Non-U.K. listeners may be able to listen to the recent XFM Xposure radio show, via the following direct link:
mms://81.20.49.50:80/Audio/?episode=86804&cap=0&MSWMExt=.asf
You must have a media player installed which is able to play streaming Windows Media Audio (WMA files) – Windows Media Player will definitely be able to play WMA files.
Either click on the link above or copy and paste it into your media player of choice. The Doves-related content starts at around 01:05.05.
U.S. fans can purchase the two-track Kingdom Of Rust digital single from Amazon.com, encoded at 256kbs MP3.
The single includes the album and acoustic versions of ‘Kingdom Of Rust’ and is priced at $1.42.
The download has been available since March 29th, so apologies for not bringing this to your attention sooner.
Click here to purchase the single.
XFM London Radio’s Xposure show last night, featured an in-depth discussion of Doves’ Kingdom Of Rust album. The band gave an incisive commentary on each individual track, to DJ John Kennedy.
To listen to the show, click here and choose the option marked:
Last 7 Days – Xposure with John Kennedy
From the drop-down menu, choose the show marked:
Xposure with John Kennedy (01/04/2009)
The XFM Radio player isn’t the most user-friendly… Aside from the fact that you are prompted to register on their site to “listen again” (BugMeNot.com is your friend), there is no fast-forward option!!!
Incidentally, Jimi and Andy’s XFM Residency show starts this coming Sunday at 09:00pm. See the official Doves blog for further information.
Those of you reading in Eastern England, can enter a competition to win tickets to Doves’ forthcoming concert at Norwich’s U.E.A. on May 6th.
The competition has been organised by the local Eastern Daily Press newspaper and full details are available at their website, here.
The competition closes this Friday.
Here’s a few reviews of both the single and album, which you may have missed over the last few days…
The Sunday Times (via TimesOnline.com), Single Review:
Doves: Kingdom of Rust The title track of the trio’s long-awaited new album conjures up a spaghetti western set on the Manchester moors.
Gigwise.com, Album Review:
Doves have been made for the big-time ever since they started writing their second album, ‘The Last Broadcast’. But alas, the closest they’ve come to headlining any such setting has been on support slots with U2. So you can’t say they’ve had a hard life, but all the same, they deserve more. And the most annoying thing is, most people know it.
To read the full review, click here.
Drowned In Sound, Single Review:
One can’t help but feel Doves have seen what happened to Elbow last year and fancied a piece of the grown up bloke action themselves. So here is album title track ‘Kingdom of Rust’ – an ambitious, chugga-chugga steam engine of a pop tune which has Misirlou dashes, 50s throwback guitars a la Richard Hawley, and quite a bit of the Neil Hannons in its arrangement and strings, before breaking down to a semi-bluesy workout.
To read the full review, click here.
top40-charts.com, Album Review:
Doves – Kingdom Of Rust: Recorded at a converted farmhouse up in North West England, Kingdom of Rust primarily features production work from Dan Austin (Massive Attack), with two additional tracks helmed by industry vet John Leckie (XTC, Stone Roses, Radiohead’s The Bends). The single ‘Kingdom of Rust’ sees Doves return with an utter epic album of eclectic tunes that takes you on a journey somehow perfectly painting a picture of the Northwest of England in a way that only Doves can do. I can hear so many influences in this single, the likes of Blondie, Bowie and the Clash to name but a few.
XFM London radio in the U.K. have today posted a new interview with Jimi and Andy, recorded yesterday.
Xfm London’s very own Dave Berry meets Manchester’s kings of towering indie, Doves. Want to know about the struggle behind new album ‘Kingdom Of Rust?’. It’s all here…
To listen to the interview, visit:
www.xfm.co.uk/news/2009/dave-berry-meets-doves
BBC 6music today broadcast a new interview with DJ, Steve Lamacq.
Lamacq had a special chat with Doves and played out 2 tracks that they recorded especially for him from Maida Vale last week
Click here to listen again via the BBC iPlayer.
Non-U.K. visitors may be able to listen via Real Player, if unable to use the BBC iPlayer. The Real Audio archive is located at:
rtsp://rm-acl.bbc.co.uk:554/6musiccoyopa/6music_-_monday_1600.ra
Scroll to around 1:17 to hear the start of the interview.
You can now listen to the full Kingdom Of Rust album on Doves’ MySpace page at www.myspace.com/dovesmyspace
Feel free to add your first reactions to the comments, below.
The BBC’s 6music website has today posted two more videos from Doves’ recent live session at the BBC’s Maida Vale studios, for U.K. viewers.
The two new videos are live versions of ‘Kingdom Of Rust’ and ‘The Outsiders’.
The new videos and the previously posted ‘Jetstream’ are available by clicking here.
‘Winter Hill’ is currently still available to view at the BBC’s Radio 2 website, here.
NME.com have today posted a live review of Doves’ recent show at Glasgow’s ABC on March 15th.
They open with ‘Jetstream’, the curtain-raiser from new album ‘Kingdom Of Rust’ and a lush, melodic wave of eerie krautrock that’s audibly inspired by Vangelis’ Blade Runner soundtrack. Yet it’s not until the grand arabesque strings of ‘Snowden’ gallop into life that we realise just how we’ve missed them.
To read the full review, visit NME.com’s dedicated Doves minisite at www.nme.com/doves and click “Reviews”.
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