Boris return with upbeat new record
Is it ethical to begin a Friday with a Boris news story? The loud bastards will release a new full-length record next April through the aptly named Southern Lord record label.»
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Radiohead readying UK shows, extend European tour
After announcing appearances at a couple of German festivals yesterday, Radiohead’s tour schedule for 2008 continues to take shape.»
UPDATED: Morrissey news round-up
All the fallout and forgotten from yesterday's sniping»
Nada Surf announce new shows, album news
New York’s Nada Surf have confirmed four shows for the start of the new year.»
New album: Be Your Own Pet break 'Awkward' Silence
Be Your Own Pet have confirmed details of their forthcoming second record.»
Sting Kids: Locust get robbed, ask for charity
Help the Locust! A fund’s been set up to help the band after thieves broke into their van and stole a Christmas list’s worth of stuff»
Unfeasible compilation: Devendra Banhart, Ariel Pink, Giant Drag cover Madonna
The ‘West Coast indie jet-set’ have put together a record of Madonna covers to raise money for charity.»
Gallows announce 2008 dates
Gallows have announced a series of live shows to take place in the new year»
Watch: Popworld lives in Oatmeal TV
We got an email recently from men calling themselves Russ and Tom. On closer inspection they turned out to be boys, but funny boys at that. Their show, the spuriously-named ‘Oatmeal TV’, launched last week.»
Lekman, Redd Kross for Pitchfork ATP
Further names have been added to ATP banners – the seminal Redd Kross, Marissa Nadler and A Place to Bury Strangers.»
Lekman, Silver Jews for EITS ATP
The dreamy, fabulous Jens Lekman has just been confirmed along with Silver Jews for the Explosions in the Sky-curated weekend next spring.»
WIN! Special Nick Drake box set
Last week, Island Records released a new version of four-disc Nick Drake box set Fruit Tree. As the headline suggests, we’ve got one to give away.»
Joe Gideon and the Shark cobble together new EP
Joe Gideon and the Shark have collated their two previous EPs into a handy whole.»
DiScover: Abe Vigoda
You're an attractive, masculine guy right? Abe Vigoda would love to meet you. They own an island and they've invented this thing called 'tropical punk'. Busy? Look at their faces. I dare you not to click.»
Autolux, Sonic Youth, Laura Marling: our first ever Sky news story!
After scrabbling around in the dark for a while, new, great music finds prime-time again at 9pm this Saturday, as From The Basement launches on Sky Arts.»
New romantic? Simon le Bon laments Amy Winehouse’s ‘tits’
Simon le Bon, frontman with the resurrected Duran Duran, has waded into the tiresome public discourse surrounding Pete Doherty and Amy Winehouse with his own list of demands.»
Radiohead announce first live shows of 2008
Oxford quintet Radiohead have revealed their first tour dates of 2008, rigging up to rawk out at a couple of German festivals in the new year.»
Listen: fresh, new, star-studded J Dilla mixtape
A new mixtape has been posted for free download at the late J Dilla’s MySpace page.»
Crystal Castles in debut album shock
Wicked glitch pilots Crystal Castles will release their first full-length record next February.»
Is Morrissey racist? NME firefight resumes
The hoary old tussle between music paper the NME and Morrissey has resumed this morning, as the publication splatters its front page with controversial comments from the former Smiths man. »
Wu Tang: 8 Diagrams tracklisting announced
The Wu Tang Clan have taken a second out of their hectic schedule to announce the tracklisting for their new record.»
WIN! Tickets to Noah and the Whale's Christmas party
We’ve now got two pairs of tickets to Noah & the Whale’s seasonal shebang to regurgitate down your greedy gullets.»
Artist Mixtape #1: MSTRKRFT
Producers, remixers, dance makers extraordinaire MSTRKRFT have put together a 'net-bound mixtape for us, and for you, to wrap thankful lugs around. Find it here, along with Drownload #2.»
Portishead ATP: stage times
ATP have released the stage times for next weekend’s Portishead-curated event at Butlins Holiday Centre in Minehead.»
Watch: White Stripes new 'Conquest' video
With a rising, showtunes howl and a Mariachi blast of horn, the siblings White explode back into our frontal lobe. Watch. Please just watch.»
Watch: never seen before footage of the Strokes
Colin Lane, former photographer with the Face magazine, has given Fader magazine never seen before (silent) footage of the Strokes circa. 2001 to help celebrate its 50th issue.»
Ternary glyph operetta: Mars Volta dates
Big-rock conquistadors The Mars Volta have announced three live shows for early next year.»
Reading and Leeds liberated from Carling death-grip; nation rejoices
The Reading and Leeds festivals will no longer bear the name – and, hopefully by extension, the taste – of beer manufacturer Carling.»
Lightspeed Champion to tour a lot next year
Lightspeed Champion has announced a grand tour to welcome in the new year.»
RIP: young emo-rocker passes away
Casey Calvert, guitarist from American emo-poppers Hawthorne Heights, died suddenly in his sleep on Friday night.»