Sky Larkin around: band tours
Leeds trio Sky Larkin will head out round the regions next month for a tour of fair proportions.»
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Jimmy Eat Plane: band fly over for UK tour
Jimmy Eat World will tour the UK next year, but have controversially chosen not to visit Ireland.»
RIP? Jet confirm indefinite hiatus
Controversial Antipodean rockers Jet have gone the same way as At The Drive-In; calling time on their grand story for now and going on an indefinite hiatus.»
EXCLUSIVE: free track from The Rapture
They remix well, The Rapture – check out reworkings of their tracks on the various DFA comps for proof. You’ll be delighted then - naturally - to hear that we’ve got a remix for you to download for free.»
Portishead finish recording for new album
Portishead say they will finish recording on their long-awaited new album today.»
UK: Mystery Jets back on tour
West London’s Mystery Jets will buckle up, whack on the heater and defecate at familiar motorway service stations next month; as they return to the nation’s touring circuit.»
Patrick Wolf spreading the Plague 'round London
Gathering late to ‘toast’ last year’s Plague Songs compilation, a selection of artists will appear live at the Barbican in London this Sunday (28 Oct).»
New Bonnie Prince Billy covers record in the offing
Will Oldham’s taking his Bonnie Prince Billy alias and crediting a new album to it.»
Wu-Tang feud update
Heads in charge of the Wu-Tang Clan have decided to stall the release of the collective’s new comeback album by a week.»
Mars Volta ready next dubiously titled longplayer
The Mars Volta will release a new album next year.»
Underworld scrap European tour
Underworld have called a halt to their current European tour, after the Rick Smith-shaped half of the duo was struck down by fatigue.»
The Ruts speak about the death of Paul Fox
Paul Fox, guitarist in punk/dub trailblazers The Ruts, died in the early hours of Sunday morning. Now, an official statement has been released by the band.»
Andrew Bird heads out on DiS-sponsored UK jaunt
Andrew Bird will head out on his first ever full-band UK headline tour next month - and DiS is sponsoring it.»
Adele - Hometown Glory
Shown up as genuinely ignorant (or ignorantly genuine) with an unfashionable, olde-worlde sense of decency, Adele is the frumpy girl the higher-minded and action-prone neighbours left behind…»
Band with unprintably ridiculous name tours
Fresh from joining the bills for gigs with Babyshambles, Kaiser Chiefs and CSS, Joe Lean and the Jing Jang Jong have announced their own headline tour.»
The Maccabees, Laura Marling at London Roundhouse, Tue 16 Oct
Much has been made of late of some shift. Clean faced, The Maccabees roll up at the Roundhouse tonight still trying to figure out where their place is in all this. Musically, we know what we’re gonna get, even this high up in the lofty stalls...»
Brainlove-in round your ends: label tours
Brainlove Records are taking three of their artists out on tour next month.»
Atlas Sound: Deerhunter offshoot ready debut album
Atlas Sound, the side-project of Deerhunter's Bradford Cox, will bear buyable fruit in the new year with the release of an official album.»
Wu-Tang infighting wrecks tour schedule
The feud that bubbled up into news pages last week between Ghostface Killah and the rest of Wu-Tang Clan is being blamed for the cancellation of the collective’s upcoming tour dates.»
Arctic Monkey works with Final Fantasy on new side-project
The debut record from Alex Turner’s as-yet-unnamed side project is nearly finished, says producer James Ford.»
Is this news? Arcade Fire exposed as frauds
Popular beat-combo Arcade Fire, oft-described as a Montrealer band, have been outed by one of their kin as FRAUDS...»
Correcto: Franz man's new project does things
New Franz Ferdinand and Royal We side-act Correcto will play their first live dates after the release of their debut single.»
The Royal We: album, shows, futures
Glasgow sextet The Royal We will soon be dead. With the band’s pact to split after the release of their debut album, if you want to catch them live you’ll have to be quick.»
UPDATED: Underworld/Errors tonight is OFF
Bad news for those with good taste, as a friend of mine once wrote - Underworld and Errors show tonight at the Roundhouse in London has been postponed.»
Dilla, Madlib et al. for new Stones Throw DVD
Independent hip-hop label Stones Throw have put together a bundle of original video content for a new DVD release.»
South African reggae star shot dead in front of family
South Africa's biggest selling reggae star Lucky Dube was shot dead in Johannesburg on Thursday night, as his family looked on.»
Future of the Left tour all over the place
Future of the Left are currently on tour, and will follow-up those UK shows in December.»
Tour supports given the boot as Metros riot
The Coral have unceremoniously dumped support act The Metros off their current tour.»
Veni, Vidi, Vici: Black Lips return to the UK for single, lives
Atlantan spittle catchers The Black Lips will play live at a series of UK and Irish dates next month.»
Amy Bighouse: 'Wino' arrested after drugs bust
Amy Winehouse was arrested and detained by Norwegian police last night for drugs possession.»