RIP: from Spector to spectre, Larry Levine passes away
It’s with sad eyes today that we greet news of the death of Larry Levine, the studio engineer who was instrumental in the construction of Spector’s famed wall of sound»
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Skream, Flying Lotus, Apparat: up for a two-day festival in Slovakia for £14?
Floating up the Danube comes news of Bratislava’s Wilsonic festival, billed as “central and eastern Europe’s celebration of cutting edge, adventurous and forward thinking music”»
Tapestry Goes West: Jeffrey Lewis, John Power among first confirmations
Wales finest rock and re-enactment festival returns this year, as Tapestry Goes West»
WIN! Tickets to Telepathe's London show this Saturday + free entry to Push for a year
We've five tickets to bestow, as well as free entry for a year to Push which takes place at the Mean Fiddler on Charing Cross Road every Saturday. In fact, just by entering you can get yourself on the £4 cheap list»
Psychedelic Horseshit ready UK single
Half Machine Records will put out a five track 7" in July»
Semifinalists head out on tour, ready new album
Semifinalists will head out on tour – cough, splutter, TONIGHT?! – as they gather speed in the run-up to the release of new album 2 next month»
Watch: a couple of new Late of the Pier videos
'Focker' and 'Space and the Woods' are released on the 19th of May»
Beth Orton, Black Kids and Guillemots added to Latitude bill
Another bunch of names have been shot DrownedinSound’s way by the team organising Latitude festival»
Bella Union bringing el Guincho, Emmy the Great, Duke Spirit to Wireless
Bella Union, the fine independent label started by Cocteau Twin Simon Raymonde just over a decade ago, have been given their own stage at this year’s Wireless festival. Guess what? They have some of the best line-ups of the weekend»
Coldplay announce US, UK, Canadian dates
Resigned to the fact that Coldplay are - like those 'PUNK ROCK '77' shirts people buy from Topman - going to be everywhere this summer, DrownedinSound takes a glance at the band’s tour schedule for 2008 and at least feels a glimmer of respect for such a colossal undertaking»
Radio gaga: George Lamb crowned the 'rising star' of British radio
It’d be fair to say the BBC dominated, as they do radio audience share, but perhaps of most interest to regular DrownedinSound readers will be the crowning of George Lamb as the ‘rising star’ of the British airwaves»
Agyness Deyn on new band: ‘it sounds like Animal Collective’
Model Agyness Deyn reckons her new band also sounds like The Vaselines and Moldy Peaches»
IWACS give away free songs; go on tour, add members
Dynamic duo, I Was A Cub Scout have released a cover version of The Cure's 'Close To Me', as well well as announcing tour dates.»
Adele, Duffy, Justice and more for Somerset House concert series
The line-up for the annual series of shows at London’s Somerset House has been announced»
A Week in Drowned in Sound: 09/05/08
Get gear, gear up - festival season's upon us, DrownedinSound flags fluttering against the sunset. We'll sponsor the sky soon, I swear it to you»
Zooey Deschanel and M. Ward release debut effort through Domino
She & Him, the collaboration between actress Zooey Deschanel and M. Ward, will release their debut offering thorugh Domino Recordings this summer»
Watch: Truck organisers selling new festival with sex
“The lovely Antony Elvin (who is playing at WOOD) made an un-commercial advert for our WOOD festival, along with Robin Bennett (who has a cameo), Antony has been in Mighty Boosh etc. it does show.”»
Watch: new These New Puritans videocasts
These New Puritans have uploaded the first of four self-produced videocasts to their website»
Morrissey, Tricky and Futureheads join brilliant Benicassim bill
Morrissey has joined a strong list of names for this year’s Benicassim Festival in Spain»
Madonna announces world tour
Madonna’s 50 and she’s still sexually active. And you know you want her. She knows. Come now, no need for embarrassment – she’s still hot! She’s still got it! Yeah. You want it. Blatantly»
Dancing with myself: Billy Idol announces two UK shows
Billy Idol will play a pair of UK shows this summer»
Indie nirvana: The Vaselines join Teenage Fanclub at Tigerfest 2008
The Vaselines will reform for an appearance at this year’s Tigerfest»
Gang of two: duo leave post-punk heroes to flounder in inevitable headlines
The original line-up of Gang of Four, reformed for reunion shows since 2005, has been depleted once again as the rhythm section scarpers to projects new»
New dates: My Bloody Valentine add ‘USA’ to to-do list
After sorting those UK dates earlier this year and agreeing to headline/co-curate the first ever ATP New York, My Bloody Valentine have added some more North American venues to their 2008 tour itinerary»
Watch: Agyness Deyn’s new music video
While not busy being the face of a generation, blonde model Agyness Deyn likes nothing better than to sit ‘round with her pals in Five O’Clock Heroes - y’know, from London? Contemporaries of Thee Unstrung? – and pen an indie-rock song»
Review: The Kooks on new Fratellis single
Kooks man Luke Pritchard has voiced his opnion on the new single from Scottish trio The Fratellis»
Supersonic organisers drawing up festival schedule
“Midlands promoters and tireless cultural ambassadors” Capsule have doled out days to the bands playing their Supersonic Festival this year»
Dandy Warhols return with new record
Those Dandy Warhols have finished their new record and will self-release the thing later this summer»
Manics, Kooks and loads more for Oxegen 2008
In the latest update to this year’s festival season, Manic Street Preachers and The Kooks are among those who have joined the bill for Oxegen Festival in Co. Kildare, Ireland»
Julian Cope, Martha Wainwright and Howling Bells join Latitude bill
Martha Wainwright, Julian Cope and Howling Bells are among those recently added to this year’s Latitude Festival»