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RPA & The United Nations of Sound Debut Album Out Soon

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RPA & The United Nations of Sound, the new project of the former The Verve frontman Richard Ashcroft, will release debut album ‘United Nations Of Sound‘ through Parlophone on July 19th.

The following is the full ‘United Nations Of Sound’ track listing:

  1. Are You Ready
  2. Born Again
  3. America
  4. This Thing Called Life
  5. Beatitudes
  6. Good Loving
  7. How Deep Is Your Man
  8. She Brings Me The Music
  9. Royal Highness
  10. Glory
  11. Life Can Be So Beautiful
  12. Let My Soul Rest

Charlotte Gainsbourg to Release Live EP

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In the lead up to playing her first ever UK show at the Shepherds Bush Empire on June 22nd, Charlotte Gainsbourg will be releasing a live EP on June 14th consisting of five tracks. The session was recorded at Sunset Sound Studios and broadcast live on the ‘Morning Becomes Eclectic‘ show on Los Angeles-based radio station, KCRW.

Charlotte Gainsbourg is to release this as a download only, and the following is the full tracklisting for the EP:

1. Time of the Assassins
2. Heaven Can Wait
3. Greenwich Mean Time
4. Voyage
5. In The End

Green Day Rock Band Out Now

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They’re not f**king around; Green Day Rock Band has now officially been released here in the UK and it’s time to start singing and strumming like Billie Joe Armstrong, hitting the skins like Tre Cool, and rocking the bass like Mike Dirnt.

Tracks from all but the band’s first two albums are playable within the game, and both the ‘Dookie‘ and ‘American Idiot‘ albums are included here in their entirety.

The full tracklist for the game is as follows:

The Warehouse

Dookie (1994)
“Burnout”
“Having a Blast”
“Chump”
“Longview”
“Welcome to Paradise”
“Pulling Teeth”
“Basket Case”
“She”
“Sassafrass Roots”
“When I Come Around”
“Coming Clean”
“Emenius Sleepus”
“In the End”
“F.O.D.”

Milton Keynes

American Idiot (2004)
“American Idiot”
“Jesus of Suburbia”
“Holiday”
“Boulevard of Broken Dreams”
“Are We the Waiting”
“St. Jimmy”
“Give Me Novacaine”
“She’s a Rebel”
“Extraordinary Girl”
“Letterbomb”
“Wake Me Up When September Ends”
“Homecoming”
“Whatsername”
Warning (2000)
“Minority”
“Warning”
Nimrod (1997)
“Hitchin’ a Ride”
“Good Riddance (Time of Your Life)”
“Nice Guys Finish Last”
Insomniac (1995)
“Brain Stew”
“Jaded”
“Geek Stink Breath”

The Fox Theater, Oakland

21st Century Breakdown (2009)
“Song of the Century”
“21st Century Breakdown”
“Before the Lobotomy”
“Last Night on Earth”
“Peacemaker”
“Murder City”
“¿Viva La Gloria? (Little Girl)”
“Restless Heart Syndrome”
“Horseshoes and Handgrenades”
“The Static Age”
“American Eulogy”
“See the Light”

The following tracks are also available as downloadable content in order to make the whole ‘21st Century Breakdown‘ playable:

“21 Guns”
“Know Your Enemy”
“East Jesus Nowhere”
“Last of the American Girls”
“¡Viva La Gloria!”
“Christian’s Inferno”

Enter Shikari Announces Intimate Show at the Camden Underworld

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Following on from headlining the Redfest on July 23rd and playing a show with The Prodigy, Pendulum, and Chase & Status at Milton Keynes Bowl on July 24th, Enter Shikari will be playing an intimate gig at the 500 capacity Camden Underworld on July 26th.

The show at the Underworld will be filmed with a plan to release said live footage later on in the year.

Tickets for the Camden Underworld gig will go on sale on Monday, and will be available only through the band’s official website.

Free Thomas Tantrum Track Available for Download

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Unsigned Southampton powerpop four-piece Thomas Tantrum is currently giving away new track ‘The Last Kiss‘, and it can be downloaded right here, right now, completely for free.

The band is all set to release its second studio album in September, and if you’re into your powerpop/indie then Thomas Tantrum is most definitely a band that is well worth checking out.

The Sword to play Intimate Show at the Camden Barfly

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With the band’s third studio album ‘Warp Riders‘ due for release on August 23rd, The Sword will be playing an intimate show at the Camden Barfly on July 5th and you’ll therefore have the opportunity to see them live at the 200 capacity venue.

Tickets are available now at the mere cost of £10 from Seetickets, and if you’d like to make sure you’ll be there then it’s best advised that you order your tickets for the show sooner rather than later.

With the band’s music having now appeared in the last three editions of Guitar Hero, The Sword is most definitely a band with a strong reputation for producing high quality heavy metal,  and a powerful performance on July 5th should surely be guaranteed.

Former Stereophonics Drummer Stuart Cable Dies Aged 40

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Stuart Cable, founding member of the Welsh rock band Stereophonics, has died in his home at the age of 40. Cable played with the band from 1992 through 2003, and had since found a career in radio where he worked for XFM South Wales and BBC Radio Wales amongst others.

A post mortem is due to be carried out at a later date, it is understood that Stuart Cable had been at the local pub on the night of his death however and it is believed that Cable had been drinking heavily. Stuart Cable’s death is not being treated as suspicious.

Our thoughts are with Stuart Cable’s friends and family at this sad time, and the world of rock is in mourning at it has lost another of its great drummers.

Cancer Bats – Sabotage Video

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Official video for Cancer Bats’ cover of the Beastie Boys hit ‘Sabotage‘. Cancer Bats can here be seen taking to the streets in an attempt to track down the Beastie Boys.

Hassle Records Summer 2010 Sampler

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Providing a taste of what the label has to offer; Hassle Records is currently giving away a Summer Sampler featuring nine tracks from its artists. If you weren’t already convinced of the brilliance of this UK label then this ought to be the thing to do it, with a number of artists featured here including Alkaline Trio, We Are The Ocean, Cancer Bats, and Rolo Tomassi.

With the instrumental rock of 65daysofstatic, the mellow indie pop of fun., and the full on hardcore attack of Trash Talk there is therefore plenty to sink your teeth into here, with the label offering up some of its artists’ best material, completely for free.

Cancer Bats’ fantastic cover of the Beastie Boys hits ‘Sabotage’ is featured here, as too is We Are The Ocean’s superb sing along anthem ‘Look Alive’ from the ‘Cutting Our Teeth’ album, and the incredibly upbeat pop punk fun of Fireworks’ ‘Detroit’ is included here also. Hassle Records has got some supremely talented artists on its roster right now, and as you listen to this Summer Sampler this is something that quickly becomes glaringly obvious.

There’s a great deal of variety here and it’s therefore probable that you won’t enjoy all nine tracks equally, with so much variety here however the sampler should have something to offer for everyone, and as it’s available as a free download you can’t really go far wrong in giving these nine tracks a try.

This sampler provides fantastic evidence of what a great job Hassle Records is doing as a record label right now, putting out quality music of all different genres, and backing it up with a passionate team of music lovers that help give the record label the reputation it deserves.

Give this Summer Sampler a try and it surely won’t leave you disappointed.

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The following is the full list of tracks featured on the sampler:

65daysofstatic – Crash Tactics
Alkaline Trio – This Addiction
Cancer Bats – Sabotage
FACT – Slip of the Lip
Fireworks – Detroit
fun. – At Least I’m Not As Sad (As I Used To Be)
Rolo Tomassi – Party Wounds
Trash Talk – Explode
We Are The Ocean – Look Alive

Zola Jesus – Night Video

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Official video for the Zola Jesus single ‘Night‘, due for release through Souterrain Transmissions on June 21st. ‘Night‘ is the first track on Zola Jesus’ ‘Stridulum‘ EP which was released earlier this year, and will also feature on the ‘Stridulum II‘ studio album which is due for release in August.