New Bush album in September

Alternative rockers Bush are to release their first album in ten years this coming September.

The British band, who hit the big-time in the US before becoming famous in the UK have been working with producer Bob Rock, whose previous credits include Aerosmith, Motley Crue and Metallica.

‘Sea of Memories’ is due out on September 13th. As yet, no final tracklisting has surfaced.

Cult reggae star cuts album of Nirvana tunes

Cult reggae figure Little Roy has cut an album of Nirvana covers.  ‘The Battle For Seattle’ features old-school reggae renditions of ten Nirvana tunes and was recorded on analogue equipment for a more authentic early 70s reggae sound.

Little Roy has worked sporadically since the late 60s.  His biggest success was in 1969, when he topped the Jamaican charts with ‘Bongo Nyah’, the first song to be sung directly about the Rastafarian movement.  A follow up in 1970, ‘Don’t Cross That River’ was recorded with producer Lee ‘Scratch’ Perry and featured musical assistance from the legendary Wailers.

‘The Battle For Seattle’ is released via Ark Records on September 5th 2011.

The tracklisting in full:
Dive / Heart Shaped Box / Very Ape / Come As You Are / Sliver / Polly / On A Plain / About A Girl / Son of A Gun / Lithium 

Listen to ‘Sliver’ and ‘Dive’ by clicking below:

Epica begin work on new album

Dutch symphonic metallers Epica are back in the studio beginning work on their as yet untitled fifth studio album.  Production is handed by Epica’s regular producer Sascha Paeth.

The completed album will be released by Nuclear Blast and is expected to be finished in time for a March 2012 release.

New album from Derek Sherinian due in September

‘Oceana’, the seventh solo album from Derek Sherinian (Planet X, Black Country Communion, ex-Dream Theater) is due to be released on September 5th 2011.

Produced by Sherinian and world famous session drummer Simon Phillips (Toto, Jeff Beck), the album is said to be “heavily inspired by vintage Jeff Beck“.  Guests include Steve Lukather, Tony MacAlpine (who previously worked with Sherinian in Planet X) and Black Country Communion’s Joe Bonamassa.

The final tracklisting in full:

Five Elements
Mercury 7
Mulholland
Euphoria
Ghost Runner
El Camino Diablo
I Heard That
Seven Sins
Oceana

 

Read a review of ‘Black Country Communion’ here.
Read a review of ‘Black Country Communion 2’ here.

 

Thin Lizzy to release box set in 2012 + new tour details

Following 2011’s deluxe reissues of Thin Lizzy’s ‘Bad Reputation’, ‘Chinatown’ and the seminal ‘Black Rose’ (featuring Gary Moore), there is another Thin Lizzy reissue planned for 2012.

‘Live At The BBC’ will be available in three formats: a lavish 7CD + 1 DVD box set, a scaled down 2CD set containing the highlights, plus a 5LP vinyl set.

No final release date has been set, or tracklisting revealed, since the release is still being compiled.  It’s hoped the box set release will contain Thin Lizzy session and live recording made by the BBC, but there are still a few sessions missing from the archives, all dated between 1971-73.

The current line-up of the band, featuring original drummer Brian Downey and long-serving guitarist Scott Gorham have also announced tour dates for January/February 2012.  You can catch Thin Lizzy, with support on all dates from Clutch, at the following venues:

JANUARY
Thursday 19th       Glasgow Barrowlands
Saturday 21st         Newcastle City Hall
Monday 23rd         Leicester De Montfort Hall
Tuesday 24th         York Barbican
Wednesday 25th   Cambridge Corn Exchange
Friday 27th             Wolverhampton Civic Hall
Saturday 28th        Manchester o2 Apollo
Sunday 29th           Sheffield City Hall
Tuesday 31st          Plymouth Pavilions

FEBRUARY
Wednesday 1st      Cardiff St. David’s Hall
Friday 3rd               Brighton Dome
Saturday 4th          London HMV Hammersmith Apollo