Brian Wilson announces trio of English summer shows
Brian Wilson will play a rare few shows in England this summer.»
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Emergency: Pigeon Detectives to release new album
The Pigeon Detectives will release a new album this spring.»
Keith Richards: 'Bonka bonka. You know?'
Rolling Stone Keith Richards has admitted that all the gigging and screwing he does is finally getting to him.»
Radiohead head man rallies against government
Radiohead frontman Thom Yorke has come out in support of The Big Ask Europe, an organisation that’s demanding an increase in measures limiting climate-damaging emissions.»
Beat it: Michael Jackson's Neverland ranch on verge of being auctioned off
Pop’s Michael Jackson is in danger of losing his (in?)famous Neverland ranch after getting into arrears on mortgage repayments.»
Coral, Supergrass, Of Montreal confirmed for Summer Sundae
The first raft of acts have been confirmed for this year’s Summer Sundae Weekender in Leicester.»
Crimewave: HEALTH to play DiS-sponsored UK tour in spring
Awesome LA neu-noiseniks HEALTH will head out on a DrownedinSound-sponsored UK tour in a couple of months.»
Prodigy and Panic at the Disco added to Oxegen 2008 bill
The Prodigy and Panic at the Disco have been added to the bill for Oxegen 2008.»
Busted sued for £10m by angry ex-bandmates
A pair of musicians who claim to have been in the original Busted line-up have filed a £10m court case against the other members of the boy band»
El Perro del Mar: glorious Swedish singer returns with new album
Swedish warbler El Perro del Mar returns soon for a new album.»
A-tour: Vampire Weekend back again in May, UK
Not dissuaded by erring arsonists, New York’s incorrigible Vampire Weekend will return to the UK live circuit in a couple of months’ time.»
DiScover: el Guincho
DiS introduces its readers to el Guincho, a.k.a. Barcelona-based Pablo Diaz-Reixa, whose debut album Alegranza is described by the man himself as "a space age-exotica kind of record". True, too, as it's thrillingly rooted in the work of tropicalia auteurs past»
Converge tour the UK this Summer
Metalcore packhounds Converge will return to the UK for a tour in July.»
Donna Summer sees DiS's tips for 2008, returns with first new album in 17 years
With an obvious eye on DrownedinSound’s start of year tips, Donna Summer will return to the disco this spring for her first new album in almost two decades»
Pin ups: Bowie lauds 'mystical' Scarlett Johansson
Time for our tri-weekly update on the Scarlett Johansson record, lugs – star collaborator David Bowie has spoken about his input on the actress's album of Tom Waits covers»
Guy Garvey, the Knife guest on new dEUS album
dEUS will return this spring with a new album, band member Tom Barman has announced.»
Jack White helps out Bob Dylan on new album
Jack White is one of a host of artists who Bob Dylan has enlisted to write music for a set of unfinished lyrics penned by country and rock icon Hank Williams.»
Asobi Seksu - Goodbye
New Yorkers Asobi Seksu Mine rock trends like Blondie, but where Debbie Harry had the cartoon gold of punk to colour her pop, Yuki Chikudate has the infinitely less distinct shape of shoegaze which, all in all, leaves ‘Goodbye’ sounding rather flat.»
Thom Yorke 'the voice of the people': Nick Cave on Radiohead frontman
Nick Cave believes Thom Yorke is a much “wiser” songwriter than he is, adding that the Radiohead frontman is better equipped than he to be “the voice of the people”.»
The Hold Steady finish new album
Barroom heroes The Hold Steady have all-but-finished their fourth album, according to frontman Craig Finn.»
Deacon and more for first ever Hox to Dot festival
Hox to Dot, the newborn London baby brother to the Nottingham and Bristol-bound Dot to Dot festival, has announced the first set of acts set to grace east London stages this spring.»
Los Campesinos! tour in April
Los Campesinos! will tour the UK again this spring.»
Death of a Party? Blur man to run for Labour in next general election
Blur drummer Dave Rowntree has announced his intention to run for the Labour Party in the next general election.»
Goodbye my lover: Noel Gallagher can’t bear to live on the same island as James Blunt
DrownedinSound’s daily trawl through the pantomime press has turned up a story of no little relevance – apparently Oasis’ Noel Gallagher is selling up and moving out of his Ibiza holiday home to get away from mewling blandateer James Blunt.»
Les Savy Fav - Patty Lee / The Sweat Descends
Single of the Week... Free of ego but pungent with personality 'Patty Lee' is classic pop-rock without the connotations of dumb machismo, devil horns and 'rawk' that the term too often seems to bring.
Read more reviews of this week's singles here»
R.E.M. schedule UK tour dates for August
R.E.M. have announced the first details of the UK leg of their forthcoming European tour.»
Camden Crawl 2008: line-up announced
The line-up for this year’s Camden Crawl has been announced, a few TBA big names aside»
A Week in Drowned in Sound: 22/02/08
Our crowning glory»
WIN! Tickets to UNKLE's huge show next week
UNKLE return to the live arena after a three-year hiatus with a grand show at Brixton Academy next Saturday (1 Mar) – Drowned in Sound has a pair of tickets to give away.»
WIN! Menomena tickets, limited edition vinyl, album
Menomena are playing a show in London next week. Wanna go?»