PRIMAL SCREAM have announced that they will perform their 1991 album 'Screamadelica' live, in full, this November. The show will take place at Olympia in London on 27 Nov. Tickets go on sale on 26 Feb from somewhere or other....

ROTTEN SIDE OF THE MOON - John Lydon has revealed that he'd like to re-record Pink Floyd's 'Dark Side Of The Moon' with the band. A statement which may seem odd for a man who once sported a t-shirt proclaiming: "I hate Pink Floyd".
           Speaking to The Stool Pigeon, Lydon said: "I've no idea where I got [that t-shirt] from, it being green, which was an oddity... not my colour. It might have been something I nicked off a stall. You'd have to be daft as a brush to say you didn't like Pink Floyd. They've done great stuff. They've done rubbish, too. 'Dark Side Of The Moon', I love. But I go right back to when they were with Syd Barrett. But I grew up with all kinds of music".
He continued: "Two years ago when they came to LA, they asked me would I come on and do a bit of 'Dark Side Of The Moon' with them and the idea thrilled me no end. Well no, it would have been very, very neat but it stunk a little in my head of 'What am I doing here?' I came so close to doing it, [but] it felt like I was trying to set myself up as some kind of pretentious person. I'm very wary of the jam session end of things. I just don't want to do it. But I wanted to do it. But just not when 20,000 people were there. I'd have gone to a studio and played around with it there. But not for the bigger picture. Privately. I'd love to go into the studio and do something with the album with them". (CMU)

17th FEB: WHITE ROSE MOVEMENT say they will return later this year with their second album. The band will be showcasing some of their new material at London's Hoxton Bar & Kitchen tomorrow night (18th Feb.) 
You can check out this free download of a new track called 'Helsinki' via SoundCloud
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BLAKFISH SPLIT MID-TOUR - Birmingham post-hardcore types Blakfish have announced that they have split. News which seems to have surprised most of the band as much as their fans, particularly as they were mid-way through a tour with Biffy Clyro.
      In a statement on their MySpace page, the band said: "There's no easy way to say this, so we'll just jump right in. On Thursday 11 Feb in Bilbao, Spain, mid-tour with Biffy Clyro, Sam [Vile, guitarist] decided to announce that he could no longer continue as a member of Blakfish. This came as a complete shock to us and everyone else on the tour.... This was in no way a group decision and [we must] state that it is the choice of an individual which unfortunately affects many other people".
    The remaining members of the band, Thomas Rock, Richard Hollywood and Robert Fruit, have said they will launch a new project together in the near future.

FESTIVAL ROUND-UP... In may still be bleak outside and snow may still be falling, no sign of the sun or the cricket season or anything else festival shaped but news is starting to flow it. We won’t be cluttering up these pages too much with all these mostly corporate marketing opportunities for mobile phone companies but here’s a flavour of what’s in the air right now... Aerosmith for Download? Has anyone checked with Mr. Tyler (or whoever’s fronting the band this week?)... Here you go, some corporate big ticket things, the dreadful Download festival and the far more friendly 2000Trees are all kicking in with news... 
    2000TREES FESTIVAL, Upcote Farm, Withington, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, 16-17 Jul: Frank Turner and 65daysofstatic have been announced as the first acts for this summer's 2000trees Festival.
www.twothousandtreesfestival.co.uk
    FIELD DAY, Victoria Park, London, 31 Jul: Phoenix, Beth Jeans Houghton and Gold Panda are amongst the first acts to be revealed for this year's Field Day. Other acts announced include Esben And The Witch, Pantha Du Prince, Memory Tapes and Mouse On Mars. www.fielddayfestivals.com
     WIRELESS FESTIVAL, Hyde Park, London, 2-4 Jul: Some geeza called Jay is to headline Sunday, plus Aussie four-piece The Temper Trap join Gossip, The Ting Tings and headliner Pink on the Friday bill. www.wirelessfestival.co.uk
    DOWNLOAD, Donington Park, Derbyshire, 11 - 13 Jun, Aerosmith and Rage Against The Machine added as headliners, alongside the previously announced AC/DC. Also added to the bill are Lamb Of God, 30 Seconds To Mars, Billy Idol, Stone Sour and Five Finger Death Punch. - www.downloadfestival.co.uk

THESE MONSTERS play what they describe as a London launch for their debut album this Friday @ The Lexington, Kings Cross. Support comes from Shield Your Eyes & Munroe Effect. The press release that we have suggest the album isn’t out until late March on Brew records (with a limited edition vinyl version coming out on Function Records), seems the notion of release dates in a rather vague notion these days 

15th FEB: DOUG FIEGER, best remembered as the lead singer and primary songwriter for Detroit new wave band, THE KNACK has died. Formed in 1978,  the group seemingly came out of nowhere with a huge hit, “My Sharona,” that has since become a musical icon of the era, no one with ears and musical hearts could fail to love those drums kicking in, there was a lot more to the Knack than just that one classic single though. Doug Fieger also played bass in German prog band, Triumvirat during the mid 70's. Doug Fieger, age 57, died of cancer on February 14, 2010. He had been battling the disease for a few years. Nice guy, bought a copy of Organ once, off one of our team in a coffee house line L.A, bothered to get in touch about it...  Our thoughts are with Doug, his family and friends... You have to love The Knack 
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Seems COURTNEY LOVE didn’t show up for her ‘secret’ London show at Proud last night, something to do with getting caught up in a riot and yeah yeah yeah, who cares, blah blah.. Bitches are playing with Divorce soon, enough of Courtney and her nonsense, here the story if you want it...
               She claims she was “being blocked into the street she was staying on while a riot occurred nearby.. Courtney Love had been due to play at the Proud Galleries in Camden, last night but due to police being called to a party that got out of hand on Park Lane she was blocked in the premises. According to the Telegraph  police attended a scene where thousands of teenagers flooded the street, with some climbing onto the roof of a five-storey townhouse. Park Lane and Oxford Street were shut off due to the incident, resulting in Love's detainment. "There was a stand off between the police and a huge group of teenagers," an anonymous eyewitness was quoted as saying. "The police had their shields and batons raised and the teenagers were stood about 30 yards away being very rowdy. The atmosphere was pretty tense." Courtney or Hole or whatever name she’s going under now, is playing at the Empire, Shepherd’s Bush on the 17th Feb if you’re bothered...  First ‘Hole’ show in eleven years, not that many people who played eleven years ago are playing... 

WOBBLE COMMENTS ON PIL REUNION - Original Public Image Ltd bassist Jah Wobble, aka John Wardle, has been chatting about why he didn't get involved with the band's current reunion. He told the BBC that he was asked, but ultimately turned the offer down because he didn't agree with the way it was being put together.
         Wardle said: "I was asked last July and I definitely did think about it and talk about it to an extent, but it just wasn't the right move for me. It just wasn't the way I would do it. I don't care, I think it's great and I'm not bothered at all. I suspect with John [Lydon] it's about two things - raising money efficiently and quickly, and reactivating the PiL brand as his vehicle. That's just business. I wasn't just going to go along with any old thing even when I was a teenager, so I ain't going along with him now".
        He added that the band should have played some smaller venues rather than just Academy-sized set ups, saying: "No disrespect to the Academy scene - I'm going to the Academy to see Tinchy Stryder with my two boys - but I think PiL is quite a special thing. You shouldn't just take it to Academies or Apollos. You should put some special show on somewhere, really special. You go and do some very different venues. We could have done anything, I still think that. I actually think now is a great time to come back and shake things up politically a bit. You could get people going a bit and have a bit of fun with people".
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BIKINI KILL, do you remember the first time? Do you remember the first time you listened to Bikini Kill? Bikini Kill want your stories now! Go to their official online archive to post your riot grrrl flavoured memories: reminisce about the shows you saw or wish you'd seen, your old crush on Kathleen Hanna, “or the pain of being the only kid in high school to know that Kill Rock Stars wasn't a West Coast terrorist movement. Did you go to Evergreen with Kathleen? Were you ever in a BK cover band? Did you give The Singles to a friend for Christmas and  change her life forever? I think here at Organ, the first we heard was when a tape turned up in the post with a letter and... we should write a book... 

11th FEB:  RAGE AGAINST THE MACHINE have announced a free gig in London, in Finsbury Park, on 6th June. Well we say “free”, you got to go register on a website, jump through hoops, send in photos and then if you get one of the free tickets you got to pay a £4.50 admin fee.... So not a free gig really then, and no doubt you can’t take in your own food or drink and the official swill will cost you an arm and a leg and “they’ll” be marketing at you and they’ll be a sponsor and.... what? Me? Cynical? Nah....never...  Here’s the link to register for spam and what have you.. 
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11th FEB: COURTNEY LOVE last minute London show tonight... She's playing a sold-out gig with Hole next week, but it's just been announced that Courtney Love will be hitting Proud in Camden tonight for a surprise show that leaves her set to 'do a few numbers'. The show will be part of Smash & Grab's Valentines Ball and Courtney joins a line-up that already includes I Blame Coco, Jay and the Boys and folksters Babe Shadow - £4 in before 10pm and bands are from 7.30 if anyone is that bothered... 

9th FEB: KAYO DOT, big favourites around these parts, that's them over there, strange looking ears and everything, are busying themselves with the build up to their new album Coyote, out on April 6th in the U.S on Hydrahead, no word on a UK release date yet, but things are starting to move over there as things move towards the band’s forth album. Right now Toby Driver is putting together a whole month of events over at the Stone Club, John Zorn’s club, in New York’s East Village.. Kayo Dot performing different albums on different nights, all kinds of other Other bands and, damn why isn’t that happen here... there’s an interview with Toby driver here on the Brooklyn Vegan pages where he talks about the new album and the month of events at the Stone Club, the return of Terran Olson from Maudlin Of The Well and all kinds of events that are making people over here drool...

MASTODON have a new run of UK dates coming up any moment now, as part of a wider world
tour, which includes South American dates with Metallica, as they continue to promote latest album, 'Crack The Skye'. Tour dates: 16 Feb: Wolverhampton, WulfrunHall, 17 Feb: Bristol, Academy, 19 Feb: Glasgow, Barrowlands, 20 Feb: Manchester, Academy, 21 Feb: Newcastle, Academy, 23 Feb: Nottingham, Rock City, 24 Feb: London, Roundhouse

RUSSIAN CIRCLES UK dates -  Instrumental rock three-piece Russian Circles have announced some UK tour dates should you feel the need. The dates: 8 Apr: Bristol, Thekla, 9 Apr: Leeds, The Well, 11 Apr: Glasgow, Nice N Sleazy, 12 Apr: Nottingham, Rock City, 13 Apr: London, Underworld

8th FEB: JAZZ LEGEND DANkWORTH PASSES AWAY - The news broke over the weekend, much loved by the Jazz World but really he was so much more, which is why we played a track on our 'rock' radio show last night. I think we'd rather call him a music legend rather than just a jazz legend..  Here's what our friends over at CMU have to say this morning....
          "Saxophonist John Dankworth, a true legend in the British jazz community for over six decades, and an accomplished musical director who worked with the likes of Nat King Cole and Ella Fitzgerald, has died in a London hospital aged 82.  His passing was announced by his wife, singer Dame Cleo Laine, during a concert performed by her and the couple's children at a theatre in the grounds of their Buckinghamshire home on the very evening after his death. Which is a pretty remarkable demonstration of the 'show must go on' philosophy. The news left the show's audience visibly moved, and transformed the evening into a tribute of Dankworth's life. Called "one of the totemic figures of British jazz" and the UK's "first major jazz musician" by Jazzwise magazine, and dubbed, simply, as a "genius" by pop jazz type Jamie Cullum, Dankworth won a place at the Royal Academy Of Music aged seventeen, and, aside from a short spell in the army, worked in music his whole life.  In the sixties, he also became known as a composer of movie and TV themes, and among many other projects penned the brilliant opening music to 'The Avengers'. Having founded the Stables Theatre and accompanying music summer school at his home in Wavendon in 1970, he later created the London Symphony Orchestra Summer Pops.  He continued to perform prolifically until he fell ill last October. Despite his illness he still performed at last November's London Jazz Festival, playing his saxophone from his wheelchair. All in all a truly inspiring composer, musician and performer both within his own genre and beyond". (CMU)

7th FEB: FRENCH FOR CARTRIDGE, new album, gigs in strange places...  To celebrate the release of the new album ‘Liquorice’ by French For Cartridge, Dinner With Daisy Records presents the FRENCH FOR CARTRIDGE POP-UP SHOP at Speedie’s, Shoreditch, London, 8th-14th February 2010. Open 11AM-7PM every day featuring free performances by French For Cartridge and others, plus video installations, art and all kinds of things... "Pretty damn progressive! In an arch sort of way" (The Wire) "Still as different as ever, still as unique, still as good" (Organ). Speedie's is at 81 Redchurch St, Shoreditch - www.myspace.com/frenchforcartridge
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ROLO TOMASSI have announced their biggest headline show to date at The Underworld in London on 23 Apr. The band's as-yet-untitled, Diplo-produced second album is also due out in April. If you need a more immediate dose of the Tomassi, you can catch them on tour with that dreadful Enter Shikari lot all over the UK from tomorrow. After that the band are heading to Australia to play the Soundwave festival and a number of dates with Jane's Addiction... Tour dates: 6 Feb: Blackpool, Empress Ballroom (with Enter Shikari), 7 Feb: Glasgow, Barrowlands (with Enter Shikari), 8 Feb: York, Fibbers (headline show), 9 Feb: Middlesborough, Empire (with Enter Shikari), 10 Feb: Kingston, Fighting Cocks (headline show), 11 Feb: Bournemouth, Academy (with Enter Shikari), 12 Feb: London, Hammersmith Apollo (with Enter Shikari), 23 Apr: London, The Underworld (headline show)

4th FEB: AMANDA PALMER ANNOUNCES CONJOINED TWINS ALBUM - Dresden Dolls frontwoman Amanda Palmer has announced the debut album from Evelyn Evelyn, her side-project with accordion player Jason Webley and, so they say, conjoined twins Evelyn and Evelyn Neville. In fact, Palmer and Webley list themselves as just producers on the album, having apparently discovered the twins in 2007, after which they released their debut EP, 'Elephant Elephant'. Now, I'm not saying that's not all completely true, but Evelyn and Evelyn's voices do sound suspiciously like those of Palmer and Webley, and the supposed photographs of the twins look like they were taken quite a long time before 1985, when they are said to have been born. But, hey, what do I know? The twins have their own Twitter account. And who ever heard of a fake twitter account? Anyway, the big news is that the album features the recording debut of Frances Bean Cobain, the daughter of Courtney Love and Kurt Cobain, of course. She sings as part of a gang, along with Weird Al Yankovic, Tegan And Sara, My Chemical Romance frontman Gerard Way, writer Neil Gaiman and more, on a song called 'My Space'. You can fill your ears with that when the project's eponymous debut album is released on 30 Mar. Plus, you'll also be able to catch the twins live when they embark on a European tour in April, which will include a headline show at Koko in Camden and a three night residency at Bush Hall in Shepherds Bush.Songs and dates are all up at www.myspace.com/evelynevelyn  (CMU)

REATARD DIED OF OVERDOSE - Despite recent rumours of a homicide investigation, it seems certain cult indie musician Jay Reatard died of an accidental overdose. Memphis newspaper The Commercial Appeal quotes local medical examiner Dr Karen E Chancellor as saying the late singer's death was caused by "cocainetoxicity", with "alcohol a contributing factor".  Reatard, real name Jimmy Lee Lindsey Jr, died on 12 Jan aged 29.
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APPARATJIK, the band comprising Mew's Jonas Bjerre, Guy Berryman from Coldplay, A-ha's Magne Furuholmen and songwriter/producer Martin Terefe, have released their debut album, 'We Are Here', in downloadable form. A CD/DVD release is also available to pre-order, though the actual shipping date of the physical release has not yet been announced. More here: www.apparatjik.com

1st FEB: Happy new month to you all, is that sunshine and warmth I feel? Have an old Flying Luttenbackers photo from an Organ fromdays longgone, no reason other than it is one of our favourite band photos. How good was Peter Hammill last night, we knew he's be good of course but until he's there on stage, by himself... 

F**K BUTTONS have some April tour date for you, here they come now...20 Apr: London KOKO, 21 Apr: Bristol, The Trinity Centre, 22 Apr: Manchester Club Academy, 23 Apr: Leeds, TJs Woodhouse Club, 24 Apr: Glasgow, The Arches

Hardcore legends HATEBREED have added a one off headline show to their UK visit this month as special guests to labelmates, Machine Head.   Frontman Jamey Jasta and his East Coast bros, whose current eponymous album is in stores now, will be playing the following one-off date during the UK jaunt; Wed 24th Feb – Stoke On Trent Sugarmill 
              The remaining UK/Irish dates with MACHINE HEAD line up as follows: Tue 16th Feb - PLYMOUTH Pavilions, Wed 17th Feb - NEWPORT Centre, Thu 18th Feb - LONDON Brixton Academy, Sun 21st Feb - BIRMINGHAM Academy, Mon 22nd Feb – LEEDS Academy, Tue 23rd Feb -  GLASGOW Academy, Thu 25th Feb ? NEWCASTLE Academy, Fri 26th Feb - MANCHESTER Apollo, Sun 28th Feb - DUBLIN Olympia, Mon 1st Mar - BELFAST Georges Market...In addition, Orange County’s BLEEDING THROUGH, who recently returned to the Roadrunner Records fold in Europe, open the shows....

28th JAN: ORGAN DONORS PAY THE RENT? Well it seems it kind of worked yesterday, not sure who it was, not the record company so it seems, whoever it was, if you’re reading then thanks. Who knows what the story is... This just in from EMIT BLOCH (see yesterday's news story) 
         “How Effective! My rent just got paid for 6 months by an anonymous donor who evidently, having not much himself, sold his organs to comply with the wishes of your news item rendering him in need of partial life support while he awaits a new half-liver and kidney.  Cheers for that, Emit” . 
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AN EXPERIMENT SPLIT - An Experiment On A Bird In The Air Pump have announced that they have split up, which is no good. This means a UK tour that was due to begin on Saturday will now not go ahead.  In a statement, the band's D-Bird said: "After almost two years together, we lay to rest one of the most exciting, exhilarating and exhausting projects I have ever been involved in. It all started off from an impromptu jam, an impromptu band formed and within such a short time, the impromptu band went full time, touring the world, recording with the likes of Steve Albini and meeting people I could only ever dream we'd meet". She continued: "Rather than dwelling on the reasons for ending I think it's important to look back and reflect on a proud achievement. We had fun, I adored instrument swapping and more than anything, I loved being on stage".
D-Bird, or Dee Blue to use her new nom de plume, will now concentrate on her other band, Blue On Blue, while C-Bird and X-Bird will go back to performing as a duo under the names Eve Black and Eve White.

JAPANDROIDS RETURN TO THE UK - Garage rock duo Japandroids will be back in the UK next month ahead of the release of their new single, 'Rockers East Vancouver', via Polyvinyl on 1 Mar. Tour dates: 22 Feb: Brighton, Freebutt, 23 Feb: London, ICA, 24 Feb: Leeds, Cockpit 3, 25 Feb: Manchester, Deaf Institute, 26 Feb: Glasgow, King Tut's, 27 Feb: Liverpool, Korova...
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ANIMAL COLLECTIVE PREVIEW 'VISUAL ALBUM' - Animal Collective have released a trailer for their long-awaited "visual album", 'ODDSAC', which premiered at the Sundance Film Festival last week. Speaking about the film, the band's Avery Tare said (to one of those glossy music papers) "We tried to make the music go along with the visuals as much as possible. We didn't want it to sound just like a soundtrack, but then we didn't want it to be like a music video either". Director Danny Perez added: "It's kinda like a psychedelic film, it's not like a narrative film or anything. There are more cohesive moments in it, but then there are some that are a little more abstract". Watch the trailer here: 
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AC/DC TO HEADLINE DOWNLOAD - Download have announced the first batch of acts for this year's festival, the big news being that AC/DC will be one of the three headliners. Also on the bill are Them Crooked Vultures, Deftones, Stone Temple Pilots, Megadeth, Motorhead, Bullet For My Valentine, Wolfmother and Volbeat....

26th JAN: DAG FÖR DAG IN THE UK - Swedish siblings Dag För Dag will be in the UK this week and next for a handful of UK shows ahead of the release of their debut album, 'Boo', on 22 Feb. Listen to and download a track from the album, 'Hands And Knees', here: Tour dates: 31 Jan: London, Old Blue Last, 1 Feb: London, Pure Groove in-store, 1 Feb: London, Barfly, 2 Feb: Manchester, Deaf Institute
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GODZILLA BLACK album for free... “Hi, Just a line to say that our album that you so nicely reviewed last year is now (today!!) available for free download from here for a limited period. We would be exceptionally grateful if you would put something in your news section. We also have a few shows coming up, 20th Feb with Chickenhawk should be awesome (and is free) but if you would like to come to any others please let us know and we'll ensure you're on the guestlist. Thanks Godzilla Black” Well they didn’t say where the Chickenhawk gig is, here’s their My Space - www.myspace.com/godzillablack – and here’s some words on said album....
    "Disconcerting and indescribable post-Kraut mayhem from Hell's own art school". Classic Rock Magazine 
          "This one turns ears and grabs minds straight away, this is different, this is good! Rumbling, rolling, new wave bite, a surf-kissed riff here, an edgy roll there, and really like nothing that can be conveniently pinned down... Alien tunes that will sail very close to the edge of your world". Organ
       "What is this weird shit? I put it into my stereo and I thought aliens were trying to communicate with me. You half expect to turn round and see Cary Grant disguised as a tree with one hand in your underwear drawer. The multi-layered production gives the whole thing a dream-like quality that makes you wonder if Godzilla Black haven't just created a new genre of music – uneasy listening." Lobster Quadrille Magazine 
     "From Here To Clare is one of the most unsettling tunes to have graced my ears in some time. So it starts off with burbling animal noises, builds into a Hitchcockian suspense scene, before pitching down into a rumbling surf riff, back into freakiness. Then it’s off again, rolling phasered drums around, strafing sound effects on a forced march towards genius." Brighton Source Magazine

NO SLASH-WEAR AT GNR GIGS THANK YOU VERY MUCH - I'm not sure I believe this, though it's one of those stories of supreme pettiness that you long to be true. TMZ are reporting that Guns N Roses fans wearing t-shirts featuring the band's original guitarist Slash were asked to turn their clothing inside out at a recent GNR gig in Canada, and to leave any Slash-inspired top hats at the door.  The gossip site says a security guard at the gig told them the no-Slash-wear rule came directly from one of the gig's promoters, who was presumably keen to save Axl Rose from having to spend the evening looking out into an audience of Slash imagery. What with the former rock-mates' famously long-running feud and Axl's band now being a weak imitation of its Slash-era self. (cmu)
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OTOMO YOSHIHIDE packed out London’s Cafe Oto last year for three glorious evenings and Cafe Oto say “we're pleased to have him back for two nights with the Far East Network. Dates are Thursday 4th February  and Friday 5th February
    FEN (Far East Network) are a new quartet that brings together some of East Asia's key figures working in experimental music. All four players have made major contribution to the underground music scene of their home cities. FEN are Otomo Yoshihide* (el-g, TT, perc) /Tokyo/, Yuen Chee Wai (piano,laptop) /Singapore/, Ryu Hankil *(inside inside clock) /Seoul/, Yan Jun (electronics and voice) /Beijing/. FEN played the first time when they were invited to the Mimi Festival, France 2008 since then FEN has performed in Yamaguchi, Tokyo, Beijing and Shanghai. This will be the quartets first appearance in the UK. FEN's real focus is to develop a network of musicians across East Asia's cities and the hope that a new relationship will arise within and beyond their borders. www.cafeoto.co.uk

23rd JAN: DRUGSTORE’s Isabel Monteiro has been blogging excitedly about the new band line up, seems she has now pulled together a full line up for her her born again band, read her introductions to her new 'cowboys' over here

22nd JAN: GIRLS WITH LATITUDE - A fundraising event for Latitude Safe Space, Brighton's new and only women's homeless shelter, is taking place at The Cowley Club on Saturday 30th January.  Organised by the newly formed Brighton Anarcha-Feminist Group, the free event runs 10am to 6.30pm with workshops, storytelling, radical knitting, DIY herbalism, subvertising, zine-making, discussions, skill-shares, food and zine distro. All ages and gen­ders are welcome and there will be a creche and vegan food.  Proceeds from the evening gig starting at 7pm go to Latitude Safe Space. The live programme includes music from Aspel Orchid, Beth Swain, Eastlope Blugrass Council and spoken word from political poet Sharon Tyas. Contact latitudesafespace at googlemail.com or brightonanarchafeminists @ lists.aktivix.org for more info.

SLAYER RESCHEDULE UK DATES - Let's hope it's third time lucky for Slayer's UK tour. The band have again rescheduled their UK tour dates, which have twice been postponed because of frontman Tom Araya's ongoing back problem. Here are the new dates: 26 May: Leeds, Academy, 27 May: Glasgow, Barrowlands, 29 May: Birmingham, Academy, 30 May: Manchester, Academy, 31 May: Nottingham Rock City, 2 Jun: London, Forum, 3 Jun: London, Forum..

21st Jan: JANE'S ADDICTION back yet again... The original line-up of Jane's Addiction has begun work on new material this week, their second attempt since reforming in 2008, according to reports. Frontman Perry Farrell apparently wrote on the band's Facebook page last week: "Monday we get together to write new music and craft a future".
            As previously reported, the band were brought back together by Nine Inch Nails' Trent Reznor, who took them out on tour and attempted to get the band writing new material again. However, things didn't entirely go to plan. Farrell told The Pulse Of Radio: " I'll be honest with you, we started to record and things got kind of ugly. You know, it's one of those things where the headbutting really came out when we tried to write and people were like, 'Well, I don't like that...' But you know what? I'm very patient, because it's only been, what, eighteen years, so I can't expect things overnight to be perfect".

20th Jan: Back, floods can't stop us, one soaking we Organ archive and a mush of artwork and I guess the U.S see thing fifferent to the rest of us, is Obama really considered an "extreme liberal"? What a frightening country. We seem to have about 10,000 seven inch singles from the 90's from bands everyone has long since forgotten about, Organland is sinking under the weight of all this stuff that has been sent in. What should we do with them? Wahtever happened to all these people? These  bands? Some of them were good, most of them only ever put out a couple of indie singles... the last century, another world, boxes and boxes of old zines that people made...

YEASAYER, who release their second album, 'Odd Blood', on 9 Feb, have announced that they will play a one-off headline show at London's Koko on 26 May.  While we’re here, let us point you in the direction of the first single from the new album, 'Ambling Alp', which you can download for free here: www.amblingalp.com

15th Jan: WEEDEATER MAN SHOOTS HIMSELF IN THE FOOT... No, he really has! Dave Collins, frontman of sludge metallers Weedeater, really has shot himself in the foot while cleaning a shotgun. The band had been due to go into the studio with producer Steve Albini to record the follow-up to their 2007 album 'God Luck And Good Speed' later this month, as well as heading out on a brief tour, but all plans have been put on hold while the remainder of Collins' foot heals. Speaking about the injury, Collins said: "It wasn't my intention to shoot off my big toe. This really f**king sucks and the pain is unbearable".
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13th Jan  JAY REATARD RIP... The Internet has been full of rumours of Jay Reatard’s death tonight, seems it has now been confirmed by Goner Records and by this post on the Matador website: “We are devastated by the death of Jimmy Lee Lindsey Jr., aka Jay Reatard. Jay was as full of life as anyone we’ve ever met, and responsible for so many memorable moments as a person and artist. We’re honored to have known and worked with him, and we will miss him terribly”.

MIGHT SYSTEM OF A DOWN RETURN THIS YEAR? System Of A Down may return this year after a four year hiatus. Then again they might not. Talk of the band getting back together began earlier this week because - obviously - of a cryptic tweet from one of the band's members.  Bassist Shavo Odadjia tweeted "Are u guys ready for System???" However, that was followed up yesterday by the less vague and decidedly non-committal "About my 'are u guys ready for System?' I'm not sayin we are back but, if so? U guys ready? SoRry for gettin u guys amped. I'm just seeing". Still, looks like Odadjia might be lobbying his bandmates for a return.

LOVE REVEALS NEW HOLE LINE UP - Courtney Love has announced the all new Hole line-up, which is a bit like Courtney Love the solo artist with a touring band but with added trademark infringement.  Love announced last year that her long planned comeback album would be released and toured under the Hole name, though without any of the other members of her former band. This led to fellow Holer Eric Erlandson announcing that there is a contract between him and Love barring her from using the band's name without his involvement. Courtney denied that was so. As far as I'm aware that little dispute is unresolved.  But nevertheless, Love last week announced that she, guitarist Micko Larkin, bassist Shawn Saily and drummer Stu Fischer would be performing under a banner saying Hole on a mini-European tour next month. So, that'll be fun. The new album will follow later this year. (CMU)
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10th Jan BACK ON YOUR RADIO... We Organgrinders are back on the radio today after the Christmas new Year break, extra socks on and ready to battle the snow, ice and suspended tube trains, we're making sacrifices here, tune in you ungrateful cake eating dogs sitting there by your warm fires and glowing hot computers with your warm coffee and... The things we do for you and new music. This week I;m in the seat, Sean O, so you get a bag load of punk, prog, metal, new things with bie and thrust and noise and loading up my bag with Bitches and Extra Life and The New Puritans and The Knife and who knows what we’ll have... 9.00pm UK time, 104.4FM in London, worldwide via www.resonancefm.com, come on, we got loads of exciting fresh new music for you, Ultimate Thrush, Worm Ourborus, Tik//Tik, putting it together now... oh, what to choose, so much good new music around, 2010 is already a good year... 

FOOT VILLAGE FREE COMPILATION ALBUM: "Hello Friends of Foot Village! As a thank you to everyone involved with our recent trip to Europe, we have put together this free online comp of bands that we played with. It also includes to live recordings of Foot Village from one of our most raging shows, CCA in Glasgow. Both tracks are previously unreleased in any form. Enjoy, and please spread the word if you can!" And good it is, loads of good stuff on there; BITCHES, ULTIMATE THRUSH, JOT OF SEX, BLUESABBATH BLACK FUJI, MYPER BLACK BASS and more, go grab it for free from here via Deathbomb Arc

9th Jan '10: Cold cold cold, don't mention the snow... 

SANTIGOLD PRODUCES DEVO, STARTS SECOND ALBUM  - Santigold is keeping busy. She's just revealed that she's recently been producing new recordings by new wave legends Devo and is starting work on her second album. Speaking about working with Devo, she told Paste: "It was amazing. They're just, like, my band idols. Them and The Smiths. But Devo, I made them pull out the red hats and pose for a picture".  She continued: "I am starting my new record right now, and I'm really excited about it because I've been on the road for three years - literally, three years - and it's been a lot". On the subject of her debut, 'Santogold' (which was eponymous back then), she admitted that while it hadn't been a massive commercial success, it had exceeded her expectations, saying: "I haven't sold a tremendous amount of records. I haven't really hugely broken through on radio. And I'm definitely not a household name. But this record did way more than anyone thought it would do. I didn't even think anybody in the States would like this record. There was no music out like it, and it was during a time when you had to kind of fit in. Nobody was really checking for genre-less music. Certainly didn't think all the different types of people would like it. I was shocked that it was really so well-accepted in the whole hip hop world. [And] I was really excited that people like Björk and David Byrne liked it".

SLAYER CANCEL TOUR AGAIN... Slayer have announced that they are cancelling all upcoming tour dates, including UK shows which had already been rescheduled from last year, as frontman Tom Araya requires further surgery for an ongoing back problem. Organisers are working to reschedule the shows for later in the year. The band's manager Rick Sales said in a statement: "Tom gave various medical treatments more than a fair shot but they just haven't handled the problem, so he's biting the bullet and is scheduled for back surgery at the end of this month. As unfortunate as this is for so many people, Tom's health is the number one priority, and this has to happen".

FUTURE OF THE LEFT will be on tour in the UK again later this month before heading into the studio to begin work on their fourth album, their first since parting ways with 4AD. Of the impending studio time, the band's Andy Falkous said: "Before the process of starting each record I always say I want to write a pop album and then our personalities get in the way. This time I'm hoping to take the thing full circle and to channel the spirit of Freddie Mercury through Slayer's back line". Tour dates:  16 Jan: Newcastle, Cluny, 17 Jan: Aberdeen, Tunnels, 18 Jan: Glasgow, King Tuts, 19 Jan: Manchester, Ruby Lounge, 21 Jan: Nottingham, Bodega, 22 Jan: Leeds, Cockpit, 23 Jan: Sheffield, Corporation, 28 Jan: Cardiff, Clwb Ifor Bach

QUACK QUACK SIGN TO CUCKUNDOO, ANNOUNCE TOUR... Genre-jumping instrumental trio Quack Quack have signed to Leeds indie label Cuckundoo (home to Vessels) to release their debut album, 'Slow As An Eyeball', later this year. Before that, they'll be heading out on a brief UK tour. For a taste of what to expect, check out this live video. Tour dates: 27 Jan: Leeds, The Library, 28 Jan: London, The Dome, 29 Jan: Reading, South Street, 31 Jan: Cambridge, The Portland Arms, 21 Feb: Leeds, Brudenell Social Club. 
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Jaw dropping! (and we never like to turn to that over used term). The first fruits of the new EXTRA LIFE have been posted as a free download here on Stereogum... We’re talking special even by their standards, have to be the best band around at the moment. "The Ladder" is from the much anticipated new album Made Flesh, out on Loaf in March. Just discovered you can now stream the entire album on the Loaf site. Seems there’s a single "Head Shrinker" that will come with a Peaking Team-directed video and Tyondai Braxton remix on Socket Records. To get the word out, there'll also be an R. Kelly cover split 7" with Larkin Grimm for Planaria, a split 7-inch with Parenthetical Girls where each band will cover the other, and a remix by JG "Foetus" Thirlwell. The album cover is right there...  We’re excited about this, listen to the album on the Loaf site now, that’s 2010’s album of the year sorted then... (2009's Organ album of the year was their last one of course). GO DOWNLOAD THAT NEW TRACK NOW. EXTRA LIFE ARE THE BEST BAND OUT THERE!

7th Jan '10: THE EX, featuring the veteran Dutch group combining their precision-honed punk with the brass weight of Mats Gustafsson, Roy Paci, Ken Vandermark and Wolter Wierbos are on their way over for a UK tour - this will something not to miss! Support on said tour comes from Bristol’s Zun Zun Egui. The dates look like this: Bristol Fleece (29 January), Glasgow CCA (30), Gateshead The Sage (31), Birmingham Hare & Hounds (1 February), Brighton Audio (2), London The Dome (with John Butcher, 3), Manchester The Deaf Institute (4), Liverpool The Kazimier (5), Belfast Black Box (6). The tour is supported by our friends at The Wire magazine, more visual/audio info from them here, explore The Ex via www.myspace.com/theexnl

THE KNIFE TO RELEASE OPERA - The Knife will release a recording of their opera, 'Tomorrow, In A Year', in March. Commissioned by Danish performance group Hotel Pro Forma and based on Charles Darwin's 'On The Origin Of The Species', the project was written in collaboration with Mt Sims and Planningtorock and received its live premier in Copenhagen on the 2 Sep last year.
          Says the duo's Olof Dreijer: "At first it was very difficult as we really didn't know anything about opera.  We'd never been to one. I didn't even know what the word libretto meant. But after some studying, and just getting used to opera's essence of pretentious and dramatic gestures, I found that there is a lot to learn and play with. In fact, our ignorance gave us a positive respectless approach to making opera. It took me about a year to become emotionally moved by an opera singer and now I really do. I really like the basic theatrical values of opera and the easy way it brings forward a narrative. We've approached this before in The Knife but never in such a clear way". The album will be released via Brille Records on 1 Mar. You can download a track from it here (CMU) 

PANDA BEAR of Animal Collective will perform a long awaited London headline show this March 11th at Heaven, and tickets are on sale now. This is his first UK show since 2007 and tickets are expected to go fast. More from www.atpfestival.com

MONO ANNOUNCE UK DATES - Japanese post-rock band Mono, who’s latest release was 2009’s album, 'Hymn To The Immortal Wind', will be in the UK in March for a brief run of tour dates. Wonder if they're bringing the orchestra with them? Tour dates: 15 Mar: London, The Scala, 16 Mar: Birmingham, The Asylum, 17 Mar: Glasgow, Oran Mor, 18 Mar: Leeds, Brudenell Social Club
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Here's a bit from the Real McKenzie pit and some hand held You Tube chaos

Here’s a bootleg quality You Tube slice of part of a Real McKenzies concert in Croatia filmed by Backpack Rock webzine that will give you an idea of the live energy (you vegetarians may not like the Croatian descriptive questioning of haggis though...) 

QUASI, NEW ALBUM, FREE DOWNLOAD TRACK... Quasi, now signed to Portland's Kill Rock Stars, have a new album, titled American Gong, on the way. The follow-up to 2006's When the Going Gets Dark. You can hear a track, Repulsion, from said new forthcoming album to tide you over until the album comes out on February 23. (I’m guessing that’s a U.S release date). Grab the free download, via Pitchfork, here

CHRISTOPHER LEE TO RELEASE SYMPHONIC METAL ALBUM - Yes, we do mean that Christopher Lee and, yes, we did say symphonic metal (so report CMU). The legendary star of films such as 'Lord Of The Rings', 'The Man With The Golden Gun' and numerous Hammer horror films has recorded an album with composer Marco Sabiu, who has previously worked with the likes of with Kylie Minogue, Take That, Pavarotti and Ennio Morricone. Lyrics for the album were written by Marie-Claire Calvet and tell the story of King Charlemagne, who was the first Roman emperor and often referred to as the "father of Europe". It's like learning, only fun. You can hear extracts from the album here: www.myspace.com/charlemagnemusical. Charlemagne is set for release on 15 Mar.
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4th Jan '10: L.A. power trio NEBULA, whose cosmic cocktail of heavy riffs, electric blues and psychedelic space rock has earned the band international (and, dare we say, universal) acclaim return to the UK this coming February to promote their ‘Heavy Psych’ album recently released on Tee Pee Records (“we” being the PR people who sent this press release of course). They play the following dates rescheduled from October last year. 10/02/10 Nottingham Rock City, 11/02/10 Bristol The Croft, 12/02/10 London Underworld  - www.nebulamusic.com | www.teepeerecords.com

3rd JAN '10: What TIK///TIK did on New Year’s Eve...  Brian Miller (of Foot Village) wrote: “Hey! #2 of the year, woah! Amazing. Thank you! I'm not sure if you are familiar with him, but one of the artists I've been putting out on Deathbomb arc for years now is Tik///Tik. Last night, while spending new years eve home alone, Tik///Tik recorded a song in celebration of the death of 2009. it is meant to just be a web-only release for people to hear for free, since we all have had the pleasure of experiencing 2009. The song is called "NO09". if you love it as much as I do, please share in any manner you wish! 'Dormant Like Breath' by Tik///Tik (which does not include "NO09") comes out on Deathbomb arc on Tue Jan 5th”. For more Tik///Tik - www.myspace.com/tikyoutik

Download  "NO09" here

2nd JAN '10: The sad news of Gregory Slay, drummer with much loved (around these parts anyway) US alternative rock band, REMY ZERO has just reached us. Gregory sadly died on January 1st. Gregory Slay was 40 years 0ld when he passed away from complications of cystic fibrosis. 
        A statement from the rest of the band has been posted on the O+S site (Cedric LeMoyne’s current project) read like this:  “Gregory Scott Slay – our beloved friend, partner, brother, master musician, beautiful artist – passed away this morning, January 1, 2010. He was in a peaceful place and surrounded by his family. We are so grateful for the time we were allowed with each other and for the wonderful opportunity to create with him for so many years. Gregory inspired all who had the chance to see him perform, to hear the music that he made or just to be around his bountiful spirit. He will be greatly missed. With our deepest love, Jeffrey Cain, Cedric LeMoyne, Cinjun Tate and Shelby Tate - the members of Remy Zero”
           Remy Zero were/are held in high regard here at Organ, both as a band, and as people, our thoughts are with the rest of the band and Gregory’s family. A very fine drummer, indeed a master drummer, in a very fine band, and a nice guy, sad news indeed. - www.myspace.com/remyzero or www.opluss.com
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2nd JAN '10: See Canadian concrete metalists PRIESTESS live on tour in February in the UK with BIGELF so says this first press release email of the decade. The dates are February 20th Oxford Academy 2, 22nd Glasgow Cathouse, 23rd Manchester Club Academy, 24th Wolverhampton Little Civic, 25th London, Camden Underworld. Feed your head with a taste of their heavy metal earfood over at www.myspace.com/priestessband. Meanwhile catch some Bigelf via www.myspace.com/bigelf

SOUNDGARDEN look like they’re the first of what will no doubt be many old bands reforming and coming back for more (expensive ticket prices and of your cash) in 2010 - www.soundgardenworld.com
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