Echo and the Bunnymen announce huge hometown anniversary show
Echo and the Bunnymen will celebrate their 30th anniversary with a huge hometown show next winter»
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Infanticide: Biffy Clyro take sword to Beggars love-child
Biffy Clyro have attempted to distance themselves from a retrospective compilation being assembled by old label Beggars Banquet»
RIP: Milburn
Sheffield act Milburn have announced they are to split»
Effi Briest announce UK and Irish dates, new single
Ace Brooklyners Effi Briest will play a few dates in UK and Ireland later this month, ahead of the release of a new single»
5 more years: The Enemy save the London Astoria, kind of
The Enemy's Tom Clarke has, for now, scotched Ken Livingstone's suggestions that the Astoria can't be saved, claiming that the London venue will stay open for five more years»
Portishead 'pissed' at illegal downloaders
Portishead’s Adrian Utley is angry that his band’s new album has been leaked online»
Future of the Left cancel show as London Garage's return is delayed
Future of the Left have had to cancel a show at the London Garage because the venue isn’t open yet»
Slash wades into international emo 'crisis'
Velvet Revolver guitarist Slash has waded into the international debate on the ‘emo’ movement»
Exit music (for a film critic): Wadiohead on the telly this Friday
Now that I’ve finished guffawing at my own, rubbish pun I can find the breath to let you know that DrownedinSound faves Radiohead will be appearing on Jonathan Ross’s BBC 1 show this weekend»
U2 to make a shit-tonne of money
U2 have joined Madonna on the roster at concert promoters Live Nation, who’ve paid an undisclosed fee for the privilege of handling the Irish band’s merchandising, digital and branding rights»
Duffy taken into police protection after hitman plot uncovered (a decade ago)
The Sun have reported this morning that Duffy had to be taken into police protection as a teen when her stepdad was targeted by hitmen»
No Age, Abe Vigoda, Sunset Rubdown and more for rad David Horvitz picture 7" series
DrownedinSound came perilously close to parting with £41.33 – a whole three days wages – five minutes ago and for what? Six pieces of 7” vinyl. Good vinyl, though, with songs on them by popular entertainers No Age, Abe Vigoda and Sunset Rubdown among others»
The Killers to headline Reading and Leeds 2008
The Killers are the first act to be officially confirmed for this year’s Reading and Leeds festivals»
Gnarls Barkley cancel UK date due to family illness
Gnarls Barkley have cancelled a forthcoming visit to the UK due to a family illness»
Hot Chip and Mark Ronson confirmed for Gatecrasher's Summer Sound System
Hot Chip and Mark Ronson are the latest acts to be confirmed for Gatecrasher Summer Sound System 2008»
Banned from the internet: Virgin Media file sharers first over BPI's knee?
Get your broadband through Virgin Media? If so, there’s a chance that you could be among the first people in the country to be disconnected from the internet for illegally downloading music»
Fur queue: Kasabian ‘don’t think it’s OK to smash a baby seal’s skull’
Lad rockers they may be, but they’re lad rockers with heart – Leicester’s Kasabian have joined the fight against seal-clubbing fur traders»
A Week in Drowned in Sound: 28/03/08
The wheat from our chaff»
One step forward, two steps back: British Sea Power, Little Man Tate, Delays for T in the Park 2008
British Sea Power, Little Man Tate and Delays have been added to the line-up for this year’s T in the Park»
Due South: Camel cigarettes refuse to pay band after they suggest fags are 'bad for you'
Continuing to woo the international rock community, cigarette brand Camel is refusing to pay London act South after they dared to venture forth the opinion that smoking is harmful from the stage at a Camel-sponsored show»
el Guincho at London Hoxton Bar & Grill, Thu 27 Mar
Ploughing through his set with the wrecking-ball glee of a kid swiping through a carefully constructed toy town, el Guincho is utterly fantastic; more brilliant live than on record»
Dirty drainpipes: White Denim announce London shows
Texas trio White Denim will follow up their successful time at SXSW - a “hipster QotSA swarming in static like spay painted crows,” according to DrownedinSound’s Sean Adams – with a quartet of live London shows»
More names join Razorlight, The Cribs for Rock Ness
The next group of acts have belly-flopped onto the Rock Ness bill»
Seems Foals are a pretty big deal now
Foals have announced a September tour.»
Doctorama: Nick Cave awarded honorary doctorate
DrownedinSound always thought Nick Cave looked like the type of man who should have a degree and clearly Caulfield Campus of Monash University agree, the establishment Cave dropped out of in 1978 awarding him an honorary doctorate»
Kid ADHD: Radiohead heading back into the studio soon
Radiohead will head back into the studio soon to begin work on new material with Nigel Godrich»
Watch: new Black Kids video
The press release reckons this is already “a classic”. Wherever the debut single release from Florida’s Black Kids ends up in rock’s dusty pantheon, two things are for certain: one, this hype is ridiculous; two, ‘I’m Not Gonna Teach Your Boyfriend’ is a very decent crack at a song»
Papa, don't take the tube, the Circle line's down and people keep throwing themselves under trains
Madonna has revealed the secret behind her frantically ballooning exoskeleton – the poverty of London’s transport system»
Maccabees and Late of the Pier added to bill for first ever Redfest
Struggling to find a festival to accommodate your needs this summer? Perhaps Redfest can help, as it launches for its inaugural year with what is, in fairness, a decent line-up»
'Fookin classic mate!': late nineties British indie kings feature on new classical album
Inspired, presumably, by DrownedinSound’s recent DiScussion weighing up the merits of 1997, that distant year has been plundered by a couple of classical musicians for a new remix album»