Tour Spawn: Frog Eyes announce dates
After the recent loudly-applauded release of Tears of the Valedictorian, Casey Mercer's Frog Eyes embark on a brief trip round the UK with modest pairing of shows...»
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Extra Golden - Hera Ma Nono
Ever since Paul Simon decided to bombardier his flailing ego round the world’s barrios, making a dart for any marimba or panpipe that was going spare, noses have tended to quickly turn from the sort of foundations that Extra Golden are built upon...»
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Even now, over sixteen months since its initial release, lips still pucker with ease to pipe along to the empty-headed brilliance of ‘Young Folks’. So welcome Those Dancing Days to the dancefloor, abducting a similar vein of gurning delirium as they politely introduce their heady bout of Stockholm pop...»
Various - Thrash Sabbatical
Densely does it. As elaborative goes, Deathbomb Arc have pulled out the stops here. Sat on doorsteps basking in its own hyper-colour majesty, Thrash Sabbatical has imposed itself upon you even before a cart has even been laid down on this raucous LP/2x7” collection of noise mongering, housed in an awkward cardboard box designed by LA outfit Not Not Fun...»
Friend For Life? Grizzly Bear announce tracklisting for EP
Slow on the uptake here perhaps, but this doesn't stop the fact that Grizzly Bear release new EP Friend on November 5, through Warp.»
BBC's Kershaw receives suspended jail sentence
Renowned BBC Radio 3 disc-jockey Andy Kershaw has been sentenced to a suspended jail term after pleading guilty to breaching a restraining order issued to prevent the former Radio 1 presenter from approaching his estranged partner, Juliette Banner.»
ATP launch Custom Made series with The Drones
Meet Custom Made, ATP Recordings new 7" series. Beginning next week different acts provide four tracks working round the premise of an age-old wedding day superstition.»
Thrill Jockey celebrates 15th with covers record
After 15 years of Thrill Jockey, the Chicago-based record label have decided to celebrate in style. Following news of the London shows to mark the occasion, the label has now announced a compilation record of cover versions of Thrill Jockey tracks.»
DiScover: The Pyramids
Fancy playing away whilst your partner's out of town? Head to the country whilst Archie Bronson isn't looking for a dirty weekend frolicking by the hay bails. Away from prying eyes are The Pyramids - potty-mouthed vocalist Sam 'The Bishop' Windett and stick-smith Mark 'Arp' Cleveland, also of Archie Bronson Outfit They’re waiting out in the barn, open-armed and wide-legged...»
Battles on reflection: "The goal was simple - just release a good record"
Clambering around awkwardly, casually shifting tones, Mirrored is something of a chameleon, unclassifiable but utterly distinct. After a year rasping away nonsensically on tour with the stellar cast of Ian Williams, John Stanier and Dave Konopka, we spoke to Tyondai Braxton to see how Battles have been dealing with the acclaim that they have garnered and the act is heading to next...»
M.I.A. - Jimmy
And so AR Rahman’s influence further delves into the common conscience. But where the Bollywood producer’s spiralling symphonies have so often been subjected to hack-job interpretations, as ‘Jimmy’ shifts from Maya Arulpragasam’s sultry soft-tongued introduction to its splintering hook it seems M.I.A. knows how to pay her dues...»
UPDATED: ATP Bring GZA, Sebadoh to UK
Off the back of its outing stateside GZA is to perform Liquid Swords in its entirity as the closing chapter to ATP's 2007 Don't Look Back series.»
Magik Markers - BOSS
BOSS distances any worries that this was Magik Markers copping out to embrace the convention they previously seemed to shy from and, as ‘Circle’ plays out with a sparse resonance demanding the "chords of America", they return to the margins...»
Chart round-up: SFG versus PWT's
One man’s cess pit is another man’s bath, so are we bathing in Evian or shit this week in the charts? Bit of both as usual.»
Doom's Not Dead: MF okay apparently
Stones Throw have quashed rumours of MF Doom's 'death' by sending out a newsletter detailing his well-being.»
UPDATED: Red. Yellow. Pink. Green: Radiohead to release new record in 10 days
No hoax, it would seem...»
Here Be Cancellations: Ed Harcourt dates pulled
"Unforseen commitments" have forced Ed Harcourt to cancel the opening three dates of his Until Tomorrow Then Tour.»
British Sea Power: Some Frankhaus? for FREE
After recently announcing details regarding their Krankenhaus? EP, British Sea Power have offered some of it up for nada. As an enticing introduction to pastures new, recent racket 'Atom' is available for FREE from BSP's website. JUST. CLICK. HERE. »
Friend Opportunity: Deerhoof downloads for FREE
Deerhoof have offered up an array of free downloads including live recordings, rarities and remixes.»
Dre Delay: beatnik delays Detox
It continues... Perhaps put under pressure after Keane’s revelation last week, Dr. Dre has announced that the release of his highly anticipated Detox is still some way away.»
Dirty Projectors tour UK
With the forthcoming Black Flag mutilating Rise Above out on October 8, lynchpin Dave Longstreth (pictured) and his Dirty Projectors perform throughout Ireland and The Kingdom from October with a flurry of headline and support shows.»
Horror Show: 'Best Of' Libertines release announced
A 'best of' compilation of The Libertines featuring rarities, b-sides and an attempt to gloss over the fact that The Libertines was a hackjob is to be released next month (October 29).»
Raveonettes Return
Chic Danish duo The Raveonettes have announced details regarding the release of Lust, Lust, Lust on Fierce Panda from November 5.»
Giraffe Running - Giraffe Running
Everyone sat down? Context is everything with Giraffe Running. Recorded at the end of 2003, broken-brained broken-beat duo Greg Barrett (bass) and Hag (drums) produced five initial instrumental compositions. Jolting from one bass string to another, Barrett’s meandering fret lines are fingered with jerking precision, sliding one direction, changing gears, and awkwardly crawling up another...»
MOBO Awards: wins for West, Westwood and Winehouse
Having pulled out from the event earlier in the week, 50 Cent again lost out to Kayne West at last night's MOBOs.»
Thurston - Trees Outside The Academy
For over a decade Thurston Moore’s solo ventures have provided a means to indulge and detail his deepest noise tendencies. Whether the spiralling improvisation of Three Incredible Ideas or the directionless avant-garde of Lost To The City, there has been little that resembled the Sonic Youth spill-over that Moore’s 1995-released Psychic Hearts provided...»
Shame On A Skipper: Wu-Tang and Snoop enrage yachting community
Chicago Yachting Association have become incensed with promoters Clear Channel Entertainment after Wu-Tang Clan and Snoop Dogg both provided recent profanity-littered performances at the Northerly Island Charter One Pavilion.»
Electrelane, Beastie Boys at London Roundhouse, Thu 06 Sep
Rather than one of the usual fodder acts carted out for such an event, this evening's solitary support slot for the Beastie Boys is inspired in that, as faces stiffen in bemusement, Electrelane provoke a response...»
Northern-head Von Südenfed: supergruppe announce jaunt
Von Südenfed have announced a new batch of dates.»
Shape Of Broad Minds - Craft Of The Lost Art
Craft Of The Lost Art is flawed in that it falls into a familiar pitfall: in relentless pursuit of leftfield innovation, Shape Of Broad Minds have dragged this LP out as a hurried flurry of fists rather than a precise punch to the gut...»