BOTM February 2011 - ALL MANKIND

All Mankind are a four-piece based in Sydney (Australia), composed of Rich, Dave, Gavin and Dorny. The quarter have gained a loyal following across the USA, UK, and Australia, having performed over 500 times in the last three years to more than 100,000 fans.

The band's live success has led to independent album sales in the thousands and award nominations for songwriting and performance in both Australia and America.

All Mankind finished recording their debut album titled 'Simple Desire' with eleven new tracks, in january 2011, produced and mixed by Mike Crossey (Arctic Monkeys, Razorlight, The Kooks and Mercury Prize-nominated act Foals) at The Motor Museum studios in Liverpool and will be available later this year. The album was also mixed by Crossey and mastered by Robin Schmidt (Razorlight, VV Brown, Tommy Sparks, Go:Audio) at 24_96 Mastering in Germany.

**Their track 'Open Your Eyes' reached the Top 50 in the category BEST TRACKS OF 2010 of Kool Rock Radio's Annual Report and their singles 'Can You Hear Me?', 'I Am Only' and "I've Been Looking For This" were also included in the TOP 200 of 2009.

Suede Could Write Some New Material

According to Brett Anderson, Suede could soon be writing new material together, but only if he  believes the tracks are good enough.

Since Suede split in 2002 singer Brett Anderson has released material under his own name, but could be tempted to record new songs with the band.

Now, the singer has told that there's a chance the band could start writing new material. "There's a possibility we could do some writing together but no-one ever knows about it. Nothing would see the light of day unless I was really, really excited about it." He said.

The final Suede album was 'New Morning' which was mauled by critics. The band are preparing a re-issue of their back catalogue, with extensive unreleased material added to their five studio albums.

The project will be "the definitive collection of pretty much everything we released in 14 years together and some stuff that we didn't", Anderson said, "flawed, strange and sometimes beautiful".

Suede will be performing at the Brixton Academy O2 for three nights in a row, 19, 20 and 21 May. There will review, complete their first three albums, and if declared by Anderson met, perhaps the possibility of hearing new material after 7 years.

Young Knives Announce New Album

Young Knives have announced details about their new album 'Ornaments From The Silver Arcade’.

The band's debut ‘Voices Of Animals And Men’ was nominated for a Mercury Prize. Their third album - and follow up to second effort ‘Superabundance’ - is described as a "move beyond" the familiar.

This new material was recorded in LA at the Seedy Underbelly Studios with Nick Launay (Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Arcade Fire, Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds).

Fans are being told to expect a mixture of the trios "understanding of a spiky pop hook" but build on top of that familiar post punk template the groove of acid house and the smoothness of soul across its tracks.

‘Ornaments From The Silver Arcade’ is released on 4th April. Young Knives will tour the UK around the release date, more details to be announced soon.

Tracklisting:

01. Love My Name
02. Woman
03. Everything Falls Into Place
04. Human Again
05. Running From A Standing Start
06. Sister Frideswide
07. Vision In Rags
08. Go To Ground
09. Silver Tongue
10. Storm Clouds
11. Glasshouse