It's Festival Season. Officially! That means only one thing! Plenty of competitions to win tickets for some cool music festivals! We've done a couple already! Here's another one! This time it's for Belgium's Dour Festival! Neato!»
Before we compile our super-massive end of year coverage, we want to know what you've loved this year. We kick things off with DiS' returning Editor's favourite albums of 2008. »
Organisers of Iceland's biggest and one of Europe's best festivals have confirmed that the event will still go ahead, despite huge economic problems with the Icelandic economy. »
Gameboy-squelch dance-noizesters Crystal Castles have bought the rights to use the image for their iconic 'bruised Madonna' tee»
Austin, Texas' rabble-rousing rockers White Denim and rock-fracturing stadium-gazing Scots Biffy Clyro have joined the bill for this year's Iceland Airwaves music festival. The SXSW/Camden Crawl/Great Escape-like festival takes place in less than four weeks time (October 15th-19th) and will see some of the year's finest acts play live, DJ and party across the length and breadth of Reykjavik.»
"Due to recording commitments", Canadian glitch duo Crystal Castles have cancelled all but one of their September UK dates»
CSS - singer Lovefoxxx pictured - are among the first batch of acts confirmed for this year's Iceland Airwaves festival, held in Reykjavik on October 15-19»
Hands up if you want Cadence Weapon to win this year's Polaris Prize, essentially the Canadian version of our Mercury? Awww, Rollie»
8bitpeoples of the world unite! Glitch-pilfering duo Crystals Castles have responded to flak previously received over whether chief beatnik Ethan Kath illegally used the 8bit Collective’s online archive of chip music, with Kath admitting their early »
This year’s Redfest has bailed from the summer calendar after poor ticket sales, joining Quart, Blissfields, Wax:On Live and others on the scrap-heap»
Still haven’t realised that Crystal Castles transcend the narrow confines of Barley-boy hipsterdom? Get educated when the duo return to round up unbelievers on yet another set of UK dates»
More names have been added to the bill for this year’s Hove Festival»
Tuborg are offering pairs of tickets to a series of shows throughout May featuring the likes of Crystal Castles, The Black Keys and Ladytron. Want in? Read on»
A Bank Holiday Monday it may be but that doesn’t mean the music industry grinds to a halt, oh no… Between peeks at the telly to check on the progress of Mike, Pele, Sly and their mates in Escape To Victory DiS here presents a very curt Chart round-up»
Choice cuts from weekly meat»
Currently on a DrownedinSound-sponsored tour of the UK – well, currently they’re in Vienna, but they’ll be back tomorrow – LA’s HEALTH will collect together a batch of remixes to release their disco record this summer»
Vanloads of new acts have been shipped in to play Reading and Leeds this year»
A gleaming set of new acts have been unveiled for this year’s Latitude festival in Henham Park, Suffolk»
The best of the week»
Yeah, we know this is up on the Great Escape website already, but for your convenience here it is again - the full plan for who's where and when this year in Brighton»
Crystal Castles are, by all accounts, difficult sods. But you can afford to be, I suppose, when you're releasing singles as good as 'Courtship Dating' out into the world»
The final addition to our Great Escape line-up revealed»
As promised yesterday, here is DrownedinSound’s line-up for this year’s Great Escape Festival in Brighton»
Brooklyn dancers Telepathe will finally head to the UK this spring to play in a few cities»
You and your muckers, rejoice now, Geez, The Fratellis are playing this year’s Camden Crawl, oh yes oh yay!»
Crystal Castles will be in the UK this spring for a series of live shows»
Rejoice, those who are unable to get time off work - day tickets for this year’s Great Escape Festival in Brighton have been released»
My Bloody Valentine are the first headline act to be announced for this year’s Bestival.»
Wicked glitch pilots Crystal Castles will release their first full-length record next February.»
Wicked Toronto glitchtossers Crystal Castles have brought out a handful of new UK live dates to follow their Vice sponsored Unitaur.»
These New Puritans, The Teenagers and Crystal Castles have been rounded up and will be unleashed on a joint tour next month.»
The Carling Weekend's two lesser stages have been populated.
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Blip-crazed wow-meisters Crystal Castles have announced a last-minute show at Madame Jojo's in Soho tonight...»
This week, DrownedinSound.com is taking over the main room for the first time in our role as media partner. Want to kill time in between caning it on laughing gas and triple-sod at London's acest new club night? Then come with me sonny, I've got a little question for ya. Hur, hur...»
Well, we're three nights into the DrownedinSound.com affiliated superclub that's causing a stir in many circles, so we thought it time to issue an update.»
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