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April 5, 2009

UK TV & Radio Schedule Recap

This is just a brief recap of all Doves’ forthcoming scheduled appearances on UK TV and radio, courtesy of the IMDb UK TV & Radio Guide. Please note that all scheduling and programme information is subject to change.

XFM Residency
XFM London / XFM Manchester Radio, April 5th (TONIGHT) at 09:00pm BST.

Join this week’s Xfm resident DJ who will be playing their favourite music. Go to Xfm.co.uk to find out more.

Zane Lowe
BBC Radio One, April 8th at 07:00pm BST.

Two hours of the best new and cutting-edge music, featuring Doves in session from Maida Vale.

Later Live… with Jools Holland
BBC Two, April 14th at 10:00pm BST.

Joining Jools for the second show will be Manchester three-piece Doves, who make a welcome return to the show with tunes from their new album Kingdom Of Rust. Marianne Faithfull will be in the studio to perform numbers from her acclaimed new album Easy Come, Easy Go, which sees her covering songs by the likes of Jarvis and Morrissey. Noisettes, Malian singer/songwriter Rokia Traore and Madeline Peyroux also perform. Plus, Jools chats with Grandmaster Flash who has only just got round to releasing his first solo album.

Doves Takeover
NME TV, April 15th at 00:00am BST.

The Doves dropped in to pick their perfect playlist. Expect classics from the Chemical Brothers and Sonic Youth.

4music Favourites: Doves
Channel 4, April 16th at 00:05am BST.

Interview and performance from indie rock band Doves, featuring songs from their new album Kingdom of Rust.

Later… with Jools Holland
BBC Two, April 17th at 11:35pm BST.

More from Manchester three-piece Doves, who make a welcome return to the show with tunes from their new album Kingdom Of Rust. Marianne Faithfull will be in the studio to perform numbers from her acclaimed new album Easy Come, Easy Go, which sees her covering songs by the likes of Jarvis and Morrissey. Noisettes, Malian singer/songwriter Rokia Traore and Madeline Peyroux also perform. Plus, Jools chats with Grandmaster Flash who has only just got round to releasing his first solo album.

Non-U.K. listeners may be able to listen to XFM London, live, via the following 128kbs MP3 stream:
http://media-ice.musicradio.com/XFMMP3.m3u

You must have a media player installed which is able to handle streaming MP3, such as Winamp, iTunes, Foobar2000 or VLC Media player.

April 5, 2009

Glastonbury Sold Out

Skiddle.com has reported that this year’s Glastonbury Festival has sold out, earlier this morning.

To read the full story, visit this link.

April 5, 2009

Review Round-Up #5

More reviews of the album and single are still filtering through – and with the odd exceptions, they’re overwhelmingly positive…

Scotland On Sunday (via Scotsman.com), Album Review:

Thrillingly propelled by Jimi Goodwin’s turbine engine of a bass guitar, the three cool Cheshire cats float above the industrial grime of the English north-east sprinkling a little glamour on their customary grit. ‘House Of Mirrors’ dazzles with a driving beat decorated by spaghetti western instrumental flourishes, and a chorus that will lift the roof off arenas.

“North-East”?… :o)

To read the full review, click here.

Halesowen News, Single Review:

Doves – Kingdom Of Rust: To soften the blow of leaving us in the lurch for four years, Doves have done the decent thing and returned with an absolute stormer. We’ve heard the album, and this isn’t even the best song on it.

The Independent On Sunday, Album Review:

Doves –the band with added moisturiser –are looking to “do an Elbow” this year. In other words, a middle-ranking, fondly regarded but fundamentally unsexy band making an unexpected late-career leap into the big time.

But Jimi Goodwin is no Guy Garvey, vocally or lyrically, and if Kingdom of Rust –which alternates between freewheeling country rock and portentous indie prog –is the record that does it, that’s purely down to timing. (The Last Broadcast was a worthier candidate.)

Download this: ‘Compulsion’: OCD, as easy as 1-2-3

The Sunday Times (via Times Online.co.uk), Album Review:

Four years on from their most recent album, Some Cities, the Manchester trio return. Everything you expect from a Doves record is here; and that, in a sense, is the problem. Of signs of development and advance, there are frustratingly few. The sonic subtlety that has always vied for supremacy with the band’s big-picture, prog-like tendencies is present and correct: sections of tracks such as Jetstream, 10.03 and Birds Flew Backwards contain huge open spaces in which tiny interjections make a mighty impact. Compulsion, meanwhile, nods to both Blondie’s Rapture and the band’s own dance roots. More typical of a strangely moribund album, however, are Winter Hill and The Greatest Denier, where their defaults of heavy sound blankets and rhythmic doggedness begin to seem not only oppressive, but dull.

April 4, 2009

Archive: Dermot O’Leary Show, March 28th 2009

BBC Radio 2’s Dermot O’Leary show, broadcast last Saturday, will no longer be available to “listen again” via the BBC’s iPlayer, after today.

Click here to download a zip file containing archived MP3s.

Please note that the MP3 files are of low-quality due to their being transcoded from their original lossy source.

April 4, 2009

Review Round-Up #4

A couple more reviews of the album, which you may have missed over the last few days…

Contact Music.com, Album Review:

Let’s be clear from the outset – this is a brilliant record. The best Doves record yet, binding the best elements of their past into a complete statement that insists upon something new and inspiring. ‘Kingdom of Rust’ mixes the bedsit misery that provided the palette for Doves debut with the spacy, anthemic feel of ‘The Last Broadcast’, and builds upon the maturity of ‘Some Cities’, finally signalling the culmination of Doves’ sound with crashing authority. Weaving in, out and through different genres and sonic templates with alarming expertise, Doves effortlessly absorb prog, folk, funk, rock, psychedelia and even hip hop into their armoury in way that cements the record as something special, and exposes other recent indie explorations, especially those involving a conspicuous-but-tenuous link to afrobeat and funk, as clear frauds.

To read the full review, click here. p.s… I think they like it!

Digital Spy, Album Review:

Album closer ‘Lifeline’ is Doves’ finest achievement to date – heart-breaking, euphoric and humongous are just a few adjectives that spring to mind. “Somebody’s giving in, but I’m not,” howls Goodwin during the crescendo, managing to sound both forlorn and defiant in the same hearty growl.

To read the full review, click here.

April 4, 2009

Doves Performing On BBC Radio 4’s ‘Loose Ends’

Doves will be performing live on BBC Radio 4’s ‘Loose Ends’ show today, which starts in about 10 minutes time!

Music comes from Doves, the twice Mercury Prize nominated, Mancunian musical magpies, who play Kingdom of Rust from their forthcoming album of the same title.

U.K. listeners can listen live via the BBC iPlayer, here. Non-U.K. listeners may be able to listen live via streaming Real Audio, here.

April 4, 2009

Boston House Of Blues Ticket Info

The Boston Sun Chronicle has posted ticket info for Doves’ forthcoming show at the city’s House Of Blues:

The Doves, June 7, 8 p.m., Boston House of Blues, 15 Lansdowne St., Boston. $18 advance, $20 day of show. livenation.com, hob.com/boston or 800-745-3000.

April 4, 2009

New Interview From Irish Independent News

The Irish Independent News has posted a great article about the new album, which is half-interview and half a meditation on being aged thirty-something in the current musical climate.

“The younger generation, they’re not as equipped for hardship are they?” ruminates Jez Williams, Doves’ matey, crumpled frontman. “People who are in school now, teenagers and the like, they haven’t experienced real want.”

Read the full article, here.

April 4, 2009

Review Round-Up #3

More reviews of both the single and album, which you may have missed over the last few days…

Sunday Mercury.net, Album Review:

WITH three equally impressive, idiosyncratic albums to their name already, the right fourth album could assure Doves’ rightful place as one of our most consistently exciting bands. Kingdom Of Rust explores a layered, adventurous terrain, with nods to Kraftwerk and funk in various places, thanks to Jimi Goodwin’s unique howl and a Sub Sub-esque groove. Opener Jetstream and the title track will be known to fans already, but it’s perhaps Winter Hill, 10.03, arranged by Chemical Brother Tom Rowlands and anthemic closer Lifelines that typify Kingdom Of Rust best, bustling with ambition.

Music Week (via California Chronicle.com), Single Review:

For a band who concentrate their attentions so much on texture and atmosphere, Doves have a canny knack of delivering a killer pop song to kick-start an album’s campaign. As with previous singles There Goes The Fear and Black And White Town, Kingdom Of Rust sounds like nothing else at the moment; a soft-focus jangly gem seemingly plucked from a Morricone-scored Western. Radio loves the track, with BBC, Absolute and Xfm stations showing support. Meanwhile, the band are midway through an extensive campaign of airplay sessions and are attracting interest from Channel Four, E4, Sky and a wealth of national press.

Daily Record, Single Review:

Doves – Kingdom Of Rust *** It’s been four years since Doves had their biggest hit Black And White Town. Since then, fellow northern English sadsacks Elbow have achieved crossover success. Let’s hope this jaunty Chris Rea-sounding upbeat tune helps the trio.

April 4, 2009

Doves To Play Obelisk Arena At Latitude Festival

The Quietus has announced that Doves are to play the Obelisk Arena at this year’s Latitude Festival, taking place in Southwold, Suffolk, between July 16th and 19th.

Doves and Editors have also been announced to appear at the Obelisk Arena where Pet Shop Boys, Grace Jones and Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds will be headlining.

For more information about the Latitude Festival, visit the official site, here.