The Gaslight Anthem has announced a special gig as thier new album debuts at No 16 on the Billboard Top 200

At the beginning of this year, for antiMusic.com's decade-in-review feature, I identified The Gaslight Anthem's Sink or Swim as the best album of the 2000s. A year before that, I named The '59 Sound the best album of 2008. Now American Slang is very likely the best record we will hear in 2010.

The Gaslight Anthem debuted at Number 18 in the British album charts yesterday with their third studio album, American Slang.In related news, the New Jersey rockers will kick off their UK tour tomorrow in Birmingham.For dates and ticket info, click here.

The Gaslight Anthem celebrated the release of their new album 'American Slang' with an intimate show at New York's Fillmore Irving Plaza last night (June 15) - and frontman Brian Fallon even managed to showcase his footballing skills.

However there is no sign of Bruce Springsteen despite pre-show rumours