Hawk howls, tells DiS about new Mogwai album
‘Stupid Prick Gets Chased by the Police and Loses His Slut Girlfriend’ won't be on The Hawk is Howling, but these ten other tracks will»
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Ribs out: Prince cancels 'last ever show in Ireland'
Prince has cancelled what was being billed as his ‘last ever performance in Ireland’, for reasons that have yet to emerge»
BRMC ditch drummer again
The Black Rebel Motorcycle Club have lost a rider from their gang, as drummer Nick Jago is put out to seed by Peter Hayes and Robert Been again»
Fucked Up, Transitional for Supersonic
Fucked Up and Transitional join a great Supersonic bill»
New York Dolls entertaining limeys for cash, soon
New York Dolls will play three shows in the English regions next month, ahead of an appearance in London at Wireless»
Bon Iver at London St Giles in the Fields Church, Wed 04 Jun
The tonic Bon Iver spoons up works this way, rising up from your guts like whisky to rib, burning in your throat, toasting your lungs to lend warmth to your heart»
Tickets for My Bloody Valentine ICA shows going for £200 on eBay, £20 elsewhere
Tickets for the two My Bloody Valentine ICA shows announced this morning are re-appearing at odd intervals on WeGotTickets.com, ten times cheaper than a pair listed at £200 on eBay»
Listen: Santogold, Julian Casablancas, Pharrell collaborate for Converse
Converse have brought together a host of acts to celebrate their centenary»
Stop arguing everyone: behold, the ultimate rock band
Gigwise.com have conducted a poll to find the quartet – vocals, guitar, bass and drums, of course – who’d comprise the ‘ultimate rock band’. Rockin!»
Massively Hung, Power Attack: Fuck Buttons join Meltdown bill
UK noise and toys duo Fuck Buttons will follow-out curators Massive Attack for the opening night show on the South Bank»
WIN! One of two pairs of tickets for this year’s Secret Garden Party
As competition prizes go, this one is fairly grand – the organisers of Secret Garden Party have given us two pairs of tickets for this year’s event to give away to you, humble readers of DrownedinSound»
Quart short: Norwegian festival cancelled
The largest festival in Norway will not take place this year, with organisers planning to file for bankruptcy amid poor ticket sales»
Ben Folds adds new show to summer tour dates
Ben Folds has added a new London date to a current schedule of festival appearances and summer gigging»
The War on Drugs to hit UK and Irish gig circuit this summer
Chances are Philadelphian rock band The War on Drugs will be reverberating in a music hall near you this summer, as they head to the UK to follow-up the nascent success of debut album Wagonwheel Blues (review).»
Spiritualized play small Brighton date ahead of Glastonbury
Spiritualized will warm-up for their appearance at Glastonbury later this month with a small-scale show in Brighton»
Girl Talk to 'do a Radiohead’
Greg Gillis will let you decide how much you want to pay for his new album Feed the Animals»
Sufjan faves Cryptacize head to the UK
Californian experimental act Cryptacize have just announced their debut UK dates»
RIP: death at RockNess for second year running
An 18-year-old man attending the RockNess festival in the Scottish Highlands died after being found unconscious in front of the main stage on Saturday (7 Jun).»
Watch: Radiohead performing new song in Dublin
Always gannets for the very latest word on what Radiohead are up to in these glory days, that word fell into our inbox this morning to tell us that Thom Yorke had debuted a never-before-played track at a show last night in Dublin»
A Week in Drowned in Sound: 06/06/08
Best of the week»
Tokyo Police Club - Elephant Shell
Things Tokyo Police Club have: 1) a neatness of touch when it comes to crafting sub-Bloc Party pop-punk»
Soft Uffie motorbike porn, anyone?
DrownedinSound isn’t sure what the point of this video is. We thinks it’s to allow websites like ours to get a shedload of hits. Yeah? Yeah.»
Phosphorescent to debut as full band at DiS-sponsored London date
Phosphorescent will perform as a full live band for the first time in the UK next month, at a DrownedinSound-sponsored show in London»
UPDATED: Franz Ferdinand to play intimate UK shows ahead of new album
Franz Ferdinand have announced a June tour - it's fairly intimate. There's also a new album on the way»
Any Question Answered: Kele Bloc Party steps up
Via AQA, Bloc Party's Kele Okereke talks about the band's new album, Stephen Fry, inspiration, forest fires and the death of Britney Spears»
Readers' questions: Elbow answer your posers
Last month, DiS asked its readers for questions to direct the way of Elbow. Here, the band's guitarist Mark Potter answers your testing posers»
Extra Golden announce three UK dates
Extra Golden come to the UK for some rare UK dates next month»
Biffy Clyro: Thrash Hits get exclusive listen to new material
DrownedinSound sister site Thrash Hits spent this afternoon (4 Jun) in the company of Scottish alt-rock combo Biffy Clyro for an exclusive preview of new material, destined, perhaps, for a new album early in 2009»
Tindersticks to headline End of the Road festival
Tindersticks will join Calexico to co-headline the Sunday night at End of the Road festival this year»
Interpol play one-off UK date in July, tickets on sale now
Interpol will play a one-off festival warm-up show this summer, ahead of appearances at Oxegen, T in the Park, Latitude and Summercase»