Subculture Magazine Daily. Your breaking new-music news source. Always on the edge. http://www.subculturemagazine.com/ All rights owned by Subculture Magazine http://www.subculturemagazine.com/newsdetails.php?id=2478 Tue, 26 Feb 2008 08:53:18 EST May 5th sees the return of ISOBEL CAMPBELL & MARK LANEGAN with their sublime second album, Sunday at Devil Dirt, on V2/Cooperative Music.  Sunday at Devil Dirt is the follow-up to the critically-acclaimed Ballad of the Broken Seas which received a mercury nomination in 2006. Recorded between studios in the Catskills mountains and Isobel's native Glasgow, Sunday At Devil Dirt is an album of dust-bitten ballads and troubled wanderings, easily the equal of its predecessor. While continuing to mine the same rich seam of alt-country, folk and blues of their debut, the new record also embraces a dusty southern gothic, while a sultry, jazzy feel is evident on a number of tracks. As with their debut, the album has been written, produced and arranged by Isobel Campbell, with Lanegan providing lead vocal duties. Tue, 26 Feb 2008 08:53:18 EST http://www.subculturemagazine.com/newsdetails.php?id=2477 Tue, 26 Feb 2008 03:29:44 EST BE YOUR OWN PET return to the UK after two years away with their second album Get Awkward on March 17th. Recorded in their hometown of Nashville with long-time collaborator Steven McDonald, the album will be preceded by four 7" vinyl singles - two being released on March 3rd ("Super Soaked" / "Food Fight") and the second two on March 10th ("Black Hole" / "The Kelly Affair"). Each vinyl will have a different member of the band on the cover. The band are set to tour at the end of March to coincide with the album - the full dates are: March20th Glasgow, Oran Mor22nd Sheffield, Leadmill24th Newcastle, Other Rooms25th Manchester, Academy 326th Birmingham, Academy 227th Bristol, Thekla29th Stoke, Sugarmill30th Oxford, Academy31st Brighton, AudioApril01st London, Scala Tue, 26 Feb 2008 03:29:44 EST http://www.subculturemagazine.com/newsdetails.php?id=2474 Tue, 05 Feb 2008 22:40:13 EST Due to overwhelming ticket demand NICK CAVE & THE BAD SEEDS have added an extra London date to their UK tour. Tickets to the first London Show sold out in a day of going on sale. Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds release their fourteenth studio album Dig, Lazarus, Dig!!!  through Mute on March rd.  The first single - and the album's title track "Dig, Lazarus, Dig!!!" is out on February 18th and will be available as a limited edition 7", CD and download. The B-side features another new Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds song "Accidents Will Happen". Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds first live show since 2005 will be in NYC headlining The 2008 Plug Awards.   May 03rd Dublin, Castle04th Glasgow, Academy05th Birmingham, Academy07th London, Hammersmith Apollo       Sold Out08th London, Hammersmith Apollo Tue, 05 Feb 2008 22:40:13 EST http://www.subculturemagazine.com/newsdetails.php?id=2473 Tue, 05 Feb 2008 22:35:56 EST Premiered in November 2007 during BARRY ADAMSON's Artist In Residence stint at the Queen Elizabeth Hall in London (London Jazz Festival), Back To The Cat is his 7th studio release. In support of Back To The Cat, Barry Adamson will also undertake his first ever solo tour, taking the slick Barry Adamson Big Band on the road where they will perform tracks from the new album alongside some classic Adamson catalogue. Back To The Cat will be preceded by the single "Spend A Little Time", which will be released digitally worldwide on March 3rd.   March 31st LONDON, Rough Trade East - In-Store plus signing sessionApril01th Ediburgh, Voodoo Rooms02nd Glasgow, Oran Mor04th Manchster, Lowry Theatre05th Nottingham, Rescue Rooms06th Bristol, Thekla09th London, Pigalle Club10th Brighton, Komedia Tue, 05 Feb 2008 22:35:56 EST http://www.subculturemagazine.com/newsdetails.php?id=2476 Mon, 04 Feb 2008 22:52:06 EST Domino are pleased to announce THE KILLS' Red Meat Heart Cinema tour of the UK which kicks off at the end of February. This six date tour will call at cinemas and art spaces across the country including London's ICA on March 3rd. The shows coincide with the release of the band's new single, "Cheap & Cheerful", an utterly contemporary and timeless anthem featuring additional production from Armani XXXchange Spank Rock, on March 3rd.  The Kills' forthcoming album, Midnight Boom follows a week later on March 10th.  Catch the Kills live on the following dates:  February29th Glasgow Stereo   March02nd Nottingham, The Art   03rd London, ICA   04th Bristol, The Cube   06th Brighton, Duke of York   07th Dorset, Electric Palace   Mon, 04 Feb 2008 22:52:06 EST http://www.subculturemagazine.com/newsdetails.php?id=2475 Mon, 04 Feb 2008 22:46:57 EST BILLY BRAGG, the great English performer and songwriter, plays at London's legendary Roundhouse on Tuesday, March 4th - a show that celebrates the release of his new album, Mr. Love & Justice, on March 3rd and single "I Keep Faith" on March 17th.  The 12-track new album has been produced by Grant Showbiz and features The Blokes, comprising the celebrated Ian McLagan of Small Faces, Bob Dylan, The Faces and Rolling Stones fame on Hammond organ and piano, together with Ben Mandelson (lap steel guitar and bouzouki); Lu Edmonds (electric guitar and vocals); Martyn Barker (drums) and Simon Edwards (bass). A limited edition solo version of the album will be given away free with initial copies of the album.  The concert comes as the prelude to a major seven-date UK tour starting in April.  Billy will perform solo on all the dates, including the Roundhouse.    April 24th BRISTOL, COLSTON HALL      25th BIRMINGHAM, TOWN HALL  27th GLASGOW, ABC    29th GATESHEAD, THE SAGE               30th SHEFFIELD, CITY HALL                May02nd LIVERPOOL, PHILHARMONIC HALL  03rd READING, HEXAGON                   04th LINCOLN, ENGINE SHED          Mon, 04 Feb 2008 22:46:57 EST http://www.subculturemagazine.com/newsdetails.php?id=2472 Wed, 23 Jan 2008 09:43:44 EST Following their Visitations album and Funf collection, on April 7th, CLINIC are to release their fifth studio album on Domino. Called Do It, the album, which will be available on CD, download and vinyl, will be preceded by a download single, "Free Not Free" / "Thor on February 1st.  Available with artwork from the Clinic site, the download track will followed by a new single, "The Witch (Made To Measure)", which will be released on March 24th. Both "Free Not Free" and "The Witch" are taken from the forthcoming Do It album which was recorded by Clinic and mixed by Jacquire King (Tom Waits, Kings Of Leon, Archie Bronson Outfit). In addition, following their Arcade Fire support tour, Clinic will play the following UK dates in April: 08th Bristol, Thekla09th London, 229 Club10th Brighton, Audio11th Leeds, Brudenell Social Club12th Manchester, University Wed, 23 Jan 2008 09:43:44 EST http://www.subculturemagazine.com/newsdetails.php?id=2471 Wed, 23 Jan 2008 09:36:41 EST R.E.M. are Back! Michael Stipe, Peter Buck and Mike Mills return with their eagerly awaited new studio album Accelerate on March 31st.  Recorded in Dublin, Vancouver and Athens with Grammy Award-winning Producer Jacknife Lee (U2, Bloc Party, Snow Patrol, Kasabian) it follows a 5-night residency at Dublin's Olmypia Theatre, July 2007, where they roadtested the LP's early demos. An official countdown for the album has already begun on www.ninetynights.com, which launched January 1st. The site features a new high-definition video snippet each day that can be downloaded then edited, embedded, or manipulated however the user wishes. Each snippet is being posted in high-resolution HD format and available for download for a period of 24 hours before being archived on the site as a low-resolution stream. In what is set to be an active year for the band, R.E.M. will headline Florida's Langerado Music Festival (March 8th) and perform at Stubb's Bar-B-Que on (March 12th) during the annual South-by-Southwest Music Festival in Austin, TX.  UK live dates will be announced shortly. Wed, 23 Jan 2008 09:36:41 EST http://www.subculturemagazine.com/newsdetails.php?id=2470 Wed, 23 Jan 2008 09:30:34 EST RICHARD HAWLEY has been nominated for a 2008 Brit Award, the British Male Solo Artist to be announced in February. Hawley, who recently released his critically acclaimed album Lady's Bridge, is nominated alongside Jamie T, Mark Ronson, Mika and Newton Faulkner.  Richard Hawley's new single, "Valentine" is released on January 28th on CD, 7" and download. The 7" is backed by Richard's version of Ricky Nelson's "Lonesome Town", whilst the CD features a new Hawley instrumental, "Sheffield on Sea", an acoustic version of "Roll River Roll" and the video for "Valentine" directed by Shane Meadows. February Dates02nd City Hall, Hull 04th Corn Exchange, Cambridge 05th New Theatre, Oxford 06th Guildhall, Southampton 08th Academy, Manchester  (NME, Show)        09th ABC, Glasgow    (NME, Show)           11th De Montford Hall, Leicester            12th Astoria, London (NME, Show)            14th Galway, Rosin Dubh                     16th Belfast, Mandela Hall                  18th Grand Opera House, York         19th Buxton, Opera House                     Wed, 23 Jan 2008 09:30:34 EST http://www.subculturemagazine.com/newsdetails.php?id=2469 Wed, 23 Jan 2008 09:19:19 EST THE BLACK KEYS are set to release their fifth full-length LP, Attack & Release on March 31st. The new album was produced by Danger Mouse (Gnarls Barkley, Gorillaz, The Grey Album), and recorded just outside Cleveland in the band's native Ohio. The initial collaboration began when Danger Mouse (a.k.a. Brian Burton) approached the band to write songs for an album he was developing with the late R&B legend Ike Turner. As the band began composing tracks for Turner early last year, though, they quickly realized they were actually laying the groundwork for a new album of their own. The album follows 2006's critically acclaimed Magic Potion, and will see the band returning to the UK for a triumphant 2008. Wed, 23 Jan 2008 09:19:19 EST