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Splendour In The Grass Playing Times

With a lineup as consistently strong as Splendour’s, we knew we were in for some nasty clashes come the release of the timetables. And sure enough, with the announcement of the playing times today have come some real dilemmas.

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Falls Festival Announce First Acts

In a surprise move perhaps motivated by information leaks, the Falls Festival have announced their first acts for the 2011/2012 shows.

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Boy And Bear Announce Debut Album

Boy And Bear have announced that their long-awaited debut album will be called ‘Moonfire’, and will be released in Australia on the 5th of August and in America on the 9th of August.

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The National Music Video Competition

In conjunction with video game company Valve, The National are running a competition to find a fan-made music video for their sublime song ‘Exile Vilify’.

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Harvest Festival Rumour Mill

If you’re in the mood for getting your hopes up only to have them potentially dashed in the most horrific fashion, then this is the post for you. A couple of weeks ago a music industry insider dubbed ‘Missinfo Chrissy’ claimed that “The Soundwave promoter is diverting his attention from the punk/bogan/emo/rock world and doing a more indie styled event called ‘Harvest’ which I believe will deffo feature Portishead and Bright Eyes and The National. Pretty sure this will be East Coast only”.

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Beirut Album Details

‘Strongly rumoured’ no more, Beirut have announced that their new album, ‘The Rip Tide’, will be released on the 30th of August via Pompeii Records.

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