Doves headlined the John Peel Stage tonight (June 26) as the first day of Glastonbury 2009 drawed to a close.

Neil Young, Bloc Party and Doves are all set to headline stages at Glastonbury today (June 26).

Doves and Little Boots have been revealed as early favourites to win the Barclaycard Mercury Prize 2009.

On first listen to "Winter Hill"'s chilly repetitions, I thought of Steve Reich, not an extreme cyclist, but the Kingdom Of Rust track does start quickly -- like you're catching it in media res -- so the David Mould-directed out-of-the-gates bicycling action makes sense. The concept? Some sort of anti-Pied Piper, charismatic outsider thing. It's...

Fresh off of playing for the young folks at Sasquatch! (and also the old folks at Breakfast At Sulimay's), Doves landed in 30 Rock last night for a taping of Late Night With Jimmy Fallon. The song choice was "The Outsiders," seemingly the only Kingdom Of Rust song that wasn't posted here in advance of the album's release. In case you never got y...