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Leeds's Brainwash festival returns for its fourth year in 2009 and features perhaps the best line-up yet. This year's edition sees the likes of Jaga Jazzist, Efterklang, This Town Needs Guns, Pulled Apart By Horses, Tubelord, BLK JKS, Vessels and many, ma»
Who will be this year's Fleet Foxes?»
Brum-based Calories are to release an all new EP through Big Scary Monsters. Entitled Let's Pretend That We're Older, it'll be released November 9 and features four brand new recordings from the band, all of which are outtakes/unused material from their upcoming LP Habitations, which will be released in March next year.»
If it seems like a little while since Los Campesinos! furnished us with more details about their upcoming second album PROPER, that's because it is. This time, however, we will not be left wondering what the hell is going on, as they've announced the album title, tracklisting and release date for it. Hoo-rah!»
A selection of our snaps from Day One of Cardiff's Swn Festival.»
Field Music are BACK!»
A selection of our photos from 2009's Iceland Airwaves festival.»
Dynamic Scottish indie-poppers Copy Haho have announced yet more tour dates for the winter, carrying on from the bunchload of dates they're playing alongside Los Campesinos! and Good Shoes in the preceding two months.»
This week's content-related Spotify playlist, featuring Wavves, Jamie T, Copy Haho, Biffy Clyro, Atlas Sound, Sufjan Stevens, Rolo Tomassi, Eels and many more.»
Watch the video for Weezer's new single '(If You're Wondering If I Want You To) I Want You To'.»
Win a pair of tickets to see Dananananaykroyd at the Scala, in London.»
A selection of our shots from Day Three of Manchester's In The City Festival.»
Watch Fever Ray's video for 'Stranger Than Kindness' and find out details of The Guardian's give-away.»
Our selection of snaps from Day Two of In The City.»
Yes, yes, it is true! England's finest noise/scream merchants Rolo Tomassi have got in none other than the world renowned DJ, producer and whatnot who goes by the name of Diplo to produce/twist dials on their new record, the follow-up to [Hysterics].»
Watch the video for Spiral Stairs' a.k.a Scott Kannberg's new video, 'Stolen Pills'.»
Although a 10/10 review for Efterklang's Parades the first time round may seem a little hyperbolic, it isn’t. It’s a record which is an unending masterpiece and, if at all possible, Performing Parades adds to it, together, not alone. A guiding hand suggests viewing Parades as a living organism, a record where, perversely, the personal is nowhere to be seen, a faceless yet natural treasure.»
Watch Wild Beasts' amazing performance at Hoxton Hall.»
Details of Yeasayer's second LP have been revealed.»
Watch the video for Jamie T's latest single 'The Man's Machine'.»
Details have emerged of Toronto hardcore collective Fucked Up's forthcoming singles collection.»
The most wonderful girl-guitar-pop-noise band around today, Vivian Girls, have just announced a spate of dates on this very island for the New Year. »
Eels have revealed the tracklisting and album art for their new album, which is released early 2010.»
Chart-topping Editors have just announced a full UK (OK, well nearly...everyone forgets Northern Ireland in these things) tour for March next year. »
Former Arab Strap man Malcolm Middleton has announced a slew of British tour dates across late November and early December, starting at the wonderful Bush Hall and finishing in his homeland of Scotland in Glasgow.»
Pavement have announced a one-off London show for May next year. Elsewhere, The Fall and others have been confirmed for the bill for the Pavement curated ATP.»
The Behemoths of METAL that are Metallica are to increase their already burgeoning back-catalogue of various audiovisual releases with a DVD of their Nimes concert back in July of this year.»
Smashing Pumpkins are to release ELEVEN new EPs brick by brick, piece by piece, little by little. The first one will be called Teargarden by Kaleidyscope, and tracks from it and the following ten EPs will be released individually as free downloads, NME.com reports. »
One man show and subject of many, many news stories in the indieverse this year, Wavves, a.k.a Nathan Williams, has announced and confirmed a rescheduling of the UK tour which he had to cancel earlier this year for health reasons.»
Bristolian supegroup BEAK> have announced their first tour of the UK, playing two dates in November and six dates in December, including ATP's 10 Year Celebration festival at Butlins, Minehead.»
