Watch: new Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds video
Nick Cave is eternally busy, so he, as well as faithful compadre Warren Ellis, should be forgiven for the three minutes or so it takes them to cut a rug in the new video for 'Dig, Lazarus, Dig!!!'.»
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Exclusive: Foals clear up Sitek 'beef'
Foals frontman Yannis Philippakis has denied claims that recording the band's debut with producer Dave Sitek was a negative experience.»
Clinic's spring mini-tour
Rank rock outsiders Clinic have announced a handful of English live shows for this spring.»
Norwegian flotsam: Serena Maneesh release unheard material
In a move of no little cheek, Serena Maneesh have returned from a three year absence from the studio with a handful of grubby old material, reports Pitchfork.com.»
Kraut and about: Harmonia announce one-off London date
Influential neu-kraut heroes Harmonia have scheduled a rare, one-off performance for this spring; setting up at London’s Queen Elizabeth Hall in April.»
Insect house or allergy rash? Hives tour
Scandi-garage act the Hives have announced a handful of live shows for the spring.»
Grammatics support Futureheads on university tour, win tickets
Popular kids Grammatics will trail the Futureheads round the UK this month when the two couple up for a live tour.»
We Are The Physics tour, ready debut album
Glasgow’s We Are The Physics will set off on tour next week, taking their weirdo pop trash round the UK.»
UPDATE: Damien Jurado forced to cancel special London show
Damien Jurado has been forced to cancel his forthcoming one-off UK show after work permit problems made it impossible for him to be in London next month.»
Exclusive: Morrissey announces Greatest Hits tracklisting
Morrissey has confirmed the full release details of his forthcoming Greatest Hits compilation.»
Wave Pictures join Slow Club for trundle across the Kingdom
Moshi Moshi-signed Englishmen The Wave Pictures will follow labelmates Slow Club out on tour over the coming couple of months.»
Photo special: the Smell turns ten
Photographs from LA venue the Smell's tenth birthday celebrations.»
No Age set date, title for first Sub Pop full-length
Good news comes to those who wait, or some other hackneyed gib, as No Age brighten the day’s end with news of their new album.»
Album: Metallica chew fat, tastes "nutty"
Heavy rock goons Metallica have spoken about their new, forthcoming album, or rather drummer Lars Ulrich has, calling it “dynamic”, “different” and “nutty”.»
Brrrap Obama: Barack's down with hip-hop
Democratic Presidential candidate Barack Obama has spoken of his love of rap music as he bids to lead his party to victory in this year’s US elections.»
Glasvegas tour
Glasvegas will be echoing off plenty of venue walls in the next couple of months, doing the rounds the long way round on a UK tour.»
Goodbye? Asobi Seksu make announcement
Asobi Seksu will return to the UK yet again for a small run of live shows next month.»
Black Francis back with freakish new album, live dates
What’s that distant roll of thunder? Must be a new Black Francis record on the way. Live dates, too!»
Why? return with new, third album
Anticon trio Why? have confirmed the final details of their forthcoming full-length record.»
Errors, Mae Shi, Rolo, Youthmovies: Drowned in Sound announces Bardens residency
Stretching our creaking January backs out wider, we come with news of us, live, with the Drowned in Sound-sponsored Winter Warmer series at Bardens.»
Eavis books mystery "black American" to headline Glastonbury
Michael Eavis has dropped the first proper hints at who’ll be headlining this year’s Glastonbury festival, intimating the race and nationality of one of the performers who’ll enjoy top billing.»
Split the light fantastic: Ecstatic Sunshine lose founding member
Brilliant Baltimore noise/tropical/something act Ecstatic Sunshine have lost the input of founding member Dustin Wong after recently expanding to a quartet.»
Toss: name Lily Allen's new TV show
From domestic violence to flimsy frippery on DiS news; helped along the way, as per usual, by the grinning mug of Lily Allen.»
Domestic abuse charges against Shins man, ex-girlfriend dismissed
The domestic abuse charges lobbed between Shins keyboardist Marty Crandall and ex-girlfriend Elyse Sewell are dismissed due to a lack of evidence.»
A Week in Drownload: Magnetic Fields, Johnny Foreigner, Broken Records
As this round-up does, in fact, hark all the way back to the 20th of December it shouldn’t really masquerade as a week’s worth of tracks. But it can, so it will, and now it’s going to piss gold in your ears.»
Racaille: French President Sarkozy's son a hip-hop producer
It seems it’s easy to rebel against your parents when your dad is a quasi-racist, pauper-baiting politician. French President Nicolas Sarkozy, the baiter in question, will be somewhat uncomfortable, you’d imagine, at reports today confirming his son Mosey’s an aspiring hip-hop producer.»
SXSW: line-up details here
The first and second sets of bands, solo artists, acts have been confirmed for annual mindustry mugathon South by Southwest.»
WIN! Tickets to British Sea Power's Czech Embassy show
The formidable form of British Sea Power storm the Czech Embassy this coming Thursday (10 Jan). We’ve got one pair of tickets to give away, if you want them.»
Cribs win prize for best cover art of 2007
The Cribs have won an award which says they had the best record sleeve of 2007.»
Tour: Lovvers embark on winter-long fling
Lovvers are in it for the long haul, distracting themselves from the winter at hand by closing eyes, stamping feet and playing shows ‘til the gloom’s more liable to lift.»