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          Irish 90′s wunderkinds, The Cranberries might just take their recent reunion to the next level, meaning they are working on new material. In an interview with the Chicago Sun-Times,  singer Dolores O’Riordan stated that both she and Noel Hogan have been writing new music and the possibility of a new album seems appealing to the recently reunited gang.

         Currently, the band are on an approximately one month tour of North America, enchanting fans, old and new, with The Cranberries hit-list of honour, as well songs from O’Riordan’s solo albums. Due to a personal matter of the singer’s, a recent gig in Detroit had to be cancelled, but now the tour is back on track. 2010 will bring two other legs on their reunion tour, one in South America for the winter and then, Paris in the springtime… plus other major European cities.

          Hopefully, the audience’s response will encourage the Zombie authors to grace us with new material. Their last album was 2001′s Wake Up and Smell the Coffee. See a performance of their 1996 classic, When You’re Gone, played in Philadelphia, on November 17:

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There is some new material on the reunited front of 90′s alternative idols, Skunk Anansie. After an eight years break for solo efforts, the four members got together again. They are about to release a somewhat delayed best of album, entitled Smashes and Tashes, that will be promoted through a full-on European tour, which will have them rocking some of the major cities on the continent, like Berlin, Vienna, Zurich, Paris, Amsterdam, Brussels, Madrid, as well as some familiar places in the UK. Still, they are not going to rest solely on past laurels, but are also offering some new material. After releasing a free download new song as a sign of good faith, Tear the Place Up, Skin & co. are gracing us with a new single from the aforementioned best of album. It’s called Because of You and already has a video to go along with it. For what it’s worth, this is quite a good song, which proves that Skunk Anansie are not into the reunion bussiness just to right their financial situation, but also to explore new places in their musical creativity. It’s a departure both from their Female Rage Against the Machine days of Little Baby Swastikkka and from their d’n'b flashes of Charlie Big Potato. Smashes and Tashes will also feature a third new track, Squander.

WATCH THE VIDEO FOR Because of You