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Atari Teenage Riot

• Exclusive London reunion show announced for May
• New single “Activate” confirmed

In the late 90s Atari Teenage Riot (ATR) emerged out of the electronica genre, to subvert all rules of rock and techno music. The original conception was Alec Empire’s and when joined by Hanin Elias, Nic Endo and Carl Crack on stage, the mixed race, mixed sex image of the band provoked people before they even heard the music.

The seminal band was too radical in its views and statements and simply too loud and noisy to fit in neatly inside any genre, with Hanin screaming about police violence and revolution, ATR opened many doors for female artists to follow at the time.

In 1996, Alec Empire teamed up with the Beastie Boys to negotiate a label deal between Grand Royal and Digital Hardcore Recordings for North America. The album, “Burn Berlin Burn” was born.

Shortly after, tours with Rage Against The Machine, Wu-Tang Clan and Beck swiftly followed. But with the success came tension. Every musician has their own way of dealing with it, and ATR were extremely intense. Very soon the thin line between reality and paranoia started to vanish.

When John Peel asked ATR to play Queen Elizabeth Hall in London in 1999, the band had just released their 3rd and best album, “60 Second Wipe Out”, which was mixed with Andy Wallace (Nirvana’s “Nevermind”, Slayer). During the song “Revolution Action”, kids stormed the stage and pandemonium descended on the capital.

When the Berlin quartet played their last show at the Big Day Out Festival, Australia in 2000 everyone was watching: The Red Hot Chili Peppers, Nine Inch Nails, The Clash’s Joe Strummer, Foo Fighters and Primal Scream on the side of the stage. The band finally dissolved in the wake of MC Carl Crack’s death just days before September 11th 2001.

Their records stand as a testament to the years 1992-2000, where anything seemed possible. Now Atari Teenage Riot have reunited for one more show:

May 12th 2010

The Electric Ballroom, London

184 Camden High Street, London, NW1 8QP

7pm / £16 / 14+

For tickets www.gigantic.com

The members of Atari Teenage Riot are pleased to announce that the American MC CX KIDTRONIK has officially joined the band and will be completing their line up when they hit the UK later this year. Having previously worked with Saul Williams, Kanye West and Nine Inch Nails, CX KIDTRONIK is an unstoppable and explosive MC as politically minded as the rest of ATR that bring his own element to the band.

Additionally, a brand new single “Activate” has been confirmed for May 17^th and will be released through the band’s own label Digital Hardcore Recordings.  Atari Teenage Riot are also treating fans to a free remix by the LA based dubstep genius The Builder: http://soundcloud.com/alec_empire/atari-teenage-riot-digital-hardcore-2009-remix-by-the-builder

Let the revolution begin.

www.atari-teenage-riot.com / www.myspace.com/atr922000 / www.alec-empire.com

ATTACK! ATTACK!
Set to release first single ‘Not Afraid’ from forthcoming 2^nd album on Monday 3^rd May through Atticus Black.

Following more than a year of solid touring in support of their self-titled debut album, released in October 2008, Welsh melody merchants Attack! Attack! took some well earned time off to begin work on it’s follow up. Said follow up is planned for a summer release, but here is the first fruit of their labour, in the form of ‘Not Afraid’, released on Monday 3^rd May, on the Atticus Black label (a branch of the Atticus clothing company formed by Blink 182 in 2001) as a one-off single.

The release of ‘Not Afraid’ coincides with the quartet’s recently announced UK headline dates. The CD version of the single also includes a cover of The Knack classic, ‘My Sharona’, a track the band covered throughout their live shows last year. A video for the track is set to surface online and on TV screens shortly.

The South Wales based band enjoyed a wave of media support with their debut, securing slots at the Reading & Leeds, Download and Sonisphere festivals and a sync for their ‘You and Me’ single on hit US TV show 90210 along the way, before culminating in their inclusion on the global gaming phenomenon Guitar Hero 5.

According to frontman, Neil Starr, ‘Not Afraid’ is about “being yourself and believing in yourself. It’s a message that states as long as you keep faith in what you do, you can achieve what you set out to achieve,” he explains. “The verses touch on how people can and will try to bring you down with lies and unbroken promises, but reassures towards the end that you can overcome these barriers and there is time to change things.”

Speaking of the new album, the singing guitarist adds, “the songs we have written so far are a real step up for us, we’ve upped the ante with this record and we can’t wait to play a few of them on the upcoming tour!”

APRIL

30 – LONDON Borderline (SOLD OUT)

MAY

01 - BIRMINGHAM O2 Academy

02 – NEWCASTLE O2 Academy

03 – GLASGOW King Tuts

04 – ABERDEEN Warehouse

06 – SHEFFIELD Corporation

07 – OXFORD O2 Academy 2

08 - SOUTHAMPTON Joiners

09 – CARDIFF Clwb Ifor Bach (SOLD OUT)

http://www.myspace.com/attackattackband

The Drums

• Sell out London’s Heaven in one day!
• Additional date on the 9th June added due to popular demand

Tickets for The Drums headline show @ the 900 capacity venue, Heaven on 8^th June were put on sale this morning and have SOLD OUT in one day!

An additional date @ Heaven on the 9^th June has now been added.

Tuesday 8^th June – Heaven, London – SOLD OUT

NEW DATE DUE TO POPULAR DEMAND:

Wednesday 9^th June – Heaven, London

Heaven, London:

Under The Arches, Villiers Street, London, WC2N 6NG

Tickets go on sale Friday 12^th March

£11.50 www.gigsandtours.com

The band’s as yet untitled debut album will be released in June on Moshi Moshi / Island Records.

Released on March 29^th, the first single from the album will be brand new track ‘Best Friend’, which has fast become a live favourite with its soaring chorus and guitarist Jacob Graham’s impassioned tambourine playing.

Additionally, The Drums will be appearing as the special guests on Florence and the Machine’s May UK tour.

Florence and the Machine support dates:

02-May – Dublin, Olympia Theatre

03-May – Dublin, Olympia Theatre

05-May – Edinburgh, Corn Exchange

06-May – Edinburgh, Corn Exchange

07-May – Blackpool, Empress Ballroom

09-May – Blackpool, Empress Ballroom

10-May – Wolverhampton, Civic Theatre

11-May – Wolverhampton, Civic Theatre

13-May – London, HMV Hammersmith Apollo

14-May – London, HMV Hammersmith Apollo

15-May – London, HMV Hammersmith Apollo

The Drums’ ‘Summertime!’ EP is out now on Moshi Moshi / Island Records.

Subsource announce live dates!
Album ‘Tales From The Doombox’ released April 5^th, 2010

(Doombox Records)

www.myspace.com/subsource |  www.twitter.com/subsource

THE IDES MUSIC VIDEO – http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e2viIoB4JTU

SUBSOURCE SAY – “Four years ago, 20 miles south of central London, four people went into a studio to start a war.  Fucked off with so-called live dance acts mincing behind laptops, and rock acts with no more substance than the product in their hair we decided things had to change.

The snarl of Punk, the oscillating sub bass of dubstep, the harrowing melody of coldwave all had to be in there with as much of electronica’s glitches and edits, hip-hop’s flows, the galloping ferocity of drum’n’bass and metal as possible. No subgenre’s safe from the “treatment.”  The vivisection becomes complete when firing up the live beast. Amalgamated from double bass, synths, drums, guitars, and vocals, like an amphetamised Rottweiler running riot through a free warehouse party, tearing holes in speaker cones, our live shows leave saucer eyed audiences writhing in sweat-drenched ecstasy.

This is not a war of conflict but a war of unification.  Ravers throw shapes, as Rockers bang heads, and Rude Bois throw their hands in the air. Subsource are a Beat and Bass driven Rock act representing the underground UK dance music scene.  No treaty will be signed and the occupation will be total.”

Following October’s release of crowd favourite ‘The Reason (Parasite)’, Subsource’s electro, metal and unique take on dubstep (Substep anyone?) influences come to the fore on the socially charged track ‘The Ides’. This single will be released on 29th March with album ‘Tales From The Doombox’ set for release on 5th April. This ethos flows into the band’s art with the album cover for ‘Tales From The Doombox’ being a piece by street artist Faith47, who’s been dubbed the ‘South African Banksy’. The cover’s inscription statement of ‘build you up to tear us down’ reflects the nature of a self sufficient band who have fashioned lyrical paeans to the true accounts of island tribes fighting off oil companies. But it’s not all work and no play. A nod to their dance roots inspired them to create the Subsource iPhone rave app, complete with flashing glow stick and lighter, not that you’ll find many tender moments in a Subsource live set…

Catch the band’s exuberant live show at the following dates –

11th March – Hoxton Underbelly, London Onstage 9pm

12th March – Queen of Hoxton, London  16th March – Monarch, Camden, London Onstage 8.30pm 22nd – Water Rats, London Onstage 9pm 27th March – Wonka, Monkey Bar, Swansea 17th April – The Brickyard, Carlisle  19th June – Globe Theatre – Hay on Wye  25th September – The Big Noise, Swansea

SORRY AND THE SINATRAS
UK Tour Confirmed – April 2010

7 inch single: “Hated Heart”

5^th April 2010

Album “Highball Roller” out now

Following the release of their critically acclaimed debut album “Highball Roller” in 2009, Sorry And The Sinatras are set to tour the UK in April 2010. the band are signed to Undergroove, the label behind acts such as The Ghost Of A Thousand, Hexes, Minus The Bear and Johnny Truant.

Formed by frontman / guitarist Scott Sorry – who currently also plays a mean bass with UK rock legends The Wildhearts – Sorry And The Sinatras specialize in high octane, kick-ass punk rock – high on flair, punishing, driving riffs, and spit ‘n’ sawdust professionalism. SATS also features fellow Americans Lenny Thomas (drums) and Roger ‘Rag’ Segal (bass / vocals), as well as UK guitarist Dave Kerr. The Anglo-American twist gives this quartet a musical chemistry that is truly reflected in ‘Highball Roller’.

‘Highball Roller’ is an honest, in-your-face punk rock ‘n’ roll record that reflect this quartet’s personalities – unpolished, missing teeth and self-medicated! It’s an album born out of years of searching for and finding dreams.

Says Scott: “Lyrically this record is about the years of couch surfing, addictions, heartache, and restlessness spent chasing a dream. It’s about guilt and coming to terms with the shit you’ve done while letting go of the shit you had no control over and laughing your ass off in the process. It’s not about feeling sorry for yourself, but embracing how chaotic life can get. These are the most honest songs we’ve ever written.”

From the opening, infectious track ‘Black & Blue’, through the vitriolic snarl and fury of ‘Burns City Burns’, to the raucous anthems ‘Hated Heart’ and ‘Riverside’, to the aural cacophony of closer ‘She’s So Vaudeville’, Sorry And The Sinatras demonstrate just how good rock music can be. ‘Highball Roller’ is a record that doesn’t just deserve to be heard, but commands your attention and, frankly, you won’t be disappointed. The album was recorded during the summer of 2008 over 10 days with Jason Sanderson (Rolo Tomassi, The Plight, The Mirimar Disaster, GU Medicine). Are you ready to get ‘High?

To tie in with the April 2010 tour, Undergroove will be releasing a limited edition 7 inch of single “Hated Heart”. This will also be available on download with new new tracks.

Sorry And The Sinatras are set to tour the UK in April 2010. Dates are as follows:

1^st April                   Winchester – Railway
2^nd April                  Nottingham – The Maze
3^rd April                   Newcastle – Legends
4^th April                   Wakefield – Escobar
5^th April                   Inverness – Hootenanny’s
6^th April                   Glasgow – Ivory Blacks
7^th April                   Edinburgh – Bannermans
8^th April                   York – Stereo
9^th April                   Huddersfield – Parish
10^th April                 Leeds – Josephs Well
11^th April                 Peterborough – Club Revolution
12^th April                 Colchester – Twist
13^th April                 London – Borderline
14^th April                 Guildford – Boileroom
15^th April                 Plymouth – C103

21^st April                 Newport – Le Pub
22^ndApril                 Manchester – Satans Hollow
23^rdApril                  Bradford – Zuu
24^thApril                  Worcester – Mars Bar
25^thApril                  Birmingham – Asylum 2

For tickets please see individual box offices. Doors are at 7pm and Sorry And The Sinatras will be onstage at 9pm. Support tbc.

PENDULUM
Present first taster of new album ‘Immersion’ with the May 3^rd release of new single ‘Watercolour’

WWW.PENDULUM.COM

PENDULUM made one of the biggest breakthroughs of recent years with their hit album ‘In Silico’. Having sold over 1 million records worldwide, the band completed a sell-out Academy tour in 2008 and went on to smash the international festival circuit last summer with killer appearances at GLASTONBURY, DOWNLOAD, V and GLOBAL GATHERING to name a few. Both Pendulum studio albums to date – ‘In Silico’and the band’s debut ‘Hold Your Colour’ – have gone Platinum.

Now they’re back with their most visceral and enthralling work with the album ‘Immersion’ that’s set for release on May 24^th. The first taster of the album will be the single ‘Watercolour’ that’s due for release on May 3^rd.

‘Watercolour’ heralds a glorious evolution in the Pendulum sound. Now utilising a richer sonic tapestry than ever before, the sublime ‘Watercolour’ finds Rob Swire’s vocals alternating between eerie distortion and full-blooded energy amidst flourishes of horns and an atmospheric, tension building breakdown. The track’s progressive structure highlight’s Pendulum’s growing strength in constructing contrasting dynamics.

“Please enjoy this refreshing musical beverage, bottled at source from the sparkling clear streams of Camden (and Perth, Australia). What better way to start your immersive experience?”

(Rob Swire, Pendulum)

Already one of the most anticipated albums of 2010, the excitement building around ‘Immersion’ escalated following Pendulum’s exclusive album preview DJ set at their EAR STORM night at London’s Matter in January. The set was streamed live to an audience of 200,000, with a total of 350,000 people interacting with the content on the day.

Pendulum take their brand new headline show bursting with new material around the UK and IRELAND this summer. The tour includes a landmark show at London’s WEMBLEY ARENA and features support from SUB FOCUS (live):

MAY

17^TH BELFAST, ULSTER HALL                                                  028 9033 4455

18^TH DUBLIN, OLYMPIA                                                        +353 818 719 330

20^TH EDINBURGH, CORN EXCHANGE                                0844 4999 990

21^ST BLACKPOOL, EMPRESS BALLROOM                          0871 2200 260

22^ND DONCASTER, DOME                                                        0871 2200 260

25^TH BRIGHTON, CENTRE                                                        0844 8471 515

26^TH BIRMINGHAM, ACADEMY                                           0844 477 2000

28^TH LONDON, WEMBLEY ARENA                                       0844 815 0815

29^TH CARDIFF, ARENA                                                              029 2022 4488

30^TH PLYMOUTH, PAVILLIONS                                             0845 146 1460

31^ST SWINDON, OASIS CENTRE                                           01793 445 401

Any remaining tickets are priced £22.50, except Belfast £21.50 and Dublin €30. They can be purchased on the numbers above or at www.gigsandtours.com and www.ticketmaster.co.uk.

THE PIPETTES
ANNOUNCE A UK NATIONWIDE TOUR

TOUR DATES

APRIL 2010

18^TH FAC251                                  MANCHESTER

19^TH O2 ACADEMY 2                    SHEFFIELD

20^TH HOXTON BAR & GRILL        LONDON

21^ST AUDIO                                    BRIGHTON

22^ND NEW SLANG (CLUB)            KINGSTON

25^TH WEDGEWOOD ROOMS      PORTSMOUTH

26^TH JOINERS                    SOUTHAMPTON

MAY 2010

7^TH FIBBERS                    YORK

8^TH O2 ACADEMY 2                    LIVERPOOL

14^TH INSIDE OUT               DARLINGTON

15^TH O2 ACADEMY 2                    BIRMINGHAM

21^ST THE BOX                    CREWE

22^ND PARCC HALL             SOUTH WALES

To support the release of their upcoming single ‘Stop The Music’ out 19^th April, and 2^nd album ‘Earth vs The Pipettes’ out on 28^th June on Fortuna POP!, The Pipettes are taking to the road and doing a UK nationwide tour.

In their first incarnation, donning polka dot dresses and referencing the girl groups of the late fifties in the heyday of skinny tie indie music, The Pipettes had remarkable success. A top ten album in Japan where the single ‘Pull Shapes’ was only kept off the number one spot by J-Lo, top ten radio positions all across Europe, two Top Forty hits in the UK and a Top Ten in the US billboard indies.

They played on the main stages at Reading and Glastonbury, blazed a British trail across SXSW, conquered the world and sold a heap of records. Since then they’ve been working on their new album ‘Earth vs The Pipettes’ with legendary Martin Rushent, the semi-retired producer of The Stranglers, Shirley Bassey, and, most famously, the Human League’s ‘Dare’.

For details on buying tickets, please go to:

www.myspace.com/thepipettes

YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zg_ri_vHuUo – ‘Stop The Music’ audio

MySpace: www.myspace.com/thepipettes

Website: www.thepipettes.com

White Belt Yellow Tag

SINGLE ‘ALWAYS & ECHOES’ OUT MARCH 29^TH

ALBUM ‘METHODS’ OUT APRIL 5^TH

(DISTILLER RECORDS)

www.myspace.com/whitebeltyellowtag | www.www.distiller-records.com

White Belt Yellow Tag have announced details of the release of debut album, Methods, out on Monday April 5^th 2010 through Distiller Records. Self-produced and mixed by Chris Potter (The Verve, Blur), the 12-track album was recorded in South Yorkshire in the summer of 2009.

The album will be preceded by a single ‘Always & Echoes’, which is set for release on March 29^th. The single also features the tracks ‘Postcards’, ‘You Have No Friends’ and ‘We All Have Sound (Rhysmix Vs Wahs mix)’.

Having already bagged some impressive radio and press support (record of the week slots on 6 music, Zane Lowe support) off the back of 3 EPs in the second half of 2009, their debut album is the perfect snap-shot of White Belt Yellow Tag. Wide-screen and far-reaching, the 12 tracks span a sound ranging from the slow grind of Slint to the euphoria of Doves to the icy grandeur of prime-time Bunnymen.

The three-piece, made up of Justin Lockey, (ex Yourcodenameis:Milo), Craig Pilbin & Tom Bellamy came together at the start of 2009 when Lockey and Pilbin met in a studio in Newcastle. The last 12-months have seen the band tour extensively (most recently in support of The Airborne Toxic Event) and develop a fearsome live reputation.

METHODS tracklisting:

1.   Remains

2.   Tell Your Friends (It All Worked Out)

3.   You’re Not Invincible

4.   It’s A Long Way, Don’t You Fall Behind

5.   Where Echoes Land

6.   Always & Echoes

7.   So Try My Enemies

8.   We All Have Sound

9.   News

10. Ode

11. Same Clothes, Same Life

12. Careless Talk And Sinking Ships

See WBYT live in MARCH:

16^th Glasgow King Tuts

17^th Newcastle Academy

18^th Sheffield Academy

19^th Manchester Academy 3

20^th Leeds Brundenell Social Club

22^nd Norwich Arts Centre

23^rd Nottingham Rescue Rooms

24^th York Fibbers

25^th Birmingham Academy

27^th Brighton Audio

28^th Bristol Thekla

29^th Portsmouth Wedgewood Rooms

30^th London Garage

West London’s finest electro-funksters, Dub Pistols, release their acclaimed new single, ‘Ganja’ today on Sunday Best Recordings. Help them hijack the charts and get the single into the Top 40 by joining their Facebook campaign by following the link below.

Taken from their 4^th album ‘Rum & Coke’, the single is helmed by UK hip-hop legend Rodney P, who works his lyrics into an original blend of dub, hip-hop and reggae with a feel-good, laid-back groove. Ganja? They’ve never touched the stuff!

With the legendary status that Barry, Jason and the boys have built up over the years, remixer’s were lining up to take this one for a spin, and we’re not disappointed. New producer on the scene Toby Toast proves his worth with a beautifully down-tempo electronic re-working, while Hip-hop legend Skitz hardens things up with added vocals from Deadly Hunter. Atomic Hooligan, 2 Bit Thugs and Ben and Lex represent the breaks contingent, delivering some equally leg-wobbling bass lines and beats. As always, the Sunday Best Remix proves a firm DJ favourite with a fresh cosmic disco edge.

With a frenetic winter tour of Australia, Asia and Europe under their belts, the band embark on their ‘Ganja Tour’ of the UK in March, culminating in a headline show at London’s KoKo. The summer of 2010 is already looking busy with a host of festival dates confirmed and many more to come.

Join the Facebook group: http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=319828963338&ref=ts

Ganja will be available as a digital download, tracklisting below.

Standard Digital Version

01.  Original

02.  Toby Toast’s Blossom Remix

03.  Skitz Remix

04.  Atomic Hooligan Remix

05.  Dub Pistols Extended Dub

06.  Sunday Best Cosmic Dub

Beatport Exlusive Remix Package

01.  Original

02.  Toby Toast’s Blossom Remix

03.  Skitz Remix

04.  Atomic Hooligan Remix

05.  Ben & Lex’s High and Dry Remix (Beatport Exc.)

06. Chinese Man Remix (Beatport Exc.)

07. Nitenoise Remix (Beatport Exc.)

08.  2 Bit Thugs Remix (Beatport Exc.)

09.  Jinx In Dub’s Bristol Buds Remix (Beatport Exc.)

10.  Sunday Best Cosmic Dub

Tour Dates

• 30 Jan – Culture 1 Festival (Barry Ashworth DJ Show)
• 13 Feb – Sfinks, Poland (Barry Ashworth DJ Show)
• 25 Feb – Bristol Metropolis, Bristol
• 26 Feb – Westcoast, Margate
• 5 Mar – Sandsifters, St Ives
• 6 Mar – Cheese & Grain, Somerset
• 11 Mar – The Railway, Winchester
• 12 Mar – Phoenix, Exeter
• 13 Mar – Mr Kyps, Poole
• 18 Mar – The Rainbow, Birmingham
• 20 Mar – The Globe, Cardiff
• 23 Mar – Altitude Festival, Meribel (Barry Ashworth DJ Show)
• 4 April – KOKO, London
• 7 April – Snowbombing, Austria (Barry Ashworth DJ Show)
• 22 May – Istanbul
• 28 May – Hijacked, York (Barry Ashworth DJ Show)

Festivals 2010

• 13 Jun – Rockness Festival, Inverness
• 19 Jun – Fete du Panier, France
• 25 Jun – Glastonbury Festival
• 11 July – Les Fous Caves, France
• 30 July – Kendal Calling Festival, Kendal
• 31 July – Camp Bestival, Dorset
• 11 August – Bestival, IOW
• 14 August – Boomtown Air Festival, Buckinghamshire