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RIP Trish Keenan Of Broadcast, A Band Whose Songs Made Your Heart Skip

5297 days ago
NME - In The OfficeBroadcast were many things – terribly underappreciated by all but those who knew, warily innovative, consistently good, often great (2003’s career best 'Haha Sound' is testament to that) – but more than anything, Broadcast were a cool band. Thi... more info

Photography books of the year – reviews

5330 days ago
Guardian MusicSean O'Hagan picks the year's best, including 50 years of rock photography, the war images of Don McCullin and Larry Sultan's strange take on his adopted home stateBest music bookA Star is Born: Photography and Rock Since Elvis (Steidl £26)A provoca... more info

Belle and Sebastian and London Contemporary Orchestra – review

5335 days ago
Guardian MusicThe Sage, GatesheadBelle and Sebastian used to play so quietly that a rustling crisp packet could be louder than the band, perhaps because they wished to avoid the aural havoc that cranked-up rock PA systems could wreak on their painstaking creations... more info

Various Artists: Tradi-Mods vs Rockers, Alternative Takes on Congotronics – review

5346 days ago
Guardian Music(Crammed)Five years ago, the Kinshasa-based band Konono No 1 released their Congotronics album, with extraordinary results. They used DIY instruments, some made from junkyard scrap, mixed highly amplified, wildly distorted traditional likembe thumb-p... more info

Portishead to curate new ATP event

5347 days ago
Guardian MusicI'll Be Your Mirror, which launches in 2011, will be the first in a new series of festivals to be held in cities instead of holiday campsAll Tomorrow's Parties is to launch its new festival series early next year. Like the original ATP, I'll Be Your ... more info

Portishead to curate new London ATP event, lineup inside

5347 days ago
DrownedInSoundThe people behind All Tomorrow's Parties have announced a new event, this time in London, without any chalets in sight. I guess you could call it a festival, but ATP are calling it I'll Be Your Mirror. Any self-respecting Velvet Underground fan would... more info

Velvet Underground - Cale Honoured By Charles, Prince Of Wales

5352 days ago
ContactMusicTHE VELVET UNDERGROUND star JOHN CALE paid a touching tribute to his late mum as he was made an Officer of the Order of the British Empire in London on Friday... more info

Cale, Greer And Armitage Collect Royal Gongs

5352 days ago
Sky NewsVelvet Underground founding member John Cale has collected his OBE from Buckingham Palace - with his hair dyed pink, white and blue. more info

Lou Reed premieres film about his 102 year-old cousin - video

5353 days ago
NMEVelvet Underground man unveils 'Red Shirley' at Vienna Film Festival more info

the final thursday batch of updates

5353 days ago
Totally FuzzyG O D said... BIRTHDAY PARTY Rare,Live,& Demos "The Black Mass Has Started"-Live5/26/82 Clarendon Ballroom,London "Ready As We'll Ever Be"-Live 6/12/81 Moonlight Club,London "God Damned Demos" THE TOM RYERSON COLLECTION-Tom and friends in Canada,with... more info

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