15 May

The Dead Weather will release their debut album 'Horehound' through Third Man / Columbia on 13th July. Pre-order it here. The record is the first to be recorded and released via Jack White’s new Third Man studios and record label in Nashville. The band will precede the release with two European shows - one in London and one in Paris.

Following on from the release of her new album 'Two Suns', Bat for Lashes has announced she'll be releasing the single 'Pearl's Dream' on 22nd June. The second single to be taken from the record, the release will come just before Natasha's upcoming UK dates at Somerset House, London and Latitude Festival.

Manchester four piece The Answering Machine have announced that they will be supporting Manic Street Preachers on their upcoming UK tour. The dates are:

May
13 Sheffield, Leadmill (with Twisted Wheel)
14 Brighton, The Great Escape
15 Birmingham, Rainbow Garden (with Twisted Wheel)
16 Manchester, Academy 1 (with Twisted Wheel)
18 Rescue Rooms, Nottingham (with Twisted Wheel)
19 Bristol, Thekla (with Twisted Wheel)
20 London, Kings College (with Twisted Wheel)
21 Portsmouth, Wedgwood Rooms (with Twisted Wheel)
25 Glasgow, Barrowlands (with Manic Street Preachers)
26 Llandudno, Cymru Arena (with Manic Street Preachers)
28 London, Roundhouse (with Manic Street Preachers)
29 London, Roundhouse (with Manic Street Preachers)
30 London, Roundhouse (with Manic Street Preachers)

June
1 Wolverhampton, Civic Hall (with Manic Street Preachers)
2 Brighton, Dome (with Manic Street Preachers)
5 London, Koko (Club NME)
7 Kent, Sellindge Festival

13 May

Tortoise are set to release their sixth studio album 'Beacons of Ancestorship' on 22nd June. It is their first full length new album in five years and it sounds like nothing else Tortoise have produced… it’s a mad, rollercoaster ride of influences and noises. As a taster of this new record, the band and the lovely people at Thrill Jockey have allowed us to share a track from the album called ‘Prepare your Coffin’. You can download it here http://www.thrilljockey.com/assets/f...

A Hawk and A Hacksaw have added more dates to their upcoming June/July UK tour. The touring band this time around is core duo Jeremy Barnes and Heather Trost plus Mark Weaver (tuba) who has featured on AHAAH’s last two albums, Chicago-based Samuel Johnson (trumpet) and Chris Hladowski (Scatter, Nalle) on bouzouki and clarinet. Tour dates: Brighton, Bristol, London, Gateshead, Stirling, Glasgow, Manchester, Birmingham, Oxford, Norwich, Canterbury, Reading and Cardiff.

The Minus 5, led by underground icon Scott McCaughey, will be releasing a new album Killingsworth on Monday 6th July 2009. The album will be available on CD and digital download.

Swedish indie-pop purists Sad Day For Puppets release their eagerly-awaited debut album Unknown Colors on June 1 via the marvellous Sonic Cathedral. The album includes the new download-only single, ‘Cherry Blossom’ (released on May 1 . To coincide with the release, the band play the following UK dates - Brighton @ The Great Escape, London Windmill (w/Vivian Girls), London Rough Trade East (instore), London Bardens Boudoir, Manchester Irish Centre, Liverpool Sound City and Crewe Volume Festival
http://www.myspace.com/saddayforpuppets

11 May

The Maccabees lead the latest round of announcements for this year's T In The Park line-up. They will play the King Tuts Wah Wah Stage on the Friday night (July 10) of the bash, in support of new album 'Wall Of Arms'. Meanwhile Camera Obscura will play the Futures Stage on the same day. The new additions are completed by Mumford and Sons, Funk D'Void, Joris Voorn and Ben Sims. T In The Park takes place at Balado, near Kinross from July 10-12, headlined by Kings Of Leon, The Killers and Blur.

Recently

As this page covers such a wide range of music, I'll be adding to the video box on a regular basis. So, if you can't face searching through all the videos, then here's a list of all the videos in order:

Videos added November 2009
Nicola Kramer - Best in Me - 2007
Blonde Redhead - Harmony - 1995
Garbage - Milk (Massive Attack D-Mix) - 1996
Bjork - Isobel (Portishead remix) - 1995
Blessed Ethel - Rat - 1994
Ladytron - Beauty*2 - 2005
The Cramps - Garbage Man - 1980
Nicola Kramer - Circle - 2007
Grand Archives - Oslo Novelist - 2009
Boards of Canada - Music Is Math - 2002
4 Hero ft Ursula Rucker - The Awakening - 2007
Jazzanova ft Ursula Rucker - Keep Falling - 2002
The Knife - Like a Pen - 2006
Tim Buckley - Song to the Siren - 1970
This Mortal Coil - Tarantula - 1986
Cocteau twins - Eggs and Their Shells - 1985
Richard Hawley - For Your Lover, Give Some Time - 2009
Mr Scruff ft Roots Manuva - Nice Up The Function - 2009
Autechre - Sim Gishel - 2001
Joan As Police Woman - To Be Loved - 2008
Polly Scattergood - Please Don't Touch - 2009
Soundgarden - Fell on Black Days - 1994
Marine Girls - A Place In The Sun - 1982
Lowlife - Wild Swan - 1986
Landscape - Einstein A Go Go - 1981
Kraak & Smaak - Squeeze me - 2007
Violet Violet - Love this band - 2007
Credit to the Nation - Teenage Sensation - 1994
Queen Adreena - Birdnest Hair - 2004
Finitribe - Ace Love Deuce - 1991
Cabaret Voltaire - Sensoria - 1984
Marc and the Mambas - Black Heart - 1983
Peter Hamill - Sleeper - 1991
Sisters of Transistors - Neo Goth - 2008
You Say Party! We Say Die! - The Gap - 2006
Fugazi - Waiting Room (Peel Session) - 1989
Cate le Bon - Shoeing the Bones - 2007
Anhrefn - Defaid (Sheep) - Peel session 1986
Super Furry Animals - Demons - 1997

Videos added October 2009
The Fall - Muzorewi's Daughter - 1979
The Fall - Frightened - 1978
The Fall - Dktr Faustus - 1986
Bauhaus - Bela Lugosi's Dead - 1979
The Membranes - Myths and Legends - 1985
Japan - Ghosts - 1982
The Shins - So Says I - 2003
Llwybr Llaethog - Tour De France - 1987
Vetiver - Everyday - 2009
Cocteau twins - Garlands - 1982
Cate Le Bon - Disappear - 2007
The XX - Crystalised - 2009
Public Enemy - Fight The Power - 1989
Sex Pistols - Anarchy in the UK - 1976
Boards of Canada - 1969 - 2002
Burial - Raver - 2008
The Cure - Killing an Arab - 1978
Sheep on Drugs - A to H (and back again) - 1994
Benga - Pleasure - 2008
The Shaky Hands - We Are Young - 2009
Autechre - Bass Cadet - 1994
The Week That Was - Learn to Learn - 2008
Velvet Acid Christ - Angels in Bondage - 2003
Inca Babies - Opium Den - 1985
Umek - Posing as Me
Sheep On Drugs - Track X - 1991
Ursula Rucker - Broken - 2006
The Duke Spirit - Cuts Across The Land - 2006
LL Cool J - Dangerous - 1985
Green Day - Basket Case - 1994
Birthday Party - Kiss Me Black - 1982
Julian Cope - Julian H. Cope - 1991
Jim Noir - All Right - 2007
Stereolab - Get A Shot of the Refrigerator - 2006
The Breeders - Cannonball - 1993
Saint Etienne : Join Our Club (Chemically Friendly Zoom Mix) - 1992
Sex Gang Children - Oh Funny Man - 1983
Bert Jansch - Needle of Death
Stephen Malkmus and the Jicks - 2005

Videos added September 2009
Eric B. & Rakim - Eric B. Is President - 1987
Spiral Chord - Distance To Substance - 2008
Atari Teenage Riot - Destroy 2000 Years of Culture - 1997
Asian Dub Foundation - Black White - 1998
Form Of Rocket - My Name Is A Killing World - 2008
Laurel Aitken - Propaganda - 1966
Black Grape - Tramazi Parti - 1995
Frank Zappa and the Mothers of Invention - Absolutely Free - 1968
Kasms - Male Bonding - 2009
David Bowie - Wild Eyed Boy From Freecloud - 1969
Mogwai - New Paths to Helicon Part 1 - 1997
Boards of Canada - Skyliner - 2006
Pavement - Summer Cut - 1991
Harald Grosskopf - So Weit, So Gut - 1980
Sexual Hot Bitches - Let's Fuck - 2008
The Very Best - Warm Heart of Africa - 2009
The Asteroids Galaxy Tour - The Golden Ag

This is a resource for pretty much everything from bands' Bebo/MySpace pages, recommended radio shows/magazines/information websites. So let me know of anything you want to share with others.

Bebo pages
The Psychic Echo (Trip Hop/Electronica/Gothic)
www.bebo.com/thepsychicecho
One Little Indian Records
http://www.bebo.com/OneLittleIndian

Radio shows
BBC 6 music
www.bbc.co.uk/6music
Steve Lamacq (Mon-Thu 16:00-19:00)
Marc Riley (Mon-Thu 19:00-21:00)
Gideon Coe (Mon-Thu 21:00-00:00)
Tom Robinson (Fri-Sat 19:00-21:00)
Stuart Maconie (Sun 17:30-20:00)
Dave Pearce (Sun 20:00-22:00)
Guy Garvey (Sun 22:00-00:00)
Radio One
www.bbc.co.uk/radio1/djs/experimental
Giles Peterson (Thu 02:00 - 04:00)
Mary Anne Hobbs (Wed 02:00 - 04:00)
Rob da Bank (Mon 00:00 - 02:00)
Huw Stephens (Thu 00:00 - 02:00)
Annie Nightingale (Sat 05:00 - 07:00)

MySpace pages
New(ish) bands/artists'
The Nightjars - www.myspace.com/thenightjars
The Psychic Echo - www.myspace.com/thepsychicecho
Yellow Bentines - www.myspace.com/yellowbentines
Joy/Disaster - www.myspace.com/joydisaster
First Aid Kit - www.myspace.com/thisisfirstaidkit
Cats in Paris - www.myspace.com/catsinparis
David Cronenberg's Wife - www.myspace.com/davidcronenbergswife
Das Wanderlust - www.myspace.com/daswanderlust
Metronomy - www.myspace.com/metronomy
Heck - www.myspace.com/heckisotherpeople
Silvery - www.myspace.com/silverytheband
The Wave Pictures - www.myspace.com/thewavepictures
Betty And The Werewolves - www.myspace.com/bettyandthewerewolves
Gnu And The Shrew - www.myspace.com/gnuandtheshrew
Lucy and the Caterpillar - www.myspace.com/lucyandthecaterpillar
The Memes - www.myspace.com/memesuk
The Covergirls - www.myspace.com/itsthecovergirls

More established bands/artists</b>
Clinic - www.myspace.com/clinicvoot
The Durruti Column - www.myspace.com/durutticolumn
Jeffrey Lewis - www.myspace.com/jefflewisband
Deerhoof - www.myspace.com/deerhoof
Wire - www.myspace.com/wirehq
Throbbing Gristle http://www.myspace.com/throbbinggristle
Cardiacs - www.myspace.com/cardiacs
Killing Joke - www.myspace.com/killingjokeofficial