (she never performs live), she’s an unlikely pop star but, compared with her debut, ‘My Guilty Pleasure’ has been released with vastly more publicity; such has been the attention from influential music websites such as Pitchfork. Those familiar with ‘Disco Romance’ will recognise the signature Sally Shapiro sound; feather-light vocals reciting tales of love and longing, backed by Johan Agebjorn’s brooding, melancholic synthesisers. Nothing much has changed for her second album; the template remains intact, but why change a successful formula? The first single, ‘Love In July’ begins with barely-there, mournful piano, before building into something almost from another planet entirely. ‘He Keeps Me Alive’, a track that’s been kicking around for some times and features extensive use of vocoder and ‘Looking At The Stars’, more epic in length than Sally’s usual three minute pop nuggets, are amongst other highlights of a very consistent album, as we’ve come to expect. There’s no reinventing of the wheel, no major attempts to try anything different just yet, but that might come in time. 2009 has already been the year of the meeting of synthesisers and female vocals. There’s not a world of difference musically between Sally Shapiro and Little Boots, say, but the latter can’t hold a candle to Shapiro. KW

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Monday 24 August 2009, 16:51 | By

Album Review: Imogen Heap – Ellipse (Megaphonic Records)

Album Reviews

Imogen Heap

It’s been almost four whole years since Imogen Heap’s second solo record, ‘Speak For Yourself’, was released to the world. A world that had already long fallen in love with Heap’s haunting voice and fairy-pop-dance sound. ‘Ellipse’ delivers more of the same from Heap, which would never, ever be a bad thing. Every song is delivered on a musical platter that genuinely makes you feel like you’re dreaming. ‘Little Bird’, for example, just sounds like a stroll through some kind of fairy tale land. Where the album sounds best is when Heap let’s her imagination run wild on the lyrics (see the enchantment of ‘Tidal’). But the album takes a definite dip in quality when Heap sings about normal, every day things such as the monotone of everyday life (‘Swoon’) or the insecurities of a thirty-something (‘Bad Body Double’). Her sound certainly works best when she decides to escape normality and take a fantastical approach to her lyrics. These more grounded topics end up sounding contrived when mixed with her silky voice and subtle beats. I think this is because I just like to imagine that Heap exists on some ethereal plane where us mortals are not able to tread. When actually, she was born in Essex. Heap’s previous album has been constantly used by producers of US teen drama series’ as a way of instantly creating atmosphere and mood. The reason for this is that she manages to layer her tracks with intense emotions that the writers of hit shows like ‘Six Feet Under’, ‘The OC’ and ‘Heroes’ could only ever dream of conveying. Expect to hear plenty of singles from ‘Ellipse’ on your screens soon. GM

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Monday 24 August 2009, 13:50 | By

Oasis forced to pull out of second V headline

Top Stories

So the people of Essex didn’t get to enjoy a headline set from Oasis last night, which you can read as good or bad news, depending on your opinion of Oasis, and your vicinity to Essex. You might think the V Festival crowd deserve everything they get – but I couldn’t possibly comment.

But yes, the Gallaghers were forced to pull out of the Chelmsford leg of the V Festival yesterday because Liam had come down with viral laryngitis. Noel was possibly a bit under the weather too – after playing the Staffordshire bit of the festival on Saturday night he blogged: “Didn’t enjoy it one bit. Don’t feel too clever. Outrageous stomach ache. Feel like I’m coming down with summat. Might have to get the doctor out in the morning. Hope it came out of the speakers OK. Gutted. Oh well, there’s always tomorrow”. Or not as the case turned out.

An official statement from the band read: “After a year of being on the road this is the first performance to be lost to a band member’s illness, so naturally we are all gutted”.

Various V-goers lined up to tell the BBC that they were majorly disappointed that the headliners were not playing, and when Snow Patrol – who were parachuted into the headline slot in Oasis’ place – mentioned the Gallaghers there was a bit of booing in the crowd. Though Gary Lightbody et al did do a couple of Oasis covers, so I’m sure that made up for it.

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Monday 24 August 2009, 13:48 | By

Jackson burial delayed

Jacksons v AEG Timeline Top Stories

Hey, he’s only been dead two months, what’s the rush? Michael Jackson will no longer be buried on his 51st birthday, as had been planned. The date has now been pushed back five days to 3 Sep.

A spokesman for Jackson’s family, Ken Sunshine, informed reporters of the date change on Friday but offered no reason for the delay.

In further Jacko burial news, it is expected that the star will be laid to rest at the Great Mausoleum in the Forest Lawn Cemetery in LA. The heavily secured mausoleum features a stained glass representation of Michelangelo’s Last Supper for all the dead people inside to enjoy. Those dead people number many late Hollywood stars, including Walt Disney, Humphrey Bogart and Clark Gable.

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Monday 24 August 2009, 13:47 | By

LeAnn Rimes accused of hit and run

Legal

LeAnn Rimes failed to stop after being involved in a car accident last week, according to reports. Police officers in LA apparently visited the singer at her home on Thursday night to question her about a crash earlier in the evening.

A spokesperson for the singer confirmed that she was under investigation by the police but played down her involvement, saying: “It was a routine police investigation into this incident, and a police report was filed. We are confident that this matter will be resolved shortly and LeAnn will be cleared”.

A police spokesperson added that no one had been injured in the accident and no charged had yet been brought, telling People: “[Rimes] was questioned and released. It’s an ongoing investigation”.

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Monday 24 August 2009, 13:46 | By

N-Dubz Tula might have swine flu again

Artist News

N-Dubz’ Tulisa ‘Tula’ Contostavlos might have swine flu for a second time, which seems unfortunate. As you may remember, Tula was suspected to be suffering from the condition back in May. Now she’s ill again – and had to cancel two performances this weekend, one at V and one at the Edinburgh Fringe – and it’s thought it might be the piggy virus once more. Tula’s bandmates went ahead with their gigs this weekend while she stocked up on Tamiflu.

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Monday 24 August 2009, 13:45 | By

Universal Japan sign top producer to management deal

Business News Deals Management & Funding

One of Japan’s hottest producers and songwriters (apparently), Jeff Miyahara, has signed to UM360Inc, the artist management company owned by Universal Music Japan.

Miyahara has been behind a number of chart-topping tracks in Japan, none of which you’ll have heard of, so I won’t bother you with their names.

Confirming the deal, UM360Inc boss Atsushi Suzuki said this: “We are thrilled to be working with Jeff Miyahara. UM360 Inc. is committed to developing the careers of the world’s most exciting artists, and we are looking forward to a long and productive relationship with this unique and exciting talent”.

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Monday 24 August 2009, 13:43 | By

Dillinger Escape Plan back in the studio today

Artist News

Hardcore geniuses The Dillinger Escape Plan are due to go into the studio today to begin recording their fourth album, ‘Option Paralysis’, with producer Steve Evetts.

Guitarist Ben Weinman recently told Rock Sound: “Lately I have been realising the purpose of why I started Dillinger all those years ago. It was to make people truly uncomfortable and to make them not feel accepting of what is happening in their surroundings. When I was growing up, I discovered metal and it interested me, I liked that it was dark and talked about the fact that the world is not all puppy dogs and ice cream cones. But then it just got ridiculous, humorous. I look at black metal bands and they are supposed to be so evil. But it’s not real. It’s about fiction. About goblins and the gates of hell; pretty much a bad horror movie”.

He continued:”The music we are writing is influenced by the feelings I get when I hear and see the real evils of this world. Horrible things that make me really question if there is a God or not. This shit is not comfortable, the world is not comfortable, babies are getting raped in your town for God’s sake. Young girls are being sold as sex slaves, but most people sitting at their computers downloading music don’t want to know. They want to sit on a message board or play fantasy football while their mommy makes them a sandwich”.

The album will be released in early 2010 by Season Of Mist, in collaboration with the band’s own label, Party Smasher Inc.

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Monday 24 August 2009, 13:42 | By

Cancer Bats begin work on new album

Artist News

Canadian hardcore types Cancer Bats have begun work on their new album, the follow-up to last year’s ‘Hail Destroyer’.

Frontman Liam Cormier told Kerrang!: “The writing is so rad. It’s all we have been thinking about. We were worried that it was going to be harder than this, but we’ve been creating really heavy riffs. [It’s going to be a] brutal sludge masterpiece”.

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Monday 24 August 2009, 13:41 | By

Universal to re-release Sinatra

Releases

Universal Music have signed a deal with Warner Music and Frank Sinatra’s family to acquire the rights to all the singer’s recordings for his own Reprise label. In total this gives them the right to re-release 38 Frank Sinatra albums, as well some previously unreleased live recordings and 14 DVDs.

Amongst the new releases currently planned is a 40th anniversary re-issue of the single, ‘My Way’.

Lucian Grainge, top dog at Universal Music Group International, said: “There’s simply no one like Frank Sinatra. His music is one of the reasons I got into this business. Now we plan to bring it alive for a whole new generation of fans”.

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Monday 24 August 2009, 13:40 | By

Janet Jackson writing memoir

Artist News

According to In Touch Weekly, Janet Jackson is writing a tell-all book, which will be released next year. Part of the book apparently covers her relationship with her family and how they all dealt with her brother Michael’s death, while the rest is about her self-esteem and weight problems.

A ‘friend’ said: “A lot of it will focus on her battle with self-esteem and weight. She’s a huge success. But that’s not always what she has seen when she looks in the mirror, so the book will talk about how she has coped, and about her family relationships. She wants to help other young women out there”.

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Monday 24 August 2009, 13:39 | By

Noisettes offer support slots to unsigned bands

Gigs & Festivals

Noisettes are offering unsigned bands the chance to support them on their upcoming UK tour. The band will select one band per night to join them on each of the gigs. The only condition is that the bands must have no more than three members, so it might be time to think about sacking that redundant second guitarist.

For more details, check out the band’s MySpace page at www.myspace.com/noisettesuk

The tour kicks off in Glasgow on 11 Oct and ends up with two nights at the Shepherds Bush Empire on 26-27 Oct.

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Monday 24 August 2009, 13:38 | By

PIAS to distribute Sub Pop in the UK

Business News Deals Labels & Publishers

PIAS UK has signed a new deal with Sub Pop to distribute all the legendary US indie label’s new releases in the UK and Ireland, as well as handling its back catalogue.

The UK company will begin representing Sub Pop on 15 Sep, and will start by distributing upcoming albums and EPs from No Age, Grand Archives and Eugene Mirman, as well as recent releases from Pissed Jeans and Blitzen Trapper. In October it will release the latest in Sub Pop’s re-issues series, with two classic Sunny Day Real Estate albums, new vinyl versions of the three classic Mudhoney albums, ‘Superfuzz Bigmuff’, ‘Mudhoney’ and ‘Every Good Boy Deserves Fudge’, and, most importantly, the 20th anniversary release of Nirvana’s debut album, ‘Bleach’.

Peter Thompson, Managing Director of [PIAS] UK told CMU: “Sub Pop is a label that requires no introductions. From being at the forefront of cutting-edge music for over twenty years and with a roster of artists that is the envy of many labels across the globe, it is an honour to be working with them on their releases in the UK and Ireland”.

Jonathan Poneman, co-founder of Sub Pop Records added: “Sub Pop is thrilled to be in business with PIAS UK. As the music industry continues to re-invent itself, we feel privileged to have this opportunity to meet the attendant challenges head on, with a resourceful and imaginative partner”.

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