It’s often called Glasto-by-sea, but the truth about The Great Escape is that it’s scattered about a bustling coastal city still going about its everyday business. Wandering aimlessly in a state of over-refreshment doesn’t pay off in quite the...Read More »

Tom Gabel, frontman for punk-rockers Against Me!, is changing his name to Laura Jane Grace, along with his gender. Rolling Stone has reported that Gabel will start taking hormones and undergoing electrolysis very soon. Gabel admits that he’s been living...Read More »

Surfer Blood have tweeted some good news (for all Surfer Blood fans anyway). It goes something like this: “Moving to California on May 12th for two months to record our second record with Gil Norton....Read More »

We’ve just heard the very sad news that the Beastie Boys’ Adam Yauch, aka MCA, has died of cancer. The group were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame last month. You can read a full obituary over...Read More »

Natasha Khan (aka Bats for Lashes) has confirmed that she’s returning to the live arena after over 12 months in the wilderness (or more likely a recording studio where’s shes been putting down album number 3). The musician has got...Read More »

Josh Tillman, aka Father John Misty, released his new record, Fear Fun, this week. And if you haven’t heard it yet then this performance on Letterman will probably get you well on the way to your local record store (or...Read More »

The XX are back this year with a new album and now a confirmed tour. We’ve got the dates below and the image above was posted on their Facebook – maybe the album artwork?? Here’s those dates: 05-14 London, England – Electrowerkz 05-15...Read More »

Beach Fossils’ member Zachary Cole Smith was going under the name Dive for his solo efforts – but from this moment on will be known as DIIV. The reason is due to the fact that there is a Belgian band,...Read More »

John Peel’s record collection is being uploaded for all to listen to – it started today with the first batch going online and will run through until the job is done. Head this way to check it out – it’s...Read More »

With their new album, Valtar, due at the end of May (Via XL Recordings), Sigur Rós have now got another track doing the rounds. It was premiered on BBC Radio 6, it’s called Varúð, and you can hear it right...Read More »