When I’m travelling in the van, looking out the window at sheep and nothing, as another summer day rolls by, these are the songs on my playlist. Hey, maybe they could be the songs on your playlist too?

Tours update! Bat For Lashes / Franz Ferdinand / Dananananaykroyd
A tour dates update with Bat For Lashes, Franz Ferdinand and Dananananaykroyd all set to play new dates in October.

Stag and Dagger Festival – Leeds, 22/05/09
Following the success of its inaugural run in 2008, Shoreditch’s Stag and Dagger festival has this year gone Lollapalooza on the UK’s ass, and taken its grab bag of trendy talent across the country. Alex Wisgard reviews the Leeds leg.

Dananananaykroyd – Hey Everyone!
With two hyperactive frontmen and a ‘wall of hugs’ the ‘Kroyd are almost certainly the best live band in the country at the moment…and they’re pretty amazing on record too.
Dananananaykroyd – Portland Arms, Cambridge 31/03/09
Rich Hughes discovers a cure for boredom. It involves buying tickets to see Dananananaykroyd and being made to feel like the centre of attention.
TLOBF 2008 :: Gigs of the Year
Eight of TLOBF’s most obsessive gig-goers list their picks of the year’s live music. Bon Iver, Tom Waits and Neil Young all feature…
Dananananaykroyd confirm new album and European tour dates
Dananananaykroyd confirm the release date for their new album and have been announced as tour supports for the Kaiser Chiefs European tour at the beginning of next year.
Introducing: Dananananaykroyd
TLOBF’s Sean Bamberger managed to corner two members of Scottish charm-pop-rock-fight-core-metal band Dananananaykroyd. Stereo phones, dead children and Bruce Springsteen inside!
Dananananaykroyd – New Slang, Kingston 13/11/08
Dananananaykroyd are riding a massive wave of hype and reverence right now, and with their performance at New Slang, it’s easy to see why. Words by Sean Bamberger and Photos by Lucy Johnston.
Big Scary Monsters label announce Christmas Tour!
The annual Big Scary Monsters Christmas Tour is back! Bigger, better and more exciting than ever before. An indie institution, the last 5 years have seen more festive joy than Miracle On 34th Street and more carnage than a Home Alone film.
Johnny Foreigner / Dananananaykroyd – The Charlotte, Leicester 01/09/08
Some say they’re the the two best live bands in Britain. Simon Tyers is increasingly inclined to agree.
HEADLINES
- Best Coast announce UK headline tour, new album due in Spring
- Timber Timbre announced as support for Laura Marling tour
- Clarence Clemons’ nephew Jake Clemons joins the E Street Band
- Barack Obama drops campaign mixtape
- Cate Le Bon announces UK tour
- Kanye West and Jay-Z rumoured to be appearing in Shoreditch today
- The Flaming Lips, Friends and Tom Vek amongst those confirmed for The Parklife Weekender 2012
- Hot Chip, Mount Kimbie, Metronomy and more to play Sónar 2012
- Josh T. Pearson, Beth Jeans Houghton and Gilles Peterson added to The Apple Cart line-up
- Sigur Rós, The xx, The Horrors and more added to Bestival line-up
Videos
Latest Reviews
- Field Music – Plumb
- Earth – Angels of Darkness, Demons of Light II
- Coolrunnings – Dracula Is Only The Beginning
- Tennis – Young And Old
- Maribel – Reveries
- Woodpigeon – For Paolo
- Amanda Mair – Amanda Mair
- Karen Dalton – 1966
- Gotye – Making Mirrors
- Suzanne Ciani – Lixiviation
- James Levy and the Blood Red Rose – Pray To Be Free
- Thomas Truax – Monthly Journal
- Of Montreal – Paralytic Stalks









