Japandroids – Art Czars (Polyvinyl) 01/03/2010
It’s disappointing to hear them hit a stumbling block on their follow up single, but there is still lots of angst and immediacy to suggest another great album in them.
Domino And Their Artists Condemn BBC 6 Music Closure
In the e-mail Domino and many of their artists, including Lightspeed Champion, Four Tet and Wild Beasts have condemned the planned closure of 6 Music and urge music fans to write to the BBC and complian.
Broken Bells – Broken Bells (Columbia) 08/03/2010
The core of the songs remain, but everything around it is done oh so slightly that much better giving them the lasting resonance and depth that many artists fail to create by themselves
Gorillaz New Album ‘Plastic Beach’ Streaming On-line
I seem to be writing one of these a day at the moment. Gorillaz are the next band to give fans a chance to listen to their new album, but instead of using the rickety old Myspace player they have their own widget, which is being hosted on the Gaurdian website.
Broken Bells And NYPC Streaming New Albums Online
Broken Bells and New Young Pony Club are the latest in an ever growing line of bands to stream their new albums on that old Myspace, which no one seems to use anymore.
The XX And La Roux Added To Øya Festival 2010 Line-UP
One of our favourite bands and probably one of our least favourites have been added to the line-up of this year’s Øya Festival.
Feeder Announce More Dates As The Renegades
Feeder are set to return in April for another Run of shows as Renegades to playing more new material and possibly some old fan favorites.
The New Pornographers – Your Hands (Together)
Have a listen to a taster of The New Pornographers’ new album Together in the form of album track ‘Your Hands (Together)’
Grammatics Announce SxSW Warm-Up Shows
Grammatics have announced they will be playing a few warm up shows in the UK, before jetting off to Austin, Texas for SxSW.
Doves Announce Greatest Hits Album ‘The Places Between’
Doves have just announced the release details of ‘The Places Between’, a multi-format Best Of that includes songs from ‘The Last Broadcast’ and ‘Some Cities’, last year’s ‘Kingdom of Rust’ and their debut ‘Lost Souls’.
