[News] Das Racist Announce U.S. Tour

After spending the majority of this year focusing on their own respective solo albums, Heems, Kool A.D., and Dapwell are coming together once again for a U.S. tour next month. The Das Racist trio will kick off the tour in Lexington, KY for Boomslang on September 20th, keeping proceedings going until October 14th. They'll also be appearing at Virgin Mobile FreeFest on October 6th. Check out their full tour schedule after the jump.

Das Racist 2012 Tour Dates:
09/20 – Lexington, KY @ Boomslang
09/25 – Toronto, ON @ Wrong Bar
09/26 – Buffalo, NY @ Town Ballroom
09/27 – New York, NY @ Irving Plaza
10/01 – Boston, MA @ Royale
10/06 – Columbia, MD @ Virgin Mobile FreeFest
10/08 – Philadelphia, PA @ Union Transfer
10/10 – Seattle, WA @ Showbox at the Market
10/12 – San Francisco, CA @ DNA Lounge
10/14 – Los Angeles, CA @ Roxy Theatre

[Watch] Bloc Party - "Truth" Live at Maida Vale

Last week in the madness of a festival weekend we let this slip through the net. Bloc Party visited Zane Lowe to perform some tracks from their brilliant new album, Four. Up above you can enjoy an acoustic version of "Truth" and if you jump over to the BBC website you can enjoy renditions of "Octopus" and "Team A" too.

Four is out now and I highly recommend you pick it up. 

[News] Haim Announce UK Tour

The Los Angeles sisters Haim have announced their first ever UK tour set for November this year. The band are also set to support Ellie Goulding at her date on the iTunes Festival next month at The Roundhouse in London. Get excited for the girls to be on UK soil with the dates below.

Haim UK Tour 2012

September
26 The Roundhouse, London (iTunes Festival (w/ Ellie Goulding)

November
10 Constellations Festival, Leeds
11 Stereo, Glasgow
13 Deaf Institute, Manchester
14 KCLSU, London
16 Bodega, Nottingham
17 The Cooler, Bristol
18 Audio, Brighton

[News] Pure Love Postpone Album Release, Announce UK Tour

Frank Carter's new project Pure Love have pushed back the release of their debut from October 1st,until the new year and February 4th. However they have announced a tour for the mean time the dates of which are below. The dates will coincide with their new single "Riot Song" which is set to drop on the 22nd of October. They'll also be going along with Pulled Apart By Horses for their tour in November, dates for that here. 

Pure Love Tour 2012

25th October – Exeter, Cavern
26th October – Guildford, Boiler Room
27th October – Chester, Compass
28th October – Sheffield, Leadmill
30th October – Newcastle, The Cluny
31st October – Leicester, Lock 42
2nd November – Tunbridge Wells, Forum
3rd November – Coventry, Kasbah
4th November – Cambridge, Portland Arms

[Watch] Hawk Eyes Live at Reading Festival

It was a very fun weekend for me last weekend, not only was it a Bank Holiday here in the UK but I spent my weekend in a field with some of the best people I know at Leeds Festival. On Sunday night before enjoying At The Drive In play the NME Stage I got to watch a firm favourite of mine Hawk Eyes tear through a great set on the BBC Introducing stage. We've spoke about them a lot in the past year or so but if you're still not familiar hit play above and get your daily fill of riff courtesy of BBC Introducing. The security deny Paul his usual pit antics during "Bears By The Head" but a great performance none the less.

[Contest] [NYC-Only] Win A Pair Of Tickets To See Breton (9/6) @ Bowery Ballroom!

In a little over a week SKOA favorites Breton will be taking the stage at my most favorite venue, the Bowery Ballroom. Sprout and I will be there sporting our best dancing shoes and we want to make sure you have a piece of the dance floor! We managed to get our hands on two pairs of tickets to the show so the SKOA family will be properly represented.

For your chance to get your hands on a pair, leave us a comment on this post before next Wednesday (9/5) at noon EDT. Two winners will be selected at random and notified shortly afterwards.

To get you warmed up for the big gig next week, here's a fresh remix of "The Comission" courtesy of Lapalux:

Don't live in NYC? Make sure you catch Breton in your neck of the woods while they're in the US!

9/4 - Washington, DC @ DC9 *
9/5 - Philadelphia, PA @ North Star Bar *
9/6 - New York, NY @ The Bowery Ballroom ^*
9/7 - Cambridge, MA @ The Middle East ^
9/8 - Montreal, QC @ Casa Del Popolo ^
9/9 - Toronto, ON @ Rivoli ^
9/11 - Detroit, MI @ Magic Stick Lounge ^
9/12 - Chicago, IL @ Empty Bottle ^
9/13 - Vancouver, BC @ Electric Owl
9/14 - Seattle, WA @ Barboza
9/15 - Portland, OR @ Rotture
9/18 - Los Angeles, CA @ The Echo
9/19 - San Francisco, CA @ Brick & Mortar Music Hall

^ w/ The Big Sleep
* w/ Ambassadors

[News] Frank Ocean, Muse, and Mumford & Sons to Perform on SNL

The 38th season of Saturday Night Live starts on September 15th, and they've announced some heavy hitting performances for the upcoming season. The premiere episode will see Family Guy creator Seth Macfarlane on hosting duties, while Odd Future crooner Frank Ocean will be performing. After cancelling his European tour, the SNL performance and a performance at the 2012 MTV Video Music Awards will mark his return to the stage.

The following episode isn't slumping, either, as the Joseph Gordon-Levitt hosted episode, which will air on Sept. 22nd, will see Mumford & Sons performing live. Marcus Mumford and co. will be releasing their sophomore album Babel three days after the SNL appearance. Two weeks later, Daniel Craig will be hosting the late-night show, with Muse serving as the musical guest. The UK outfit will be supporting their upcoming album The 2nd Law, which is set for release on October 2nd. Not a shabby lineup if you ask me.

As a reminder of what you can expect, watch the replay of Frank Ocean performing "Bad Religion" on Late Night with Jimmy Fallon below.

[News] Crystal Castles Announce UK Tour, Perform New Song @ Reading

Last weekend, Reading and Leeds Festival took place and from the sets I caught at Leeds a lot of bands were debuting new material. One of those bands was Crystal Castles. A purple haired Alice Glass ripped through a brand new track titled "Wrath of God" and up at the top you can watch the band perform the track live at Reading while below you can see them perform 

The band have also announced a UK tour set for November. Peep the dates to that below.

Nov 22nd - Birmingham HMV Institute
Nov 23rd - Norwich UEA
Nov 24th - London O2 Academy Brixton
Nov 27th - Leeds O2 Academy Leeds
Nov 28th - Manchester Academy