Enter The Slasher House, the debut album from Avey Tare’s Slasher Flicks, consisting of Dave Portner (aka Avey Tare), Angel Deradoorian and Jeremy Hyman, is released on April 7. Avey Tare’s psychedelic journey with Animal Collective, though, is also worth checking out – in this archive feature from Uncut’s September 2012 (Take 184) issue, Stephen Troussé chats to the band about their wide-ranging career so far. “We got terrible reviews…” Interview: Stephen Troussé
An American university is to host the world's first Pink Floyd academic conference.
Called Pink Floyd: Sound, Sight, And Structure, the event will be held at Princeton University on April 13.
According to a report on the website Open Culture, the keynote speaker at the event will be Pink Floyd producer and engineer James Guthrie.
Iron Maiden's Bruce Dickinson has invested $450,000 (£270,465) in the 'world's biggest aircraft'.
The HAV Airlander is a 91.4 metre long airship, which is 18.2 metres longer than a Boeing 747, reports Top Gear. The ship is being made by the British company Hybrid Air Vehicles and its top speed is 100mph. It weighs 38 tonnes and can in addition carry 50 tonnes of cargo.
George Whitsell has explained the impact that Neil Young had on him when the guitarist took most of Whitsell’s band, The Rockets, to form his own group, Crazy Horse.
Johnny Cash's son Johnny Cash has revealed that there is enough material left in the archives of his late father for several more posthumous albums and enough outtakes from the American Recordings sessions to fill another multi-disc box set.
Morrissey has confirmed details of the 20th Anniversary Definitive Master of Vauxhall And I.
The new edition will be released on June 2 on Parlophone Records and will come with a bonus CD featuring an unreleased 1995 live concert recorded at the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane, London.
Originally released on March 14, 1994, Vauxhall And I was a UK No 1 album. The accompanying concert CD was recorded at the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane on February 26, 1995.
The tracklisting for Vauxhall And I 20th Anniverary Definitive Master is:
Kate Bush has added seven more nights to her Before The Dawn engagement at London's Eventim Apollo Hammersmith starting on August 26.
Tickets for all 22 shows will go on sale from 9.30am on Friday, March 28.
These are Bush's first major live dates since 1979's Tour of Life, since when she has given only the occasional live performance.
Tickets are available only from the following outlets: www.eventim.co.uk, www.gigsandtours.com and www.ticketmaster.co.uk.
