Langerado Music Festival, the perennial early bird on the yearly festival circuit, has announced the initial lineup for its seventh annual event.So far, that lineup includes Death Cab for Cutie, Snoop Dogg, Public Enemy, Broken Social Scene, Ryan Adams and the Cardinals, Girl Talk, Tortoise, Bad Brains, the Pogues, George Clinton & Parli...

The economy's been tricky everywhere, even Scrooge McDuck's homeland, so when the Twilight Sad went on tour with fellow Scots Mogwai, they put together the Goo-referencing The Twilight Sad Killed My Parents And Hit The Road, a limited-edition collection of covers, live tracks, and instrumentals to help fund the trip. The quartet takes on the Smi...

Tickets for 2009's Shockwaves NME Awards shows, including the likes of Franz Ferdinand, The Wombats, Mystery Jets, Tricky and Black Lips, are on sale now.

Franz Ferdinand, The Wombats, Mystery Jets, Tricky and Black Lips are among the first acts confirmed to play Shockwaves NME Awards shows for 2009.

Tricky has announced a tour of the US and Canada which will see the Bristonian perform on the continent for the first time in five years.