DrownedInSound — Leeds-spawned pop tykes Sky Larkin are currently on a European tour to promote their debut long-player The Golden Spike, and DiS has a pair of exclusive tracks for you to watch from Amsterdam's Paradiso venue courtesy of Fabchannel. more info

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Its Getting Boring By The Sea — Johnny Foreigner (or JoFo, if you're a dick) are in their own words "About to leave their beds for the longest time ever". Said duvet departure is to A) Tour Europe with Sky Larkin B) Record their second album in New York and C) Tour the UK with Hund... more info

The Lipster — As promised last week, here's the first of Anika's quite amazing hand-drawn gig reviews. We are thrilled and entirely blushsome that The Lipster makes an appearance. The full cartoon, after the jump... more info

Its Getting Boring By The Sea — Coming out of Leeds, the beating heart of this country's underground scene are Pulled Apart By Horses. A blizzard of anger, barbed riffs and bluster they are the explosion that occurs when feral punk and the unhinged mental qualities of Frank Black c... more info

The Lipster — ^^What it says up there, with Pie Lardkin puns and 'pie chart' graphical representations, after the jump. Please note this came from a blog Katie did on MySpace about a homemade Turkey & Friends pie, which is covered later. We didn't just think Sky L... more info

The Music Fix — News: Sky Larkin are currently touring to promote their excellent album 'The Golden Spike.' To satisfy those of us unable to travel to Europe to see them the band will be streaming a live show from Amsterdam on the 22nd of Feb at 7.30pm. The show wi... 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

Bridging The Atlantic — Can you remember what you were doing when you were 15 years old? I have a vague recollection I was wasting every waking hour playing Championship Manager, in a vain attempt to prove I had more tactical acumen than the current England football manager... more info

Clickmusic — The band release a new single 'Beeline' during the January dates. more info