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Background information
Birth name Dante Terrell Smith
Born December 11, 1973
Born place Bedford-Stuyvesant, Brooklyn, New York City, U.S.
Origin Bedford-Stuyvesant, Brooklyn, New York City
Genre(s) Hip-hop
Years active 1994—present
Label(s) Geffen Records
Rawkus Records
Priority Records
Downtown Records
GOOD Music
Associated acts Kanye West
The Roots
Gorillaz
Soulquarians
Blakroc
Talib Kweli
Curren$y
Jay Electronica
Black Star
Native Tongues Posse
Dave Chappelle
Immortal Technique



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The Drums Reveal Debut Album Details, Announce One-Off Gig

April 15, 2010
The Drums Reveal Debut Album Details, Announce One-Off GigThe Drums have announced full details of their much-anticipated, eponymous debut album.

Morrissey's favourite new band will release the 12 track record, 'The Drums', on June 7th via Moshi Moshi/Island Records. It's preceded by the single 'Forever and Ever Amen' on May 31st.

You can see the full track-listing below.

In addition to their two-sold-out London shows at Heaven this summer, the band have also just announced a show at the Cambridge Junction on June 29th as a warm-up for their Kings of Leon support slot at Hyde Park.

Together with their appearances at Live At Leeds and The Camden Crawl, The Drums will also be supporting Florence & The Machine on all dates of her May 2010 UK tour.

In yet more Drums news, the New York outfit will be appearing on Friday Night With Jonathan Ross next week (April 23rd).

'The Drums' track-listing:

  1. Best Friend
  2. Me and the Moon
  3. Let's Go Surfing
  4. Book of Stories
  5. Skippin' Town
  6. Forever and Ever Amen
  7. Down By The Water
  8. It Will All End in Tears
  9. We Tried
  10. I Need Fun in my Life
  11. I'll Never Drop My Sword
  12. The Future

(by Scott Colothan)



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