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New Wolf Parade Songs
Montreal art rockers Wolf Parade are set to release their 3rd album this summer, entitled Expo 86, and being the nice Canadians they are the band have released a couple of tracks for free download.
Interpol - Lights
Seminal NYC quartet Interpol are back with a new album (as far as I am aware no release date or title yet), and to whet our appetites they have lavished upon us a new song. Forlorn, droning guitars, pounding drums and Paul Banks’ familiar haunting voice, all the old Interpol elements are there but this feels more like a natural progression from Our Love To Admire rather than a hark back to Turn On The Bright Lights as had previously been suggested by drummer Sam Fogarino. I shall reserve judgement until I hear the full album but on the basis of this song it should be cracking.
Maps & Atlases - Solid Ground
I’ve had just over 24 hours with the new Maps & Atlases track, Solid Ground, from their upcoming debut album Perch Patchwork, and I cannot stop listening to it. This is now the 3rd track I’ve heard from the imminent full-length and they keep getting better, 2 minutes and 48 seconds of precise, pseudo-sampled math-pop genius to put a smile on your face and a bounce in your step. Enjoy…
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Refused Return?
Seminal Swedish hardcore outfit Refused are rumoured to be reforming 12 years after their split. “Refused are back” has been circulating around the internet, prominent music journalists have been tweeting about it, and the band’s official site simply states Refused - coming soon…
If this is true it would be simply phenomenal. In their 7 or so years in music they managed to completely reshape an entire genre, culminating in the arrogantly titled but ultimately prophetic and groundbreaking album The Shape Of Punk To Come. Criminally underrated when they were around, the band collapsed under a brutal touring schedule and disagreements between members (as documented with painful honesty in the film Refused Are Fucking Dead), playing their final show in a fan’s basement (a gig cut short by local police). Refused have since enjoyed cult status with many pioneering bands stating the Swedish quartet as a major influence on them.
Since the split various members went on to new musical pastures, most notably vocalist Dennis Lyxzén with his band The (International) Noise Conspiracy, but none reached the musical heights of Refused. Hands down the one band I have always wanted to reform, if these rumours are true I will be a very, very happy man.
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Blakfish Farewell Show
All good things must come to an end, and so it was when Blakfish played their final ever show in front of a packed-out Flapper in Birmingham last Friday. I had never been to a band’s final gig before (at least not knowing so it would be the final one at the time), but every Blakfish gig I have ever attended has had such an incredible party atmosphere, and this show was no exception. A room full of friends and fans with one clear connection - a love for this band and the music they have given us over the past decade
Deftones - Rocket Skates
Legendary Sacramento rockers Deftones are back this year with their 6th studio album, Diamond Eyes. The band had already written a follow-up to 2006’s Saturday Night Wrist, entitled Eros, but in late 2008 bassist Chi Cheng was involved in a serious car accident and has not fully recovered from the coma the accident left him in. Therefore Eros was indefinitely postponed as a mark of respect to Chi, instead the band elected to record brand new material with one-time Quicksand bassist Sergio Vega.
As a preview the band have released today (and for a limited time) one track from the new album as a free download, Rocket Skates. First impressions are good, with a sound reminiscent of their excellent 1997 album Around The Fur without the tinge of over-production that was all too present on Saturday Night Wrist, although vocalist Chino Moreno hinted that the album as a whole will be closer in style to 2000’s White Pony. This is good news, as White Pony was the first album where Deftones started to really experiment with their sound, to an extent that was not quite matched by the two albums that followed (2003’s self-titled album and the aforementioned Saturday Night Wrist).
Diamond Eyes is out on May 18th.
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Daughters - The First Supper
Those magnificent bastards from Rhode Island, Daughters have released the first single from their upcoming self-titled album as a download from Amazon and iTunes, but only if you live in the US, booooo. The upcoming album will be their 3rd, and possibly their last studio release after all but two members left following the album’s completion, leaving only vocalist Alexis Marshall and drummer Jon Syverson.
Hopefully this won’t be the end of Daughters, as from the sound of the new single, The First Supper, the band have perfectly honed the sound they developed on 2003’s Canada Songs and 2006’s Hell Songs. Musically brutal and uncompromising with the familiar unsettling vocal style of Alexis Marshall, The First Supper has most definitely gotten my attention. Roll on March 9th…
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RIP Blakfish: 2000-2010
Earlier this week I heard the sad news that during their European tour with Biffy Clyro, Blakfish co-vocalist/guitarist Sam ‘Mule’ Manville decided to call it a day. It’s a shame to see such a great band come to a premature end, especially so soon after their stunning debut album had started to take them places, but the toils of touring can take their toll.
The news came as a big shock, as it did when Colour announced their split last summer (although Alan and Trood play on as Tangled Hair) and Reuben in 2008. And Million Dead before them. And Beecher before them. So many great British bands have split so early in their careers.
Anyway, the remaining members of Blakfish have stated they will continue to make music, in what form I do not know, but I can’t wait to find out. Until then there are several EP’s and an album (which I cannot recommend enough) to enjoy. And if you like them buy some merch while you still can…
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