Almost an exercise in redundancy, A Psychedelic Guide to Monsterism Island is scarcely psychedelic at all, but what it is is a “soundtrack” to accompany the works of artist and cartoonist Pete Fowler.
May, 2009
TLOBF Interview :: Fujiya & Miyagi
We catch up with fujiyaandmiyagi main man David Best to discuss Neu!, recording albums and future projects. We’ve also got a bunch of t-shirts to give away!
Discover Discovery… spin-off from Vampire Weekend & Ra Ra Riot
Discover Discovery: the new side-project of Vampire Weekend’s Rostam Batmanglij and Ra Ra Riot’s Wes Miles, featuring Angel Deradoorian and Ezra Koenig.
Tinariwen reveal details of new album
Tinariwen have announced details of their new album, to be released via Independiente at the end of June.
MÚM return with new album and live dates
Icelandic popsters MÚM have announced details of a new album, due in August, plus a few UK tour dates over the Summer.
Manic Street Preachers – Journal for Plague Lovers
Album number nine for the boys from Blackwood, and their regeneration continues apace with a little help from Richey and Albini.
worriedaboutsatan – Arrivals
worriedaboutsatan’s brilliant debut album – post-rock tinged electronica with cathedral-sized atmospherics and a mood of isolation and menace – is one of the best new IDM albums in years, says James Dalrymple
No and The Maybes announce debut UK release
We don’t know too much about these guys to be fair. Apart from the fact that they’re called No and The Maybes, they hail from Denmark, they write skewed, quirky pop songs and are really rather bloody good. Video inside.
TLOBF Interview :: My Latest Novel
In the run up to their album launch at Bush Hall this Bank Holiday Monday, Ro Cemm grabbed a quick 5 minutes with My Latest Novel before their The Great Escape shows to talk touring, poetry and thunderbolts!
Passion Pit announce UK Autumn tour
Hot on the heels of their debut album Manners, which was out this week, Passion Pit have announced the details of a full UK tour this autumn.
Loop – The World In Your Eyes & A Gilded Eternity (Expanded)
Lovingly remastered and expanded, two albums by sadly forgotten late 80′s psychedelic drone rockers Loop.
Juliette Lewis and the New Romantiques – Koko, London, 15/05/09 [Photos]
Club NME at Koko’s in London welcomed the rockstar / actress Juliette Lewis. Valerio Berdini was there to take some photos.
Morrissey announces October UK tour, rescheduling London and Birmingham dates
Morrissey’s shows at London Royal Albert Hall and Birmingham Symphony Hall which were cancelled last week due to illness have now been rescheduled for October, with four new dates added.
Bloc Party – Intimacy Remixed
Bloc Party’s frustratingly ill-realised third album Intimacy needed an overhaul, but Intimacy Remixed is not the overhaul it needed as Andy Johnson dissapointingly discovers.
TLOBF sponsors Big Scary Monsters tour with Tupolev Ghost / Wintermute
The Tupolev Ghost have escaped the Swine Flu and, to celebrate, they’re touring the UK again! Except this time, the tour is sponsored by US! And they’re excellently supported my Wintermute!
The Big Pink plan to ‘Stop The World with new single
4AD’s newest signings The Big Pink have confirmed details of their next single, the follow-up to ‘Velvet’. ‘Stop The World’ is set to be released on 29th June on 7″ vinyl as well as digital download.
