Song of the day: Bloc Party - "Banquet"

New Wild Flag tour dates

Wild Flag have announced new tour dates for US, Australia and UK. The band is set to play 19 gigs throughout 5 months - December, January, February, March and April.

December
8 - London, England @ The Lexington
9 - Minehead, England @ ATP

January
27 - Bristol, England @ Thekla
28 - Nottingham, England @ Rescue Rooms
29 - Leeds, England @ The Cockpit
30 - Glasgow, Scotland @ Oran Mor
31 - Manchester, England @ Sound Control

February
1 - London, England @ Electric Ballroom

March
7 - Perth, Australia @ The Bakery
9 - Melbourne, Australia @ Corner Hotel
10 - Victoria, Australia @ Golden Plains Festival
11 - Brisbane, Australia @ The Zoo
13 - Sydney, Australia @ Manning Bar
30 - New Haven, Conn. @ Toads Place
31 - Boston, Mass. @ Paradise

April
1 - New York, N.Y. @ Webster Hall
2 - Washington, D.C. @ 9:30 Club
3 - Philadelphia, Pa. @ Trocadero
5 - Chicago, Ill. @ The Metro

Listen to Deadmau5's cover of Radiohead's "Codex"

You can now listen to Deadmau5's cover of Radiohead's "Codex", track from their latest album The King of Limbs, which came out earlier this year.

Listen to the cover below.

The Black Keys debut new track

The Black Keys revealed new song called "Run Right Back", which will appear on limited edition of 12'' single "Lonely Boy". The single will be out on november 25 as part of Record Store Day's Black Friday.

Check the song below:

Watch The Horrors cover Bowie's "Suffragette City"

Watch The Horrors cover David Bowie's classic "Suffragette City" on Channel 4's program On Track... with SEAT.

The performance takes place at London’s Metropolis Studios and it is actually pretty good cover. Check it out below.

Metallica and Black Sabbath to headline Download 2012

Metallica and freshly-reunited Black Sabbath are the only bands confirmed for Download 2012 so far. However, those are actually pretty cool. Metallica is even set to play The Black Album in its entirety which is just awesome!

The festival will take place from June 8 to June 10. It will celebrate its tenth anniversary.

Tickets go on sale on November 18.

New releases

Here are new albums that I recommend you:

Angels & Airwaves - Love Parts One & Two
Gym Class Heroes - The Papercut Chronicles II
REM – Part Lies, Part Heart, Part Truth, Part Garbage 1982-2011Seal - Soul 2
Slash - Made In Stoke
Snow Patrol – Fallen Empires

Slayer will perform Reign In Blood in full

Slayer are set to perform their third album, Reign In Blood (1986), in its entirety in London on May 25.

Their performance will be part of three-day festival called I'll Be Your Mirror. Two other headliners are Mogwai and Guided By Voices.

Tickets go on sale on November 11.

Four Year Strong stream their new album in its entirety

Head over to Four Year Strong Facebook page if you want to stream their new album In Some Way, Shape, Or Form, which came out on November 7.

You can also check their latest video for their song called "Just Drive", which also appears on the album. Watch it below.

Gallows will release new EP

Gallows made an announcement about releasing a new EP on December 5. It will be called Death is Birth. It will be their first album to feature new singer Wade MacNell (ex-member of Alexisonfire).

The EP will feature these tracks:

"Mondo Chaos"
"True Colours"
"Hate! Hate! Hate!"
"Death Is Birth"

Guitarist Lauren said about the EP:

"Death Is Birth, we're going back to where we started and working with people we consider Gallows family. The EP is being released on our long-term friend Faz's record label Thirty Days Of Night and the songs were recorded with The Bronx's very own Joby Ford. For me this record builds on what I've always loved about Gallows - no posturing, no pretense. Four songs like a kick in the teeth."

PJ Harvey writes music for Hamlet

PJ Harvey wrote on her Facebook page that she has written music for Shakespeare's Hamlet which us currently playing at London's Young Vic Theatre.

Her FB post says:

"PJ Harvey Composes Music For Hamlet
PJ Harvey has composed some music which is performed live by Ophelia (Vinette Robinson) in the current acclaimed production of Hamlet starring Michael Sheen. Directed by Ian Rickson; the play runs at London’s Young Vic until January 2011. For more information please visithttp://www.youngvic.org/whats-on/hamlet "