Its Getting Boring By The Sea — British Sea PowerThe Big PinkHoly FuckLittle BootsThe Chapman FamilyPassion PitLightspeed ChampionMetronomyThe Handsome FamilyFuture Of The LeftJohnny ForeignerDanananakroydThe Joy FormidableChew LipsTo The BonesKasmsYour TwentiesEsserPulled Apart By... more info

XFM.co.uk — The three-day festival in Brighton announces their first confirmed acts. Metronomy, Future Of The Left and Johnny Foreigner are among those set to appear. more info

Rock Sellout — Johnny Foreigner announced via Myspace Bulletin that the band will start recording the follow-up to Waited Up Til It Was Light after their European tour with Sky Larkin. The band will enter the studio in NYC w/ Alex Newport behind the controls. Alex ... more info

5 Acts — 100. Does It Offend You, Yeah? - Dawn Of The Dead099. Anthem In - Moving On098. Calexico - Two Silver Trees097. The LK - Stop Being Perfect096. Neon Neon - I Lust U095. Longwave - Sirens In The Deep Sea094. Jade McNelis - Comedian093. Gentleman Aucti... more info

5 Acts — 100. Does It Offend You, You? - Dawn Of The Dead099. Anthem In - Moving On098. Calexico - Two Silver Trees097. The LK - Stop Being Perfect096. Neon Neon - I Lust U095. Longwave - Sirens In The Deep Sea094. Jade McNelis - Comedian093. Gentleman Auctio... more info

NME — Bands including Clinic, The Chapman Family, Pete And The Pirates and Johnny Foreigner kicked off the second ever Swn festival in Cardiff yesterday (November 14). more info

NME — Bands including Clinic, The Chapman Family, Pete And The Pirates and Johnny Foreigner kicked off the second ever Swn festival in Cardiff yesterday (November 14). more info

DrownedInSound — Max Tundra replaces Ox.Eagle.Lion.Man. at the Cardiff Barfly DiS/SWN gig this Friday, jostling in a sandwich between local'ish post-rocksters Stray Borders and DiSser's-new-band-of-the-year Johnny Foreigner . More details contained within... more info

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Pitchfork — Sŵn, I have it on rather good authority, is the Welsh word for noise. And boy howdy, is there ever going to be a lot of that Sŵn pouring into the Welsh capital of Cardiff November 14-16 as the Sŵn Festival makes its way to a number of venues... more info