Slow Club postpone May tour, reschedule for September
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After Sufjan Stevens and DJ Shadow were confirmed for Brighton's Great Escape festival this year, there's now more been announced. And most of them are pretty good. Here is a massive list of them...»
Yesterday Battles were unveiled as one of the curators for ATP's Nightmare Before Christmas along with Les Savy Fav and Caribou. You should probably also know (although not from us...) they they have a new album out, called Gloss Drop, which hits shelves on June 6. »
Manhattan-ite trio Gang Gang Dance release their new album on May 9. It's called Eye Contact and is the band's first release for 4AD. We await it patiently. Or not so patiently any more, as the band have unleashed the opening track from it, entitled 'Glas»
Woah, new bands!»
We've been waiting with baited breath the last couple of weeks, after All Tomorrow's Parties announced that Jeff Mangum, once of Neutral Milk Hotel, would be curating one of their December 2011 festivals. When they said "who" we didn't think it would be m»
Free music. More of it. »
They're still going. Thankfully.»
Tour news. »
We went to the freezing cold and icy streets of Oslo to check out some of the finest Nordic talent. We weren't disappointed. »
Swishness in EP form.»
New Anni Rossi track.»
Has it really been a year since Caribou's absolutely brillo-tastic record Swim came out? Well, around a year anyway, having dropped on the world with the unfathomably excellent 'Odessa'. Back then there was also a video for that, undertaken by Video Marsh. Now they've done one for 'Jamelia' which is another track from Swim. It also happens to be quite good. Watch it here.»
E NUMBERS YEAH?»
New Metronomy track. As it says.»
This week's Spotifriday playlist, created from the week's content and featuring tracks from Efterklang, Howlin' Rain, Wild Beasts, Neon Trees and a few more.»
It's always good to hear news from power-pop-noise-rock trio Johnny Foreigner. They've just confirmed that they're working on a new record but that is about it as far as that is concerned. Other than that they'll probably be debuting the new material on their upcoming UK tour, which has just been announced. Have a look below for dates of that. It even includes a show in Milton Keynes! Imagine!»
Do you, do you like it? Is it, is it wicked?»
Winners! Losers! Drunk people!»
Sufjan and Shadow!»
New Vessels video. »
Download 'em here. »
Radiohead unveil new video for 'Lotus Flower' and release King of Limbs a day earlier than planned...»
Hooray for reformations!»
New Vivian Girls video. Watch it here. »
Welsh legends of music Manic Street Preachers have announced some new shows in the UK and abroad for May, including two shows in their native country. Have a peek here to see what they are and when.»
Norway may have been most famed musically for its black metal, but a lot has changed since then. We take a look at the development of Norwegian music over the past ten years and the reasons behind its rise - plus the rosy future. »