NME — Human League and Echo And The Bunnymen also added to bill more info

Spinner.com — Filed under: UK, Band of the WeekThe Big Pink's mission may just be to confuse us from the word go.When you name your band after the title of a record by Bob Dylan's fellow travellers the Band, visions of pastoral, woozy folk-rock are only to be expe... more info

Stopcryingyourheartout.com — City centre tzar Pat Karney is favourite to become Mayor of Manchester.Betting giants Ladbrokes have put 2-1 odds on the councillor donning the gold chains if the people of Manchester call for the city to have an elected mayor.Local authorities acros... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — Islands recently played The Bell House. Islands will tour and play Roseland Ballroom with the Psychedelic Furs and Happy Mondays, but first there's a tour with Jemina Pearl that brings them to Bowery Ballroom on November 5th. Those dates... more info

NME — Noisettes, VV Brown play first day of 2009 event more info

Stereogum — London pop duo Robbie Furze and Milo Cordell, aka the Big Pink, release their full-length debut A Brief History Of Love this September via 4AD. It's a difficult album to pin down: You'll catch clattering Suicide here/there, but with plenty slow and f... more info

NME — Former drug dealer to go on the road with Kav more info

Brooklyn Vegan — Over a month before they head out on tour with Happy Mondays and The Psychedelic Furs, Islands will play a gig at The Bell House in Brooklyn. Tickets for the August 19th show are on sale.... more info

Guardian Music — Pavilion theatre, ManchesterNear the beginning of the final night of the Durutti Column's 70-minute international festival tribute to Tony Wilson, A Paean to Wilson, guitarist Vini Reilly announced that he wouldn't be singing: "So you won't have to p... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — Islands @ Market Hotel 11/8 (more by Leia Jospe) Islands and Amusement Parks On Fire are the two bands that'll split opening duties on the Happy Mondays/The Psychedelic Furs co-headlining tour this fall. Islands will take the tour's second half,... more info