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Fiery Furnaces fellow slags off Radiohead, confuses himself, looks a little silly
These so-called spats always seem like much ado about nothing, and they mostly are. Still, let's not turn up the opportunity to have a little laugh about them all, anyway. Here we have The Fiery Furnaces frontman Matthew Friedberger have a bit of a poke and bash at Radiohead because of, what he sees as, the band latching onto anything that's perceived as 'cool'. Really?»
Passion Pit confirm UK tour in March
High-pitched American electronica quintet Passion Pit have confirmed that they'll be moseying on over this way next year, in March specifically. As last time they came round was pretty much a sell-out, they've upgraded to some fairly large venues and academies this time which, y'know, fair enough...»
Third Man Records to commemorate Carl Sagan, release single ft. Stephen Hawking
Jack White's Third Man record label are to release a single of Carl Sagan's voice cut up, autotuned, process and whatnot into something resembling a song. Entitled 'A Glorious Dawn', the 7" will be released on November 9.»
Liars to return in 2010 with Sisterworld
Liars are to finally return to the fray with a new album in 2010, releasing Sisterworld early in the year through Mute, their first record since 2007's self-titled album.»
New Four Tet record due in January
What a day. Kieran Hebden, the proper name of electronica-type ambient musician fellow Four Tet, is releasing a new album at the beginning of next year. Rejoice lovers of soothing sounds. »
The Beatles enter the information age, release albums on 'Apple' USB stick
The Beatles will release their entire back-catalogue of albums on a USB stick. In the shape of an apple.»
Lightspeed Champion announces new record
You literally can't move for album announcements at this time of year, and 2009 is no exception to this raft of confirmations of new material. Who wants to release a record in December, anyway? Today it's the turn of Lightspeed Champion, a.k.a Dev Hynes, who has revealed details about his second record, the follow up to 2008's Falling Off The Lavender Bridge.»
These New Puritans to return with new record
Remember that bloke who dressed up in an avian cape from a couple of years ago? The staccato, barely-singing delivery of his vocals? The two brothers who looked very similar. No, that band were not a figment of your imagination and were in fact Southend's very own These New Purtians, who will be returning with a new record in 2010.»
First Aid Kit announce debut album details
Fresh-faced but also quite particularly good Swedish folk-pop duo First Aid Kit have just announced details of their debut LP, to be released on Wichita at the beginning of next year.»
Grizzly Bear confirm handful of UK dates for March
Following on from a triumphant show at the Barbican on Saturday and hopefully a couple more equally triumphant shows in the next few days, Grizzly Bear have confirmed a few dates for March next year, you'll probably be pleased to know.»
Balls On Parade: Tom Morello worked as a stripper
In perhaps the most of unlikely admissions, former Rage Against The Machine and Audioslave guitarist Tom Morello has revealed that he worked briefly as a stripper. The job, he says in a column on NME.com, came after he graduated from Harvard with a BA in Political Science.»
Steve Martin to play Royal Festival Hall with The Steep Canyon Rangers
World-famous actor-cum-musician and sometime comedian Steve Martin is to play a show at London's Royal Festival Hall with his band The Steep Canyon Rangers. Yes, you did indeed read that correctly. Surprising, perhaps. You may already known he's won a Grammy for his music, but I certainly didn't.»
Watch: High Places - 'I Was Born'
High Places haven't had an official video before. This is their first one, properly, like, self-conceived and self-directed by the band. It's for their new single, 'I Was Born', which is out now on Thrill Jockey records. Watch 'I Was Born' below: High P»
Slow Club announce Christmas single
It's only just November, which means Christmas is little over seven weeks away, which means we have to enter the festive spirit around about now-ish? After Bonfire Night, anyway. That's exactly what Slow Club have done, announcing ANOTHER Christmas single, following on from last year's 'Christmas TV'.»
Los Campesinos! touring for the forseeable future
Not satisfied with just finishing another mammoth chunk of touring, this time with Sparky Deathcap and Copy Haho, Los Campesinos! have just confirmed a whole new set of wonderful dates for the month of February, and some of March. »
Listen: Yeasayer - 'Ambling Alp'
Listen to 'Ambling Alp', taken from Yeasayer*'s forthcoming LP, Odd Blood.»
The xx cancel shows due to exhaustion
The xx have cancelled three forthcoming shows, starting yesterday, due to exhaustion.»
Battles: Coming your way in the near future
Prepare for Battles.»
Win! A signed Nick Cave and Warren Ellis album White Lunar
Win a signed copy of Nick Cave and Warren Ellis' album White Lunar.»
Watch: Ramona Falls - 'I Say Fever'
Watch the video for Ramona Falls' 'I Say Fever'.»
Peter Gabriel to release 'song swap' album with songs of Arcade Fire, Magnetic Fields + more
This could be incredibly WTF.»
Mandy outlines government crackdown on illegal file-sharing
Peter, Lord Mandelson has outlined a series of proposals to clamp-down on illegal file-sharers, after literally months of talking about doing the very same thing.»
Watch: The xx sort of cover a cover whilst Florence prances around sans Machine
The xx sort of did a remix slash cover of Florence covering Candi Staton. It's interesting.»
Watch: Vladislav Delay - 'Toive'
Watch the video for Vladislav Delay's 'Toive'»
New Madvillain album in the works, hear snippets
More details on the next Madvillain album, which features Mos Def and Dave Sitek.»
In Photos: Swn Festival Day Two
A selection of our photos from Day Two of Swn festival, Cardiff.»
Midlake to return with new album in 2010
Midlake, the band who would have surely been Grizzly Adams's favourite, are to return next year with their third long player, the follow up to 2006's critically acclaimed album, The Trials of Van Occupanther.»
Third Man pop-up stores to hit London this week
Third Man Records are to set up their own pop-up records stores in London this week, neatly coinciding with their two London dates at the O2 Academy and The Forum. Expect some records.»
Hatcham Social 'do a Tubelord', release limited edition single
Indie-poppers Hatcham Social dabble with art.»