Pitchfork - Tours — 05-29 Barcelona, Spain - Primavera Sound Festival06-01 Paris, France - la Fleche d'or06-02 Leeds, England - Nation of Shop Keepers06-03 Glasgow, Scotland - Captains Rest06-04 Nottingham, England - Spanky Van Dykes06-05 Manchester, England - Now Wave ... more info

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Guardian Music — 'Mid-life crisis' musician admits to alcohol and drug abuse in campaign leaflet for Cities of London and Westminster seatUsually, you'll find him hidden behind half a dozen drums. Today Blur drummer Dave Rowntree is surrounded by seven or eight Labou... more info

ACHTUNG BABY has been named the best album of the last 25 years in a new magazine poll.Prince's Sign O' The Times came in second and The Smiths' The Queen is Dead is third.. more info

The Vinyl Villain — AND ON THE SIXTH DAY, GOD CREATED MANCHESTERIf there's a city outside Scotland whose impact is recurrently felt on The Vinyl Villain, it must be Manchester with its Magazine, Morrissey, New Order...I lived there as a student in the late 80s and early... more info

The Culture Of Me — (photo by Nina Kolle) Angular indie pop from Manchester--home to some of the greatest rock acts of the last 35 years, including The Buzzcocks, The Fall, The Smiths, Joy Division, New Order, Happy Mondays and Stone Roses, and enjoying a... more info

ContactMusic — PATTI SMITH thanked officials at the American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers when she picked up a special award on Wednesday (21Apr10) - insisting their... more info

The Vinyl Villain — From February 20th, 2008MORE MUSIC IN A FOREIGN LANGUAGEBack in 1986, The Wedding Present were in a BBC studio about to record a Peel Sesson when guitarist Peter Solowka began playing a traditional Ukrainian melody and the others joined in. Out of su... more info

Guardian Music — LCD Soundsystem, On tourIf ever a group toyed with the idea of built-in obsolescence, it was LCD Soundsystem. Eight years ago, their great debut single, Losing My Edge, described the torments of a hipster who could see his hipness waning. Now having ... more info