XLR8R — Simian Mobile Disco gets an A+ on planning ahead for 2009. Currently in the middle of a round of European dates, and with a forthcoming full-length rumored to be arriving soon, the duo has already scheduled North American tour dates through the end o... more info

Pitchfork — It's not looking like that Simian Mobile Disco's new, guest-laden album is gonna hit shelves in late 2008 as they'd previously hoped. But by the time the year's up, SMD will have already hit the road, hard. On New Year's Eve, they've got three DJ se... more info

Pitchfork — It's not looking like that Simian Mobile Disco's new, guest-laden album is gonna hit shelves in late 2008 as they'd previously hoped. But by the time the year's up, SMD will have already hit the road, hard. On New Year's Eve... more info

Pitchfork — The weekend of March 27-28, 2009, soon-to-be-sweaty throngs looking to dance will make their annual bee-line to Miami for the Ultra Music Festival. The 11th annual Ultra fest goes down at the city's Bicentennial Park, bringing with it performances fr... more info

Pitchfork — The weekend of March 27-28, 2009, soon-to-be-sweaty throngs looking to dance will make their annual bee-line to Miami for the Ultra Music Festival. The 11th annual Ultra fest goes down at the city's Bicentennial Park, bringing with it performanc... more info

All About Jazz — DJ Tiesto, Carl Cox, Bloc Party, Deadmau5, the Ting Tings, Cut Copy and Crystal Castles lead the bill for the 2009 Ultra Music Festival, to be held March 27-29 at Bicentennial Park in downtown Miami. Other artists scheduled to perform at this year's... more info

Nialler9 — Apologies for the lateness in this here podcast. We've spilled over into December but that's OK as I'm about to kick the Irish end of year albums and songs poll off this week so the next podcast will be chosen by you. For now though, we have a select... more info

Pitchfork — Florence Welch-- not to be confused with Lawrence Welk-- is Florence & the Machine, but what exactly is Florence's machine? Well that all depends on the context, of course.In the case of Florence's new jam "Dog Days Are Over", the machine of the mome... more info

Pitchfork — Florence Welch-- not to be confused with Lawrence Welk-- is Florence & the Machine, but what exactly is Florence's machine? Well that all depends on the context, of course.In the case of Florence's new jam "Dog Days Are Over", the machine o... more info

Discobelle.net — The good promo folks over at Bang On sent us this yesterday. The chaps in Simian Mobile Disco did an edit of indie outfit Deerhunter and their track “Octet” (taken off the “Cryptograms” album). SMD transform the track into a slow burning and ... more info