Soft and Music

Snoop Dogg is to release a brand new studio album in March called Ego Trippin’. The legendry California based rapper ninth effort will hit the shops in the US on March 11 and it will be released two weeks later in the (UK March 24)

The track list is to be confirmed but it is expected to include ‘Sexual Eruption’. ‘Sets Up’ and ‘Feet Don’t Fail Me Now’.

Hotly tipped new bands Foals and The Courteeners are expected to release their highly anticipated debut albums in March.

Oxford based dance-punk band Foals have named their album Antidotes and it has been slated for a March 24 release date whilst The Courteeners have yet to name their album but it should be in the shops for March 3 with tracks ‘Aftershow’, ‘Not Nineteen Forever’, ‘Fallowfield Hillbilly’, ‘Bide Your Time’, ‘Please Don’t', ‘Slowdown’, ‘Acrylic’ and ‘What Took You So Long’ all making the final cut.

Elvis Costello is to release a 30th anniversary edition of his classic This Year’s Model, which has already been reissued back in 2002. An extra 7 tacks have been added to the original list and an extra live CD will be in the actual package.

This Year’s Model 2008 will be in the shops for March 4.