Despite four nomination Chris Martin has 'shit day'

Sad news this morning, inevitably overshadowed in the UK by all the Brits bullshit, that Touch & Go Records are to cease putting out new music (not sure where that leaves, say, the forthcoming Crystal Antlers album, for a start). A slight unhappy coincidence, in that this morning I was playing a new record which has distinct ties to the ‘80s post-hardcore from which Touch & Go emerged, allbeit closer ones to the SST sound of that time.

All Tomorrow’s Parties adds trip-hop star to bill

Third album ‘Klang!’ will be unveiled at London venue

Bristol band appeal to fans for ideas

Band added to line-up for Brighton festival

Band will join N.E.R.D and Groove Armada at London weekender

Las Vegas band announced for Irish and Scottish festivals

80s New Romantics latest to reform

It’s beginning to look as if, in certain online circles, there’s going to be quite a fuss around the new Grizzly Bear album, “Veckatimest” – comparable perhaps to the heat around the Animal Collective record at the end of last year. Security’s comparably tight around “Veckatimest” – ironic considering it was Grizzly Bear themselves who benignly leaked a couple of “Merriweather Post Pavilion” tracks – but we did manage to sneak one listen yesterday.