Placebo are set to return with their 7th studio album, their first since 2009′s Battle For the Sun. Loud Like Love will be released on September 16th and will feature 10 songs. The album, produced by Adam Noble, was recorded in 2012 and early this year in London. It will be available to pre-order from midday on May 31st on a choice of formats.

As well as the announcement of a new record, the band have an accompanying European tour in November and December. The dates are as follows:

Torwar, Warsaw – Poland – Tue, 12 Nov 2013
Lucerna Music Bar, Prague – Czech Rep – Wed, 13 Nov 2013
Arena Leipzig, Leipzig – Germany – Fri, 15 Nov 2013
Lanxess Arena, Cologne – Germany – Sat, 16 Nov 2013
Hallenstadion Arena, Zurich – Switzerland – Mon, 18 Nov 2013
Olympiahalle, Munich – Germany – Tue, 19 Nov 2013
Stadthalle, Vienna – Austria – Thu, 21 Nov 2013
Unipol Arena, Bologna – Italy – Sat, 23 Nov 2013
Geneva Arena, Geneva – Switzerland – Sun, 24 Nov 2013
Festhalle, Frankfurt – Germany – Wed, 27 Nov 2013
O2 Arena Berlin, Berlin – Germany – UK – Thu, 28 Nov 2013
Falconer Salen, Copenhagen – Denmark – Sat, 30 Nov 2013
Stora Arenan, Stockholm – Sweden – Sun, 01 Dec 2013
Sentrum Scene, Oslo – Norway – Tue, 03 Dec 2013
O2 World, Hamburg – Germany – UK – Thu, 05 Dec 2013
Sportpalais, Antwerp – Belgium – Sat, 07 Dec 2013
Ziggo Dome, Amsterdam – Holland – Sun, 08 Dec 2013
Bercy, Paris – France – Tue, 10 Dec 2013
O2 Academy Birmingham, Birmingham – UK – Thu, 12 Dec 2013
O2 Academy Glasgow, Glasgow – UK – Fri, 13 Dec 2013
O2 Apollo, Manchester – UK – Sat, 14 Dec 2013
O2 Academy Brixton, London – UK – Mon, 16 Dec 2013

The band also included a message to fans in other areas of the globe. ‘Finally, fans in North America, South America, Australia, Asia, other European markets and beyond, don’t worry we are coming your way very soon, keep your eyes on PLACEBOWORLD for details of the next phase of shows.’

By Conor Giles
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Crystal Fighters‘ ‘You & I’ begins with joy. A lovely summery scene with a singing tree and a dancing bird. There is something a little creepy about both characters, but the pink tint, upbeat chorus and unified shouts of ‘You & I’ let us know that these are lovely critters with a beautiful friendship. The humans run carefree through the fields, but ‘time is not a constant my friend.’ They (the evil, nasty humans) cut down the tree – smiling in the sunshine all the while. The poor birdy desperately flies after the truck laden with his woody chum, anger in his eyes until they reach what looks like a graveyard for trees. But there is worse to come, as the mossy beard of our tree friend disappears into a wood chipper. His knotted eyes become splintered bark, raining down on the dusty workyard. What can the bird do now? The only thing he can do, follow his friend into the blades, because there is ‘nothing else but you and I’ barky old friend.

For a cute, simple track, which on its own shouts nothing but ‘summer vibes,’ it is a rather complex and almost poetic storyline. It leaves you not really knowing what to think, as one eloquent youtube viewer states: “f** this vid is so weird and touching and beautiful and the last scene, omg <3” It’s like Romeo and Juliet with a tree and a bird – it’s beautiful and tragic. The love between you and I is so all consuming, that one cannot live without the other.

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Biffy Clyro‘s video for the almost title track from their double album Opposites looks like it has the sort of budget most feature films wouldn’t. Like ‘Biblical’, it stars Simon Neil looking all too obviously attractive, which according to our Senior Editor is an issue because “now other people will realise he’s good looking”. I think they probably already did. And, like ‘Biblical’, the twins take a back seat, more literally this time, and Simon ends up taking a bit of a battering. Hopefully it’ll all come good once the inevitable eleventh single is released.

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Phosphorescent is set to play to London’s sold-out Village Underground tonight and at The Great Escape Tomorrow. If however you arent one of the lucky ones able to catch him at either of these performances then dont be too dishartened, he has announced another UK headline show at the O2 Shepherd’s Bush Empire on 26th November. This follows on from news about Phosphorescent’s new single ‘A Charm / A Blade’, to be released on 27th May via Dead Oceans.

Tickets go on sale at 9am 17th May from all the usual outlets.

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In the lead up to the release of their forthcoming UK IV EP, The 1975 have unveiled closing track, ‘fallingforyou’. Having now revealed a number of tracks due to appear on the EP we can finally build up a decent picture of what it’s likely to sound like. I think the EP could go either way if I’m honest and I still can’t decide how I feel about The 1975.

The new IV EP is set to be released on the 20th May through Dirty Hit / Polydor in the UK.

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What we have here is the official video for London Grammar‘s brilliant track ‘Wasting My Young Years’. The track itself is an emotional and passionate number which the video seems to capture perfectly. Metal & Dust Recordings will release ‘Wasting My Young Years’ on 16th June.

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Released via Bella Union, Veronica Falls released their sophomore album Waiting For Something To Happen earlier this year. Directed by Paul Kelly the band has now unveiled a video for the album’s title track. They are currently set to play a number of festivals this year including, Latitude, Primavera and Green Man, so if you get a chance you really must catch Veronica Falls at one of their live performances.

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Their fifth track to date, LA’s Sir Sly have released ‘Found You Out’, a track which veers away from their slightly darker previous releases. Sir Cly clearly have potential but to me this track doesn’t feel like their best, don’t get me wrong I like the track but I feel there is a lot more to come from this band that will surpass this current release.

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Still relatively under the radar, you can probably forgive me for not knowing too much about Laurel. However what I do know is that she has an amazing voice and that this is an artist you will be hearing much more about in the future. ‘Blue Blood’ is actually the second offering from Laurel following on from her online debut track ‘Next Time’, both written and produced by the artist herself.

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I had a graphic novel of Kurt Cobain’s life when I was a teenager. Oddly, the one page that stuck in my mind wasn’t the depiction of his suicide, but the image of a young Dave Grohl jumping into a fight with recently ex-drummer Dale Crover, with Kurt shouting “This is our new drummer Dave; he’s a fucking metronome!” The reason I mention this is because Fay Milton (Savages drummer) hits hard, blisteringly fast, and with robotic precision. The infamous Jehnny Beth, with her Anglo-French accent rasping insults and her wide eyes piercing the audience before they’ve even played a note, is the allure that dragged most of the crowd to the Arts Centre, but it’s Fay Milton and Ayse Hassan’s rhythm section that made the gig so rapturous.

Bands need a frontman; they need the edge, the sex appeal, the freedom, that spark that sets the band alight, but they also need a solid backbone; because without it, the posturing of the abrasive singer and the enigmatic guitarist would tamely flop into insignificance. Savages have that core, and they have the bravado in abundance, and it’s scarily good when it all comes together. They play most of the material from Silence Yourself (the calmer ‘Marshal Dear’ being the notable exception) in an attempt to do as they record suggests, and throttle the audience. And they don’t half achieve it. Hammering through a punkier set than I expected, there was hardly any faffing around with guitar pedals, and hell of a lot more drum-skin battery. There’s no point mentioning track names, because every single song was intensely good, but needless to say whispers of “Husbands, husbands, husbands…” echoed around the vaulted ceiling long after the band disappeared. There was no encore, as there didn’t really need to be one; Savages arrived, thrashed any doubts out of the critics’ minds, and left riding on the crest of their own wave. It was no holds barred sensory barrage, and awesome in the truest sense of the word.

Alex Throssell
Dance Yrself Clean

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