Robin Gibb's family are planning a memorial service for him at St Paul's Cathedral.

Montreal-native, Toronto-resident Danielle Duval releases her first full length record on May 29th.  The album, Of The Valley , was produced by the Zeus tandem of Carlin Nicholson and Mike O'Brien. Duval doesn't have a lot of tricks and gimmicks to unload on you.  She doesn't strip it down to the bare (ie boring) folk basis either.  Instead she opts for pretty straightforward rock with a pop flare. A pop sensibility creeps into the fray.  The lead single "Abulance" is catchy without being sappy.  "Eagle Cathedral" is slick, effortless fun.  A bold rhythm section helps power the irrepressible ...

We're very happy to be able to present you with the official UK premiere of Edward Sharpe & The Magnetic Zeros ' forthcoming new album, Here , which is officially released on May 28th via Rough Trade Records. "The making of this album has spanned a time of immense perseverance and, thankfully, co-creation. Making this album has been a test of our faith in ourselves and in the universe, and brought us closer together and in greater harmony with one another... A deluge of music has been written and recorded, and we are intensely excited to share it with anyone who wants ...

Thanks to NPR , you can now listen to Edward Sharpe & The Magnetic Zeros ' forthcoming new album, Here , which is officially released on May 28th via Rough Trade Records. Check out their forthcoming tour dates below the player. 5th July – Les Ardentes Festival – Liege, Belgium 6th July – Melkweg – Amsterdam, The Netherlands 7th July – Kantine – Cologne, Germany 9th July – Le Tranbendo - Paris, France 11th July – Ravenna Festival – Ravenna, Italy 12th July – Gurtenfestival – Berne, Switzerland 15th July – Latitude Festival – Southwold, UK 16th July – Leeds Irish Centre – Leeds, UK 17th July - Olympia Festival – Dublin, Ireland 19th July – Manchester Cathedral – Manchester, UK 20th July – Secret ...

After what’s surely been its best outing to date, bringing the curtain down on this year’s Cathedral Quarter Arts Festival [...]

The Independent Label Market has constructed a new playlist to celebrate their London return. If you're a regular reader, you should be familiar with the Independent Label Market - it's concept, aims and what it has achieved to date. The market returns tomorrow (May 19th) in Spitalfields. If you're going: great, good on you. If you're not going: please please continue to support independently produced music in all its forms. Here's a list of all participating labels: Analogue Enhanced Digital / Angular / Because / Bella Union / Borstal Beat / Brownswood / Buzzin’ Fly / Chess Club / Critical Heights / Domino / Double Denim ...

The great German baritone has died at the age of 86. Watch these six examples of his performing, and tell us your thoughts Schubert's An die Musik Though he's slightly more formal in the television studio, Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau had one of the most relaxed platform manners I have ever witnessed, perfectly putting the audience at their collective ease. The German Lieder repertory was his natural territory and Gerald Moore ("the unashamed accompanist") one of his most notable equal partners. Moore wrote of him: "His freedom and elasticity are not only influenced by the words he is singing but ...

A few months ago, in some office somewhere in the middle of Brooklyn, Syd Butler was trying to figure out how to grow. He had a pretty decent office, running his label Frenchkiss Records with some debonair, and had a few employees under his wing, doing everything but band publicity (that was outsourced to some pigeon that hits windows in Manhattan). But he had no idea what to do from there. He sat down and had a brainstorming session with his subordinates, subordinating them to think of something. “Think, my lovelies, think!” Syd admonished. “We’ve been at this for ...

La Biblioteca Deserta is a cathedral of emotions, where sound and silence come to life, originated by phantom words. The musical project starts during 2006, when five young composers [ all born between 1986 and 1988 ] unite, glued together by their will to communicate through music. These are the premises for their brave choice to [...]

Fill your ears with metal and more by listening to this mixtape put together by the curators of this month's I'll Be Your Mirror festival Fans of South Park, as well as anyone with an interest in metal, will be familiar with the Slayer tune Raining Blood: on an episode called Die Hippie, Die it was used to drive a hippie festival from town. It's the record that kicks of this mixtape, produced by the All Tomorrow's Parties team to herald their second I'll Be Your Mirror festival in the UK. These are a new ...

The extent to which electronic music has intersected with British songwriting is staggering. Even groups who outwardly adhere to the guitar, bass 'n' drums archetype are showing signs of sneaking off to Plastic People in their spare time. A Cardiff / Bristol based duo, Face + heel are clearly inspired by classic songwriting - think PJ Harvey, Kate Bush and Leonard Cohen amongst others. But there are also traces of club culture. Covering PJ Harvey, 'White Chalk' is a thing of beauty - all longing piano chords, windswept lyrics and cathedral reverb. Except there's a drop - a flippin' drop - right there in the ...

La Biblioteca Deserta is a cathedral of emotions, where sound and silence come to life, originated by phantom words. The musical project starts during 2006, when five young composers [ all born between 1986 and 1988 ] unite, glued together by their will to communicate through music. These are the premises for their brave choice [...]

Trio will play at city's Kasbah venue instead next week (May 21 and 22)

Produced by: Blended Babies Directed by: Jay Caves GLC drops his latest Jay Caves-directed clip for his track ‘Custom Detail’, featuring Tennille & Nico Segal of These Days">Kids These Days. This is the first video for GLC’s upcoming project Cathedral!, which will be entirely produced by Blended Babies.

GLC returns with the 1st video from his forthcoming project Cathedral, produced entirely by Blended Babies. Previously: Gaggie & GLC – Smokin’ (Video)