Cold Cave release new 12", download Pantha DP remix
A general round-up of Cold Cave news for you right now, as a new 12" single is to be released, along with a totally free remix by Pantha Du Prince. Good stuff.»
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Listen: The track that got Andrew W.K a restraining order
Ummm, so you'll recognise that Andrew W.K is one of the more eccentric performers on the circuit, but you'll also recognise that he seems like a fairly decent bloke. What we have just read and listened to on the cyber pages of The Guardian is perhaps the most disturbing and frank thing that's ever been associated with him. If it's actually true, that is. »
The Beta Band's Steve Mason talks about suicide and depression
Steve Mason, the creative force behind The Beta Band and other aliases such as King Biscuit Time, has spoken candidly about his struggles with depression in the last few years and thoughts of suicide, in an interview with The Guardian.»
Listen: Max Tannone remix Mos Dub
You may remember Max Tannone, whose name sounds like a beauty product crossed with an Italian political philosopher - from his previous 'mashup' work done for The Beastie Boys (Doublecheck Your Head) and the Jay-Z vs. Radiohead deal that was Jaydiohead. »
Glastonbury renames Jazz World stage, announces line-up for it
The Jazz World Stage at Glastonbury has been the cause of much consternation in recent years. This is mainly due to the fact that, whilst jazz in some form does exist in this particular arena, there's plenty of music which isn't remotely jazzy emanating from it. Perhaps Jazz/World may have been more apt?»
Thom Yorke and Atoms For Peace newsorama!
You may have noticed that Thom Yorke's Atoms For Peace - featuring Flea, Mauro Refosco, Nigel Godrich and Joey Waronker - have played a couple of shows in recent days (Monday and Tuesday) in New York City. »
Watch: Parenthetical Girls perform in a kitchen
We've had people performing in Black Cabs, bathrooms, underground trains, public lavatories but have we ever seen anyone perform in a kitchen? Probably yes, but Parenthetical Girls do just that for their new single - 'The Common Touch' - on Into The Woods»
Ariel Pink's Haunted Graffiti record due in June
Ariel Pink and his Haunted Graffiti have a new record due, their first with 4AD. Called Before Today, it'll be released on June 8 on the usual formats: CD, LP and digital. »
Kele Okereke announces debut solo album
Bloc Party frontman Kele Okereke is to release his debut solo record, entitled The Boxer, through Wichita on June 21 - his debut release as a solo artist. So much for 'taking a break from music', then.»
Fund Gang Of Four's new record, get some cool stuff in return
Legendary post-punk luminaries Gang of Four will be the next in an ever-increasing line of artists who ask fans to fund their exploits. This time the band are asking for donations to aid the process of their newest record, the forthcoming Content. Of cour»
Listen: Stream Male Bonding album Nothing Hurts
Dalston's lo-fi trio Male Bonding release their debut record, Nothing Hurts, on May 10 (by which time David Cameron could well be Prime Minister) through Sub Pop but you can hear it WELL OVER A MONTH in advance thanks to SoundCloud. We told you it'd catch»
Listen: No Age - Score for Aentini
Noisy, raucous, lo-fi duo No Age are more - and indeed most - famous for their short, sharp bursts of pop songs, but they're starting to branch out a little bit, and have scored a short film. They've also posted an mp3 of their work. They explain so on their blog and below:»
Thurston Moore to lecture youth on white noise
Avant Garde Preschool may sound like an utterly and ludicrously pretentious 'thing' and that's partly because it most likely is one. Nevertheless, the New York-based programme (if you can call it that) is to feature one Thurston Moore, of Sonic Youth, 'lecturing' children about white noise and related issues this weekend (via Pitchfork).»
GOOD Friday Feeling: Pink Floyd's Dark Side in 8-bit
Happy Good Friday! And with it a very special (special in that it's the first one we've done for a few weeks) edition of Friday Feeling, Friday Fun, or WHATEVER I remember to call it.»
Spotifriday #40 - This Week on DiS as a playlist
We considered taking the day off and not bothering with this week's content-based Spotify playlist, what with today being a bank holiday and all. But we thought better of it. We're servants to you. And you'll get more chance to listen to it if you're at home, anyway.»
Watch: A bunch of bands performing at SXSW ft. Anni Rossi, First Aid Kit + The xx
Hey! We might not have actually gone to the Industry Fest that is SXSW. Nothing to cry about really, there's always next year etc. Still, the people at Babelgum have nicely compiled a whole host of beautiful and talented bands and artists performing in Austin, some of them more beautiful and more talented than others, but that's just the way GOD wanted it. »
65DaysOfStatic return with free track, tour, album
So various bits and bobs about the imminent return of 65DaysOfStatic have been floating around in the ether for a few days or so now, but we thought we'd bring you most of the news compacted and combined in one news article. So don't say this is 'old news', OK?»
NewsRound: The first quarter of 2010 in NEWS
THIS IS THE NEWS. Or it was the news, being a compilation of some of the most noteworthy stories of the first quarter of the year and the first...umm... 0.3333333 2.5 per cent of the decade (GCSE Maths, Grade B), if you want to get decimal about it all. Unfortunately, so far this year some of the biggest stories have also been the saddest, with three of music's brightest stars being lost to us forever, save through their music. »
Festival News Round-Up #6
Festivals. Bands. Fields. Tents. Expensive Food. Being smelly. More details below...»
Listen: Download exclusive Kelpe mix Flurobeige
ANOTHER free mix from Kelpe. »
Watch: Los Campesinos! + Copy Haho Euro tour video
Los Campesinos! have toured an awful, awful lot in the last few months. Recently they took in most of mainland Europe, apart from some of the more remote and strange parts, the sorts of places where living musical deities are local men with seven-fingers »
Slow Club announce May tour with Summer Camp, new single
Sheffield indie-pop duo Slow Club have just announced a handful of ENGLISH tour dates for May, following on from their previously-confirmed show at Brighton's Great Escape. »
Watch: Phoenix perform on BBC 6Music
French Fancies Phoenix have been in town this past week, playing two dates at Camden's Roundhouse - one on Monday and one on Tuesday. Unfortunately I couldn't make it along but by all accounts it was meant to be most tremendous. »
Wichita announce tenth birthday celebrations
It's not just us at Drowned in Sound who celebrate our first decade of existence in the year of the father TwoThousdandTen. Obviously. But it's nice to have someone to share the whisky with, and that includes our friends over at Wichita, who reach double figures this year. Congratulations to them.»
Watch: Monsters of Folk - 'Dear God'
Nicely done.»
LCD Soundsystem album gets name and cover
The process of finding out every last detail about the new LCD Soundsystem album has been somewhat protracted. It seems like, and probably has been, months since we first saw those videos of James Murphy doing his thing in 'The Manshun'. »
Listen: Download new CocoRosie track 'Lemonade'
There is literally no excuse not to show you the new CocoRosie Grey Oceans album cover just one more time. You really have to see it. Done. We've got it over with. Now we can furnish you with the good stuff, a track contained within the new CocoRosie »
Crystal Castles confirm vinyl-only 'comeback' single
Back in February we told you that glitchcore duo Crystal Castles had just finished working on their second album, that it was due for release later this year, and that to accompany it they announced a handful of live shows across the world.»
Watch: MGMT - 'Flash Delirium'
Last week synth-pop duo MGMT got so annoyed by the leak of their new record, Congratulations, that they ended up streaming it themselves on their own website those of you who are interested in the pair will probably have had a few listens to it already, and will have probably decided that 'Flash Delirium' is indeed one of the better tracks found on it.»