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February 19th, 2010
Lightspeed Champion to tour UK in May, single, video
Dev Hynes, a.k.a Lightspeed Champion, is one busy man with releasing albums, doing an absolute ton of videos and what not. That's not about to change, you should be pleased to know, as he's announced a UK tour for May, as well as new single, from his current record Life Is Sweet! Nice To Meet You.»
Listen: Broken Social Scene - 'World Sick'
Broken Social Scene - that awesome threesome you had in college, apparently. They return with a new LP after five long years. Now they've unveiled the album's name, the artwork and even decided to give away a free mp3 from it.»
Lloyd-Webber to save Abbey Road Studios?
You may have read in various news outlets that EMI are pretty much totally fucked. Naturally, they've got to find some way of combatting this, and given that they own the legendary Abbey Road studios, it came to pass that they'd put them up for sale for around the price of £30m. Pricey? »
Watch: Shearwater - 'Hidden Lakes'
Featuring a dog.»
February 18th, 2010
Rufus Wainwright confirms new LP
Man of the famous Wainwright clan, Rufus Wainwright, has confirmed a new album, his sixth in total. It's to be called All Days Are Nights: Songs For Lulu and will be released on April 5 through Polydor.»
The Fall to release new record in April
Mark E. Smith-led cult and generally pretty 'mazing band The Fall are to release something like their 98th studio album in April, their first since 2008's Imperial Wax Solvent. Your Future, Our Clutter will be released on April 26 through Domino, and is the band's first release for that label, having jumped about labels for the last few records.»
February 17th, 2010
John Lydon would 'love' to re-record Dark Side Of The Moon
Sex Pistol and face of butter that is John Lydon has said that he wants to boldly go where many, many men have been before, and record his own version of Pink Floyd's Dark Side Of The Moon. »
Listen: The Morning Benders - 'Excuses'
We've all been on a morning bender or two, haven't we? Mostly when whatever sporting event happens to be a few hours ahead of us, which obviously necessitates being in the boozer for an 9AM start. It happens. But are you aware of California's The Morning Benders, who release their debut album, Big Echo, in the coming months? If not, we'd like to give you the opportunity to acquaint yourselves with Julian, Tim, Jonathan and Chris.»
Joanna Newsom added to Matt Groening ATP line-up
Hi there. Just a quick one here to say that much the admir'd Joanna Newsom has been confirmed to play the Matt Groening-curated ATP festival, which takes place in May this year, at Butlin's, Minehead. Cue moaning of people who went and bought ATP Pavement tickets. »
Watch: The Futureheads - 'Heartbeat Song'
Game show-y goodness.»
Bright Eyes confirms first new material since 2007
Ok, chillax, don't go getting too excited by that headline, it's just a few new tracks on the reissue of One Jug Of Wine, Two Vessels the joint EP by Bright Eyes & Neva Dinova. »
Deftones announce long-awaited sixth studio album
Wa-ha! Just the Deftones news you were waiting for of a Monday morning. The band have confirmed that they've got a new one out in a couple of months. What will it be called, though? Diamond Eyes, apparently. It'll hit the shelves on May 18.»
Joanna Newsom to play two Royal Festival Hall shows with Roy Harper
Goddess of weird folk and most magical harpist in all of Christendom, Joanna Newsom, will be playing two whole dates (don't call it a residency, they've been doing it for years...) at London's Royal Festival Hall in May. Specifically May 12 and 13, which is a prime time of the year.»
February 16th, 2010
Listen: Mogwai and Rock Action launch podcast
Masters of dynamics and general fans of noise, Mogwai, have launched their first EVER podcast, under the banner of their Rock Action record label, home to a chunk of great acts. Wanting to give it a stamp of individuality, they've decided to call it a 'Mogcast', if not the snappiest, makes sense.»
Mos Def to play trio of UK shows, performs Madvillain's 'Accordion'
London! Bristol! Glasgow!»
Gold Panda announces first headline shows, album, single
One-man show Gold Panda has announced a pretty substantial tour - including his first headline dates - and some with the mighty Caribou and SMD - as well as a new single, and confirmation of a debut album, to be released in the Summer of this year.»
BBC 6Music seemingly safe after all
Hooray! For now.»
Watch: So So Modern - 'Worst Is Yet To Come'
I know we (read: I) always bang on about it being great to see a PROPER music video, y'know, one with a storyline, a bit of a budget and a few question marks hanging over the top of it all. Sadly, budgetary requirements for a large chunk of bands nowadays mean that anything approaching extravagant is significantly less likely.»
Listen: Exclusive Strange Boys album stream for Be Brave
Austin-based Strange Boys second record, Be Brave is out next week. Guess what. We've got an exclusive stream of it before the release date. Lovely stuff. They've also just announced a UK tour, and have a video for their lead single, which is also the title track. Out already. It's all go at Strange Boys HQ, ennit?»
Jónsi of Sigur Rós announces tour dates, video
More good news from the Sigur Rós man.»
February 15th, 2010
Crystal Castles announce handful of dates across US, UK and Europe
Electronic-glitch-out-8-bit-whatever specialists Crystal Castles have announced a slightly less-than-generous smattering of tour dates, which includes just the ONE show in the UK.»
Listen: Download Tubelord remix of 'Stacey's Left Arm'
Screaming rockers Tubelord are currently in the process of releasing a plethora of remixes for their album track 'Stacey's Left Arm'. So far there's been TWO, and thus the next one must be the third. We've got an especiale download of the remix - this time done by Scrubber Fox. »
Friendly Fires announce split single with Holy Ghost!
St Albans' finest ever act, Friendly Fires have announced a split single with remix specialist duo Holy Ghost!, with the added (but certainly not unique) twist that each band will cover the other's song. I remember NOFX did this once, possibly with Rancid or someone similiar.»
Listen: Glissando free live EP download
Giveaway. »
Watch: Steve West of Pavement's Tour Survival Guide
He even goes to watch a Hull City game!»
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