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Sly Stone is set to release a new memoir later this year, featuring contributions from Questlove.The upcoming book is set to be released on October 17 and will provide a never-before-seen insight into the funk icon’s personal life. It will also feature a foreword by legendary American musician, Questlove.Entitled Thank You (Falettinme Be Mice Elf Agin): A Memoir, the book will dive into a firsthand account of the musician’s personal life, and share anecdotes from his 50-year-long tenure in the music industry.“For as long as I can remember folks have been asking me to tell my story, I wasn’t ready,” he said.

DEALSWarner Records has signed producer Pheelz. The announcement coincides with the release of the video for his new single, ‘Finesse’, featuring BNXN.————————————-RELEASESG-Eazy has released new single ‘Angel’, written and released to mark the birthday of his mother, who died last year. “Grief can be a difficult thing to navigate”, he says.

Mogwai‘s Stuart Braithwaite has announced details of a memoir – find out all about Spaceships over Glasgow: Mogwai and Misspent Youth below.The book is set to land on September 1 via White Rabbit Publishing, and will tell the story of Braithwaite’s childhood in Scotland, through his musical beginnings and decades-long career with Mogwai.“I am immensely proud to be working with White Rabbit on my first book Spaceships Over Glasgow,” Braithwaite said in a statement.“The process of researching it and writing it has been challenging but one that I’ve really enjoyed. It’s incredibly exciting to be able to share it with the world.”Lee Brackstone of White Rabbit added: “From his early years in thrall to the giants of alternative music like MBV, JAMC and Sonic Youth to improbable sonic misadventures on tour with one of the greatest psychedelic bands of the present day, Mogwai, Stuart Braithwaite’s memoir is a funny and righteous celebration of a life lived on the road and in the studio, dedicated to the pursuit of aural (and occasionally) psychic enlightenment and obliteration.”See the cover of Spaceships over Glasgow: Mogwai and Misspent Youth below.Elsewhere, Mogwai are set to head out on a rescheduled set of UK and European tour dates at the end of the month.The Glasgow band were due to start their tour on January 27 in Milan, with a date scheduled at London’s Alexandra Palace on February 25.

Primal Scream‘s Bobby Gillespie has announced his new autobiography Tenement Kid.Set to be published on October 28 via White Rabbit Publishing, Gillespie’s memoir is set to tell the story of how the singer rose from his working-class Glaswegian roots to front one of the biggest bands of the 90s.According to an official release, the book will tell the story of Gillespie’s formative years – including his time as the drummer in The Jesus & Mary Chain.It will also focus on his fateful meeting with the late Andrew Weatherall, who won acclaim for his production work on Primal Scream’s seminal 1991 album ‘Screamadelica’.Gillespie said: “The publisher Lee Brackstone has been hassling me for years to write a book.