“’She Fell In Love With Silence’ involves the shattered emotions of a victim of domestic abuse as she pauses to question how to make changes in life. Far from being overburdened with its subject SFILWS bounces along with a searing melody that delights and somehow projects the feeling that ‘the blows will stop’.” Jim Kerr – Lostboy’s new single hits iTunes on August 15th

SLAM takes a new look at the stars of Mexican wrestling, in a beautiful coffee-table book designed by Fuel, which comes out in july 2010 through To Hell With Publishing. Katinka Herbert is a respected international portrait photographer whose work regularly appears in publications such as the Guardian, Observer, Telegraph, Food Illustrated and Dazed and Confused. Raised on a diet of Giant haystacks and Big Daddy, with a pinch of Evel Knievel, Katinka also recently collaborated with Marco Pierre White on the production of The Best of British cook book.

A few years ago the best known example of Lucha Libre (literally free wrestling, and based on daring acrobatics and spectacular soaring maneuvers), was the film Nacho Libre starring Jack Black and featuring luchador Silver King in the role of Ramses. But since then troupes of luchadores have visited London and been featured everywhere from The Today Programme to The Paul O’Grady Show to Channel Four News and the Daily Star and picking up fans such as Tim Burton and Jonathan Ross along the way.

What the media said about Lucha Libre London debut:
“A spectacle that’s more akin to a rock concert cranked to 11 than your standard British wrestling event. Viva Lucha Libre” Time Out

So our boys The Good The Bad have gone and shown what true pimping is all about by providing the new British gangster flick ‘Pimp’ starring Danny Dyer, not 1, not 2, not 3 but 4 of their treasured tracks an outing in this gangster romp which hits UK cinemas on May 21.

Check out the trailer here: www.pimpthefilm.com

Tracks featured during the film which is well worth a watch, especially to hear The Good The Bad in quality cinema surround sound are: “001″, “005″, “006″ and “008″.

if you haven’t already bought these tracks may we suggest getting your butts down to iTunes or any other good download store and purchay sing, then we can all pimp TGTB style. Hoo Rah!

LOSTBOY! AKA is the debut solo album from the legendary Simple Minds’ singer/ songwriter Jim Kerr. It is released in the UK & Ireland on 16th May 2010 on earMUSIC, the international pop rock label of Edel Group, distributed by Absolute via Universal.

Lostboy!AKA Jim Kerr will perform some small intimate UK dates in May including:

Fri 21st Aberdeen Warehouse 0844 847 2319
Sat 22nd Glasgow King Tuts 0141 221 5279 SOLD OUT
Sun 23rd London The Borderline 08448 472 465 SOLD OUT

www.lostboyaka.com

www.youtube.com/lostboyaka

ONETASTE FESTIVAL 2009 SUNDAY 8TH NOVEMBER AT THE BEDFORD, BALHAM, LONDON.
New musicians, poets, alternative thinkers & practitioners, filmmakers, actors, DJs & dancers converge for the 1st time in a unique festival for London.
“…a series of MCs, poets, witty musicians, and beat boxers each took turns on stage, none of them outstayed their welcome and all of them were red hot. OneTaste deliver a night out that’s both theatrical and b-boy sharp. I wandered into the Glastonbury night with that rare, gleeful feeling I’d made a great discovery. OneTaste will go far….” Thomas H Green – The Telegraph

THE BEAT Edition presents THE LAST CALL

Love dancing? Love music? Love to win €10,000 and rep your country in ‘The Eurovision Dance Contest’
Europe’s first 24 hour dance off! sign up now here www.thelastcall.tv

Core Facts

1. The Last Call is a brand new dance competition running from now until July 8th 2009, across Europe.
2. On July 7th, chosen contestants from around Europe will compete in a 24 hour dance-off at Matter (nightclub) at the O2 in London.
3. With a Samsung BEAT Edition DJ music phone, continuous playlist and a set of headphones, all 100 finalists must dance non-stop, hoping not to receive a single phone call or text from friends or family over the 24 hour period. If they do, they’re eliminated. There Can Be Only One!
4. The last contestant dancing will be crowned champion and will win €10,000 to spend on a night out with Swedish pop star September – and keep the change! Plus their trusted Samsung Beat DJ music phone.
5. Fresh from the huge success of her massive pop smashes ‘Cry For You’ and ‘Can’t Get Over’, Swedish superstar September returns triumphantly to the summer airwaves with the surefire hit ‘Until I Die’, released through Hard2Beat records on July 20th 2009.
6. September, a pseudonym for the stunning Petra Marklund, is a proud owner of a Grammis, the Swedish equivalent of a Grammy. She recently embarked on HARD2BEAT’s massive ‘Dance Nation’ UK Arena tour, performing to over 50,000 fans. This was September’s second major UK arena tour appearance in under a year, after playing on the huge ‘Clubland Live 2’ Arena Tour in late 2008.
7. From now until June 15th, anyone over 18 can enter The Last Call via the www.thelastcall.tv
8. In the lead-up to the final, each of the finalists will create a campaign page, with user-generated photographs and videos, and links to follow them on Facebook, Twitter and MySpace, showing off their dance moves etc.
9. The entire 24 hour final will be streamed live and online through www.thelastcall.tv and a channel on the Beat DJ widget.

The Good The Bad are neither just good, nor bad & they’re definitely not ugly. They’re the best new band you’ve never heard of. Three desperados, bringing the finest New School Surf & Flamenco to people who don’t yet know how badly they need it. In fact, their lip-trembling, bone-rattling, hip-shaking dirty cool has been increasing the birth-rate in Denmark by the day ever since their own explosive conception just one year ago.

The David Saw video for ‘Buy My Record’ has a great Bob Dylan ‘Subterranean Homesick Blues’ feel to it without using the obligatory ‘cardboard swapping’ effect.

Promo video for Running Away

Steve Cradock releases his promo video for Running Away. Film during Steve’s showcase at The Prince Of Wales pub in Camden during his showcase by South Of The Rivers productions.

VBS release their new video for Multiplayer directed and produced by Simon Deshon. – Multiplayer is out on Split Records March 2nd 2009